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This is a leather golf bag I recently finished making. The majority of the bag is made from Connolly leather with foam and cotton duck lining. Those panels were all sewn together using an able 290 patcher hand cranked sewing machine. The shoulder strap, handle and some of the other parts were hand sewn using two needles. The top and bottom collars were hand sewn with a speedy stitcher due to having to sew through thick leather with the padded panels inside. The golf bag took about a month all up including planning and making it. It would have taken a lot less time if it had been made on a singer k6 or similar. The base was wet formed over the base of a saucepan. The Zips were standard jacket zips. The strap and handle were made using the techniques detailed in the book The art of making leather cases volume 3.

This Tandy video http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com.au/en-aud/home/infoandservices/leathercraft-videos/making-cutting-templates-video/making-cutting-templates-video.aspx?countryid=993 shows quite a neat way of making the patterns using a bag stiffener material. They have a supplies list under the video, This is a link to the bag stiffener material they use in the video. http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com.au/en-aud/home/leathercraft-projects/making-cutting-templates/9072-00.aspx

I find the Armitage Leather YouTube channel very helpful for hand stitching. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8urn9l3pybW5LztUa6zbOA He goes into a lot of detail on how to hand stitch leather and how to make your stitching look top knotch

Hi PinSplitter, Sorry to drag up an old thread, Around 20 years ago a friend and I designed and made a golf bag for an Australian Golf Professional I knew - Scott Barr. http://www.flickr.co...08/11696115344/ Sorry, tried to add photo but failed. This bag was a one off and took us 3 months to design it and make it. The machine we used did the job was a Singer K6 and a singer patcher for the lettering. But as others mentioned there are far better machines on the market for making golf bags. We started off by making it out of cardboard and going from there. I am planning to design and make another smaller bag this year for myself. I have drawn up several different plans in AutoCAD for variations of a golf bag but have not made it and no doubt will want to tweak it. At the moment I only have a hand crank patcher from Anne Bonnys Locker but may be getting hold of an industrial sewing machine soon. There are only a few good resources I have found on making leather golf bags. One is How to make a leather golf bag by Jerry Killinger. But a better one is in The art of making leather cases Volume 3 by Al & Ann Stohlman. which can be downloaded from https://www.leatherc...l-stohlman.aspx for about $10. Both these books are old and so are the designs but the techniques can be adapted easily. It is also worthwhile getting some old golf bags and pulling them appart to see how they have been made. How have you progressed? I would like to know if you are still planning to continue making some. Cheers Paul

Hi Gary. Have you had any luck fastening it to the bike? I ran into the same problem. I was able to secure it to the frame under the oil tank and the swing arm but found it rubbed the paint off an area on the swing arm. So I have decide to make a bracket that uses the connection points for the pillion peg that is removed to make room for the bag. A friend and I are making the bracket out of 1/2" mild steel tube with about 6 bends in it to follow the shape of the bag. Once I'm happy with the geometry the bracket, I'll sort out the straps to fit it. I am hoping for it to be finished being fabricated this week. Paul

Hi HarleyChef, It looks good. Have you had any issues with it rubbing the paint on the swing arm or other areas or did you end up making a bracket for it. How did you fasten it to your Sporty?