I think this is my first actual dedicated belt pouch (2 beltloops on the backside I didn't photo) and I'm quite proud of the speedy execution on this one, about 2 days from pattern-drafting to completion. It's based on an existing grave find from Hvidegård, Denmark, dated 1300-1100BCE, solidly Bronze Age, and features the world's first zipper!--ingenious system of interlocking leather loops held together with a bronze rod.
It's about 8 inches wide by 4 or 5 deep, which is enough to hold my spoon, some hard coin, flint&steel, a coil of cordage, &c. (The original artifact held a diverse assortment of goodies:
“an amber bead, small conch shells, flint flakes, dried roots & bark, the tail of a grass snake, a falcon’s claw, tweezers, a bronze knife in a leather case, a horse-head razor, a small flint knife, lower jaw of a young squirrel..."!)
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Personae: Aistan son of Ansteig, common Beorning of Wilderland; Tungo Brandybuck, Eastfarthing Bounder, 3018 TA; a native Man of the Greyflood, c.850 SA