Leatherworking Supply Carrier Bag

[WinterBear]

That is a lot of leather. Would you do the tooling leather as overlay panels over the chrome tan then? Or inlaid? Or just a separate pieces that are sewn to the chrome tan sides?

Maybe check out Springfield Leather--the stuff looks nice. You'd have to ask the forum at large about that leather as I have not bought anything but the bison from Springfield. They have some black chrome tan sides from 2-4 oz in weight for $1.99 sq.ft. http://springfieldleather.com/product/1635/Side%2CChrome%2CAsst-Black%2C2-4oz/. f you wanted more stiffness and shape to the bag, maybe you could make the bag, or even just the outside, out of bison latigo or water buffalo--Springfield leather has it. It's more expensive than 3-4 oz chap leather though. Bison is sold by the side only, and runs $6.49 sq.ft., while the water buffalo is sold by the side or whole hide at $4.99 sq.ft. Both are very thick. I have a piece of a bison latigo side that a friend and I split between us. Heavy!--But that stuff will take a beating. Springfield had good shipping too--cost less than $12 to ship the bison side from Missouri to Wyoming. I don't know if you'd want to make a whole big bag out of bison/buffalo entirely though--the bag itself will weigh a ton.

If you're going to brand chrome-tan, be careful of the fumes. The fumes are apparently especially nasty. But it would make a pretty bag, better than baggies. You could tool a strip and sew it to the outside of the roll? A vertical strip on the outside edge where the snap would be would show nicely when the tool roll is closed an wouldn't interfere with the purpose, structure, or use of the tool roll.

[ARamcharan]

I was thinking about replacing the front and back sides entirely with veg tanned and sewing them to the sides. I would then divide them into quarters with a small line to show off different stamping and dying patterns. I've found some local tanneries that I could just drive to rather than pay for the shipping. I'd have to spend the money on gas but can write it off come tax time as a business trip.

Thats a good idea for the strip around the edge of my roll, I'll have to try that. My leather just dried from forming it around the tools, so I can finish it tonight. I'll try to get some pictures up when it is done. I was wrong though, it only holds about 10 stamps and a pen rather than the 20. I forgot to take into account the extra space I need for the snap.

[WinterBear]

I was thinking about replacing the front and back sides entirely with veg tanned and sewing them to the sides. I would then divide them into quarters with a small line to show off different stamping and dying patterns. I've found some local tanneries that I could just drive to rather than pay for the shipping. I'd have to spend the money on gas but can write it off come tax time as a business trip.

Thats a good idea for the strip around the edge of my roll, I'll have to try that. My leather just dried from forming it around the tools, so I can finish it tonight. I'll try to get some pictures up when it is done. I was wrong though, it only holds about 10 stamps and a pen rather than the 20. I forgot to take into account the extra space I need for the snap.

That sounds like it'd be nice done that way. And I understand about the shipping. It's only cost effective if you can buy enough or go in with someone to split something (and split the shipping too).

Do you mean a strip along the edges perpendicular to the axis of the stamps? So it would roll up with the tooled strip forming a sort of "jelly roll" and spiraling from the center to the outer edge? Or a single, shorter strip along the outermost edge, near to where the closure would be, and that is parallel to the axis of the stamps? I was thinking the latter.

[ARamcharan]

I was thinking the latter too. I might measure how wide the total roll would be and attach it to the outside so it would be like a covering.

[WinterBear]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

[ARamcharan]

Just a heads up, it was a spur of the moment project that is just a temporary measure, so it's not the cleanest thing I have ever made

[WinterBear]

You're talking to someone who has seen what Boy Scouts cobble together on the spur of the moment. You ain't gonna scare me!

[ARamcharan]

Ok, my package from Tandy didn't get here today, so I'll have to put the border on tomorrow. And all I had for scrap lace is suede, not too big a fan of it, but I didn't feel like stitching the entire thing and I'm not that good at buckstitching, so the ends the ends aren't the prettiest. Other than that, it's coming along better than I expected it to.

[Deb59]

Ok, my package from Tandy didn't get here today, so I'll have to put the border on tomorrow. And all I had for scrap lace is suede, not too big a fan of it, but I didn't feel like stitching the entire thing and I'm not that good at buckstitching, so the ends the ends aren't the prettiest. Other than that, it's coming along better than I expected it to.

Your project sounds interesting - ( I am the one you spoke to the other day from Cottonwood Ranch Designs at Centropolis, Ks) What kind of scrape lacing are you wanting? I have shelves of different types of hides that might work for your lacing that is not suede. Give me a call if I can help - Deb

[WinterBear]

I can offer some of my odds'n'ends of various latigo laces too. Most of it is in about 3ft lengths, but I have several pounds worth. I have a little blue (but it's not colorfast), some boot-lace type which is pretty nice, some off-white, and a deep dark brown. Lemme know if you want any before Friday--It's gonna be picked over by Boy Scouts working on merit badges, and I might not have any left after that!