My 4Th Briefcase

[brismith70]

I made this for a colleague at the office. It's made from a 4-5 Oz. veg tan. The lining is a full grain pig skin. Dyed in a Fiebing's British Tan. It's all hand-stitched. It is actually my 4th leather project ever and unfortunately, I know where every single mistake is.

Edited May 31, 2014 by brismith70

[Brushpopper]

That is a heck of a lot of work. Well done.

[Rohn]

Lots of great work. As far as the mistakes I don't see any. It looks wonderful to me.

[brismith70]

Thanks for the kind words, Brush and Rohn.

[Basically Bob]

Wow! Great job!

[MonicaJacobson]

Wow, that's a ton of work. That must have been 40 hours or something.

[Pauls Leather]

Impressive. I woudn't even know where to start with a project like this. I may get the courage to make a bag one day.

[DoubleC]

Beautiful bag, Cheryl

[glennaycock]

That's a great-looking bag! Nice work.

[oscar621]

Very, very nice.

[craftsman827]

VERY NICE JOB !!!

WHAT METHOD DID YOU USE TO DYE THE CASE ?

Air brush ?

[brismith70]

Thank you everyone. Very nice of you. You are all too kind.

Craftsman: yes. I put on three coats with an airbrush. Then a top coat 50/50 mix of acrylic matte and water.

Edited June 5, 2014 by brismith70

[brismith70]

Monica: I only do leather working as a hobby in my spare time. And my full time job takes up A LOT of time. So, I only work a little here and there. I didn't exactly keep track of the time, but all in, I'd say I put in approximately 90 to 100 hours.

[MonicaJacobson]

Yeah, I guess I can see that. The lining itself (which I have not attempted yet) probably adds a fairly large extra time percentage, and you have a lot of little details all over that thing.