Halitech
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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saddle soap may do it then. Try a small amount in the armpit area and see what it does to the leather
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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LW, come in the chat the pnj started, I'm in there now
kiwi, FO, it's not my fault lol
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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
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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
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line it with chrome tanned liner leather
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if you want to use a client, it's irc.freenode.com #leatherworker
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2 hours ago, StephanieR said:Thank you for the info. I guess it's time for me to find a suitable liner. I would think I should find a material that isn't breathable so the photos aren't coming into contact with the leather at all. Now I am questioning the wedding album manufacturer that I use considering that they offer a variety of leather albums.
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
2 hours ago, StephanieR said:Am I correct in thinking that most colored leather will be chrome tan leather? I would like to stamp clients names or initials into the leather but I was under the impression that I would need veg tanned leather for that. Is that not the case?
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
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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 distortedOverall, 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
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mom will love it
image didn't come through but pretty sure she'll still love it because you made it for her
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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.
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just to throw another idea in the mix, what about a closure with a button stud or snap?
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@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.
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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
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not sure what to do with you kiwi lol
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59 minutes ago, ContactCement said:I read somewhere leather is like your skin and needs proper care. There is nothing wrong with treating it with a natural product.
It's exactly like our skin. Only difference is only PETA complains when a cow is killed and has their skin used to make something we need
reversible belt
in How Do I Do That?
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I may make a second keeper to match the brown