Creating your own longhunter pouch | A Leather Bag Class with Jeff Luke | History and Design

We are beginning a new series of courses at the NMLRA Education Center over the coming year. Our first new class was held with Jeff Luke of "Po Boy Gear".
In this first video in this new series, Jeff begins the class with some introductions to historic leather bags, their design and more.
Jeff has decades of leatherworking experience from wallets to motorcycle seats, but now has a passion for historically accurate bags and pouches from American History.
Find more of Jeff's work on facebook- / poboygear
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[@beentheredoingthat3912]

Thank you Jeff for sharing your knowledge!

[@joemummerth8340]

Made my first bag in 1979 , I`ve used deer, elk, moose, buffalo,cow ,and horse hide ! various different tanning methods ! when using a vegetable tan leather , I stitch it together inside out , and then dampen it , turn it right side out , and let it dry before dying the leather ! my first bag is still being used by the person who bought it from me ! and I`ve learned a lot along the way , it`s been interesting ! these guys are lucky to have basically a teacher , I had to figure it out on my own ! lol

[@SpencerPrepper]

Great video! Quality craftsman and awesome history.

[@timbotide]

Hello, I really enjoyed this video series.
Do you know how I can get in touch with Jeff to ask him what weight leather they were using in the videos to make the pouch? Thanks.
Tim

[@FrontierTradingCompany]

Just wondering if you heard a response to this question?

[@sammyjo8109]

He uses a Face Book page : PoBoy Gear

[@TrueOpinion99]

For a pouch, you're looking at 2/3oz leather (that's what I use 99% of the time if I'm using veg-tan), but you can go heavier depending on how flexible the leather is.
Ideally, you want thin enough leather so that you can tuck-and-turn it while you're sewing it up and will flex a bit when you actually put it to use. However, you want enough thickness that it won't tear when stitching and will withstand use afield.