First Stamped Belt

[BlueOx]

Wanted to show my first attempt at a belt with some tooling involved. I see plenty of mistakes, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  Especially since it's a donation for a school auction. 

 

I welcome any critiques and/or suggestions on how to do better. 

 

Thank you. 

[DieselTech]

Looks good. Nice work! Did you burnish the edge's of your belt? I can't tell in pics. 

Thanks.

[BlueOx]

Thank you, and I did. But looking closer probubly not as much as I should have. 

[DoubleKCustomLeathercraft]

Very interesting to see a camo to used to create a serpentine pattern. This is why I come to this site. Get to see different ideas that I wouldn't think to do. It's nicely done. 

 

The only thing I can think of that finishes any leather project is edge work and stitching. I think you could improve on the edge work a bit. It can take some time to get it right depending on the leather. Every piece is different to. 

All in all nicely done. Hope it gets a good showing at the school auction

[TomE]

That's a good looking belt.  I would use an edger on both sides, flesh and grain, for a more finished look. You will learn whether or not your edger is sharp when you work on the flesh side.  There are lots of recipes for finishing edges, depending on thickness, type of leather, and how to item will be used.  Here's some ideas 

 

[BlueOx]

Thank you for linking that, I'll have to give it a good read and see how much better I can make the next project. 

[jrdunn]

2 hours ago, BlueOx said:

Thank you for linking that, I'll have to give it a good read and see how much better I can make the next project. 

I can't speak for everyone but I know that I'm a "work in progress".  Keep trying to improve.  JM2C, Jim

[dikman]

Nice work, you did a very good job keeping the opposing patterns aligned. It's surprisingly easy for pattern "creep" to sneak in!

[BlueOx]

Thank you. It honestly was a fight to keep it matching, I could only do about 4 stamps on one side before I had to flip it and try to get the other side relined up.