Wrapped Buckle For Guitar Strap

[Wrapped Buckle For Guitar Strap]

You might try a simple double loop lace, instead of going through holes in two pieces of leather you just wrap the buckle.

Here's an easy to follow how to:

http://www.kingsmere...com/page96.html

You can put the lace cross pattern on top or on the outside edge, wherever looks the best.

Dano

Thanks a lot.

I also found these instructions specifically for buckles on that same website:

http://www.kingsmerecrafts.com/page56.html

[Wrapped Buckle For Guitar Strap]

Bruce Grant "Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding" plates 126-129 demonstrates several ways to wrap a buckle with lace. Have a look.

Thanks, but is there somewhere I can find that information without buying the book? I don't plan on doing a whole lot of leatherwork after I finish the strap.

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[Wrapped Buckle For Guitar Strap]

I'm getting to make myself a new guitar strap. I'd like to use one of these 1-1/2" clipped corner buckles but I'm worried about it scratching the guitar, so I was think of wrapping it in leather cord. Is there a way to braid it or should I just wrap and glue it? Would one of these 1-1/2" cowhide strips I'm planning on using still fit through it afterwards?

[Wrapped Buckle For Guitar Strap]

I'm getting to make myself a new guitar strap. I'd like to use one of these 1-1/2" clipped corner buckles but I'm worried about it scratching the guitar, so I was think of wrapping it in leather cord. Would one of these 1-1/2" cowhide strips I'm planning on using still fit through it? What kind of glue should I use? Anyone have a better idea for covering or wrapping the buckle? Maybe suede cord instead?

Here's some pictures of the last strap I made, about 15 years ago. I used solid copper rivets and covered them with rubber on the back. The buckle was extremely cheap and I was able to take it apart, slide a piece of shoe lace (with the core removed) over it and put it back together. I'd like the new strap to be pretty much like this except that I want to use a buckle with the bar in the center.