cjones

Plaited belts traditionally used by Australian stockmen

Thanks Fire88 Hi BurnishMyLeather Hoe. Its a fairly straight forward process - I cut a 10mm strip of leather to the required length from the same leather as the bag is made with. Then I cover this by gluing on a strip of pigskin about 20 mm wide. Once done, glue the piping to the gusset and the front/back of the bag and stitch. It gives a more even piping for ham-fisted characters like me and I think it is stronger than using a thin piece of folded leather. Hope this helps. Thanks for your interest Chris

Thanks guys! Chris

Yeah it does. Tried to make it as bullet proof as possible, it would be a bit more clear if the bag had stuff in it. Chris

Thanks! Actually worked better for me when I cemented in place and put the awl thru both pieces of leather and the piping at once Chris

I had problems with piping. If its any help I ended using a 1cm wide strip of 1.5 mm leather with pigskin glued around it. Chris

Thanks. Made the pattern myself but its pretty closely modelled on the old U.S. Mail carriers bag. Chris

Really looking forward to the completed project Chris

I'm taking the first steps towards making my interest in leather work a paying proposition. Every commuter in Melbourne carries a day pack of some description so I thought I might try and tap into that market. I ended up making 8 bags using 1.5mm veg tanned leather and measure approx 40cm by 30cm, roughly 16" x 12" I think . The bags are unlined and generally pretty minimalist to keep weight down thought I am considering some sort of internal partition in the next batch. FIngers crossed Chris

Great job, truly professional execution

Very nice! Good job on the molded front

No worries, thanks.

Hi I've been away from the site for a while and when I logged in today I can't see some of the posted images, often just a line of text ending in .jpg or nothing at all. Am I doing something wrong!

Great looking bag! Thanks for going to the trouble of putting up and providing your pattern. Looking forward to seeing what comes next

Found while cleaning the garage. Not really a recent project - a map case I made in 1978, just about the last thing I made until a year or so ago. It lived in my car for years and comes complete with cat scatches and sundry other dents and stains