The strap is basically made like a belt would be made...only different is the studs and placement of buckles. I used to make a lot of belts in the 70's. They are easy enough for kids to do and very useful since clothes were usually needing some help back then. Raised in Texas back then...leatherwork was common skill taught in 4H and in jr high shop if you were a boy. I had Papa to teach me cause girls were not allowed to do such things as shop back then.

This is reminding me of a tool caddy type bag one would take into a barn or stable to work on like animals. Strong enough to carry chisels, knives, hammers, chains, etc. My grandpa had several of differing sizes...he taught us all basic leatherwork...and as a result he got handy tool pouches and tool bags for Xmas. We had them all over the place...always full of odd tools and such. Notice it looks as if designed to be able to sit solidly flat on a table or ground with items in it. Would be a safe way to carry butcher knives/sharperners for pig slaughtering. I know cause that is what we used one of ours for...tools for the the harvesting. MUCH safer than walking on uneven ground with a large knife in hand. It was kids job to tote the tools for the Papa's.