Tools and materials

Materials

• 3-3,2mm bend for the main part 
• 1-1,2mm shoulder for the gusset 
• Round briefcase lock
• 3 x 25mm Buckle 
• 4 x 20mm D-ring 
• 2 x 25mm Snap hook 
• 4 x chicago screw 10mm
• 8 x 2 mm round head brass rivets 
• Metal bar 
• ROC leather dye 
• Lin cable 432 white 
• Leather Protection Cream 
• Contact cement 

A lot of tools are used to make this briefcase. This list might not be complete but the most important tools are mentioned below:



Tools:

• Pricking iron (mine has 4 mm spacing) 
• Mallet
• Awl blade + Awl haft
• Needles
• Pliers 
• Small nails 
• Stitching horse (this one might be too small) 
• Small scissor
• Beeswax
• Utility knife
• Round knife
• Skiving knife 
• Safety beveler
• Strap cutter
• 1m ruler 
• Square
• Clamp 
• Paper clamps 
• Wax paper 
• Marking awl 
• Wing divider
• edge beveler (I like a small edge beveler) 
• sandpaper (80, 180, 400, 1000, 3000) 
• Dremel 
• Buffing wheel 
• Buffing compound 
• Small ball peen hammer 
• Anvil (big flat piece of steel) 
• Lead 
• Pincers 
• Molotow 50 mm head 
• Molotow 250 ml bottle 
• Molotow 311em marker (for edge dye) 
• Molotow 611em marker (for water)

The leather as it came:

 The  Italien double bend is 23 sq.ft. and costs 287$ (12,5$ per sq.ft). Things are expensive in Denmark!The quality is much better than the side I used for the last briefcase. That beeing said I would still love to get my hands on some real quality leather. Any recomendations?

Along with a strip of shoulder:

 The back side is very smooth: