Springfield Leather Company Leather Briefcase Bag Pattern/Instructions

Description

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rom the office to everyday wanderings, this briefcase bag pattern is a beautiful design with lots of opportunity to personalize!
The design is a briefcase style shoulder bag that includes several optional variations in the instructions.
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loral tooling pattern also included. (Springfield Leather Company Advance Design series for experienced leather crafters.
Materials List:
Needed leather-
Bag Body: 9-11 square foot of 6-7 oz veg tanned leather or oil tanned
Top Handle stiffner: 1-1.5 square foot 9-10 oz or heavier veg tanned leather
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traps: 115” of 1” strip (2 pieces- 5”, 2 pieces- 9”, 1 piece- 14”, 2 pieces- 14”, 1 piece- 40”) of 7-8 oz or 8-9 oz veg tanned leather
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inding: 55-60” of 2 oz leather (optional)
L
ining: 4.5-5.5 square ft of 2-3 oz leather of your choice (optional)
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ardware
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3) 1” center bar buckles
(2) Line 24 snaps
(2) 1” trigger swivel snaps
(2) 8mm button studs
(8) Medium double cap rivets
(8) 1/2” Chicago screws
(6) 5/8” Flat head screw posts
Tools
X-acto knife
Poly cutting board
Contact cement
1/4” double sided tape
Ruler
Silver marking pen
Line 24 snap setter
Hand stitching supplies or lacing supplies
1/8” and 3/16” hole punch
River setter
Hammer
Strap cutter