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I have not used their snaps specifically, but have other products. They have been good quality products. I would give them a call. They were really good to work with and sent me a few samples to make sure they would work before I ended up buying.

Brian, you might try Rome Fasteners. Believe it is romefast.com If they don't have exactly what you want, they will make it I think. I think you have to actually call and talk with them, not much of a web sales store.

If you decide to build one, Wawak has the round leather belting.

You might also try contacting The Tannery Row. They are the small sales folks for Horween. I have only dealt with Shelley, but she has been great.

Just put a half bottle of paint all over the table and tools and patterns and leather and me. Think you could name your price right now. Brilliant by the way.

How fun. That will garner some attention.

Love those old stories. Especially the ones that keep changing! I am sure he is thrilled with the arm guard. Pretty awesome all the way around.

@Halitech Thanks so much. Sent dm.

Morning Folks. This is a duplicate request that I placed in Help Wanted. I am looking for some one that could laser engrave a piece for a wallet pocket. This is the inscription, not necessarily the font or placement. Or could you point me in the right direction to find someone that can? Thanks so much.

Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Usually cloth is attached to leather with glue to give a temporary hold so it can be stitched down. After stitching the glue doesn't really matter. Are you trying to do a lining or just a finished look to the leather? What type of bag are you trying to make?

I have a client that wants an inscription on a wallet pocket. As it is a one of a kind, I think the best option is laser engraving. Think that is what is in this pic. Anyone interested? Also need leather requirements on your end. It is a small enough to mail so anyone in the US would work. Thanks so much. Rick/Blue Duck Montana

The best way I have found is to do it on paper. Make a full size pattern and it will give you a very close idea. You will need to take into account the thickness of your leather and your seam allowances. Both of those things make it hard to give a specific formula. A cloth tape is going to get you close as well, but not exact. You could also take a strip of your leather and use it to measure. This is all if I have the design right in my head, do you have a sketch?

You will find that your inside piece needs to be shorter than your outside. How much will depend on the overall thickness, but many just use a set amount like 1/2". If you have room in your card slots maybe you could take a slice off each end. When you stitch it back up line up your edges and stitch towards center. That little space you have between your pockets will stick up from your outside and won't get stitched down.

Thank you for taking the time to share Mr. Brian. Look forward to next installment. I also appreciate all of the others that have added to the conversation.

As Matt said, there is probably a stiffener of some description. That is what I was referring to when I asked what was inside. Not the liner, but in between the liner and outside leather. Should you do all raw edges, you will have even more edge painting to do. If you plan on producing enough bags for a TV sale you will need to come up with a faster application method than doing it by hand. There are machines, but how much do you want to invest in equipment? You might look at @RockyAussie he has some production type posts that you may find helpful. Since you don't know the quantity, even if you can give them a sample of your work, it will be pretty difficult to give them a quote on price or even know if you can produce the amount needed in the given time. As you say it may be a great opportunity, or it may be a bit more than you want to take on at this point. Good luck.

I appears that the edges on the bag are rolled. The rolled over edge may not be long enough to have caught in the stitching and/or the stitching is not close enough to the edge. It could also be, as you say, each piece turned and stitched then glued. If that is the case, this is a serious design/manufacturing flaw as it will come apart in fairly short order. If this is the finished look that the customer wants, you will most certainly need a skiver to get the edges thin enough to turn. Do you know what is on the inside that it was turned over? As for the strap, it does appear to be painted. You would probably want to look into an option to create a more refined look. There are some good ideas here on the site. Without being able to see the entire bag, it is hard to tell if you will be able to do the sewing on your machine. It might also be the reason it was glued instead of stitched.

Very nice. And most importantly, if Mrs. M is happy, then that settles it. Now you can hang it up and look at it for four months.

That is really dressing up those totes. They will certainly stand out. Are you making your conchos as well?

Very nice. She will be very excited. The one thing I would mention is the strap. Personally, I don't care for the look of webbing on nice leather cases. It just kind of detracts from your hard work. On the practical side, I don't like carrying a web strap, but may be that I have never had one done right either. So maybe consider a leather strap for it? Just an idea.

My opinion on that SBM, well we won't get into that too much, just don't buy into all of their 'reasoning' behind design etc. Much of it is just marketing, which they are really good at. But I would maybe steer clear of that type design to begin with for practical reasons as well. That will be a real bugger to sew, unless you have access to a sewing machine. I guess a patcher. It could be hand stitched, but don't think that would be any fun. For a beginner project, those are some really big pieces of leather to buy, work with, or perhaps mess up. Mr. Tuga has the right idea. Just cut out of paper to begin with and adjust to suit. The one you have looks like a good start on how you would create darts. After you make the paper look right, I would suggest making the pattern out of something cheap. Felt will have a bit of body and give you an idea how the design will work. When satisfied, you might even do it with cheap leather before using the good stuff. It will also help with the construction sequence. As a gee whiz, when making a pattern don't forget to add your seam allowance where needed. Another lesson learned the hard way.

You are quite right. If you do want to do this technique, make sure and lay it out on paper, put the actual fold in. You will find it is not a straight line across the bottom. You will need to add a bit extra to compensate for the fold. It is hard to describe, but if you would like to do it, I will draw (very poorly) what I am trying to explain. I am pretty sure it is just a design element. No pocket included, but you could change it to that if you like. See how the upper part of the gusset goes over the bottom? That would also help keep weather/water/etc. from sliding down into the seam. (Well that is why I would do it) For this bag I think you would want to add feet just to protect your leather. But you can accomplish this with many different options. Metal feet, 4, 5, 6 whatever keeps it off the ground. Metal or wood bars. Even use of 'spots' or other hardware that sits proud of the leather. Depending on your bottom leather, you may want or need to reinforce the bottom. I will certainly try. However, melatonin might really be the answer.

Jeff without actually seeing it or talking with the maker, my guess it is just designers choice. The top bag appears to have a rounder bottom corners, the bottom much more square. But that does not affect the use of the fold/dart. The darts/folds are created by making the leather wider along the bottom of the front piece and tucking it in. Again just a design choice, not necessary. I would bet the back piece of the top bag does not have those folds. If you don't want that look, just create your pattern as a flat piece and then measure your gusset around that. If you wanted the dart/fold you would create the dart to take up that excess material and then you would measure for the gusset. I believe the gusset is three pieces, perhaps more without seeing the bottom. It doesn't take nearly as big a piece of leather that way. If you want to create that fold look I would skive down the thickness at the edge, so the leather will lay down better. To make them even you need to measure out the same distance from each edge to start the fold and take up the same amount of material on both folds. Tack or glue it down and then sew.

Very nice Mr. Mutt! That one should stand the test of time. Really like the rugged look. I know what you mean about wasting the leather. Really bothered me, until the time the entire piece becomes a waste because there was no wiggle room left.

I don't know specifically about FASNAP, but those dies look an awful lot like the ones for a Press n Snap. If that's the case you might try Sailrite and maybe even Wawak for dies.

You might try and do a search for filigree. There should result in quite a bit of info here.