Leash and Collar

[Mablung]

Recently I made my first piece for sale. A random guy stopped me on my way out of Lowe’s (big chain hardware store in the US, for those not familiar) to ask me where I got my dog’s leash, since I had her with me. When I told him I made it myself, he immediately asked how much I would charge to make one. I worked up a quote and made him a leash very similar to my dog’s leash. Sadly, I took only this one picture of it before handing it over. 
 

Next project was a collar for my dog with her name carved in it. Very simple, no backgrounding, and somewhat messy lettering—definitely doesn’t hold a candle to what I’ve seen on here that I used for ideas; but it’s adequate for my uses. 

[DieselTech]

Nice work. I think they look great! 

What weight of leather is on your leash. It looks like a double layer of 9-10oz in the pic. 

Thanks.

[Mablung]

8 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Nice work. I think they look great! 

What weight of leather is on your leash. It looks like a double layer of 9-10oz in the pic. 

Thanks.

Thanks! It’s a single layer of latigo, a pre-cut strap I bought at Tandy. I think it’s 12 oz. Might be more like 16 oz.

Edited December 16, 2024 by Mablung

[toxo]

Any job with a practical use is a good one in my book, well done. Sadly over here the advice is to just put a phone number and not the dogs name on the collar because so many are being stolen.

[Mablung]

59 minutes ago, toxo said:

Any job with a practical use is a good one in my book, well done. Sadly over here the advice is to just put a phone number and not the dogs name on the collar because so many are being stolen.

Thank you. Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about my dog being stolen, but if I did, I’d definitely do just my phone number. My dog loves all people and probably would go off with someone who approached her. Unless someone broke into my house. I don’t think she would be okay with that. 

[toxo]

1 hour ago, Mablung said:

Thank you. Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about my dog being stolen, but if I did, I’d definitely do just my phone number. My dog loves all people and probably would go off with someone who approached her. Unless someone broke into my house. I don’t think she would be okay with that. 

Good dog.

[kgg]

13 hours ago, Mablung said:

Recently I made my first piece for sale.

Nicely done. My only suggestion would be sew a seam about 1/4" in from the edges with V138 thread not so much for adding strength but to help reduce deforming caused by stretching.

kgg

[Mablung]

1 hour ago, kgg said:

Nicely done. My only suggestion would be sew a seam about 1/4" in from the edges with V138 thread not so much for adding strength but to help reduce deforming caused by stretching.

kgg

A good thought. If I get a machine any time soon, I’ll add that in. Still doing all hand stitching at the moment, though, and that would add a tremendous amount of stitching.