I have been saving several pieces of brown leather — some of it is from a great old bomber jacket, other pieces from upholstery remants. All of it is lovely supple leather with lines and grain marks–this leather has character. This morning I decided to use some of it to make a small case. I envisioned this as a case for passport, iphone and other essentials. I even used a recycled zipper. When it came to rivets, I remembered I had these great French brass rivets which were too heavy-duty for my normal bags–but turned out to be perfect here–they give this great old leather a functional or industrial look — very simple, maybe even classy!
The bag is 10″ x 6″, unlined, with a small slip pocket inside and a screenprinted birdbrain label. This case is the first in a series. If you can think of any refinements — please leave a comment or email me.
Love this one! Recycled bomber jacket is an excellent material. If you did one like this that would accomodate a 17 inch laptop I would be in for one!
Cheers
Greg
It’d be pretty awesome to have a men’s messenger bag. Either made with recycled leather – or canvas or something. I could be interested in something like that.
Love this and your interesting and creative use of recycled materials. A messenger bag would be great.
Great site!
I’d love to get one of these! I would definitely buy a few for gifts as well. Great material and design and I like the inner pouch as well for cards. I think that you could probably build a whole men’s “Rough” line out of this concept (wallets, iPad cases, cell phone cases, laptop messenger bags etc…). Let me know if you ever make more of these!
The murse (man purse) looks fantastic!
I have two murses myself, and your design rivals them both.
Great job!