Leather Backpack Pattern PDF, Vintage Military Rucksack Template DXF

Leather backpack pattern PDF for a vintage military rucksack design. This downloadable leather backpack template (PDF & DXF) lets you create a classic buckle-strap backpack using traditional leathercraft techniques.

⚠️ Digital product only – pattern files for leatherworkers.
No physical backpack or hardware is included.

📦 What you receive

• PDF pattern – real size templates for hand cutting
• DXF file – ready for laser cutting
• Pattern designed for hand stitching

🎥 Video tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcFoi_SMGIQ&ab_channel=TreehousePatterns

📏 Finished backpack size

30 × 41 × 16 cm
11.81 × 16.14 × 6.29 inches

🧰 Tools required

🛠 Regular cutter
🛠 Single hole punch
🛠 Edge beveller
🛠 Two needles
🛠 Hammer

🧵 Leather recommended

Vegetable tanned leather works best.

• 2.0–2.4 mm / 5–6 oz
• 0.6–0.8 mm / 2 oz
• 1.4–1.6 mm / 4 oz
• 3.0–3.5 mm / 8–9 oz

📐 Leather required

• 2.0–2.4 mm – 100 × 80 cm
• 0.6–0.8 mm – 68 × 8 cm
• 1.4–1.6 mm – 47 × 38 cm
• 3.0–3.5 mm – 50 × 40 cm

🔩 Hardware needed (for reference only – hardware not included)

• 4 × lobster clasp 20 mm
• 4 × D-ring 25 mm
• 2 × buckle 25 mm
• 2 × buckle 20 mm
• 1 × snap 13 mm
• 25 × rivets
• transparent PVC 0.4 mm – 12 × 8 cm
• plastic sheet 1–2 mm – 28 × 13 cm

ℹ️ Pattern notes

Due to small variations in printer scaling, we recommend using a single hole punch when working with the PDF pattern.

Print the PDF at 100% scale.

⚠️ Important

This is a digital leather pattern only.

You are purchasing files to make the backpack yourself, not the finished bag.

All files are protected by copyright and may not be redistributed, resold, or shared.