Possibles bag

[Spots]

Can some of you guys post up pictures of your possibles bags? I've got an old set of leather shotgun chaps I dont use anymore, and was thinking of making a possibles bag and knife sheath for the new camp knife I'm working on that match. Thanks guys

[DaveS]

Let me get my stuff together. Do you want measurements or just the bag and contents? Will be more than happy to assist you my friend.

[Spots]

Measurements would be awesome, but anything is appreciated.

[peejman]

I just learned something. Seen lots of them but never heard it called that before.

[Caster]

Wife found this at a yard sale for a dollar. It was missing the strap which I replaced using a broken rifle sling.

Back in the 60's and early 70's there were a bunch of women's purses made from some really heavy and high quality leather. The wife bought this one thinking I'd cut it up for a sheath or something. Nope, tossed a sling on it, added the cross pendant and the little pouch on the sling is a Yugoslavian oil bottle pouch that holds an old brass compass that I put modern guts in.

It has one small pouch with a snap closure on the inside front, one HUGE cavern of a compartment and then one small inside pocket. ALL made from a VERY heavy leather. Broads musta been tougher back then. This is built better than ANYTHING Louis Vitton makes.

Make you snide comments about a women's pocket book but it works well. AND, it goes good with my bandolier and Ishapore.

Edited May 22, 2012 by Caster

[DaveS]

This "Possibles" bag was made from canvas and treated with boiled linseed oil. It measures 2x12x14 inches. It was made to be authentic to the year 1790.

Tin Coffee Boiler attached. (Technically, you could drink BEER from it!)

The contents of the bag...

From "Left to Right"...Top Row.....Tin Plate, Tinder. Bottom; Sewing kit, salt, peppercorns, eating fork, roasting fork, eating knife, tin of char cloth and flint/steel.

I hope this helps...

Dave

[Moped]

Gas mask carriers make good "modern" possibles bags. A lot of bushcrafters swear by the Finnish Gas Mask Carrier.

Here's what they look like.

http://www.fu-kit.com/product.php/331/canvas-genuine-army-shoulder-bag

And here is one in action!

http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48658&highlight=Finnish+gas+mask

[Caster]

I got abut a dozen of those. They still have the masks and kit in them though.

[Moped]

I wouldn't mind having one of these. Don't really want the mask or filter though. LOL!

[UncleJak]

This is mine. I made it from scrap leather. I have some paracord braided and attached to it and a safety light from where I walked in a night parade. It is about 5 inches deep and 10 inches across. My wife calls it my "man purse"!

[Caster]

This is mine. I made it from scrap leather. I have some paracord braided and attached to it and a safety light from where I walked in a night parade. It is about 5 inches deep and 10 inches across. My wife calls it my "man purse"!

More commonly known as a "Murse"

[DaveS]

Folks, just to throw a ringer into things, I must ask what are you reffering to when you say "possibles bag"? Many people confuse Possibles Bag with Haversack with Shooting pouch. They are all different and serve a different purpose.

Let me know what your intended purpose is and I could help you a little more.

Dave

[Caster]

I would say my modified vintage purse would be more of a haversack.

[peejman]

Folks, just to throw a ringer into things, I must ask what are you reffering to when you say "possibles bag"? Many people confuse Possibles Bag with Haversack with Shooting pouch. They are all different and serve a different purpose.

Let me know what your intended purpose is and I could help you a little more.

Dave

Care to clear up the confusion? Google tells me that a Possibles Bag holds whatever you need it to hold for a day (or three) in the field (food, utensils, shooting stuff, etc.). A Haversack holds primarily food. A Shooting Bag holds, go figure... shooting stuff.

Personally, I like the term possibles bag. Sounds a lot better than man purse.

[DaveS]

Care to clear up the confusion? Google tells me that a Possibles Bag holds whatever you need it to hold for a day (or three) in the field (food, utensils, shooting stuff, etc.). A Haversack holds primarily food. A Shooting Bag holds, go figure... shooting stuff.

Personally, I like the term possibles bag. Sounds a lot better than man purse.

