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 5005 is a finisher’s tool bag built to carry a reasonable kit without the bulk of a full framer’s rig — trim tools, a level, a chalk line, and small hand tools sit organized across the main bags and outer loops. Full-grain leather over a nylon base keeps the bag standing up on the floor while the user works, and the hand-stitched seams take years of daily abuse without pulling apart.
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.
