Ok, finally a post of something I made

[Rawhide]

Here's a bag I made from skirting leather. No liner inside, just sanded and slicked. I used 4/5 oz chap leather for the gussett, with a jacket zipper.

The zipper is sewn in with 69 thread on my sewing machine, but everything else is hand sewn... the bag to gussets are 6 spi with 5 cord, and the handles are 8 spi with 3 cord.

The background in the tooling is dyed black and the bag is just oiled and finished. the handles are stained with oil mixed with med brown dye and finished with bag kote.

There are some large dome spots i used as 'feet' to keep it off the floor, but I may order some real feet for it.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,

Marlon

Edited April 20, 2009 by Rawhide

[rhallskid]

Your had sewing is super clean! Love it. I was zooming on the machine sewn part but with hand sewing like yours who needs a machine. lol uh ok...maybe for quickness but still. It is a good looking piece.

Marie

[Rawhide]

Your had sewing is super clean! Love it. I was zooming on the machine sewn part but with hand sewing like yours who needs a machine. lol uh ok...maybe for quickness but still. It is a good looking piece.

Marie

Thanks Marie...my goal is to get better at hand sewing with each piece I do... I took this piece to our local guild meeting and one of the guys gave me the best compliment ever...He asked if I had bought the handles somewhere...Fantastic!!!

[jbird]

very very nice sir

Thanks for posting

[leatheroo]

marlon, this is soooo nice...i agree, your stitching is fantastic

[Rayban]

Great job Marlon....I would have liked to see it w/o the darker b/g on the floral carving to tone it down a bit, but that's just me..... but the craftsmanship is A-1, top notch, PRIMO!!

[Rawhide]

Great job Marlon....I would have liked to see it w/o the darker b/g on the floral carving to tone it down a bit, but that's just me..... but the craftsmanship is A-1, top notch, PRIMO!!

Rayban,

I did think about that, but I wanted to make the foreground stick out like a sore thumb to highlight the carving. Just something not seen often.

[whinewine]

Superb, marlon!

russ

[RichardCollmorgen]

Fantastic.

[Talfuchre]

Marlon,

That is awesome. What do you mean by 'slicked'? I noticed you are talking about the grain - how to you 'slick' the grain? Help the noob out!

Also - I like the black backround - it REALLY accents the floral pattern.

TF