Made a pouch from buckskin some 35-37 years ago. When out walking and plinking along a river or any where shooting can be done safely, I carry my wads in an Ol' Sucrets tin I burned the paint off of and blued. The buckskin pouch with balls and tin of wads, I carry in a Russian double ammo pouch of the style you get with WW2 era Mosin 7.62x54 rifles. Sometimes I strap two of these pouch's on if I'm shooting two calibers of percussion's. They work good for anything ya want to carry, spare metallic ammo, percussion caps, small tools, etc. May not be pre-1900, but they work, the bugs along the river don't care and who counts bugs? (Jubal, there's an opening for ya)!