Hair On Hide Purse And Checkbook Cover

[Steve5611]

This purse wast made from a Bruce Johnson pattern that he had posted (thanks Bruce) hand sown with a tooled leather strap. And a checkbook cover.

[Steve5611]

Here is the checkbook cover still trying to learn how to post

[Northmount]

Very nice and neat work.

Tom

[Steve5611]

Thanks here is the picture that I was trying to post.

[benlilly1]

Very cool! I've not tried anything with hair on hide yet. Any pointers you want to share?

[Steve5611]

Sorry about answering so late but We are headed back to Texas from the Casino in Louisiana should have stayed home could have used that money for leather tools lol. But on the purse you have to sew it together wrong side out I used the white glue from Tandy and a lot of binder clips to help hold it together the hair against hair slips a lot, then I would remove one clip at a time punch then sew.then do it again.

[WoodBoneAndStone]

Sounds tedious. The only hair-on project I've done was a sheepskin vest. I, too, assembled it inside out but since the wool side was the inside of the vest I was working from the hairy side. Wool getting hung up on the thread and pulling through the stitching holes was a constant annoyance. To avoid that I shaved about a quarter inch of wool from the edges of the leather and ruined some hair clippers in so doing. I have yet to piece together a collar. I only have small pieces of the sheepskin left.

Looks like your projects turned out great!

[Wishful]

Nice job.