NoahL

It looks pretty nice to me--kudos for the stitching! I hand-stitched a belt one time, and that was enough to avoid doing it again for a long time . Overall, it looks like a nice, sturdy belt, and the only thing I have to comment on, design wise, is that the keeper loop is kind of far back, so it won't hold the end of the belt in place if you use the last two holes. Still, looking good! ~Noah

Having seen your work on deviantArt already, I have to agree with Storm. Very nicely done! ~Noah

Hi John, They are a tad larger than I was looking for, but that doesn't mean they won't work--I'd love to try out some of them if you would be willing to sell me some. I probably only need about 50 or so at the moment. Shoot me a PM and let me know. Thanks! ~Noah

This has been a very interesting discussion to read through. I have to say that I have only ever shared one pattern, and it wasn't one I designed--it was just from a dismantled Blackberry holster--so I don't have any experience to really take part in this thread. I don't do too much with patterns myself--I do mostly belts and knife sheaths, and I don't do any Sheridan or any of those other fancy kinds of tooling you folks can do. Belts don't require a pattern, really--a hole template, perhaps--and sheaths have to be made to fit each knife, so while I do draw up a pattern for them, they aren't something that is going to be very likely to be used again, as most of the knives I make sheaths for are customs. Now, that said, if I did have a pattern for something that would benefit others to have, rather than trying to slog through making their own, I would probably post it up here free of charge (not that I would mind the donation idea ). ~Noah