Slim briefcase from bookbinder leather (with build pictures)

[niniquesvk]

Build process:

http://imgur.com/gallery/sd62q

For some time I was curious about finer bookbinder leather and how would it hold in a bag. Bookbinder leather is made for the different use, so I was expecting some difficulties and had limited expectations from the end result.

 

I bought two small bookbinder goats and made slim mini briefcase from them.

 

Bookbinder leather is very delicate, winkles and scratches easy, and usually is sold quite thin. So I decided to use thicker stiffener to give it defined shape I was looking for.

 

I have to say I quite like how it looks when stretched evenly over stiffener, it has nice texture and is very soft. Will see how its going to hold up after some use..

[bdunne]

Great work and a fellow imgurian!

[niniquesvk]

41 minutes ago, bdunne said:

Great work and a fellow imgurian!

Thanks! Its actually my first venture to imgur under account, was suprised that somehow even commented there

[panchoskywalker]

Very nice work, would love to build one for me someday. If I understood correctly stiffener is just a piece of leather, right? (English is not my mother tongue.)

[niniquesvk]

5 hours ago, panchoskywalker said:

Very nice work, would love to build one for me someday. If I understood correctly stiffener is just a piece of leather, right? (English is not my mother tongue.)

Hi pancho, skywalker! Stiffener is cardboard like material that can bend and get wet without loosing shape. Although I have seen people using leather for this purpose.