Newest addition: Pouch

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:02 am

I've got a friend who's an excellent leatherworker and who has been making nice stuff for a long time now. He has another friend who enjoys making very nice things out of scrap leather for fun and who helps sewing the shoes now and then. After they recieved Purses in Pieces, this second friend has started to make very historical pouches, so nice it's silly. These are mostly special projects which aren't done much, but when I ordered a small pouch they made me this:

I love it to bits!
I'm working on a very posh kit now, to wear on several occasions and gigs and this is perfect for it! The small imperfections make it feel even more realistic.
The best thing is that they agreed to make me a very nice purse, also based on PiP and the MÃ©rode Altarpiece tryptych of Robert Campain. I can't wait until the silver fittings I've ordered are here so they can start on it. I hope it will be as special as this small pouch.
I hope any people around here can use it as inspiration.

James B. · Post by **James B.** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:04 am

Wow that is a really nice purse.

Vitus von Atzinger · Post by **Vitus von Atzinger** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:44 am

BAD ASS!

Corey D. Sullivan · Post by **Corey D. Sullivan** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:57 am

Seconded, that is an awesome pouch.

What are the particulars of the original it's based on, if you don't mind me asking? (Date, location, materials, etc)

James B. · Post by **James B.** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:59 am

Corey

Purses in Pieces has many variations of this style in it; it is based off of 15th and 16th century finds and art. I am working on one for my wife and I may do punch work myself now

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:12 am

James B. wrote:Corey

Purses in Pieces has many variations of this style in it; it is based off of 15th and 16th century finds and art. I am working on one for my wife and I may do punch work myself now

I'm pretty certain this accordion fold drawstring type, with the suspension strap, goes back significantly earlier. You can find a similar sort of pouch in the Manesse Codex, and Purses in Pieces shows several methods of building them, including the method here, where the suspension strap is integral with the ends and bottom of the bag.

The interpretation here is really quite excellent.

James B. · Post by **James B.** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:18 pm

I love the punch work; I need to find a good source for punches of good size I only have a few small ones.

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:39 pm

James B. wrote:I love the punch work; I need to find a good source for punches of good size I only have a few small ones.

Consider the following suggestion. Purchase a set of wood carving chisels rather than dedicated leather punches. You can use the chisels as punches in leather quite readily, and put together a vast assortment of shapes from a small number of tools.

Rev. George · Post by **Rev. George** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:39 pm

I need to find a good source for punches of good size I only have a few small ones.

For the Lozenge shapes, I'd use a sharp chisel.

-+G

RenJunkie · Post by **RenJunkie** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:54 am

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:BAD ASS!

QFT

I don't think it can be summed up any better than that.

Briefing my ninjas now.

Christopher

James B. · Post by **James B.** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:40 am

Tried out using my wood chisels last night and it worked great; I am making and early 14th century shoe that has triangular cut outs and punched work on it and I will post pictures as soon as I finish the upper this week.

Baron Conal · Post by **Baron Conal** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:47 pm

very cool!

I've got to get a copy of that book.....
( and a dozen or so other books and.....)

Ceadda · Post by **Ceadda** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:44 pm

Its a book I need to get too. That purse is drop-dead gorgeous.

Rev. George · Post by **Rev. George** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:29 am

Do you happen to have a scan of the painting which inspired it?

-+G

James B. · Post by **James B.** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:41 am

Rev. George wrote:Do you happen to have a scan of the painting which inspired it?

Are you asking me Rev? If so I am basing it off an extant example in Stepping Through Time but I am making a Romance of Alexander kit and that manuscript is full of open work shoes.