Can you buy die cut leather like for strap attachments

[chrisash]

They will defiantly last longer in Veg Tan and quite often bags show a mixture of Chrome and veg tan combined into the design. which can include different coloured pieces, just like leather is often used on canvas bags for decoration and also strengthen area's and straps

[fredk]

Be careful with what you buy. Some [a lot] of this pre-cut is not in leather as we know it but in plastic leather

[TomE]

Another idea is to change the construction and run the tab ends through an oblong (crew punch) hole and sew/rivet in place with a decorative stitch on the outside of the bag.  Would use a plain strap from same leather as the bag.  This construction is stronger than a surface mounted tab for the Dee ring.

[MtlBiker]

12 minutes ago, TomE said:

Another idea is to change the construction and run the tab ends through an oblong (crew punch) hole and sew/rivet in place with a decorative stitch on the outside of the bag.  Would use a plain strap from same leather as the bag.  This construction is stronger than a surface mounted tab for the Dee ring.

Thanks for the suggestion.  The strap anchors I'm making will sandwich around the interior and exterior of the bag (clamping it so to speak) and will be riveted.  The sandwich construction is meant to cover the side seam stitching at the top, where I did a bit of back stitching.  And it's also what the video that I got these ideas from did.  I'll show my finished product in a couple of days when it's finished.  This will be the first bag of this design, of what I hope will be many.  At least to my eye, it's the most gorgeous bag I've made yet.

[TomE]

1 hour ago, MtlBiker said:

Thanks for the suggestion.  The strap anchors I'm making will sandwich around the interior and exterior of the bag (clamping it so to speak) and will be riveted.  The sandwich construction is meant to cover the side seam stitching at the top, where I did a bit of back stitching.  And it's also what the video that I got these ideas from did.  I'll show my finished product in a couple of days when it's finished.  This will be the first bag of this design, of what I hope will be many.  At least to my eye, it's the most gorgeous bag I've made yet.

Sounds good.  Look forward to seeing it.   Stohlman describes a number of ways to attach handles and straps in volume 2 of his case making books.

[toxo]

On 4/12/2022 at 2:49 PM, MtlBiker said:

I'm working on a bag that is on the way to being the nicest I've ever made, but I'm a little stuck on one wee thing... I need to make or buy some small leather pieces to attach d-rings to my bag.  I'd like to use something similar to the screen capture I'm posting and the problem is that my skill set isn't yet up to making these and/or maybe I just don't have the right tools to make them.  And the bag I'm making uses 4oz chrome tan leather and I'd like for these to match.  Do you know of any company that sells similar pre-cut little pieces?  Probably veg tan that I could dye and finish to match the bag.  It seems to me that such small things could be made and sold in bulk.

In a perfect world I'd have a clicker press and a die exactly as I need.  But alas, I have neither.

 

You don't have to spend lotsa money to do this stuff on the scale that most of us are putting out. Here's a couple of tips for us cheapskates.

This is in progress.

I've made several like this using home made clicker dies like this.

I used a cheap 1 ton Arbor press by putting a steel plate on top and walking it around the press. And another thing that no one mentions is this type of die is the most economical on leather. With those that are inset into wood you can't see to get as close to the edge as possible so more wastage.

This next bit is about your initial question along with a short video to show the sort of thing you can do with rule steel shapes.

I don't do video and I've just knocked this up because it shows what can be done much better than words can.

 

[MtlBiker]

@toxo - Great!  Thank you!  And your "in progress" bag looks like it'll be real nice.  Thanks for the photos and the video... very helpful.

(I bought the 1-ton arbor press.)

 

[toxo]

3 minutes ago, MtlBiker said:

@toxo - Great!  Thank you!  And your "in progress" bag looks like it'll be real nice.  Thanks for the photos and the video... very helpful.

(I bought the 1-ton arbor press.)

 

Another little tip for the Arbor Press. I take the collar off from the left hand side. It's been off since I've had the press. When I want to raise or lower the ram I just hold the ram where I want it with my hand, slide out the bit that has the handle in it and slide it back in after repositioning the handle. Never once has it even looked like coming out without the collar.