Feathers and Arrow Belt

[DieselTech]

9 minutes ago, Brokenolmarine said:

Thats a Joe Meling digital download pack, $10 and worth every penny in my opinion.  There is the belt pattern, a couple loose feathers, and a cluster for notebook or bible type covers.  His website is 23+ I believe.  Or google Joe Meling... So much there.

Ok thanks. I looked on his sight & ordered a couple of his pattern books yesterday. 

I will have to go back & look at his digital downloads. 

Thanks. Much appreciated.

[Brokenolmarine]

My Tandy order finally arrived so I got out to the shop and got the belt ready to stain.  I tooled the billets now that I could measure the buckle placement, and I made a belt loop for the buckle end, but forgot the one for the other end.  Duh... (Insert Gibb's slap here.)

I then oiled the pieces with Watco Natural Oil and left them to dry overnight.  Once that's done I can begin the next steps moving closer to assembly.

[Brokenolmarine]

My next project will be a Western Gun belt and making the belt loops for the 38/357 cartridges I mentioned to the wife would be much easier if I had a Splitter (skiver) but they run between $200 and $300 to start.  She found one on TEMU for about $50 and it came in today... it actually looks pretty nice.  The "Retail" is $189.00 so we'll see how it does once I get it mounted to a bench in the shop and try it.  I'll let you know.  It's basic, nothing fancy, but will beat a handheld skiver.

 

[Brokenolmarine]

I got out to the shop for the last session on this project.  I waxed and buffed each component twice and it's looking good, so I put 'er together.  A view from the front.  You get a good look at the Tandy tooled buckle with Turquoise Accent to compliment Joe Meling's Native Design.

This view from the rear let's you see where I took single feather's off the pattern pack and filled the space at the back to balance my layout.  I considered a concho in the middle and decided against it.  I actually started to tool a buffalo in that open space but it was TERRIBLE, far outside my skill set for that small space.

[Brokenolmarine]

This view of the side shows the Feather and Arrow tooling where the pattern get's it's name.  I am very happy with the way this first attempt turned out, and of course I learned a lot.  Lot's of room for improvement in my next attempt.  I would certainly make the belt slightly wider to allow for a bit more border on both sides. 

Overall, I'm sure I'll get a lot of use out of the belt, Miss Tina likes it a lot.

Next up for me is the Gunbelt the two pants belts were practice for.

LOL.

[DieselTech]

Looks great! Beautiful. Nice work.