Making a nice leather work bag. In this leather craft video set out to make myself a nice leather bag with plenty of places for storage. The bag is made from chrome tan leather and measures 15” across. It features an interior partition which creates a space that can fit most modern laptop computers. The front of the partition has several pockets and places for storing paperwork, cards & ink pens. Across from the partition is an interior leather zipper pouch that can store small items. On the outside of the bag I designed some small pouches that are attached to the side gussets for extra storage, these have hidden magnetic snaps used for the closures. There is a single pocket located on the front of the bag and on each side of the pocket tuck-lock closures are used to secure the bag shut and provide easy opening and closing. The bag has a simple top grab handle and an adjustable shoulder strap for carrying. I hope you enjoy this leather craft video and find some tips and inspiration to help you design and create your own custom leather bag 💼
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TOOLS & MATERIALS:
Leather:
• Chrome Tan Premium Harvest Wheat 5-5.5 oz – 2.3mm (Used for most of the bag)
• Natural Vegetable Tanned Leather 1.5mm (Used for concealing closures & reinforcing straps)
• Chrome Free Black Pigskin Lining (Used for lining the shoulder pad)
Patterns/Marking
• 48” & 72” Swanson brand metal rulers
• Steel cork backed rulers
• TechTools brand T-square
• Various ¼” plywood patterns with marking holes (for marking out the bag pieces)
• Anvil (for weight)
• Scratch Awl (For marking)
• Ink Pen
• Craftool Wing Dividers (For laying out stitching lines)
• Multi circle template
• Custom brass logo stamp
• ¾” ovel die punch
• Bone folder
• Craftool English point template
Cutting:
• Wooden leather strap cutter
• Huskey brand box cutter
• X-Acto knife
• Straight edge skiving knife
• Steel half round punches (For strap ends)
• Steel quarter round punch (for rounding corners)
• ¾” oblong die cutter (for D-ring & buckle strap attachments)
• Steel hole punches (for rivets and adjustment holes)
• Rotary hole punch (for cover strap adjustment holes)
• V-Gouge tool (For creating folding grooves)
• 1/8” lacing chisel (for setting closure hardware)
• Odwen #1 edge beveler
• Weaver #0 edge beveler
• Weaver #1 edge beveler (for most of the bag)
• Nail pullers (For clipping off rivets)
• Barry King #5 French skiver
• Straight blade skiving knife
Gluing / Sanding
• EcoWeld Contact Adhesive
• Cotton swabs (for applying adhesive)
• 20mm plastic glue spreader
• Plastic squeeze bottle
• Craftool Detail Rougher
• Sanding stick
• 1200 grit sandpaper (for sanding beveled edges)
• 3M brand double sized tape
• Spring clips (wrapped with leather)
Machines:
• New Tech brand bell skiving machine
• Sailrite Fabricator sewing machine (Using #128 black bonded nylon thread)
• Craftool drum sander/burnishing machine
• 1 Ton arbor press
Stitching:
• 6mm steel pricking irons
• 4mm KSBladePunch diamond pricking irons
• 1/8” single tooth lacing chisel (for punching hardware slots)
• Diamond stitching awl (for punching gusset stitching holes)
• 3” (75mm) Needles
• Lighter
• 0.6mm Black Ritza Tiger Thread
• 0.8mm Black Ritza Tiger Thread
• Wooden stitching pony
Hammers:
• 1.5lb Barry King tapered maul (For punching holes)
• C.S. Osborne & Co Leather Working Hammer (For tamping down stitches and glue)
• Ball peen hammer (For peening rivets)
• 5oz tack hammer.
Hardware
• Antique brass double cap domed rivets (With dome cap rivet setter tool)
• Antique brass single cap rivets (With standard rivet setter tool)
• #14 Brass rivets and burrs (With #14 setter & Peening tool set)
• #12 Brass rivets and burrs (With #12 setter & Peening tool set)
• Antique brass Riri metal 4 zipper tape and pull
• 21mm Antique brass round magnetic snaps
• 1” Antique brass center bar buckles
• 1-1/4” Antique brass center bar buckle
• 1-1/4” Antique brass swivel lever snaps
• Antique brass tuck locks
• 1” Antique brass oval loops
• ¾” Antique brass D-rings
• ½” Antique brass D-rings
Finish:
• Fiebing’s Pro Dye Dark Brown (For veg tan leather)
• Wool dauber (for applying dye)
• RTC Sheridan Resist and Finish (For veg tan leather)
• Round cotton pads (for applying top coat)
0:00 Intro
0:11 Cutting Out Bag Pieces
1:44 Making Side Pouches
5:44 Gussets
6:54 Zipper Pouch
8:56 Interior Partition
12:05 Logo Patch
12:43 Front Pocket
14:03 Tuck-Lock Stand Offs
15:07 Grab Handle
16:37 Back Support Strap
17:59 Lining Straps
19:00 Front Cover Straps
20:39 Adding Back Strap & Handle
21:42 Tuck-Locks & Zipper Pouch
22:17 Installing Interior Partition
22:47 Extra D-ring Attachments
23:07 Installing Gussets
25:33 Installing Side Pouches
26:00 Cover Strap Buckle Ends
27:18 Shoulder Strap
29:26 Shoulder Pad
30:34 Finishing Touches
30:56 Finished Bag