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Here is my second attempt at making a box out of leather, its a simple design but pretty functional. Made with 10oz veg tan leather including the hinge which swings on a 1/4" wooden dowel, then dyed midnight blue with a bit of a silver highlight to give it a starry appearance. hope you all like it.

Thats a pretty good idea about modifying the buckles, but Ill have to wait on that, I dont have the set up for that, bad enough im taking up half my living room with my leather stuff, the wife wouldnt be too happy with metal and such flying around now, lol. Youve been a great help WinterBear, thanks!

Hello All!, Sorry for the late introduction but here it is, Im still fairly new to leather working, but as soon as I saw it I jumped in with both feet without looking back. Ive always been working with my hands since I was a kid. I started working in steel with my dad when I was 13 and have progressed in the trades since then working both as welder and even blacksmith for a few years. From there I trained as a custom goldsmith and wanted to merge both the steel with the jewellery to create something new, but alas I was in a car accident and had to give them up. after a number of years of feeling caged up in my own skin. for some reason I walked into a tandy store, got some info and basic kit and took ti from there. Now I do a lot of different things, have a small workshop in my living room and am starting to do some sales as well. So far I love making things out of the ordinary and working with the exotics, still have a ways to go in carving but in getting there. Im loving this site, and appreciate everyone's info, experience, guidance and skill at this and love how you are all willing to show, help and give info, lets face it, there are those in any trade that dont want to show any secrets. Just want to say a big hello and thanks to everyone on here, see you all and hope to be an active member in this. Here are some examples of what ive done so far. Hope yo all like it.

Hello All, Just posting some of the stuff ive been working on. This is actually my very first project, made to fit an odd size tablet that I have without buying the horrible manufactures' pouch. I was inspired by nature and hopefully got everything to flow. Everything was made out of 10oz veg tan, with black pigskin lining, black hand stitching. I also made the cocobollo button into a leaf to fit with the theme. what do you guys think? Sorry, pics are big 3

Thank you for the idea Somawas, Ive been hesitant to look on there, this belt is for someone and I would think buy the time they see the buckle and decide if they like it or not, it may be gone, or just over charged, but ill definitely take a look regardless, who knows, I may get lucky. WinterBear, thank you for this site as well, much closer to what I want, I think this one may be a winner. As you can see, this has been the frustration Ive been having for sometime just finding something I would think is very simple to find, but I guess not. Thank you for your efforts. I am still certainly open to others suggestions if they know of other places to get buckles without having to buy the minimum 100+ order. Thank you all for your time and trying to help me out

Love the colour and design of it, GREAT JOB!

Thank you Busted for your help, the look is great, but still not the ones I need. The ones on the site are either the slip through with friction or the flip top with the teeth in it, where I need the one with the hook or ball on the back that goes through the belt holes like these pics. Thank you for your efforts

Hey, Thanks for the quick response! Unfortunately that would still not be what im looking for, that particular buckle is to put inlay and ends up with a groove/border around the buckle that is unwanted. I have checked on etsy as well before hand and I end up getting the same results of either alot of these inlay ones, or the other pewter ones that just wont do. Sorry, I also forgot to mention to try and stay away from the western look of the rope work and scroll work on it, like I said, more towards whats in the picture. Its getting to the point of having to just buy a belt with the particular buckle that is wanted and just get rid of the crappy leather they have on it and switch it for mines. Very frustrating. Thank you for your efforts Sixer, they are much appreciated.

Hello All, thanks you for taking the time to read this, im new to the site as well as to leather working, so please forgive me if this is something simple to answer or that has already been covered. Im looking to find just a simple business/elegant style belt buckle, not sure what the actual type of buckle would be called, the ones with that are a plate with hook/ball on the back. Any of the belt buckles that I have scoured over on the net are nothing but the pewter cast ones that have some sort of logo or mascot and so on on it. I didnt think it would be this hard to find one that is comparable to the bigger named buckles on belts like CK, Hugo Boss, and Guess of all things. I dont have anything in a particular design needed, just something that is more for business without it being a roller buckle type. The pics are just some examples of what I am talking about, like I said, it doesnt have to match them in design or name, just that style of buckle. Thank you very much in advance for looking and helping me out if possible.