Tree Reaper

I want a stiff belt, they loosen up with time and use. Neatsfoot oil on the blank will soften it a little or use thinner leather.

This is the one Midway sells.

He might be off for the holidays. I emailed him a week ago about making a stamp for me and I haven't heard from him yet.

You can do that with a curved needle.

Nice job on the vest Darren, that's a lot of hand stitching.

It will depend on the use or abuse but they can always be touched up again considering you will still have access to them.

Good fit, nice job.

You could contact this international auction house and ask then where the closest tannery is to you that they ship to. http://www.furharvesters.com/

That's a fine piece of art and craftsmanship.

Michael; Another method would be to wet form your leather over a piece of wood and then trim the edges and then add the back . That's what was done in this picture

This isn't that great if you tried to carve it. I apologize if your kids did it.

The work is good but it's overshadowed by your rudeness. I've used craftool and Barry Kings tools and there is a difference between the two, I have both so I'll keep buying professional tools for repetitive work and still use some craftools occasionally. As for the original question, if he's not happy with the results from the tools he's using regardless what they are he can always upgrade and make his own decision on what works best for him.

Are those stars stamped or carved?

http://barrykingtools.com/page5.htm I'd contact Barry and tell him exactly what you need.

Save your money, buy the #1 or #2 and see how that works for you first.

Daniel; There are smaller bevelers than the 197. Barry King puts a steeper angle on his bevelers which is better than the Tandy tools for small impressions. If the impressions are real small a stamp may suffice. When you can't buy what you want then you can always have it made.

The quality of either will be great. I like the narrow end on Ron's tool, it prevents you from hitting the work surface with the edge of the tool when edging. An edger like the Montana edger will take the edge off your leather for finishing, smaller is better for what you want. The round edger can be used to make a channel used when folding the leather, it will take a deeper cut.

That's a different design, is that yours or was the original similar to this one?

This is just one of a few he has made.

Chief; I just completed my first mexican round braid and used your video to get me started. Thank you for posting that, it made it easy for me and I'm grateful to you for taking the time and making the effort to do that for us. Kevin.

You'll need the leather,buckle and stitching. The leather has to be thin enough to match you watch. You need a a knife, I would suggest an exacto so you can change the blades out and eliminate sharpening. You need a small punch to match the pin in the buckle. An awl and ruler to mark and make your stitching holes. Needles and thread. Some dye to finish it and a sealer to seal the finish. That's pretty basic but will get the job done. Let me know if you have more money to spend, there's always something else to make the job easier.

It looks good to me, nice pattern and design.

Get the Springfield Leather catalog, lots of looking in there.

That looks heavy duty, well done.

Always a chance of it freezing during shipping.