Made a strike a light bag

[Spots]

So I put the first piece of buckskin that Dave gave me to work. I cut and sewed a strike a light bag for flint, steel, char cloth, and tinder. I sew it inside out then flipped the stitches in, with a flap cover. Not sure how to secure the flap yet, probably an antler or bone button of some sort. Anyways, let me know what you guys think.

[Timestepper]

Looking good! Just a tip: If you want your fringes to be smaller (narrower) and still be good and straight, lay it out flat on a good plank and use the edge of a hacksaw blade as a straight edge with a good sharp knife to cut the fringe - the teeth of the hacksaw will hold the hide tight in place and give you amazing results.

Also, for fastening you might think about just taking a buckskin "whang" and putting a small slit in the flap. It's easy to push the whang through the slit and wrap it around itself with one hand. Or just do like I do and run the the entire bag through your belt and let gravity and friction keep it sealed. (Just a thought.)

[Spots]

I was wondering how you made those tight fringes. Ill carry it through my nelt the the way you do, i just wanted a flap fpr extra security. The buckskin wang idea is a good one, or i may just leave it as is. Im gonna be making a striker and finding some flint in the next couple of weekends.

[Mark@Sea]

Find a good burning lense, make it a little protective pouch. Tried one with charcloth the other day - took about 5 seconds to get smoke.

[Guest pfries]

Looks great I am looking at patterns for moccasins but we will see...

[Mark@Sea]

I'm in the wrong part of the state for finding flint

Maybe I can trade for it at the next rendezvous...

[Timestepper]

Hey Mark, quartz works just as good as flint does and it's considerably more common in East Tennessee.

[Mark@Sea]

You use a hammer on it to get a nice sharp edge?

[Timestepper]

Actually... well yeah, technically, I guess. Mostly I use either another piece of rock as a "hammer stone" like I was knapping flint or just use the either the back of my polled 'hawk or even the flat edge of my striker to knock chips off and get a sharp edge that way.

[DaveS]

ALWAYS test your flint's sharpness with your thumb!

[DaveS]

Looks great I am looking at patterns for moccasins but we will see...

One of the "How to's" I'm going to cover will be moccasins.