Quote Originally Posted by Ancienne Alliance View Post
It would look great to cover the bag with sealskin though .

Would give the bag a good grip. Perhaps a bit too warm for summer .


Best,

Robert
I've seen various Central and Eastern European pipes where the style is/was to leave the hair on the hide bag, with goatskin for instance. I think your correct though, seems like it would be too warm against your body.

On that other site someone responded that he had an 1891 set of Hendersons with the original sealskin bag, that was his grandfather's set and still supple. If true, that's one heck of a testimonial!

Beloitpiper, personally I'm with you at this point regarding synthetic bags. I actually liked sheepskin the best when I was truly playing all of the time, though the life-span is kind of limited. However, with the gaps I sometimes have between playing or then playing frequently, the foregiving nature of Gore-Tex is certainly working for me.