Tool Wallet
A note from Hawkeye. Lizard described this to me over the phone years ago. It is one of the first things I made for my possible bag when I got my first flintlock. I only had one bag at the time so I made it to fit tools for various guns.
Hints in making this tool pouch/wallet. Use oak tanned carving
leather. Roughly lay out how you want your tools on a
paper first make sure you leave a bit of space for the fold area. Put a piece of
plastic over the tools on the table. Wet the liner leather and lay on the
plastic over the tools. Use a bone folder to shape the leather around the tools.
Finally, put a towel over it and place a sandbag over the whole thing then let
dry. Cut the back piece to fit the front then sew. After sewing use
a utility knife or ex-acto knife to carefully cut the slits in the inner leather
for the pockets. Don't cut through the back. Another way is to start at one tool and work your way across
using each tool to judge where to cut as you sew. Then sew the outside at the
last. Whatever you use for gun oil works well as a finish on this. I highly recommend this kit. It gets my vote for the number
one tip of the century.-Darylee Here is mine Yes, one tool is missing. It is the
12 ga cleaning jag. It always ends up in the bottom of the bag. Also, I suggest
to make the flint area like Lizard's above, or have a flap cover the edges. I do
sometimes get cut on them sticking out like that. click on the
photo for a larger photo
Last Edit by Hawkeye January 3, 20009
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