I love the color and the quality of the veg-tanned leather in this satchel-bag kit. It is a nice, approx 2mm thick leather that does not need to be lined and so it is not. The video instructions for the kit are visually easy to follow (I turned off the sound because I do not understand Chinese) and the bag came together quickly -- granted I do have experience hand stitching leather and I am well versed in making a saddle stitch (aka “leap frog” stitch). I do have two issues with this kit: The color of the thread and the color of the magnetic snaps that come with it. The thread in the kit for this dark green bag is a light gray. Skeptically, I sewed a few saddle stitches on the green leather before determining that, indeed, the gray color cheapened the appearance of the bag. So I ripped those stitches out and bought a 1mm flat-waxed-thread in dark green. With the dark green thread, the bag now looks as expensive as it feels. The magnetic snaps that come with this kit are inexplicably silver instead of gold. Since the snaps can be seen when the flap is open, I knew I had to put in gold snaps in place of the silver. Fortunately, gold magnetic snaps are easy to find and purchase online so that was an easy swap. I decided to give this kit 5 stars despite the terrible color choices of the thread and magnetic snaps. I did this because the bag itself is such good quality and it was so easy to assemble. Please note the photograph shows my bag constructed with green thread and gold magnetic snaps.
El pack perfecto y la calidad maravillosa. El único inconveniente es que la caja llego un poco abollada y rota.
Purchased this as a gift for my wife and she loves it. She has found the videos easy to follow and all around is happy with the product.
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