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Teardrop Pouch

The Teardrop Pouch is a weather-resistant bag designed to be worn on a belt, requiring careful handling of water-sensitive items. The construction involves specific tools and materials, including vegetable tanned leather, rivets, and buckles, with detailed instructions for assembly. The process includes cutting, decorating, and sewing various components to create a sturdy and functional pouch.

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Teardrop Pouch

The Teardrop Pouch is a weather-resistant bag designed to be worn on a belt, requiring careful handling of water-sensitive items. The construction involves specific tools and materials, including vegetable tanned leather, rivets, and buckles, with detailed instructions for assembly. The process includes cutting, decorating, and sewing various components to create a sturdy and functional pouch.

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Building the Teardrop Pouch

About the Teardrop Pouch


The Teardrop Pouch is intended to be hung from a belt about the waist. The design of the bag
will keep the worst of the weather from entering, but it is not waterproof, so if carrying items
that could be damaged by water we suggest you wrap them in an additional protective cover
when used outside.

The Tools.
Ball Point Stylus
To transfer the pattern to the leather.

A leather workers mallet or maul


Three small hole punches for leather or two and an Awl
One size for the rivets and the second to make the holes for the buckle pins, the third or the
awl is to make the holes for the sewing needle to pass through

Hammer Tool for rivets


Edge Beveller
Edge Slicker
A Sharp Knife
Stitch Groover
Leather Needles
For use with the thread to sew up the bag
The Consumables
Vegetable Tanned Leather
For a sturdy bag we would suggest using a fairly heavy leather approximately 3.5mm thick
(also called 9 oz) though you may use thinner, you will need a piece approximately 560mm
by 360mm (22 by 14.5 inches).For the gusset we would suggest a flexible suede though soft
leather can be used, whatever you select ensure its good quality because a fully loaded book
bag can hold a substantial amount, you will need a strip 580mm by 90mm (23 inches by 3.75
inches), you will also need a small quantity of thinner slightly more flexible leather
approximately 2.5mm thick (6 oz) for the Straps

A Buckle
We prefer to use oval buckles 1/2 inch size

Two Piece Tubular Cap Rivets


Choose a complimentary finish

Thread
Choose a thread colour to compliment the dye

Dye
Whatever colour you prefer
Drawings
Sheet 1 of 1
Instructions
Cut the Bag Main Body, Bag Front and Front Flap from thicker leather, at this point you can
add any decoration to these parts you might want such as tooling. Bevel the edges, slick, dye
and Edge Kote both parts.

Cut the Gussets from a complimentary coloured suede or soft leather

It is easier to add the Buckles and straps at this point rather than after the bag has been sewn
together, you will need 5 rivets.

Sew the gussets to the main body of the bag, starting with the front section, then join it to the
back. Fold the belt loop over, put the front flap in place and sew together.

Your Bag is now finished


Teardrop Pouch
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