Members ZARDOZ the GREAT Posted Thursday at 09:32 PM Members Report Posted Thursday at 09:32 PM (edited) How-DEE! I have a piece of suede in a beautiful rust red/orange that I am thinking of using to make a pair of gunbelts from, carried in a sort of "X" on the hips, like Curly Bill in Tombstone... Any advice on this? Will folding it over and sewing the edge like a regular money belt be enough? I am thinking of a 2.5" belt, so I figure a 5" wide strip for each, folded in half lengthwise. Any advice on doing the cartridge loops? The belt tongue/buckle part? I do the punched hole versions, but I don't think suede will be stiff enough for that, so seems either I would have to do sewn loops, or attach a piece of regular leather with the loops on it. The suede is about 1/8 in thick, so folding it and sewing the edge, I would think, would make a pretty strong gun-belt. I also have some car upholstery leather (seems like real leather with a rubberized coating of some kind) that's about 1/16" thick which I could use on the inside, but I think this would make it unnecessarily thick. Thanks in advance. Edited Thursday at 10:29 PM by ZARDOZ the GREAT Quote
Members Dwight Posted Friday at 03:18 AM Members Report Posted Friday at 03:18 AM Just use it like regular leather . . . do the belt loops . . . then weldwood all of it together in the middle . . . except a few inches at the buckle end . . . where you make your money belt part of it. Sew the top edge . . . rolling pin the bottom edge . . . tight as you can get it. Made several of these . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members ZARDOZ the GREAT Posted Friday at 03:49 PM Author Members Report Posted Friday at 03:49 PM 12 hours ago, Dwight said: Just use it like regular leather . . . do the belt loops . . . then weldwood all of it together in the middle . . . except a few inches at the buckle end . . . where you make your money belt part of it. Sew the top edge . . . rolling pin the bottom edge . . . tight as you can get it. Made several of these . . . May God bless, Dwight Great! Thank you! Love that color! British Tan? I love British Tan and Burgundy! Been trying to get a lighter burgundy. Thinned mine to 50% and still dark, so I will try thinned to 25%. Again, Thank you! Quote
Members HandyDave Posted yesterday at 02:55 AM Members Report Posted yesterday at 02:55 AM Keep in mind you may need to cut strip a little wider then 5 inches depending on thickness of leather. Cause when folded you'll lose just a bit of width. Quote
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