Hello from Canada

[AntlerRiverLeather]

Hello, new member. From Canada. Little reserve of Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. My background in crafting is mostly indigenous goods like buckskin leather goods, moccasins, medicine pouches, purses, drum bags, flute bags, bead work, rattles. In the last few years I have been learning leather tooling through online resources. I hope to learn more here in the vast wealth of knowledge to go through. Attached is something I finished really recently.

[Rockoboy]

WOW! That is seriously nice! Is that stitched inside out, then turned right side out?

Are you able to supply details of the leather, braided strap, the carving, the button looks really nice (maybe handmade?), is your bag lined?

[AntlerRiverLeather]

1 hour ago, Rockoboy said:

WOW! That is seriously nice! Is that stitched inside out, then turned right side out?

Are you able to supply details of the leather, braided strap, the carving, the button looks really nice (maybe handmade?), is your bag lined?

It is hand stitched right side out, heavy veg tan gusset, soft 5 oz Gold Elk, 4-5oz front tooling panel, 4 strand round braid same gold elk no pare no core. The button is some kind of live edge branch I got a bunch from a local wood turner pretty cheap for a nice accent. It is not lined.

Edited September 2, 2019 by AntlerRiverLeather

[Rockoboy]

15 hours ago, AntlerRiverLeather said:

It is hand stitched right side out, heavy veg tan gusset,

Can you show how the gusset fits please. Is the vegtan leather gusset tanned elk-hide or something else?

[Rbarleatherworks]

Hello back at ya from Canada   And welcome!  

I'm in BC, where are you from?

Love the bag

[WolfteverGunleather]

Very nice work!

[chrisash]

I love the bag but must question a rose design on what looks a heritage bag design, maybe something more indidunus to your location would be a more interesting insert

[mikesc]

38 minutes ago, chrisash said:

I love the bag but must question a rose design on what looks a heritage bag design, maybe something more indidunus to your location would be a more interesting insert

Umm..Chris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose

note in particular the sentence there..

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Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa

Roses are as native ( and thus indigenous to AntlerRiverLeather from "Canada. Little reserve of Chippewas of the Thames First Nation" ) as Bison, Wolf, Deer and Coyote etc, to name just some of the fauna, and not to mention the vast array of flora .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison

Bison range ( for example ) was far greater than TV and Cinema would have you believe..almost all of what people think that they know about cultures and lands of the First Nations, is not told by them..and is mostly inaccurate..

The "First Nations" are comprised of many peoples..once it ( North America and South America ) was all theirs, from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean, from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego.

Hello, Bonjour, Dia dhuit*.. to you AntlerRiverLeather..Beautiful sac you made there 

*Some ( but not much ) of my Gaeilge I remember ( and it is similar in some ways to Breton )..but no longer enough for conversation.

Edited September 3, 2019 by mikesc

[AwlShucks]

Nice work. Welcome to the forum.

[AntlerRiverLeather]

On 9/3/2019 at 9:45 AM, Rockoboy said:

Can you show how the gusset fits please. Is the vegtan leather gusset tanned elk-hide or something else?

It's already been picked up by the client. I brought the soft leather about half a inch over the heavy gusset. (pre punched heavy gusset, veg tan cowhide) gold elk rubber cemented to the gusset and then a diamond awl to pierce the gold elk and find my pre punched holes and hand sew.