All Leather Dakota Shoulder Rucksack

[Mrvista]

Here is a Rucksack which I made for my 15 year old boy, it should get him through Uni!

Two large internal pockets, one smaller one, flap and catch to secure.

Used a three bar buckle to attach the padded straps and the carry handle to the top.

Took me a while to figure out the padded shoulder straps, as they had to curve around the sides, but finally cracked it

Over 1000 hand stitches, a labour of love!!

You can find me on Pintrest, search for Apricity Leatherworks, as this is only the third bag I've made, I wouldn't mind feedback.

Andy

[pokerinot]

Beautiful! I love the concentric creases.

[jtweatherford]

That is awesome looking. I like it a lot. May I ask why you finished the edges on the gussets but did not finish/dye the edges on the flap? Was that the look you were going for?

[Mrvista]

Hi JTWeatherford.

Where the partition of the inner pockets meet the gussets there were three layers of leather, the partion is natural veg tan and thicker than the Dakota shoulder leather, to provide a little stiffness/strength to the bag, therefore I either had to dye the edge of the veg tan, and Dakota leather or sand, burnish and edge coat these three layers. That's the route I decided to take!

Thanks for your comment 😊

Hi JTWeatherford.

Where the partition of the inner pockets meet the gussets there were three layers of leather, the partion is natural veg tan and thicker than the Dakota shoulder leather, to provide a little stiffness/strength to the bag, therefore I either had to dye the edge of the veg tan, and Dakota leather or sand, burnish and edge coat these three layers. That's the route I decided to take!

Thanks for your comment 😊