Weapon Bag

Have you ever tried taking all of your weapons to training?  Without a good weapons bag it can be quite a task.  When AndyKeyworth of the Jinenkan Dojo in Ottawa said he was going to Japan for training, and needed a weapons bag I jumped at the chance.  This was a great opportunity for me to use leather, wood, fabric and metal in the same project.

The bag is just under 7 feet long.  6′9″ in total.  The leather is 4 oz chrome tanned and dyed leather and the straps are all 8 oz buffalo hide.   The unit has 1 zipper and two tags and the zippers join at a locking loop of brass to allow for shipping.  The strap is removable and the sundries pouch attaches to the inside for shipping.

The main board is made of particle wood wrapped in 6 layers of sail cloth.  This cloth was varnished 6 times and painted black.  The grommets are all #3 nickel and there are 12 rows of them.  This gives just under 6′ of strapping surface.  Each of the series of holes has a bungee cord in a figure-8 between all three to give tying surfaces on both sides that are strong and long lasting.  The ties that hold the board in place also have room to tie longer weapons to the top.

The rivets are all copper rivet and burrs, and the stitching (except the zipper) was done with fine waxed cord.  If only shorter weapons are used the ends can be tied down to shorten the whole apparatus.

These units are available on custom order only.