Whip Stitching on pouches

[scottmc]

I have a question for our veteran or non-veteran pouch makers out there.  I just finished up a bark tan deer skin pouch that I ended up sewing using the whip stitch method on the perimeter of the bag as opposed to the saddle stitch because the leather was a little thicker than I thought would look good with the typical saddle stitch and turned inside out.
Have any of you ever seen an original bag that was sewn with this particular method?  I'm just wondering how authentic this type of stitch method was, if used at all during 19th century.
I like the more rustic, primitive looking country bags and I'm happy with the look I got but I like to stay authentic as much as possible.

Thanks in advance for any information or discussion on this topic.

[Hungry Horse]

 My question is are the stitches on the outside of the bag, or have you turned it inside out, putting them on the inside? As for was it done. Trust me, everything has been done sometime. But, was it common to have the stitches on the outside? Probably not. Just because outside stitches tend to wear quickly.

  Hungry Horse

[scottmc]

I did put them on outside.  I understand your philosophy, though, on the why not to put them on the outside.  Totally makes sense.  I'm hoping that someone says, yes, I've seen that on an original but thinking that might not be what I hear.

[James Rogers]

The more unorthodox  (non-typical of professionally made leather work of the day) the more believable a rustic type pouch is for me.