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  1. Halitech
    the keeper floats so he could store whichever one he;s not using at the time I kinda like it too but it is up to the customer
  2. Halitech
    I may make a second keeper to match the brown
  3. Halitech
    I just finished resizing them so I could upload them here Arrow head pattern and his name on the black side, regular basket weave on the timber brown side. 2 line 20 snaps holding the buckle on
  4. Halitech
    Nice work overall and I like how you tooled around the edges of the pouch part. Only suggestion would be for on the back where the knife and multitool come up, I'd have added a backer like most gun holsters have to keep the sharp edges from jabbing into the ribs when bending and moving.
  5. Halitech
    That's what I was thinking about. I've gotten all the other work done and waited on doing the snaps/screws while thinking about it. If this belt doesn't survive the next 50 years, I'll be surprised
  6. Halitech
    Looks to me like a thin piece of plastic to protect the leather they don't want to cut and then a ruler to guide the blade.
  7. Halitech
    saddle soap may do it then. Try a small amount in the armpit area and see what it does to the leather
  8. Halitech
    do you know what type of leather it is and how is it finished? You might be able to use saddle soap to clean it
  9. Halitech
    might be, I literally just cut 2 1.5" belt lengths off the one I have here right now and I just had it laying on my bed and it cut fine
  10. Halitech
    I've used 3 pieces of it so far and while it is tough, a new blade each time in my strap cutter when I start a side and it cuts fine without wetting or doing anything else to it
  11. Halitech
    Thanks Matt. Do you use snaps or do you prefer to use chicago screws? I've got to think ease of use as it is for an older gentleman
  12. Halitech
    I need some help from my fellow leather workers. I have a customer that wants a reversible belt. Should be easy to do right? not from what my searches are telling me. They want a 1.5" belt and the largest reversible buckle I can find is 1.35". They do not want it tapered and they do want both sides tooled. They also want it as thick as I can make it which is easier because I do have some saddle skirting I can use. Here's my 2 part question: 1. Does anyone have a source for larger reversible buckles like the big names use or 2. Can I do it the same as normal for the buckle and use a normal buckle that can be taken off (using snaps) and reversed. The back side would obviously have 2.5" of the opposite color (black on 1 side, timber brown on the other) and use a 6-7oz "liner"? that would meet up with the folded over part Any other ideas would be welcome
  13. Halitech
    LW, come in the chat the pnj started, I'm in there now kiwi, FO, it's not my fault lol
  14. Halitech
    then your only option is veg tanned leather strips http://springfieldleather.com/Belt-Strip-Long-1-1-2-in-5pk http://springfieldleather.com/1-2-Wide-2-Import-Veg-Straps_5
  15. Halitech
    are you planning on tooling or dying them or are you looking for something pre-finished so you just have to add buckles and cut holes? you will pay more for pre-cut strips and it doesn't take that much room to cut your own
  16. Halitech
    line it with chrome tanned liner leather
  17. Halitech
    if you want to use a client, it's irc.freenode.com #leatherworker
  18. Halitech
    The photo albums would have plastic pages to hold the photos which would prevent the photos from contacting the leather. Plus, it's probably lined as well 95%+ leather that is colored, is chrome tanned. Only veg tanned leather will take the water needed to stamp names, etc. You can do a gold foil stamp or heat stamp but you would be needing a new stamp for each customer and they aren't cheap
  19. Halitech
    looks good and I'm sure she will love it. Few items to watch for though 1. a large amount of the letters show the square around them so you either pressed too hard or leather was too wet when stamping 2. on the border at the top right and bottom left, you have 4 on the bottom and 5 at the top. Minor thing but noticable. 3. top left edge, you can see where you got very close to the edge and it has become distorted Overall, really nice job and you should be proud of it. It took me almost 3 years before I would even try sheridan style so you are ahead of me in that way
  20. Halitech
    mom will love it image didn't come through but pretty sure she'll still love it because you made it for her
  21. Halitech
    Using Freds directions (before he posted them) is the way I did this case. Needle nose pliers came in really handy for the bottom and about half of the sides until I could get my fingers on the needle properly. I have the plans done up for another that I'm going to do a strap and latch type of closure.
  22. Halitech
    just to throw another idea in the mix, what about a closure with a button stud or snap?
  23. Halitech
    @monkeyy try picking up a few of the refillable dye pens from tandy. I grabbed 2 and filled 1 with black for doing that type of work and it is a heck of a lot easier then using a paint brush, no matter how small.
  24. Halitech
    look up Studio-N here on the board. He makes them out of delrin so price is good and I've got a few that work fine with my press
  25. Halitech
    not sure what to do with you kiwi lol
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