Repair request on vintage doctor's bag

[PastorBob]

I have been asked by an older gentleman who is really attached to this bag if I can address the edges.  I didn't take a picture of the bag, but found one for demonstration purposes.  The entire edge on both sides is rolling inward when the bag is set down on a solid surface.  The leather is in good shape, supple, but also very soft.  I think over the 40 years it has been used, it has created a memory and will always go back to that position, even when I pull it out.  Any ideas on how to fix the bag so the edges don't roll under the bag?  Thanks!!

 

 

[fredk]

As you say, many years of use. I would obtain some U shaped brass channel and affix it to that bottom edge

oh, question, is just the corners or the whole length of the bottom edge seam or what exactly?

Edited 27 minutes ago by fredk