flightbag 01

Absolutely GREAT bag!

Also, why are not spirit dyes good for the edges? Because I just bought a couple of bottles exactly for that purpose.. Should I not do that?

thanks - nice compliment.

the dyes are great, but for this leather i found it soaked in and stained through the leather. It did not just colour the edge but bled through to the face of the leather.

Not such a huge problem on this bag as its for me, and i wanted it to have an old well used look...but would not use those dyes for something that had to look pristine.

I havent tried it, but i would imagine the Fiebings Edge Dyes are more of a thick paint than a thin dye, to prevent just this from happening.

adam

Thank you Adam!

I tried this dye and found that if I apply it to "raw" edges it will bleed, but if I trim them clean and burnish and polish first using saddle soap (following Bob Park's method) then the dye can be applied evenly and it will not bleed. It will still soak through the polished layer into leather but the dyed edge line stays clean. But then again, you just said your leather is different..

Thank you! I really like your bag!

i would not have thought it possible to dye through polished saddle soap! interesting! thanks for the tip.