You are correct as per google. I run into alot of people that confuse the "Possibles" bag with the "Shooting" bag. Sometimes a possibles bag and haversack can double up and serve a single function.

Dave

[peejman]

So a Haversack holds food, a Shooting bag holds shooting stuff, and a Possibles Bag holds all of that plus whatever else you need. It's the Swiss army knife of bags.

[DaveS]

I carry three bags when out "trekking" and/or "small game" hunting. The first one is my "shooting pouch" which holds everything I need for the care and feeding of a flintlock rifle. Bag number two, the one pictured above, carries the items I may need on the trail. And maybe some small food/beverage Item in which I will call a possibles bag. Bag number three is made of canvas and is "tarred". It is mostly used to carry food items or small game and I refer to that one as a haversack/game bag.

Dave

[Caster]

The US Military called their M1910 a haversack and it held rations, bedroll and personal items.

It's a silly game of semantics. It's your bag, call it what you like. Stick a feather in it and call it macaroni a cheese.

I keep a bit food, fire kit, sewing kit, some bandages, an Otis cleaning kit and King James bible, along with a few other trinkets.

I like to use the term haversack because typically, the term possibles bag implies the use of a smokepole.

[UncleJak]

I like to call my bag "Basil Marceaux" because most people don't know what to think about it when they first see it.

[Guest Broomhead]

My wife accidently called my Possibles Bag a purse today...if looks could kill. LoL.

Mine is a canvas messenger bag with a couple of multi-tool thingys, a small camp stove the size of a deck of cards, a lock pick set, an extra knife, food, meds, drink bottle, pens and pencils, a torch lighter, sketch book, etc. You know, the necessities.

Call it what you will, it is simply my bag. It has a hidden compartment for when I need to throw my gun in it, too.

[JAB]

It's a silly game of semantics. It's your bag, call it what you like.

When referring to simply a daily carry bag, I agree. However, if someone were trying to recreate a type of period costume, etc. then I think the distinctions that WD pointed out would be important.

I was actually under the impression that 'possibles bags' evolved from and replaced 'shooting bags' and were used to hold all the things that shooting bags held plus other 'stuff'. I currently have a project going that will be my version of a modern 'possibles bag'. Basically, I am combining the idea of formed leather (as was used in some possibles bag) and the basic construction of some of the more 'refined' possibles bags with the idea of a 'briefcase' sort of setup. It will have a main compartment with a smaller compartment attached to the front of it. I plan to use flaps to cover the compartments and straps/buckles to close them. So far I have only gotten as far as forming the leather for the two, main compartments and staining the leather with a natural stain I made by soaking some of last years walnuts (with the dried outer hull still attached) in water.

A lot of folks make wooden forms for making the more traditional formed leather possibles bags. For the size and shape I wanted, I just used a long, rectangular cake pan and a smaller plastic box I had on hand. I will probably end up making a wooden form because I want to make some more traditional type bags - plus even though the corners on the cake pan are rounded off, they are still too sharp an angle to smoothly wrap the leather around very well.

This is the leather for the larger compartment as it sits right now:

and this is the formed leather for the smaller compartment as it currently looks:

I ended up slowing down on this project because I found a couple of nice, leather briefcase/laptop bags at Goodwill recently so my need for this bag isn't as immediate.

[Bocephus]

Get yourself one of theses and call it good. http://www.opticsplanet.com/maxpedition-jumbo-e-d-c-every-day-carry-bag.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=plusbox-beta&gclid=CKzdoKTw7LACFTRe7AodmE0GtQ

[Handsome Rob]

Here's my 3....

From left to right; my Shooting pouch by October Country leather, 8"x8"x2",

The first possibles bag I made (more of a weekend trekking bag/game bag really) 12"x14"x4"

& my current possibles bag, 10"x13"x1½" (again home made)

[DaveS]

Nice bags Rob!

[Makiaveli]

Get yourself one of theses and call it good. http://www.opticspla...CFTRe7AodmE0GtQ

I would rather spend the $70 bucks on stuff to make some bags with