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Flamin’ Toolbag

I am back to making toolbags. I thought I’d share this recent toolbag that left the shop for a happy new home. The proud new owner, a repeat customer, has simple tastes: black leather and red flames.

This bag was particularly challenging to make because of the material- 10oz, fat stuffed motorcycle latigo- overkill in all regards – this is stiff, hard to wrestle and form, and not normally used in a toolbag application. Not only is this leather thick with a stiff temper, but I lined it with pig and topped the whole shebang off with 6-8oz leather trim and lined gussets. This is one heavy bag. The back panel, reinforcement is another slab of the same 10oz Latigo leather, glued, stitched and riveted onto the body of the bag. #12 copper rivets hold the bag together.

Made the straps, with a nice embossed pattern, giving it a little extra interest – i suspect this will last a good long time.

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