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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: MuskratMike on March 20, 2020, 08:13:01 PM

Title: a Groundhog bag
Post by: MuskratMike on March 20, 2020, 08:13:01 PM: I am in the beginning process of putting something very special together. To wet your appetite here is the bag that will be going with it. I do believe you can call it a "proper" groundhog bag!
(https://i.ibb.co/5BSBrq5/Groundhog-bag-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/V2z2gXv)

(https://i.ibb.co/WHn4xJx/Groundhog-bag-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yN0cfjf)

(https://i.ibb.co/tLYKKtq/Groundhog-bag-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/y4gPP16)

(https://i.ibb.co/qNH8JDN/Grounghog-bag-4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3pxbRTp)
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: scottmc on March 21, 2020, 01:45:31 AM: Now they are some good looking bags right there. And tell me if I'm wrong but I see Curt Lyles handwritten written all over them.
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: scottmc on March 21, 2020, 01:47:15 AM: Meant to say "handywork"
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: MuskratMike on March 21, 2020, 02:46:54 AM: You sir have a good eye.
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: scottmc on March 21, 2020, 03:43:21 PM: I never met him but did buy some bark tan hides and a little squirrel bag a few years ago to go inside my bag for balls, flints, whatever. He has a very distinctive look which I like and a nice personality to boot.
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: wattlebuster on March 22, 2020, 03:52:25 PM: I have quite a few Curt bags too an can spot his excellent work as far as my old eyes can see. His stuff has the LOOK
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: scottmc on March 22, 2020, 04:33:11 PM: Muskrate, just curious but what is the size of that bag that u are showing?
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: RoaringBull on March 22, 2020, 06:27:35 PM: Is that a case-skinned groundhog with the bottom seam sewn shut?

Very cool regardless!

David
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: MuskratMike on March 22, 2020, 07:11:22 PM: Will post size and dimensions when it gets here. Since it is .32 making a leather & quill funnel today.
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: KC on March 22, 2020, 07:33:58 PM: Those are very cool. When I was a kid in the early ‘80s, farmers in NW Ohio used to almost beg us to shoot the groundhogs in their soy bean fields. I wish I’d have been more aware of these things then.
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: Mike from OK on March 23, 2020, 12:26:08 AM: Very cool.

I assume that there are just a few folks bark tanning groundhog hides on a limited basis... I can not find one for sale anywhere online.

Mike
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: Curt Lyles on March 23, 2020, 03:08:38 AM: Mike the bag size is 6 wide 9 long and it is case skinned meaning there's no side seams, it's a good sturdy leather for a pouch and if they're too small and thin you can line them with a linen or a feed sack material and they stiffen up. The older the groundhog the better the Hyde is.
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: Curt Lyles on March 23, 2020, 03:12:29 AM: Mike I have a friend that tans my deer hides groundhog and squirrel hides and he's 250 miles away so I don't see him very often but he either bring some or pick some up when he's here. But I'm not looking to sell any. Curt
Title: Re: a Groundhog bag
Post by: Mike from OK on March 23, 2020, 05:12:02 AM: Quote from: Curt Lyles on March 23, 2020, 03:12:29 AM
Mike I have a friend that tans my deer hides groundhog and squirrel hides and he's 250 miles away so I don't see him very often but he either bring some or pick some up when he's here. But I'm not looking to sell any. Curt

Thank you for responding sir. And I pretty much figured a fellow would would have to know someone who does it to get one. I'm not looking for any at the moment anyway... If I drag one more leather hide in the house my Mrs. may end up adding my own hide to the pile. :D

Mike