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You might have the teachers asking for folios and maybe briefcases once they get a load of that pack. And the other parents will be cursing you because now their kids will want one like that. And your daughter is going to love it.

I used to be an Eagle, a good ol' Eagle too...

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Absolutely beautiful.

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Very nicely done!

Don't focus so hard on making a living, that you forget to make a life!

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Just a terrific/amazing piece of work both for the tooling and the assembly ! Congrats!

In for a penny, in for a pound....

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Absolutely beautiful. Your daughter will love it.

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Thanks for the compliments. Here is a couple of pictures of the front. I did have it done for the first day of school so she was happy. She already knew what she wanted with the Fighting Farmer Logo, her name and initials then said I could put tooling anywhere I wanted. Just used an old backpack to get some starting numbers. Thanks to Leatherworker .net I am drawing my own patterns and my tooling is much better. Thanks Bob Park.

I do have some leather zipper pulls made and need really small black D Rings to attach them to the zippers.

Thanks again Tim

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Beautiful work! What kind of machine do you use? I'm looking for a walking foot machine and can't decide what to buy, but the stuff I would make would have zippers, like your backback.

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I'm speechless, that's why I'm typing. you are talented my friend.

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Hi Kathi, Thanks. My machine is the same as a Cobra Class 18. $1695. Mine is a Mitzi. I bought my machine from a local sewing repair man. ($750 for just the machine new) and bought a stand ($49) then built a much bigger top than most you can buy. Piece of Corion counter top out of a place I remodeled. I built my own speed reducer. 12" pulley to a 2" pulley. 6:1 reduction and I can sew thru 1/2" veg tan leather as slow as I want, still have variable speed and it feels like you are sewing thru fabric. There are many different servo motors. I paid $125 for a half horse Consew Servo motor and it is more than you would ever need for 1/2" and under with a speed reducer. It is a walking foot needle feed machine. Thanks Tim

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