Rockrz

OK, thanks. Just thought I'd ask since I'd imagine some vendors are better than others

I'm in the US and would rather order from a vendor within the US as it's easier to do returns if need bee with US vendors verses international vendors.

Yeah, I was looking at the pic of this guy's hat band and noticed it was slightly wider than the concho so I may need to revisit that part of the project. I could use some one inch conchos rather than the 1 1 /4 I was thinking of buying a black belt that has a seam sown in on the edges hopefully with black thread. Any recommendations for a good place online to buy tools?

Wasn't sure which forum to put these question in.... I'm wanting to make my own hat band similar to the Donnie Van Zant hat band (see pic below), and I've already ordered some 1 1/4 inch Silver Slotted Star Conchos, and a black Buffalo Hide Leather belt that is 1 1/4 inches wide (see attachments for pics) All I still need is some leather that is flat black that's fits in to the slots on the conchos and some leather working tools to be able to punch a rectangular hole in the leather belt I'll be using. I'll just run the thin leather strap thru each concho thru the holes in the belt where it will run on the back side of the belt all the way around where I'll have to figure out a way to fasten the back where the two ends come together. Questions... 1) Where can I find a tool that is rectangular shaped once I find the exact size I'll be needing (I'll know once I measure the slots) 2) I was thinking of somehow tying the thin strap that will be routed thru as slotted concho where it all comes together in the back of the hat... so what are some ideas on how to do that? One of the attachments to this message is a pic of the hat band I'm wanting to re-create since I cannot find anywhere that this can be purchased by itself without also buying the hat too which is pretty expensive