Occidental Leather 8581 FatLip Fastener Bag

Great fastener pouch, this pouch wont sag or loose its shape like all the rest.

Good bags. I do metal framing and I love it. They hold a lot of screws so when you trying to be productive. They look great and seem really well made.

Perfect fit for my job!

Overall a good feeling tool bag, hard to beat the smell and feel of work heavy leather. I know Occidental bags are supposed to be the best you can get and last forever but it appears that their quality control has gone down in this example. Im not a professional leather worker but I do know that in high wear areas on leather goods, a shallow groove is made for the stitching to lay down in, so to keep it protected. In this case several areas including the back of the pouch where it rubs all day against your waist, as well as several interior pockets locations that will be in contact with tools were not. I just cant imagine the stitching holding up to my metal file or beat up channys rubbing against it all day every day. Might take another look at Occidental again in the future and chalk these bags up to covid quality.