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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 Mérode 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.
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 Mérode 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.
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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.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
The interpretation here is really quite excellent.
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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.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.
Gavin Kilkenny
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