Abstract: A carrying strap comprises a resilient foam padding layer sandwiched between inner and outer surface strips of soft pliable simulated leather material, with an inner load-bearing layer of tightly woven high-strength webbing extending across the full width of the strap between the foam padding and the outer surface layer. Side edge caps enclose the side edge portions of the surface layers and webbing, and side stitching secures the caps, surface layers and webbing together throughout the length of the strap. The opposite ends of the strap are attached to a carrying bag by a pair of side-by-side rivets extending through the surface layers and webbing of the strap, through the bag material and through a leather backing patch on the inside surface of the bag material. Cross-stitching through the strap ends, bag and backing patch below the rivets prevents the strap from twisting on the rivets.