This is really cool. A friend of mines wife found this in an antique shope a while back. The pics are not the best but you get the Idea. It was in a sealed case.
It consists of a leather section, two pieces one is long enough to wrap around to make the flap. The top bail is attached via two loops which pierce the leather and are bradded back on them selfs after passing through a Iron spine that is on the other side(in side) of the leather. You can see the long spine of Iron sticking out laterally where the leather has gone away. The button is purely for decoration and the iron corner pieces are riveted to the leather with Iron pins they do not wrap around the leather but sit on top of the flap as a weight to keep the pouch closed. The two sides of leather are bound to the steel by an iron sheet frame that is again rivited with iron pins. The pouch carried the flint and tinder. I thought you guys would like seeing it. I know I want to make one for my self.
Regards
Dave B
