Custom Laptop Bag

[AndyL1]

Another custom Aidan satchel heading out today. All hand dyed full grain veg tan, hand tooled Callahan crest, inner pockets for a tablet and other essentials, sized to fit a 15” laptop. I’m having a hard time letting this one go.

 

[battlemunky]

Exquisite work. I love the dye work on the family crest!

[garypl]

Really nice case!  Looks like you airbrushed the dark edges?

Gary

[Oxbo]

Absolute perfection ! ! !

[Scoutmom103]

Very Nice.  Love the crest work and the details.

 

[AndyL1]

3 hours ago, battlemunky said:

Exquisite work. I love the dye work on the family crest!

Thanks!

29 minutes ago, Oxbo said:

Absolute perfection ! ! !

Thank you! 

3 minutes ago, Scoutmom103 said:

Very Nice.  Love the crest work and the details.

 

Thanks! 

2 hours ago, garypl said:

Really nice case!  Looks like you airbrushed the dark edges?

Gary

Thanks! Not airbrushed, I use a sponge antiquing method.

[Hardrada]

Capital!

Love the tooling: it's neat to see something other than the floral carving whose ubiquitousness has made it boring.

[Retswerb]

Wow. That crest looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!

[DrmCa]

Simply 'wow'!

[AlexOstacchini]

Excellent piece of work,  colours look great and i'll echo everyone else about the crest tooling

[AndyL1]

On 5/20/2020 at 8:34 PM, Hardrada said:

Capital!

Love the tooling: it's neat to see something other than the floral carving whose ubiquitousness has made it boring.

 

On 5/20/2020 at 11:34 PM, Retswerb said:

Wow. That crest looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!

 

21 hours ago, AlexOstacchini said:

Excellent piece of work,  colours look great and i'll echo everyone else about the crest tooling

 

21 hours ago, AlexOstacchini said:

Excellent piece of work,  colours look great and i'll echo everyone else about the crest tooling

Thank you all! I’ve got another crest in the works now and I can’t wait for you to see it. I love doing these types of things. Sculpting the mantle is a lot of fun.

[JayEhl]

Hi,

Such astonishing work.   I noticed the fonts on the initials were unique.  Was that a special stamp set or did you make your own?   

~JL

[Samalan]

      wow!   very nice work .

[Samalan]

how long did it take

[AndyL1]

12 hours ago, JayEhl said:

Hi,

Such astonishing work.   I noticed the fonts on the initials were unique.  Was that a special stamp set or did you make your own?   

~JL

Thank you! I had a brass stamp set made in that font. It’s called Uncial Antiqua. 

9 hours ago, Samalan said:

      wow!   very nice work .

Thanks! I have about 15 hours in the tooling. Probably another 15 to make the bag.

[AzShooter]

Most excellent work on the outstanding bag. Photography is awesome too.  

[NewForestLeather]

The dye work on the crest is spectacular. How do you go about applying dye like this? Or was acrylic used in places? Fantastic work, thanks for sharing. 

[AndyL1]

On 6/4/2020 at 6:15 AM, AzShooter said:

Most excellent work on the outstanding bag. Photography is awesome too.  

Thanks a lot! Full disclosure: I just used my iPhone 7+ and a little processing in Photoshop.

On 7/4/2020 at 4:40 PM, NewForestLeather said:

The dye work on the crest is spectacular. How do you go about applying dye like this? Or was acrylic used in places? Fantastic work, thanks for sharing. 

Thank you! The color is a combination of leather dyes brushed on and some very fine point Sharpies. There’s three different greens in the tree. The helm is diluted black dye, the mantle has diluted green dye as well as the grass. 

[nottotell]

Awesome work, beautiful tooling. Thanks for sharing.

[AndyL1]

On 8/11/2020 at 2:44 AM, nottotell said:

Awesome work, beautiful tooling. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

[Alaisiagae]

Stunning and gorgeous! Love the crest, and the bag is so neat and clean, too. You are very talented and skilled.

[AndyL1]

On 8/22/2020 at 5:31 AM, Alaisiagae said:

Stunning and gorgeous! Love the crest, and the bag is so neat and clean, too. You are very talented and skilled.

Hey thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed my work!

[Scoutmom103]

It's a beautiful bag.  Love the crest work.   Very nice that you had a brass stamps made up for the letters.

[AndyL1]

On 9/25/2020 at 6:16 AM, Scoutmom103 said:

It's a beautiful bag.  Love the crest work.   Very nice that you had a brass stamps made up for the letters.

Thank you! Do you mean the initials on the back tab? Yes, I had a letter and number set made in that font years ago. 

 

[thawk8541]

Absolutely beautiful!