Making A Nice Leather Work Bag - Full Process - Leather Craft

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 💼 What is the Gospel? 👇 Check out my work on my Instagram account . Follow me at: 👇 TOOLS & MATERIALS: Leather: • Chrome Tan Premium Harvest Wheat 5-5.5 oz - (Used for most of the bag) • Natural Vegetable Tanned Leather (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 • Black Ritza Tiger Thread • Black Ritza Tiger Thread • Wooden stitching pony Hammers: • 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