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Thanks, I'll check it out. Hopefully I won't end up with too much leftover material.

Wow great info and advice! I'm just starting out so I have a very limited supply of materials and tools. For rolling the leather after gluing, I guess I could just use a wide enough bread roller pin. For the metal bar, I've read that 16-18 gauge steel would be a good thickness. Does that sound about right? I'll have to find a source for that ... Thanks so far!

I'm not sure what the exact name for it is but it is the metal bar under the pig lining in the picture I linked. From what I understand, to use contact cement is to coat the entire piece of leather in the glue, stick them together, then trim the excess leather. Does this affect the flexibility of the leather too much? And how do you prevent the lining from wrinkling when bending? Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm new here and I've spent the last month browsing the vast wealth of information on this forum. I've learnt a lot already and i'm hoping you guys can provide some insight into a specific issue I have. I'm planning on creating a leather briefcase/messenger bag with pigskin lining with cowhide on the outside. I have a few questions on how I could accomplish this. How do you think they secured the lining? I am guessing they glued the pig skin and sewed but I worry that the lining may wrinkle when bending it. I've heard that you are suppose to roll it on or something but I have not found a guide on the process. Also, kind of unrelated but how does the stabilizing bar work in a bag like this? Does one of the rivets go through the metal bar? Or is it just glued in place and riveted around. Thanks in advanced!