JRLeather2

The guy I do the leatherwork has someone cast the plates, not sure of the company name. He then dyes the belts hand paints the plates and puts the whole thing together. Thanks!

Not at all! And thank you.

A few more pics of what keeps me busy.....

All hand cut and hand tooled, and thank you. These are actually going to a judo championship in The United Arab Emirates...

I was busy over the weekend....

I use dark or navy blue before I do black....

I put a leather plug in the hole and an oversized washer to hold it in place.

I have been stitching by hand for over 3 decades. I thought I would share a couple of little tricks that I use. The first pic shows where I mounted an earth magnet, one on each side to keep track of my needles when I am stitching. The second pic shows, (somewhat), the hydraulic table that I used as my base for my stitching poy. It works much the same as an office chair. This happened to come from a boat. Fully extended it is the right height for me to stand while stitching. When collapsed it is short enough to stash under my bench. The last pic is some tools I use when stitching.I use the edger as a thread cutter, able to get very close to the leather surface with this. The pliers are a normal pair of slip joint pliers that I disabled the slip joint so they only operate in the small jaw configuration. The small divot you see on the pliers, ( one on each side), I use as a way to push the needles through the tough spots, such as when backstitching. The little piece of scrap I use to push the needle through the back side of my stash. The hole is a thumb hole and it rests in my palm when working.

Once a piece of veg tan is oiled and finished it will not take good tool impressions.

I wasn't sure where to put this. My buddy put this together for me. We call it the Binford 2000. Two ways to mount to the bench and it makes short work of almost any burnishing job....

Great minds and all.....

Here is my mess, I mean shop.My bench is 8'X3", 45" to the work surface. I have 2 old marble fireplace mantels on it. The bench and cutting table have hardwood tops 1 1/2" thick. Most of the lighting is supplied by 4 double row LED lights I have the whole basement except for the furnace room.

Looks like UPS Ground to your location will be about 28 bucks.

I don't think that is the exact color I used, but they have several other "metal" colors

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I painted this with acrylics...

lots of good pieces in my scrap pile. Some big enough for holsters, sandals all kinds of projects.I make mostly championship belts for a living. I create a lot of scraps. I have attached a couple of pics for reference. I would like to sell it by the pound plus actual shipping. $5 per pound...

Just seeing if there is any interest in scrap veg tan 8-10. Mostly Wickett & Craig.....

I make championship belts for a living. I need clean sides, ( I use backs), I used to order a roll,10 sides from H/O at a time. Their quality really started slipping, the last roll I ordered sent the whole thing back. I now use W/C and have been very satisfied with the product. I can also order direct from the tannery even if I only need a side.

I use a tri-lobed bottom

A few growler cases I did recently. All made out of 8-9 oz veg tan. All seams are saddle stitched.

I actually don't think you will see much difference between the two weights.....

I used elements of yours and Tandys.....