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Building the wet forming mold out of basswood and a plywood clamping plate.
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Brompton top tube bag basswood forming mold.
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Wet formed vegetable tanned leather left and right formed side.
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Using a clothes storage vacuum bag to form wet veg. tan leather
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Version 3, embossing Brompton logo with 3D printed die.
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First go at sewing a bag inside out with water proof zipper. It worked!
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Bending solid brass rings with my home made ring bender. Fun stuff…
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First Brompton top tube bag sewn inside out.
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First Brompton top tube bag. No straps but with vent holes where I sewed through the side…
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Using my 1944 Singer 29K to sew a Brompton top tube bag.
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Sewing the straps on using an eighty year old Singer 29K cobblers machine.
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Vers. 2 of Brompton top tube bag with clearance notch for seat post release.
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Brompton top tube bag, seems to work! Just be careful not to hit it with your foot getting on and off the bike.
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2 different green dyes for a mottled effect.
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Bag 3, long water tight zipper for easy access.
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Ruby gives it a ‘2 paws’ approval!
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Leather top tube bag #3
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Bag #3
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Bag #3