Jimbosmith

Hey guys, New to leather working this is my 3rd attempt at a belt, Learnt a lot from the first two. Thanks to some advice from here i now water mould the keepers. First attempt at using edge coat i really like the contrast it adds to the finished product. Bought my first set of oval hole punches too.

I have ordered some new tools, a new edge beveller no3, some canvas and other parts mainly scraps to practice wet moulding and stitching on. Thanks for the help everyone, Only my second project and i already have big ideas haha, just need to get the skill first.

Thanks for the tips, i will take a look at wet moulding for the keeper

Hmm ok, i will give it a go i think ii was maybe applying too much gum trag and working it too soon so that it became almost a lubricant.

Finished it up today, thought i would give practicing the stitching on another project. The rivets are the screw kind so i can always rework the piece, i think i want to make the keeper tighter, and burnish it properly but i will know better when i wear it for a while. Any tips on burnishing the edges? i used gum trag and a wooden burnish tool is it supposed to take alot of effort haha

Thankyou, i thought the same, unfortunately i dont have much to play with otherwise i would of just tried on a test piece. Although i have plenty of scraps to practice the stiching.

Hello Im new to leather working and i have probably a really basic question. I normally on my veg tanned pieces bevel and then burnish the edge but i normally do this before dying the leather. I bought a pre dyed belt blank as it was fairly cheap so i thought i would give it a go. My question is can i finish the edge as i would normally? With the bevel and then burnish, i have some edge coat but none of the dye that it is dyed in. i have used the screw type fixings for holding the buckle and keeper which i tried stitching for the first time :D I have also added a round to the end of the belt. http://www.huzza.net/media/catalog/product/cache/1/large/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/j/3jc010_2_.jpg What sort of stitch is this also, i want to try add some detail to the belt. Any help would be very much appreciated.