Hand sewn duffel bag made with dead stock YSL pebble grain calf

[9tpi]

Hey guys

Here is a duffel bag I recently finished.

It was made with dead stock calf skin leather from the YSL (yves Saint Laurent) accessory line. It has an embossed pebble grain/stingray pattern with a durable top coat, much like Saffiano leather.

The bag is sewn at 6 spi (7 tpi) with 432 fil au chinois thread. Nickle plated hardware. Riri zipper. Leather is 4 oz.

 

 

Thanks for looking

Chris

[Dunluce]

Very nice. Very clean. I admire it and your ability

[battlemunky]

Yeah, that is pretty meticulous. How does it feel? A lot of that Gucci/YSL high end leather just feels fake to me, almost like plastic. I dunno if people like that, but I'm not a fan of that cold plastic feeling leather.

[garypl]

That's a fine looking bag!

[terryHHI]

Great work!  I love the shape. Did you create the pattern?

[9tpi]

2 hours ago, Dunluce said:

Very nice. Very clean. I admire it and your ability

Thank you !

[9tpi]

1 hour ago, battlemunky said:

Yeah, that is pretty meticulous. How does it feel? A lot of that Gucci/YSL high end leather just feels fake to me, almost like plastic. I dunno if people like that, but I'm not a fan of that cold plastic feeling leather.

To be totally transparent, I didn’t love working with this leather. It’s attravtive, hard-wearing,  and you can tell the calf that they start with us good quality as it very dense with a tight grain. That being said, you’re correct; it feels plastic-y.

It doesn’t burnish at all, impossible to see my pricking iron marks and does not hold a hot crease with my fileteuse iron. Plus it doesn’t have that intoxicating veg tanned aroma.

Im happy I gave it a go but likely won’t look for this kind of leather in the future.

I’ll  stick to full veg Horween or Sedgwick sides lol.

1 hour ago, garypl said:

That's a fine looking bag!

Thanks very much 

26 minutes ago, terryHHI said:

Great work!  I love the shape. Did you create the pattern?

Thank you! Yes, I made the pattern for the bag. 

[thefanninator]

Nice work. It has a great shape. Any interior shots?

[bikermutt07]

That's a great bag.

[Stetson912]

Another stunning piece. I'm going to be doing a tote bag soon. I can only hope it'll look that nice. Haha. Couldn't let a 9tpi post slip by haha!

[9tpi]

2 hours ago, thefanninator said:

Nice work. It has a great shape. Any interior shots?

Thanks very much. No shots of the interior; nothing worth documenting on this one as it’s unlined.

2 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

That's a great bag.

Thanks man !

37 minutes ago, Stetson912 said:

Another stunning piece. I'm going to be doing a tote bag soon. I can only hope it'll look that nice. Haha. Couldn't let a 9tpi post slip by haha!

Thank you. That’s very kind. I’m sure you’ll nail it when you give it a go!

[Fire88]

Superb bag

[motocouture]

Beautiful work, and I love the clean, balanced lines of the bag. Great work!!!

[9tpi]

9 hours ago, Fire88 said:

Superb bag

 

9 hours ago, motocouture said:

Beautiful work, and I love the clean, balanced lines of the bag. Great work!!!

Thank you both!

[rodneywt1180b]

Very classy looking bag.

[Constabulary]

very cool bag - very nice texture - I really like it 

[9tpi]

1 hour ago, rodneywt1180b said:

Very classy looking bag.

 

51 minutes ago, Constabulary said:

very cool bag - very nice texture - I really like it 

Thanks guys!

[JMcC]

Dang! That is amazing work...good job 9tpi!!! It looks like something that you would buy in a high scale shop for big bucks

[9tpi]

3 hours ago, JMcC said:

Dang! That is amazing work...good job 9tpi!!! It looks like something that you would buy in a high scale shop for big bucks

Thanks very much JMcC! That means a lot!