Has anyone ever made an all leather guitar case?

[johnggrg]

Hi I was wondering if anyone has ever made an all leather guitar case before? If so is there a pattern out there anywhere? Also if anyone has made one. What thickness of leather did you use? Was there any type of stiffener used? Just anything you can tell me would help. But finding a full sized pattern that I can buy would be the best. Thank you. John

[Mattsbagger]

I saw on Instgram that one of the guys at Springfield Leatjer is doing a tooled one. Maybe check with them or their Instagram might have some ideas for you.They are generally pretty helpful. I've called and talked to Kevin the owner and was always helpful.

[chiefjason]

Yeah, the Springfield videos looked amazing.  IIRC he was going to use a liner at some point.  Have not seen an update in a while.  

[JMcC]

If I were going to do something like that, I would just cover an existing case with leather. With a soft case you could actually sew the leather to the case itself...just an idea which you may have already thought about

 

[BillCowles]

Al Stohlman's  The Art of Making Leather Cases Vol. 3 has instructions and maybe patterns. I have not looked at it in a while. The book is available from Tandy  or Amazon. They are well worth the money.

[leathersmyth]

Depends, if you are talking hard or soft case. Have made both types. No pattern, made to fit the guitar as needed...

The  hard one,  is dovetailed frames. So woodworking skills and tools come in handy. The soft is pretty easy. Padding,Leather and zippers.                                                                                                                            

Edited February 3, 2018 by leathersmyth