The Mr.

 We have some very good friends who camp, travel, guide and hunt.  We don't get to see them as much as we would like, but they did stop last week and we met them for a late lunch,   This funny looking piece of leather above is an ammo case which has obviously been damaged (by a dog).  Dogs like to chew on leather and we have even given scraps to dogs to chew on for their enjoyment and it keeps them busy for hours.  But they don't really realize that not all leather which beckons them should be chew toys.  Some time ago the Mrs. asked if my Mr. might be able to re-lace it as it had come apart and had been temporarily been "fixed" with heavy line.  This is, she informed us, had a great deal of sentimental value and she would not trust it to be sent through the mail.  So after hunting season, the holidays and their trip to the west coast for a few weeks, she hand delivered it to us.
The Mr. does wonderful leather work and she trusted him to repair it as it was.  He could have made a new one easily enough, but since she specified that this was special, he was able to repair it as best he could without compromising the original piece.  Below are the pictures of the damage and the finished ammo case.
 

 The little curved missing piece, and unlaced side piece along with a small tear in the flap are "doggie damage".

 The Mr. hand stitches using the existing holes and uses the vise below, with a piece of wood inside the case to support the case while in the vise.

 The finished case below, without adding extra leather and the little tear in the flap was repaired hopefully, it will stay repaired.  The Mr. did a beautiful job and we have a few more projects in mind now that we are settled and have our work spaces up and running. Just need to get it back to her, but not through the mail.

"Friendship is a sheltering tree." ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge