My distressed Mk VII bag
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:41 pm
I've been asked to share how I distressed my bag so I figured I might as well make a short thread on it.
Here's pictures:
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure034.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure038.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure035.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure036.jpg
The bag is a Magnoli Clothiers bag I bought a few months back.
I wanted to distress the bag in a natural way, so I took the bag with me outside and rubbed it up against a concrete wall. I also dragged it around in the gravel. Next I took a lot of dirt and got the bag pretty dirty, then brushed of the worst of it.
Next I took a knife and began cutting it in places where distressing would naturally occur; the edges of the bag, the strap where the rings are attached, basically anywhere where the bag might be most exposed to a surface.
I think that somewhere along the way I must have cut some thread because holes appeared and they started to expand, so I had to make some emergency repairs before it got out of hand. It turned out really well and only added to it's authenticity.
I hope you guys like it.
Here's pictures:
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure034.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure038.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure035.jpg
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38 ... ure036.jpg
The bag is a Magnoli Clothiers bag I bought a few months back.
I wanted to distress the bag in a natural way, so I took the bag with me outside and rubbed it up against a concrete wall. I also dragged it around in the gravel. Next I took a lot of dirt and got the bag pretty dirty, then brushed of the worst of it.
Next I took a knife and began cutting it in places where distressing would naturally occur; the edges of the bag, the strap where the rings are attached, basically anywhere where the bag might be most exposed to a surface.
I think that somewhere along the way I must have cut some thread because holes appeared and they started to expand, so I had to make some emergency repairs before it got out of hand. It turned out really well and only added to it's authenticity.
I hope you guys like it.