Seems like evil never sleeps! Tell me what you guys think of THIS one!
Now that I've shown you what it is, let me tell you how it's made! Keep in mind, this is just a test alternative. I will still continue to make painted vinyl, and thinner leather pouches.
This is back to the original test idea. I took some of my thick veg hide leather, dyed it, added faux stitching, and weathered the crap out of it. Well, not that much, bue enough to make it look a little used, and not as dark in color. P.S. I know about the gaps between. This was glued over a crudley made cardboard core. It was midnight, and I didn't want to break out the saw, to cut some wood.
This pouch also "functions". The only thing that would be different about a finished one, would be a strip of shaped metal on the underside of the flap, to keep that angle at the top. But this can also be glued over a wooden core, and made to not function.
I don't know, with all of the weathering, and the fact that there was absolutley no hand stitching involved (plus it's leather), I think this is my favorite of the three....followed by the vinyl. Which, by the way, I just got done prepping 5 outer vinyl flaps, ready to be painted and stitched