All leather closure methods for items like boxes and cases?

[Sheilajeanne]

The Indiana Jones bag is actually a WWII gas mask bag. My dad had one, which he passed on to me, and I found it very useful when I was teaching outdoor education. It's canvas with dome fasteners, and several pockets inside: https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=indiana+jones+bag&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyLDpBRCxARIsAEENsrK23Ji7_P7aaMz6Mr3TdzpxHgUbhLAp6dyVuArjjXevRFZ8_jjL3w8aAnk6EALw_wcB&hvadid=208428154976&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9000736&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9025011960869597833&hvtargid=kwd-302372876131&hydadcr=23338_10093183&tag=googcana-20&ref=pd_sl_865h16da4e_e

The construction is very simple. The strap is canvas web with a slider buckle to adjust the length, and it is stitched to the outside of the bag with an x pattern stitch.

As for the leather button, a wood toggle would also work, and actually look a bit better than the button. Or, of course, a deer horn toggle, if you can find one.

 

Edited July 16, 2019 by Sheilajeanne

[billybopp]

 

This is not really closer, but a different angle.  If I remember right, the 'keeper loops' are 3/8" and loop through holes in the front of the bag, sewn in at the center.  The straps are 1" wide and the tabs are cut from the ends of the straps and sewn on about half-way around.  Straps didn't really need to go all the way around, but I liked the look.   The gussets are 3/8" purple-heart wood (if I had known how hard that stuff was I would've chosen something else!  They were really hard to shape with hand tools only!).  

 

- Bill