I've had my leather business up and running full time for 18 months or so, and I've been doing leathercraft for around seven years.
I have done some training in traditional Japanese style leatherwork in Hong Kong. Since then I've tried to incorporate more French/European techniques into my work.
Briefcases are my favourite thing to make. In the future I'd love to make some attache cases or trunks, and maybe some Gladstone or Dulles bags.
I'll see if I can attach some pictures of my briefcases.
I've already posted my Instagram name on the relevant thread, but here it is again. @carswell_leather
Thanks for looking,
Martin Carswell
(Carswell Leathergoods)
My briefcase in chestnut Tuscan veg tan. I like to use the growth marks as a feature on the main panels. These take me around 80 hours to make. The front and rear panels are stiffened so it wont sag, and there's a stainless runner that I heat treat so that it can flex under the handle but never permanently bend away from dead straight.
All of my edges are skived to reduce thickness and they're all burnished rather than edge painted. The tricky part of burnishing a fully lined case is getting the lining to be caught by the stitching but not protrude through to the edge because it wont burnish.
Here's a matching folio for the briefcase. Also stiffened, but it has a single gusset, a zip and external pocket. All fully lined with pigskin.
This matching pair was a custom order for a client.
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Great attention to detail.