A couple of questions....

[RockyAussie]

On 6/12/2023 at 9:26 AM, yuma said:

Showing my ignorance here, but if you don't ask, you don't find out....with the trend of leather bags with wooden ends, how is the leather attached to the wood ? is the stitching just for effect ?

I have seen a few of these sort of bags done like this and it does appear that most have only glued the leather to the wood and either screwed or used upholstery escutcheon pins to hold the leather to the wood. Personally I would not recommend this method as no matter how good the glue is it is only held by the underside/flesh side of the leather and therefore the pins, nails or screws must do most of the holding. The gaps between the pins will be easily pressed out and then so will many of the pins in time. I would suggest either doing something similar to what I did when I made this motor cycle tool bag. The gusset end was machine stitched in place first after folding the outer leather over the ends.

After that I covered an eva rubber plug with a leather design and then glued it into the end onto the lining. The plug was a tight fit into the end and was tested without any gluing to start with. The plug could have been wood or steel or whatever.

[yuma]

Thanks Rocky, impressive work !!

 

Roger

[Deanr]

Rocky,

That is one nice looking bag.

I have looked at these in the past and it appears that the type the op posted are nailed with any stitching as decorative or have the edges rolled and stitched. Either way I don't think the stitching Penetrates the wood.

[fredk]

An addendum to the main discussion; Tandy has. or had, in their library two books, 'Leather and Wood' Volumes 1 and 2.   Vol 1 is by our hero Al Stohlman and Vol 2 is by Jerry Jennings & John Drake ( Ha ha, it takes two to compete with the Master!     )   Many of the projects in the books are rather dated and old fashioned now but I thought youse might be interested in them and maybe get some inspiration

Leather and Wood Vol. I.pdf

Leather and Wood Vol. II.pdf

[yuma]

Thanks for the downloads Fred, always welcomed, especially anything by the god of leatherwork.   

 

Roger