Western inspired belt for a farrier with homemade buckle

[jrdunn]

Nice work Jonas!

[Mulesaw]

@Beehive I can see that those would look great on a buckle.
I don't know where I'd get a doming block in Denmark.. It is strange, but some tools are just not quite as readily available over here compared to in the USA.
But I guess I could turn a piece of hardwood to make the block, and then find a steel ball og something else to help me with the shaping. 

I just looked in my desk drawer here on the ship, and there are some Canadian coins, one with a caribou and one with a beaver. They could work I think. 
The Danish 50 øre (half a crown) is a copper alloy, around the size of a US nickel might work, but it is not very pretty. 
The Danish 1, 2 and 5 crowns look nice, they are silver coloured but the all have a hole in the middle, so I am afraid that would look strange. 
The 10 and 20 crowns are doubled in thickness and are brass coloured, they'd look good too if they weren't so thick.

I think I see a coin doming experiment somewhere in the future :-)

Brgds Jonas

 

 

@jrdunn Thanks a lot :-)

Brgds Jonas

Edited February 19 by Mulesaw

[fredk]

If you slap some oil/enamel paint over the buckle area  of the design, let it dry then polish it off it will leave the paint in the low parts of the engraved design making it stand out more, or as the  American would say 'it would pop'

[TomE]

Good looking belt with mighty fancy stitching!  The buckle is a beautiful accent to complete the belt.  My dad made jewelry as a hobby.  I use his planishing hammer and bench anvil in my leather shop.  Your buckle brings back memories of him.  Thank you.

[Mulesaw]

9 hours ago, fredk said:

If you slap some oil/enamel paint over the buckle area  of the design, let it dry then polish it off it will leave the paint in the low parts of the engraved design making it stand out more, or as the  American would say 'it would pop'

The engraving is not very deep, so I am not sure it would have stuck very well, but I see what you mean :-)
I think that as soon as the buckle tarnishes a bit, it will stand out a bit more too. A very shiny surface for some reason seem to lessen the effect of the engraving (or it could just be lack of photographic skills :-)

Brgds Jonas

7 hours ago, TomE said:

Good looking belt with mighty fancy stitching!  The buckle is a beautiful accent to complete the belt.  My dad made jewelry as a hobby.  I use his planishing hammer and bench anvil in my leather shop.  Your buckle brings back memories of him.  Thank you.

Thanks Tom

Glad that I could spark a trip down memory lane. And thanks for the nice comments about the belt.

 

[Skinjob]

Nice job!

I love some loop and diamond stitch.

Did you use a template or did you free hand it?

[Mulesaw]

1 hour ago, Skinjob said:

Nice job!

I love some loop and diamond stitch.

Did you use a template or did you free hand it?

Thanks,

I used a small lunch plate as pattern, just marked around the circumference with a silver marker. I placed a square so both curves would start the same place. I had to try a few different plates first to find one that would give a nice looking curve. :-)

Brgds Jonas

[dikman]

Nice work, that belt looks pretty solid!

[Mulesaw]

13 hours ago, dikman said:

Nice work, that belt looks pretty solid!

Thanks, I think it'll hold up for a season or two :-)