New straps for my toolbag

[Tomato John]

One of thestraps on my persons toolbag was in pretty rough shape. Leather was cracked and dry and when I was trying to recondition it- the strap broke in two. Needless to say but I was pretty bummed. I took the broken strap down to my local shoe repair guy and he promptly fixed me up with a couple new ones and even used the original brass fastener that he was able to save. With the original buckle as well, it looks to be a pretty good match.

Put them back on where they belong and all is well .....

Ready to roll

 

[johan willaert]

Looking good!

 

[blackcat]

Hello ;
You have a beautiful set!
Could you give me the dimensions of the straps, so that i can do for my toolbag, i do not have them.
You would be of great help.
Regards;
Serge

 

[Tomato John]

Hello ;
You have a beautiful set!
Could you give me the dimensions of the straps, so that i can do for my toolbag, i do not have them.
You would be of great help.
Regards;
Serge

Hi Serge, straps are 1/2” x 6” long.

 

[johan willaert]

I have three pouches with original straps and they are not all identical

Dimensions of some original straps and other pair of original straps vs repro in last photo

 

[blackcat]

Hello;
Thank you to you 2 @Tomato John and @johan willaert, your models are good for me.
I will be able to do my 2 straps for my original toolbag.
I have the idea to make toolbags for my bikes.
Regards;
Serge

 

[johan willaert]

With pleasure, Serge...

If you make multiple toolbags, I would definitely be interested in getting one should they be available

 

[blackcat]

Re;
The hardest is going to be a tool to make the 2 shells and find the 2 closures, after that is only happyness!
For the entry of the winter.
Serge

 

[Tomato John]

Re;
The hardest is going to be a tool to make the 2 shells and find the 2 closures, after that is only happyness!
For the entry of the winter.
Serge

Looking forward to seeing those.....

 

[HUFFMANBILL]

I thought I would show another example of homemade straps. I made these 2-3 years ago. Even though I do have several original buckles I decided to make my own for these straps. The seat cover is also one I made, stamped and dyed to match my original Persons bag. I mottled the dye on the back of the straps to somewhat match the mottled surface on the inside of the bag.