Show us your leather

[spidereye]

Make a tote bag for the first time .lucky it look like one

[Duke Mantee]

Another wallet - new configuration 

La Perla Azzura - Tamponato Lux, hand buffered leather

Cash compartment, 3 card slots, 2 hidden compartments and 2 ID compartments 

 

[srudy]

Thought I would post an aging photo of my sling bag @Duke Mantee made me. I love this thing and it’s starting to get beaten up, people stop me and ask me questions about it all the time. Thank you Duke! 🫅 

[Duke Mantee]

@srudy - that’s a beautiful sun tan … love it!

[julian-wolf]

That’s aging great. Do you (either of you) worry about the ends of the darts being such points of stress, over time?

[Duke Mantee]

1 hour ago, julian-wolf said:

That’s aging great. Do you (either of you) worry about the ends of the darts being such points of stress, over time?

No, the leather isn’t under any more stress than it is on the main seams around the bag. It’s a fairly normal method to make a gusset. 

[Duke Mantee]

CF Stead Repello Calf backed with Russet (Crust) Calfskin finished with Horween CXL Staps and binding and solid brass rivets and snaps

 

[Duke Mantee]

Here’s the reference bag … which does not use CF Stead Repello nor is it hand made

https://www.printemps.com/uk/en/jerome-dreyfuss-leon-m-leather-tote-bag-brown-women-7940848?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwgdayBhBQEiwAXhMxtucbjs_OYUh4kzfIGz66uYddb4ds7n0KZXLqWSpXhHxQJtnRsDvaohoCEGQQAvD_BwE#5083802

[Geeman]

5 hours ago, Duke Mantee said:

CF Stead Repello Calf backed with Russet (Crust) Calfskin finished with Horween CXL Staps and binding and solid brass rivets and snaps

 

Wow!

[srudy]

The most beautiful bag ever @Duke Mantee

🙌🙌🙌🙌

[Duke Mantee]

2 hours ago, srudy said:

The most beautiful bag ever @Duke Mantee

🙌🙌🙌🙌

🙇‍♂️

[Duke Mantee]

For a very good friend (despite selling a pair of 47s)

Outer: La Bretagna - Arizona Raw in T. Moro (testa di moro)

Inner: La Perla Azzurra - Alaska in Natural

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

23 minutes ago, Duke Mantee said:

despite selling a pair of 47s

nobody is perfect  

except for that wallet right there!

[Duke Mantee]

45 minutes ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

nobody is perfect  

except for that wallet right there!

🤣

… on its way shortly 👍

[beautiful_FrEaK]

All done by our very own @Duke Mantee

[Duke Mantee]

A camera bag 

Crust horse butt (the strap is harness leather for extra strength), solid brass hardware

[Dr_Heech]

Cracking work on that bag @Duke Mantee

[Duke Mantee]

4 hours ago, Dr_Heech said:

Cracking work on that bag @Duke Mantee

Cheers Doc 🍻

[julian-wolf]

Speaking of Arrow Mocs…

Picked this up on eBay last week, really pleased with it

[Cold Summer]

I’ve started wearing a small shoulder bag to keep my keys/phone/wallet/other EDC like the gentlemen of Japan do, so I was looking out for a simple, slim long wallet to replace my beefier denim nerd ones. 
 

I found this Porter Yoshida one used on Mercari for very cheap, and it’s just what I was looking for. Nice Italian veg tan leather with a lovely patina, neat sewing, made in Japan. Plenty of space for my stuff, but slim enough that I could keep it in a jacket breast pocket if I opt to leave the bag behind. 
 

 

[julian-wolf]

Picked up two new pairs of riding gloves from James Churchill, both unlined deerskin—really comfortable so far

 

[Duke Mantee]

A variation of the tote bag I made for @srudy - leftovers of the same materials (CF Stead Repello suede for the main construction , with Horween CXL straps and edge binding and crust calfskin roughout for the lining); so it’s a little bit smaller and a simpler strap arrangement 

Hand sewing multiple layers of such soft materials isn’t a lot of fun, especially since the suede also camouflages/detracts from the work, but I think it’s still a good bag and probably worth in the end

 

[Duke Mantee]

Alran Sully chèvre, MeiSi threads, RiRi zip and Hasi Hoto snaps … pretty much the best spec of every component … for our postie

20 pieces of leather and about 1000 stitches