Haithabutashe leatherwork

[Bluemerle]

That is a great bag, i love it.

 

[Eric_Methven]

Very, very nice. I might just make up something along those lines. Can you give some more details about the reference source you used please.

Eric

 

[Ben Trout]

Nooooice! I like that so much I'm going to have steal your idea. Probably twice. I have a paperwork organiser thing and ropework ditty bag to do and both are probably going to use that sheme now.

Thanks for putting that up. A little liquid refreshment in the third picture?

 

[Stew]

What a great design! (and executed very well)

 

[Baaf]

Very, very nice. I might just make up something along those lines. Can you give some more details about the reference source you used please.

Eric

My source for the idea was a book named Holzfunde von haithabu written by Florian Westhpal. It's in german, but i'm Dutch so i understand quite a bit off german. And there also al lot off translating machines on the internet. It's an expensive book so I loaned the book from the University: http://www.amazon.de/Holzfunde-von-Haithabu-Florian-Westphal/dp/3529014117

here are some other links about the idea:

Some versions are made from wool, i just loved the idea of a sturdy bag made with very thick leather.

http://www.skjoldmus.de/Alltag-Tasche.html

http://vikinghandcraft.blogspot.com/2011/03/haithabu-taschenbugel-und-farbenrausch.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kai-erik/3720803338/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kai-erik/3529976976/

http://blog.eibeck.de/2009/handtasche-mit-holzbuegeln.html


If you would like a more detailed explanation of my version just ask.
Thanks for the positive comments

 

[craeg]

Really nice job Baaf. Interesting how the Germans had this kind of ingenuity even back then when we just used toggles to close.