LederRudi

Yeah, as uncompromising as the german purity law...mallet, stamp and leather, nothing else! I like that holster a lot (the other two no less). And, yes, the color is beautiful!

Thank you, Buttons!

Elegant, unobtrusive design, nicely executed! May I ask what's supposed to be put into the pocket?

A beautiful classic, expertly made! As always (also on the wallet you've recently posted) excellent lacing!

Thank you for the nice comment, Adam!

Motivating, encouraging...your wife must be an excellent teacher! Be sure to post pics of the finished tote!

Thank you both for the kind words! Glad you liked the bag! Windrider, you are probably right: Lacing and sewing is like belt and suspenders. But then...dry splycing and lose ends of half an inch of lace tucked under the loops...so not working for a customer and not being obliged to compare expenditure and profit I did the belt and suspenders thing for the peace of my mind. I'll have to reconsider that for future projects (my wife's colleagues have shown interest in a simple handbag that I've made for her a while ago). Bikermutt, I handed the bag over yesterday and I think my daughter really liked it. Now I can fall back on the Tandy messenger bag kit that I'd planned to process originally. Making a tote for your wife and her being an art teacher won't be an easy task I guess. My wife prevented me from using the shoulder strap that I'd made for a previous project on which to use it she'd already prevented me with her objections based on aesthetic reasoning...and she is not an arts expert...

A birthday present for a daughter. I'm still not selling my stuff although selling would flatter the hobbyist. I made the usual first time mistakes but all in all I'm pleased witth the outcome. The bag is fully lined and has three zipped compartments. I didn't trust the lacing alone and also sewed along the double loop stitch. The shoulder strap I took from a store-bought bag. Cutting a narrow strip from the motorcycle leather I used proved impossible without having a rotating knife available. Critique and hints most welcome.

Great idea, will try to copy it!

A nice idea, nicely executed! Your post amplified my japanese vocabulary by about 30 percent! I followed the link and found myself liking the uncompromising simplicity of these knives.

...I'm still struggling with lining up the imprints...and afterwords hoping that nobody notices the irregularities. One of Snubbyfan's recent videos gives an idea how he does it.

Minimalistic elegance, beautiful color, beautiful stitching. My wife would love your sleeve a lot more than the somewhat bulky cover I made for her phone.

Thanks Windrider. The phone is held in place by a slim plastic frame that I simply glued to the leather. This frame also covers the backside of the male part of the snap.

A strange idea perfectly handled!

I keep returning to your post and looking at the pics! It's only now that I noticed the delicate matting on the border of the holster. Great work!

Thanks for looking and commenting guys! Originally I'd wanted to make a double layered copy of the worn out original that covered two sides of the cell with a tab growing out of one side. I'd also wanted to reuse the magnets for closure, but they proved to be too weak. Fed up with the thin stuff and wanting now to make a rustic single layered cover out of 8-9 oz leather and definitely not wanting the the snap to touch the screen I came up with this design that closes the cover on the back side.

...but she doesn't like it. Too much decoration for her taste. So it's mine now and she got my old one to make up for her worn out cheapy thing from which I took the plastic frame. Nothing earthshaking, I know. But I will impress my friends when I casually whip out my cell.

Your Holster makes even an ugly austrian plastic pistol good to look at! Very ingenious border stamping!

Sitting in a messy, dark room of ten square meters, looking at the window of a nosy neighbour and then redirecting my gaze at the pics of your shop I'm JEALOUS! Very nice basket stamping on the wallets!

Excellent work! Just a hobby? I'm a very jealous fellow hobbyist!

Thanks Isaac. She did like the bag...or at least the things we stuffed in for her birthday. I'm relieved that the crappiness of the Tandy hide I had available didn't show (as far as my experience goes, leather from Tandy tends to get blotchy when treated with oil or dye). Greetings from Vienna!

Interesting construction, very well executed. I like the leather and fabric combination. Last year I learned some Spanish in Guatemala. Shoulda brought home some tejido too.

First duffel, a present for daughter in-law. Couldn't stand the black shoulder strap and took it upon myself to fold and sew a new one, also reinforced the bottom.

Thanks mlapaglia! With interruptions I'm still working on the bag: adding a rectangle made of saddle skirting as a bottom stiffener and making a new shoulder strap. The template Ian Atkinson uses may not be new to experienced professionals but sure inspired me!

...for the closure of a simple duffelbag. It is made of 4-5 oz leather which I oiled and waxed. I'd been watching Ian Atkinson making a small medieval pouch and decided to use the method he shows in his video on a large bag. I can see now why he reinforces the pouch betrween the front and back holes (the seam on the backside sucks in the leather so to speak). I think I'll add grips in these areas for reinforcement and better handling. I had only black leather straps available and decided to use them on purpose for contrast. Comments as always welcome.