Back Pack Completed!

[FaireLeatherFriend]

Take a peek here!

[tonymcvay]

Extremely nice.

[ReneeCanady]

Looks like that was a TON of work! Very nicely done!

[shtoink]

There's a huge amount of detail in every aspect of that thing. It's hard to believe that this is your first backpack.

[WinterBear]

There it is. I must have overlooked the post. I still want to hear more about it. How did you sew it? What's Kodiak oil-tanned? What does your son plan to haul--it looks like it would take a load of bricks without popping a stitch.

[FaireLeatherFriend]

There it is. I must have overlooked the post. I still want to hear more about it. How did you sew it? What's Kodiak oil-tanned? What does your son plan to haul--it looks like it would take a load of bricks without popping a stitch.

Bear, I sewed it all by hand. Every stitch and it is all Saddle Stitched, so Really strong. Kodiak is the oil tanned Leather I got from Tandy Leather. It is their name for it. Still cow but nice pebble grain and a rich pull. For now he wants to use it when we camp, as it is too big for his HS lockers. But I think in Collage, he'll really like having the room to haul stuff. It weighs 7.4 pounds empty and I think would hold about everything a youngster would need for collage. And then some!

[H factor]

Very nice! I love their Kodiak. Nice job!