Bag makers, where to get leather?
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- detritus0
I've had a sample of 'salmon leather' hanging right above my head for about 2 years now. Got quite excited when I saw it... then found out the cost... AISH.
Must take it down and try laser cutting it sometime.
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Currently cutting 720 3mm leather components for a designer... and the fucking extraction pipe fom the laser has sprung a cunningly awkward to fix hole, so my office fucking stinks of burnt flesh/hair.
Yaaay, cancer.
- '3mm thick' leather.detritus
- hahaha @ smells during production of producte-pill
- i wish i can bottle the smells i scented in the factories in China.. for others to know ..e-pill
- ..that the scent of burning hair/ flesh isnt so bad.. even if in an office of a few..e-pill
- imagine being inside a closed ventilation building of 8K people all doing that... at once!e-pill
- e-pill0
when it comes to supplier info, for me, i like to keep contact with the industrial side of the business.. the mold factories, the hardware development.. the electronic industrial molding and proto typing end of it more than i can ever care for the material that binds it all together..
that aspect usually for me.. is not something i can think i stick my soul into.. as usually since i am working under a price constraint.. ill always sacrifice material cost for construction..
the idea of a leather bag.. it should be constructed perfect to last forever.. remember in terms of creating a tote.. make it so that the capacity of what goes inside is thought about in terms of the weight of the material..
all the materials you are asking about even with that small mm thickness will eventually be very heavy once its size is trully understood.. also hardware will play a huge role in that weight.
going to the beach is, yes usually a towel a bottle of water and a book.. but other things can and will be put inside it.. make sure your straps are re-enforced with some metal hardware for extra rigidity considering any weekend bag will go thru its cycles.. a leather bag should age instead of breakdown.. and totes as we know are good sellers on the market due the constant breakdowns of abuse the consumers unleash upon them.. yep i love em for that.. gotta keep making more.. accessories.. the one industry in fashion that never sleeps..
- moldero0
human skin bag:
- dobre0
Thats true.
I'm all new to this at this stage. I'm aware I should act more as INDUSTRIAL designer & a bussinesman than just as a designer/craftster. All ur inputs taken into considerations.@ detritus Poor salmon :) Show some pics!
- why do you need to act like an industrial designer? im not one of them.. im just an illustrator.e-pill
- "All your inputs are belong to us"e-pill
- engineer everything right, measurements, materials, functionality, look, cost not just design things purely intuitively.dobre
- being an engineer or an industrial designer is part of me but i am still an illustrator first.e-pill
- e-pill0
also remember your measurements should be noted as "Seam to Seam" and also what your "End to End" measurements as construction with leather needs some edge while in mostly everything else you can sew right in that edge.. so make sure your measurements are accurate and listed on every sketch or get ready for some pretty hardcore revision months in your calendar and have some financial capital for that or come up with a few good excuses that will push the maker to give you the samples for free.. the best one i find that always works.. is promise the maker that once we go into production, they will be the maker.. and they usually suck that up and give you free samples.. otherwise your samples are going to cost you a lot!!! a lot more that what you will sell it for that is for sure.. also your sample should maybe be developed using a cheap vinyl pp or pu or even poly material just to see your patterns.
however the sample may have to be made using leathers as the fall of the bag will be different using a different material..
oi.. doing all this on your own.. youuuuu craaaaaaaaaazy!!!!
- NONEIS0
Screw that – buy one from my friend Matt:
http://woodandfaulk.bigcartel.co…
- dobre0
I'm playin with interfacer & some remnants off my fleece hoodies lol. i wanna try with real leather soon.
Gotta start my own for now, takin a bit of risk. thats why i only projecting of makin only 100 bags for my 1st batch. All in all it'll be like 3 shirts (each 100), 1 or 2 jackets (100) & 1 or 2 bags (100). If this successfull I'll rent high rise flat, if this sunk I'll jump off it :P
- raf0
I just started the production of sleeves for portable devices (phones, tablets, laptops). From what I see, if you're not handpicking your hides there is no way to ensure 100% consistency.
We just got burnt allowing a subcontractor to make batch of straps from "identical hide from the same source and batch as the previous one". Only they don't look the same and we will be controlling the whole process tighter from now on.
- wow.. i giggled when i read that..
so fucking true!!!e-pill
- wow.. i giggled when i read that..
- WrappedInBooks0
I've a billykirk canvas and leather - looks good and is very well made.
http://www.billykirk.com/store/you can also check here:
http://thecarry.com/- if you only read the OP.. he isnt looking for a bag to purchase.. he is making the bag himself.e-pill