Occidental Leather makes handmade leather tool bags, belts, and carpenter rigs built for professional framers, electricians, and finish carpenters. Every piece is cut, sewn, and assembled by hand in Petaluma, California from full-grain leather, nylon, and steel rivets. The bags run deeper than modern tool pouches, the belts ride wider to distribute the weight of hammers and nail bags, and the construction holds up through years of daily trades use.
The 9550 Pro Framer is a full carpenter’s tool belt set up for fast production framing — main bags sized for nail sets, hammers, and speed squares, with loops for tape, speed bits, and a hammer holder. Full-grain leather construction over a padded nylon belt distributes weight across the hips rather than the lower back, which matters on a ten-hour framing day. The bags arrive stiff and break in to the shape of the wearer’s hips over the first few weeks.
Occidental Leather was founded in 1981 in Petaluma, California by Michael Horsey and has stayed family-operated for over four decades. The shop still cuts and sews every bag in the same Petaluma facility, using solid brass and nickel-plated steel hardware and leather tanned in the United States. Carpenters trade stories about Occidental rigs lasting twenty-plus years on the job — the brand is one of the last tool-bag makers still doing the full build on American soil.
