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  1. Posted · Report reply

    Here a couple of pics of my latest custom belt. This one is on it's way to it's owner in England

    The belt is made of two hand cut strips of 8-10oz Wickett and Craig leather. Dyed brown and finished with Neat-Lac on the liner and 3 coats of Obenaufs LP on the outside.

    The customer requested one fixed belt keeper and one "floating" belt keeper. So here is the result.

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    This is the first belt I have sold. I am pretty happy with how it came out. But as always I will be looking to make the next one better.

    Thanks for looking,

    Nick

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    Here are some pics of a sheath set I just completed for one of the guys in my platoon. The Randall knife belonged to his father who served as a Special Forces NCO, and the Tomahawk is in case he has to go "Old School" on some Jihadist in the Sandbox. radar.gifboogie.gif

    Both sheaths are made of Wickett and Craig leather, dyed in Saddle Tan, and finished with Obenauffs LP. The loops on the side of the sheath as well as loop on the tomahawk cover were requested by the owner. The knife sheath is set for vertical or horizontal carry and will attach to web gear.

    I am delivering it tomorrow. I hope he likes them. The sheath is probably the most complex sheath I have tried so far.coffee.gif

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    Thanks for looking,

    Nick

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    I AM a big fan of western style stuff and Sheridan style carving. :cowboy:

    Having said that I like this idea! :specool: I think it would be real cool if the if it were just the skulls and they were a little more hidden. You would look at it going "Wow, nice Sheridan carving! Wait a minute...are those skulls? What the ??..." It would be a like a real cool leather carving inside joke.

    You did a real nice job! It's always cool to think "outside the box", so to speak. I like it!

    Regards,

    Nick

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    Thanks guys. :)

    Grunt: fine looking belt, it made for durability.

    where do you get 1pc buckle?

    A buddy of mine gave me the buckle. You buy them from the Weavers Catalog

    Classy work Grunt. That's basically a concealed carry/off duty belt. They go for anywhere between 65 and 120 dollars each on the internet....a few pesos more if a stiffener is added between layers.

    That's what I made it for. :cowboy:

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    Thanks for the kind words

    that is one burly belt with 2-layers of 8/10!!

    I am also a sucker for contrasting stitiching and brass hardware..

    I applaud your rugged construction technique & hope you added some length to the belt to compensate for the added thickness

    Yeah, the belt is kind of burly, I like to overbuild things. Now I am working on overbuilding stuff while still refining the small details.

    As far as adding extra length to compensate for the thickness, how much extra length should I add. I have already had one person ask me to make him one and I did not even think about this.

    Thanks,

    Nick

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    Here is a pic of my latest belt. This is the third belt I have completed.

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    It is pretty basic. Two layers of 8-10oz, saddle stitched, outer layer dyed mahogany, one piece buckle. I sewed the buckle in place since I don't plan on changing it out.

    I finished the belt with a few coats of Obenaufs LP. I tried this before on my first belt, the one in my avatar, and it has held up very nicely. I like the fact that I can easily reapply the finish if need be. I need to work on dying my edges though, I overlapped a Little bit as you can see in the photo. The edges slicked real well though, I think I finally have that part down, they are slicker than snot on a glass door knob. :P .

    I enjoyed this project and plan on making some more belts. I have a few ideas for some different stuff.

    Let me know what you think.

    Regards,

    Nick

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