Crafted with Care:
Our Classic Leather
School Bags

At Calabash Leather, we understand the importance of durability when it comes to school bags. That’s why we only use genuine leather in our bags, ensuring that they’ll last for years to come and

due to iur unique manufacturing design these bags are light weight and very strong.

Our leather school bags are available in a variety of designs and leather colours, with both Shoulder sling and backpack-style shoulder straps available, double padded shoulder pads provide extra shoulder or back comfort for carryjng a heavy school book load.

Our bags are light weight and durable!

Made from Genuine leather - which offers books and textbooks great protection, our leather is carefully selected to not only be very strong and durable, but beautiful to look at too. These bags are built to be admired and loved and the leather ages so well too. We offer Classic and Vintage school bags.

Great styles and options available.

Old School classic style like our very popular "Finding Hemingway" range and timeless one of a kind bags like our "Leather & Lacey" Range.

Popular in most Gauteng high schools like Affies, Meisies Hoerskool, Waterkloof Hoerskool, Menlopark Hoerskool and

Helpmekaar Kollege to name a few.

Our leather school bags are available in 3, 4 or 5 compartments. Our "Lewis & Finn" range has two big front pockets - so in essence the Lewis is a 6 compartment bag. The big front pockets are great for storing pencil cases, note books and class tools like calculators and rulers.

Unique: Our compartments are manufactured in an "accordion" style

(which offers a very durable stretch)

To withstand the rigors of a school day - the spine is reinforced with steel strip which is covered in leather. (To really carry a load)

We offer free name engraving on the inside and initials engraved on the front, you get to choose your font too, which makes a lovely personal touch and makes your

bag rreally special

Due to the range of styles and leather colours - we manufacture on order. Your school bag is produced fresh out of our factory.

Our leather school bags are not only

beautiful to look at - but built to last!

Classic Leather School Bag
Leather School Bag FINDING HEMINGWAY - Genuine leather School bag (old school style)
Leather School Bag Leather School Bag - Finding Hemingway Range. 2,3,4 and 5 Compartments.
Classic Leather School Bag
Back Straps - Optional Leather School bag back pack style straps to carry the heavy book load
Side View Hemingway Side View
Leather School Bag Our Lewis & Finn genuine leather school bag in Chocolate Brown leather. Available in Tan and distressed brown too. 2, 3, 4 and 5 compartments with 2 big front pockets (essentially makes the 5 compartment a 6 compartment bag.
Ladies leather school bag Our Leather & Lacey range. Beautiful leather motif.
FINDING HEMINGWAY Side view (4 compartment) leather school bag
Pin Close leather school bag Antique brass pin closing mechanism.
Leather School bag parts at Calabash Made for 2.5mm and 4mm Thick Vegetable Dyed leather. Vegetable-tanned leather is tanned using tannins and other ingredients found in different vegetable matter, such as tree bark prepared in bark mills, wood, leaves, fruits, and roots. It is study, supple and long wearing so it ages beautifully. This leather makes the classic school bag and a vintage stunner.
Compartments We have 3,4 & now 5 compartments to choose from.
Distressed Brown Buckle Close School Bag
Leather and Lacey In Tan or Chocolate Brown.
Leather & Lacey leather school bag In Chocolate brown leather
Top View - Leather & Lacey Top View
Lewis and Finn School Bag 2, 3, 4 or 5 compartments to choose from with 2 front pockets
Lewis and Finn School Bag Lewis in Chocolate Brown
Side - Lewis & Finn Lewis side view
Lewis and Finn Chocolate Brown, Tan or Distressed leather to choose from.
Open View - Lewis & Finn Inner view of our Lewis range. Steel Spine
Dreaming Oxford Lace Motif with 2 front pockets
Cinnamon & Verse 2,3,4 or 5 Compartments to choose from.
Leather School Bag The KIMOSABEE in Tan leather. Single Flap Close. 3, 4 or 5 compartments to choose from. Steel Reinforced spine. Available too in Chocolate Brown and Distressed Brown leather.
Chocolate Brown Leather Kimosabee - Top View
Ultra Strong Handle This handle will last and last and can take ta heavy book load.
Steel Re-inforced Spine All our school bags get a Steel reinforced spine.
Optional Extras Two Shoulder back pack straps or over shoulder sling to choose from.
SHOULDER STRAP Genuine leather, comfortable and built to last.