I just celebrated a birthday in late September and I decided to get myself a little gift. As I believe I have mentioned before I have a large quantity of Military Surplus gear, thanks to a long career in the Army. I've been trying to collect a few more...traditional...pieces of gear as of late.

 For over a year now I've had my eye on a little canvas and leather version of a dump pouch. A dump pouch is a piece of kit some soldiers and the like use to throw empty rifle magazines in to quickly collect them up. Often it is a collapsible pouch the folds up to a small size, easily kept out of the way of other gear. Well, I found a craftsman who makes a beautifully done leather and canvas version and ordered one.

John from Badger Claw Leatherworks makes many fine leather and waxed canvas goods and has built a solid reputation as a sheath maker for custom and production knives. John is a skilled craftsman whose talent with design and craftsmanship is evident with even just a casual look at the products on his sight, www.badgerclawleatherworks.com.  The transaction between us went flawlessly on his part. I received my pouch about 3 days after he shipped it. Probably would have come sooner had I not delayed the process by not sending the correct payment on my first go.

The item I ordered was the Bushcrafter's Dump Pouch. It is a waxed leather and canvas collapsible pouch with stainless steel hardware. The pouch rides nicely on a belt and stays out of the way until needed. There is a decent sized fire steel loop an a nice steel D- ring for external attaching. Keep in mind anything attached to the ring will be obstructed by the full pouch when it is opened.

This photo shows me wearing the pouch just in front of my Turley Green River. You can see how compact it is and you can just make out the D-ring on the bottom right near my pocket.

In the top pic you can see the fire steel loop better. That steel was a last minute add for the photo, in real use I will have it tied off by a lanyard. The bottom picture shows it fully opened.  In actual use, I pushed the pouch around to the front of my belt more so it rested more on the front of my thigh.

I wore the pouch out on a quick little hike around the woods near the cabin. Figured if I was planning to use it as a foraging pouch I had better do some foraging. Found some thistle down still on the plant, a hand full of acorns but I could have had as many as I want, and some birch bark. 1 hand full of each barely started to take up much room in the pouch. It has plenty of size to hold tinder, foraged edibles, interesting rocks, etc...

This picture shows how the retaining strap snaps inside the pouch to help secure it...and another shot of my Turley Green River knife ;)

A better shot of the back of the pouch. That belt loop is very generous, I'm guessing a 2" belt would slide right in just fine. You can also see how that D-ring is covered when the pouch is opened.

I'm completely satisfied with my Bushcraft Dump Pouch from Badger Claw Leatherworks. If you are in the market for quality leather or canvas goods with a more traditional styling, you could do much worse than checking out John and his work.