Members TomE Posted December 3, 2023 Members Report Posted December 3, 2023 Made an adjustable guitar strap for a friend. HO bridle leather lined with black napa leather. He is buying a guitar with a honeycomb pattern on the top. I couldn't figure out how to neatly stitch a honeycomb so I came up with an art deco type pattern with several hexagons. Quote
Members DieselTech Posted December 3, 2023 Members Report Posted December 3, 2023 Beautiful guitar strap. Looks great! Love the stitch work. How does that style of guitar strap fasten to the guitar? I've always wondered. Thanks. Quote
Members TomE Posted December 3, 2023 Author Members Report Posted December 3, 2023 On 12/3/2023 at 3:52 AM, DieselTech said: How does that style of guitar strap fasten to the guitar? I've always wondered. Expand Thanks! The keyholes on each end of the strap fit over “pins” on the guitar. Quote
Members DieselTech Posted December 3, 2023 Members Report Posted December 3, 2023 On 12/3/2023 at 4:28 AM, TomE said: Thanks! The keyholes on each end of the strap fit over “pins” on the guitar. Expand Thanks I appreciate it. Great looking strap. Quote
Members Scoutmom103 Posted December 3, 2023 Members Report Posted December 3, 2023 Beautiful, love the Art Deco stitching design. Quote
Members TomE Posted December 3, 2023 Author Members Report Posted December 3, 2023 On 12/3/2023 at 1:08 PM, Scoutmom103 said: Beautiful, love the Art Deco stitching design. Expand Thank you! Quote
Members VStew Posted December 5, 2023 Members Report Posted December 5, 2023 Very Nice! Beautiful strap! Quote
Members spacedog Posted December 24, 2023 Members Report Posted December 24, 2023 I love the colour you got on that first one. Nice work. Quote
Members DieselTech Posted December 24, 2023 Members Report Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 5:38 PM, spacedog said: I love the colour you got on that first one. Nice work. Expand Yeah that color is growing on me. @TomE what color would that 1st guitar strap be. If that is dye, I gotta get some. Thanks. Quote
Members TomE Posted December 24, 2023 Author Members Report Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/5/2023 at 2:08 AM, VStew said: Very Nice! Beautiful strap! Expand On 12/5/2023 at 2:20 AM, Hags said: Very nice! Expand On 12/24/2023 at 5:56 PM, BigBore said: Very sharp! Expand On 12/24/2023 at 5:58 PM, DieselTech said: Yeah that color is growing on me. @TomE what color would that 1st guitar strap be. If that is dye, I gotta get some. Thanks. Expand Thank you all for the kinds words. Credit for the color goes to Hermann Oak Leather. This is HO bridle leather in Havana. It is a deep red-brown in daylight. Quote
Members DieselTech Posted December 24, 2023 Members Report Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 6:34 PM, TomE said: Thank you all for the kinds words. Credit for the color goes to Hermann Oak Leather. This is HO bridle leather in Havana. It is a deep red-brown in daylight. Expand Very beautiful leather. I had a feeling it might have been bridle leather. It has got such a nice deep color. Quote
Members Attackrabbit Posted January 15, 2024 Members Report Posted January 15, 2024 Looks great! What thickness did you use? I want to make one as well but not sure what leather to start with. Quote
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