Ball Bag & Some Spouts

[Tim Crosby]

 
 It is 7 ½” long including spout and stopper. The bag itself is saddle stitched, soaked in water and turned inside out, it is about 1 ½” wide,  it holds 10 .54 balls.  The spout is attached to the bag with waxed string.The stopper is of the clothespin type as are all in the pix.
 The others are of Walnut and Maple, some drilled ½, 9/16 and 5/8”. Most of them are about 3” long, with the stopper 3 ½” overall. All have an oil finish, some of the stoppers have a small wedge to increase the spring. 


 Tim C.

[alyce-james]

Good morning Sir; Great looking stoppers, nice job. The finished bag looks great also. Thanks for sharing. AJ.

[stone knife]

Very fine and just the right size for a hunt

[G. Elsenbeck]

I agree with Stone Knife, keeping them small enough for a days hunt and you make my aching back more tolerable, not to mention my feet.   Some makers don't think of that and end up with something that will carry about a pound (or more) of lead.  Not for me. 

Tim I have some patterns of some that I made awhile back that didn't hold more than 5-8 round balls, depending on the caliber.   Same for those that only want to carry around 4 to 6 shots of pellets for the smoothie.   Depending on what load one uses for a 20 gauge I make them to hold about 6 - 7 oz (volume).  That would get you about 5 - 6 shots if using 1.25 oz volume of shot.  One would get more shots if you used only 1 oz of shot.  Either way they usually fit into one's palm and easy to carry without a lot of weight. 

Great job on this one Tim, I like the look. 

Gary

[tallbear]

Looks good Tim!!Great minds think alike

Mitch

[rfd]

really nice work and a great accessory to the possibles bag.

[wet willy]

Nice.

How did you attach the leather bag to the spout?

[Duane Harshaw]

very nice indeed.

[wet willy]

I should have been more specific on attaching the bag to the spout question. I noted you used waxed thread. I wondered how you tied off the ends of the thread to keep them from unravelling?

I've tried just a simple square knot, but it looks ugly and I couldn't keep it tight.

[Tim Crosby]

I should have been more specific on attaching the bag to the spout question. I noted you used waxed thread. I wondered how you tied off the ends of the thread to keep them from unravelling?

I've tried just a simple square knot, but it looks ugly and I couldn't keep it tight.

  I will take a couple pix and post them.

   Tim C.

[G. Elsenbeck]

WetWilly try these knot alternatives.  Or using a similar knot when wrapping or whipping threads to fishing ferules on a rod only have to cut one line. 

www.ropeworks.biz/reader/whipping.pdf


I used these knots this past weekend finishing a lot of rope ends.  I was told by my therapist that the exercise would be good for my wrist, lol.  Ouch.   

Enjoy.

Gary

[Tim Crosby]

I should have been more specific on attaching the bag to the spout question. I noted you used waxed thread. I wondered how you tied off the ends of the thread to keep them from unravelling?

I've tried just a simple square knot, but it looks ugly and I couldn't keep it tight.

  I will take a couple pix and post them.

   Tim C.

 Method #2 that Gary posted is how I do them. The drawing is probably better than any pic I could take.

   Tim C.

[wet willy]

Thanks for the post with the whipping methods. That is exactly what I needed for many applications.