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Published: 2012-12-10 21:16:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 13277; Favourites: 138; Downloads: 62
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I needed some way to carry around my standard tools , so I made a foldable tool purse. It is supposed to hang from your side when sitting on a chair, so that everything is easily accessible. Sewn in a somewhat stretchy sheep skin, by hand with waxed linen thread. Total worktime is approximately six hours.The panels are my first attempt at wet-shaping leather patterns. It turned out a lot better than I thought, but took a bit more time than planned. (Note to self; do not put new leatherwork in a backpack together with sharp oblects, they leave scratches.)
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THAT, my friend, looks suspiciously like a set of thieve's tools from D&D....
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Well, lockpicking is a craft as well...
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rather shocked no one's asked yet, but i gotta know. what kinds of tools are in there! i know that's an adjustable marking scribe in the centre and obviously needles and i think that's a spool of waxed linen thread in the tube. then it looks like you have a leather awl at the bend. the rest are rather unidentifiable. the wood/metal tool on the far left looks like some kind of hole punch/plug cutter?
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From the left there is a splicing tool and an awl. The large cross-like shape is a strap cutter, for making long and even straps. The two tools to the right is a edge-cutter (beveler tool?) and a spur.
The tool at the mend may look like an awl, but is actually a marlin spike(wider than an awl), for making agilet holes. The tube is linen thread, as you observed, and the wool piece is for keeping needles.
The plier on the left picture is also stored under the wool piece.
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strap cutter! ugh, i should have known that. then again, i'm also familiar with carpentry hand tools as well and it just looked like what you'd mark mortise boundaries and tenon shoulders with for some reason. yes, you are correct in calling it an edge beveler. because that's exactly what it does. marlin spike, yeah alright. i'm not familiar with the splicing tool so i'll have to research that, but it sounds like something i might find use for. well, thanks for telling us what they are. it's a fantastic idea and i can see how much of a useful bit of kit that is.
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The splicing tool seems to be called a "Fid", or a "Swedish Fid" in english.
Useful for both splicing and tight lacing.
No problem. I'm glad to help.
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oh yes....the almighty fid! again, i should have known that. after all, what else is spliced but rope.
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Hi! nice work there
is there any historical evidence for this kind of bag?
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Thank you.
No, the folding-out function is just my idea of functionality. The general shape, material and decoration is made to get as close to historical as possible.
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That is very well done. But doesn't it get in the way when you're not working?
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No, not really. When it is folded up you can tie it into place with the leather cords, making it the size of a normal belt purse.
It is perhaps a tiny bit heavier than a normalö one, but that is not really noticable if you don't think about it.
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OK.
Maybe I'll steal your idea.
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That's totally fine by me.
Just give me a shout when you're done so I can take a peek at it.
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Great work, I love the tooling on the front.
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This is very..very nice. your one smooth operator.. and this gives me a good idea for my own kit ( want a smaller version, containing things i need to make small repairs to my crossbow )
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Thank you.
På LSDU körde jag en lite annan modell på armborstreparation; jag hade med mig en helt extra bågstav med sträng, så att det bara var att surra fast en ny om staven skulle råka gå av.
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ahh, klipskt! .. tror dock inte att det är stavarna som kommer bräckas på "Bella", utan snarare har strängen en benägenhet att slita sig lite mot järn-bläcket.. har hittils "vadderat" den lite med vaxad lintråd, men vill kunna lägga till mer, och för den delen också kunna slipa lite på bläcket eller liknande.
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Problemet jag sett med att linda tråd runt är att så fort en tråd nötts av så ger sig hela surrningen ganska fort.
Jag har använt ett skinn som är ganska kompakt, slitstarkt och 2mm tjockt som jag sytt fast runt strängen där den löper mot stocken. Det har fungerat bra hittils.
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mm, har tänkt på att man borde göra ngt liknande, men mina lösningar har alltid varit snabbt temporära.
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Det viktiga är att välja skinn i god kvalitet. Jag har testat några andra garvningar och tjocklekar, och de dör ganska fort.
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hmm, får se över det där inför 6an, när Merkel har trimmat mitt armborst lite..
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That's awesome! I love how it organizes your leather tools and looks like something you could take to an event and not feel bad carrying it around.
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Thanks.
That was one of the thoughts with it. I have used another bag for carrying tools in, [link] , but it is a bit too big for quickly finding the right tool. It will be fun to see if this construction works better.
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Thank you.
I am also quite excited about how it will age. The skin I used gets a really nice brown color after some use,
and the surface gets shinier. And of course the tools will shape it perfect for carrying the tools.
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The tooled inserts on the cover are a nice touch!
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Thank you. 
I actually feared that they would take up too much focus, and
the bag itself would disappear, but they turned out just right.
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Great idea, and execution of that idea! I think I may need to steal this concept...
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Thank you.
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Well, "improving" sounds like a lot of work. I'll probably do a half-assed job, get frustrated then drop it for like a month. Then I'll do it again right... Sad, but seems to be the way I work.
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Well, my pile of dead project tends to be quite lasting. If I don't work at a project for about three months chance is I never will finish it. But I always try to do my best from the beginning. I believe in the end we get about the same stuff done in the same time, but in different ways.
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I call it... PROJECT RAGEQUIT!!!
Or boredquit. but that doesn't sound as exciting. Maybe if I add the word "Extreme"...
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That is a wonderfully accurate word for it. "Extreme ragequitting..."
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This is definitely my kind of purse! It looks amazing.
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