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Very cool!

Lovely!

It still is gorgeous, Thor.

Thank you for the nice comments. Just have to sell it now, so I can afford more leather.

schön gemacht - gefällt mit gut!!!

Thor,

I really like this bag. Combining careful craft work and fine art work together. It does not get much better then this.

Jim

Forgot to ask, did you stitch up the bag first or do the carving first?

Thank you Jim. I carved it first and then stitched it. But to be practical, it doesn't matter so much on this bag as the tooling is on the flap only and you could still tool it. The only problem would be that the leather wouldn't lay flat.

You can follow the instructions for the diplomat pouch in Stohlman's book on how to make cases. It's pretty much the same bag I just added the tooling.

Thanks Thor, I have to get that book on case making.

NP, it's volume 2 that you would be looking for. If you only need those individual pages I guess I could email them to you.

Thanks Thor, but I think I need to expand my leatherworking library.

Which volume deals with briefcases and shoulder bags?

Mainly volume 2 but also volume 3

https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-1132-the-art-of-making-leather-cases-volume-2-by-al-stohlman.aspx

https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-1133-the-art-of-making-leather-cases-volume-3-by-al-stohlman.aspx

Thanks again!

I will be getting both