Leather Pipe Tobacco Pouch

[JOERUSSIA]

fHey guys I was wondering if anybody knew how to make a pipe tobacco pouch, or if anybody knew how to start one? Everybody can buy one, but i wanna make one or get somebody to make one for me atleast that way I know nobody else has one like mine. I put in some samples below, I don't want a big pouch i just want to cary 2 average sized pipes a pouch for tobacco and some accessories. Most of all i want a light colored leather. Can anybody help me out on that? Or atleast point me in a direction where i can start to make one myself?

[Dwight]

I made a tobacco pouch one time for a customer (Christmas present for her husband), . . . had to make another one after Christmas.

I had some material she had given me from his grandmother's quilting material, . . . and I lined it with that (cotton) material. When he found out about it, . . . he choked up, said there was no way he would use that, put it away. I had to make him an "every day" one. Those were #1 and #2 of my tobacco pouch makings.

Anyway, . . . go buy some 3/4 oz veggie tan leather, . . . lay your pipes out on your desk, . . . get a couple of manila folders, . . . make believe the manila folders are your leather, . . . cut it to suit your taste and design, . . . get a glue stick with re-moveable glue in it, . . . make your own pattern, . . . cut it out of the leather, . . . sew it up or lace it up by hand.

You'll get many compliments on it, . . . believe me, . . . and most of that won't necessarily come from your great leatherworking skill, . . . but more from your willngness to tackle the problem, . . . see it through to completion, . . . then sport the results.

Oh, . . . and, . . . uhhh, . . . yes that is the way we make patterns for holsters for guns: manila folders and glue sticks.

May God bless,

Dwight

Edited March 29, 2012 by Dwight

[JOERUSSIA]

Thanks for the tips!! Do you have any templets that you used or did you just do it all freehand?