lachlan

That is kind of what I had in mind. So you guys agree that it is actually 4 independent pieces of thread? Will it be strong enough? They only have to take the load of about 700 grams of camera... still too much? I would probably epoxy the centre of the joined area as well. I could rivet it much easier, but a big part of why I liked this design is the fact it doesn't have any rivets, and hence no metal that can come in contact with the camera and rub it...

Hey guys, First post, great forum! Really informative So I've decided to try my hand at some simple leatherwork, and depending on how it goes and how I like it I'll hopefully move on to some more difficult tasks... The first thing I want to make is a camera strap, mainly because I'm very unimpressed by most of what is available in leather, and a bit unimpressed by the price of the rest of it (it's really only a saddle strap with some rings on the end...) One that I do like, but think I can replicate for much less and in my choice of leather is this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310270791745&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_10587wt_907 Materials wise I think it will cost me under $15 a strap, so if I have to have a couple of goes that's ok Only thing is I just can't work out how they've done the stitching so that any knots and stitching between holes is hidden? If anyone thinks they know that technique it would be awesome.. if not I'll just to do a simpler stitching pattern. Cheers Lachlan