Quote from: Mike from OK on March 09, 2020, 08:10:05 PMQuote from: backsplash75 on March 09, 2020, 05:01:26 PMThe Lyman bag is just a typical mid 18th c anglo shot bag with New England provenance. There are several English images showing similar bags, likely a mass produced form/style. If you have a folding knife in your pocket that can be used for a screw driver, a bit of wadding and shot/balls in such a pouch plus a horn, you don't really need much else, heck these guys were sometimes using an old pipe bowl to measure powder and shot.Interesting you should mention using an old pipe bowl... I don't know how old this is. Older than me is a safe assumption.This was given to me by my wife's cousin. She and her family went on vacation to England and on a whim decided to go "mudlarking"... Basically you pay to dig through the mud in certain areas. Amateur archaeology I guess you could call it. She found this, cleaned it up and brought it home. When my wife and I went to visit her and she found out I am a pipe smoker she gave it to me. I have considered using it as a shot/powder measure for my smoothbore. But I am afraid that after banging around in my pouch it would be reduced to white crumbs in short order. MikeThat is a great little artifact. Not that there haven't been tons of old pipe peices found, but by virtue of how this one came to be yours. Do not risk it's integrity by using it as a shot and powder measure. Clay pipes are cheap enough, buy one, use it to dirty it a bit, and break off the bowl for use as a measure.
Quote from: backsplash75 on March 09, 2020, 05:01:26 PMThe Lyman bag is just a typical mid 18th c anglo shot bag with New England provenance. There are several English images showing similar bags, likely a mass produced form/style. If you have a folding knife in your pocket that can be used for a screw driver, a bit of wadding and shot/balls in such a pouch plus a horn, you don't really need much else, heck these guys were sometimes using an old pipe bowl to measure powder and shot.Interesting you should mention using an old pipe bowl... I don't know how old this is. Older than me is a safe assumption.This was given to me by my wife's cousin. She and her family went on vacation to England and on a whim decided to go "mudlarking"... Basically you pay to dig through the mud in certain areas. Amateur archaeology I guess you could call it. She found this, cleaned it up and brought it home. When my wife and I went to visit her and she found out I am a pipe smoker she gave it to me. I have considered using it as a shot/powder measure for my smoothbore. But I am afraid that after banging around in my pouch it would be reduced to white crumbs in short order. Mike
The Lyman bag is just a typical mid 18th c anglo shot bag with New England provenance. There are several English images showing similar bags, likely a mass produced form/style. If you have a folding knife in your pocket that can be used for a screw driver, a bit of wadding and shot/balls in such a pouch plus a horn, you don't really need much else, heck these guys were sometimes using an old pipe bowl to measure powder and shot.
I have a bag, made by a friend, that has a hollow flap with an English flask tip. The hollow flap holds the shot the bag holds accoutrements.
