A bit of a disclaimer: I don't make the
canvas Mills belts. (I haven't located a good supply of the proper weight of canvas, and frankly haven't tried too hard as I've never had a request for one.) Wouldn't be much of a problem, as I have the industrial sewing machine that can do the job. I do make the M1874 Dyer Pouch. [Point of historical background to the Dyer Pouch: They were issued, but were pretty thoroughly disliked, probably because they concentrated the weight of twenty-odd .45-70 rounds. At one point during the Big Horn & Yellowstone Expedition, troops under BG George Crook were inspected in the field by Capt. Michaelis and a lieutenant whose name I forget. Most of the troops had discarded the Dyer pouches in favor of saddler-made prairie belts (leather loops on a leather waist belt). Michaelis finally found one sergeant who was wearing the pouch. Impressed by the "well-turned-out" NCO, he asked the man to open his pouch to reveal the cartridges inside. Unfortunately, when the sergeant complied, the pouch was found to contain...a sandwich!
] No record of Michaelis' recommendations vis-a-vis the Dyer Pouch, but the advent of the canvas Mills belts pretty much put the quietus on the pouches.
I do like the way that red-dyed belt looks; also the blue-dyed one.