Leatherworking

Virginia Shot Pouch Class with Jeff Luke [VIDEO]

Virginia Shot Pouch Class with Jeff Luke [VIDEO]

In April, 2021 the NMLRA was excited to be hosting another leather pouch construction class with Jeff Luke. Jeff has been a great supporter of the NMLRA Education Program and having him back was a lot of fun.

Virginia Shot Pouch Class with Jeff Luke

Date: April 17, 2021 9am-2pm

Location: NMLRA Education Center, Friendship, Indiana, 7436 S Co Rd 575 E, Versailles, IN, 47042

Students will learn to construct their own Virginia Shot Pouch, a typical pouch of early America, with the help and instruction of Artisan Jeff Luke. His work has been featured in and on the cover of Muzzle Blasts Magazine, and in 2019, Jeff was recognized as a new and upcoming artist at the annual Contemporary Longrifle Association Show.

Class fee is $85, materials and tools will be included.

Max of 10 Students

Please visit NMLRA.org/education to sign up

To watch Jeff’s previous class with the NMLRA, click here

To see more of Jeff’s work, please visit his Facebook page: Facebook.com/poboygear

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2020 Gunmakers Hall Incentive Bag by Jeff Luke

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3 Moccassin Patterns and Tutorials

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Daniel is a young father in the Western United States.

Daniel is a young father in the Western United States.

We're talking with Daniel Howell this week. Daniel has been involved in rendezvous out west for many years now, but in adult life has transitioned into studying and living by "primitive skills". A woodworker by trade, Daniel has continued to travel back in time, so to speak, re-learning what our forefathers and mothers lived by. 

Daniel is from the western US, so we get into some of the history and differences between what he studies, versus what someone like me from east of the Mississippi river studies. We talk about the skills and craft behind muzzleloading, as well as its history in the United States and how muzzleloaders went hand in hand with skills like foraging, woodworking, blacksmithing and more.

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