CaptQuirk

Did you steal that hammer from Thor? All jokes aside, I like it. The use of leather strap to hang tools was a neat idea, and I love the cedar planks.

Ok, thanks northmount.

Thanks for all the tips and suggestions. I pulled the trigger on an Original from the BuckleGuy. $29.00 seemed about a mid level price, between the knock offs and a cheap draw gauge. Before dropping this thread, I'll ask again about cutting curved belts. I want another crack at cutting a gunfighter belt, about 4", which is the max for one of these strap cutters? Can it cut that on a curve, and how much trickier is it than cutting a regular strap?

I am currently mastering the art of screwing up leather, as my blade tends to wander. Anything has to help. Trox, nice tip, thanks.

I feel your pain Colt. All my tools are stuffed into the starter kit box from RealLeather. All my leather is stuffed into another box, and my dyes are stuffed into yet another small box. I have about a 2'x3' section of table to work on. I am so ready to get a workshop shed!

Don't need a huge or sharp curve. I posted about the western gunbelt I made not fitting right, and was told to cut it on a curve. It looked like maybe 1-2 inches from the example shown, over the length of the belt.

I'm thinking the dowels are there to support the leather as you draw it through?

@Trox- Yeah, I think shipping would kill the deal. I appreciate the offer though

It isn't just tools, it was everything that they did in the Victorian age. Something as mundane as a utilitarian object was done with a flourish and detail. Nothing was plain and simple. I'm sorry... being a Gator fan, I should have used smaller words

It is a keyhole button hole punched, and it slips over a stud on the guitar.

That was a steal! I love the old world craftsmanship, it is long forgotten.

I needs to learn to do airbrushing, but that is something I never had luck with in the past. I can spray a car or a pay phone, but anything finer like that is out of my league. As for your basket weave, it looks perfectly fine. Better than my past 2 attempts. I think I ruined the weave when I tried to wet form the holsters around the gun. Up till that point, it looked great. Keep it up, you found your niche.

And here is another thought, can either style of cutter do curved straps?

I'm jealous too... I'm working in less space than your bench takes up. I'm still trying to figure out why we went the tiny home route. Anyways, with the wife working nights, I can't do much during the day. No tooling, no rivets, no swearing when I stab myself again. I am so ready to get a rent a shed and move into it. And the first thing I do, is get the biggest, brightest shop light I can afford, and build a work bench with room for tools and materials and a coffee cup So... Granite, huh? Hmmm...

@Big Sioux Saddlery- I usually work with 6-10oz leather, no reason for me to go that heavy. And I really can't afford one of each. I wanted a Blonde and a Redhead, but couldn't afford both of those either... Anyways, I am a beginner. That said, if I had to choose between one or the other, which strap cutter am I likely to mess up the most leather with?

@semofir https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/table-top-lace-cutter

Those don't look bad at all. Got my son a guitar for Christmas, and made a strap kit for him to tool and finish himself. It turned out pretty nice, and he has been getting a lot of people asking where he got it. Never having made a guitar strap, it didn't come out as nice as your's, but still... people like custom hand crafted over stamped out by machine in whatever country they were made in. Rock on!

Thanks for that Dwight. I am at odds with buying Chinese goods. Have a hard time finding US made goods, but still look for them over imported stuff. The one you posted the link to is not only made in China, but shipped from there too. Not going that route, cheap or not. I guess it is down to calling Bruce for an old Osborne, or get "The Original Strap Cutter".

@TomG- I was told to get one of those to make the mystery braids I use for safety straps on my holsters. How would that work if I was making a 3/4" strap with 3 strands?

@Dwight- is that one you have Chinese made? If not, who is the maker?

Ok, thanks fellas.

What is the difference between Harrison marked bars, and the Newark marked bars?

That just means fewer fingers to stab with the awl, right? Which of the wood ones would recommend/ not recommend?

Ok. So you say Osborne is the best way to go, as far as entry level? So many sites, with so many different cutters. I see the "Original Strap Cutter", which looks like the Tandy, which looks just like another one with no name. It is so confusing for a beginner.