rktaylor Posted December 23, 2025 Report Posted December 23, 2025 A friend ordered this guitar strap as a Christmas present for his son. I don't do a lot of floral tooling so it took some time. I vow to practice more in the coming year. A pre-news year's resolution. Randy Quote
Members DoogMeister Posted December 23, 2025 Members Report Posted December 23, 2025 looks very nice. Quote
Members dikman Posted December 23, 2025 Members Report Posted December 23, 2025 Very impressive! Looks like a lot of work, I'm sure he'll love it. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
rktaylor Posted December 23, 2025 Author Report Posted December 23, 2025 4 hours ago, DoogMeister said: looks very nice. Thank you. 1 hour ago, dikman said: Very impressive! Looks like a lot of work, I'm sure he'll love it. Thanks. He saw some sample tooling and approved so it won't be a complete surprise. Randy Quote
Members BigBore Posted December 24, 2025 Members Report Posted December 24, 2025 Outstanding work! Quote
Members maxdaddy Posted December 24, 2025 Members Report Posted December 24, 2025 Wow, that's stunning! Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted December 24, 2025 CFM Report Posted December 24, 2025 Heck yeah, nice work!!!! Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Darren8306 Posted December 24, 2025 Members Report Posted December 24, 2025 Excellent work! I hope their guitar playing keeps up with it Quote
Members TomE Posted December 24, 2025 Members Report Posted December 24, 2025 That's a beauty! What caught my eye immediately is the way the vine is woven around the flowers to create a criss-cross appearance, and how you decreased the size of the letters to complement the shape of the point. Lots of neat details. Thanks for sharing. Quote
rktaylor Posted December 24, 2025 Author Report Posted December 24, 2025 (edited) Thanks for the compliments. The young man can play, so I hope the strap can keep up. He's getting really popular thanks to TikTok. I don't understand, but I guess I'm too old. I think the font appearance is an optical illusion since the strap is curved over a post. The letter height is within 1/16" but the width may vary. If they are tapered, it certainly wasn't intended. Randy Edited December 24, 2025 by rktaylor Clarification Quote
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