Bree Posted January 19, 2009 Report Posted January 19, 2009 I just finished a double layer gunbelt I am giving a friend in Georgia as a gift. He wanted a black belt to match a black holster that he has. Here are the details: Leather - Weaver natural shoulder with blanks skived to 7oz. Billets skived to 3.5 oz each. Finish - Weaver Tuff Kote Black and Clear Edges - Burnished with wax and mechanical burnisher, Fiebings Edge Kote Sealer - Weaver Tuff Coat Clear airbrushed Stitching - 277/207 Poly on Toro 4000-LA25 Hardware - Stainless Steel Roller Buckle and Chicago Screws I am pretty pleased with it and I hope he will be too. I like the little gunbelt railroad PIX LOL! Quote Ride Safe! Bree 2003 Dyna Wide Glide Memberships: Iron Butt Association, Niagara Falls HOG, Wild Fire HOG NRA, Niagara County Sportsman's Association
MADMAX22 Posted January 19, 2009 Report Posted January 19, 2009 Thats a very nice belt. I like the contrast you got with the white stitching. Very clean looking overall. Good job. Quote
Members grasshopper Posted January 19, 2009 Members Report Posted January 19, 2009 I just finished a double layer gunbelt I am giving a friend in Georgia as a gift. He wanted a black belt to match a black holster that he has. Here are the details:Leather - Weaver natural shoulder with blanks skived to 7oz. Billets skived to 3.5 oz each. Finish - Weaver Tuff Kote Black and Clear Edges - Burnished with wax and mechanical burnisher, Fiebings Edge Kote Sealer - Weaver Tuff Coat Clear airbrushed Stitching - 277/207 Poly on Toro 4000-LA25 Hardware - Stainless Steel Roller Buckle and Chicago Screws I am pretty pleased with it and I hope he will be too. I like the little gunbelt railroad PIX LOL! Nice job, is that two layers of 7oz.? Did you skive the blank down yourself or weaver skived it for you? What was the original weight of the belt blank? How did you keep the inside belt from not getting black from the dye? How did you dye the edges so neatly without dyeing the inside belt? Quote
Bree Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Posted January 19, 2009 Nice job, is that two layers of 7oz.? Did you skive the blank down yourself or weaver skived it for you? What was the original weight of the belt blank? How did you keep the inside belt from not getting black from the dye? How did you dye the edges so neatly without dyeing the inside belt? Yes. I had Weaver cut the blanks and skive them. They did an excellent job. I skived the billets because I wanted them gradient skived. The original weight was 8-9oz. The leather from Weaver was really outstanding with beautiful color, grain, and heft. It was just about flawless and perfectly skived. I was very happy with what they sent me. I also got a nice price after all was said and done. Weaver often has higher prices on things than other folks but in this case they had a great price. I got good lengths though I could have gotten some really long ones if I had purchased sides rather than shoulders. I have several sides that I can cut and skive myself so I guess it doesn't matter. I dyed the two blanks separately before glueing them up. When the edge coating was applied there was some black that got on the natural side but that was intended. I used a 1/2 felt on a clip to apply the edge coating. I hung the belt (now bonded) from the ceiling and just ran it down the length of the belt on both sides and let it dry. Naturally I had to touch up some areas I didn't like which was a pain in the butt. Using water-based edge coat makes touch ups possible but then you get trouble sealing it. I went over to Harbor Freight and both a little airbrush compressor. I airbrushed the top coat and it worked like a charm! I put several very light coats on everything, assembled the billet and then punched out 7 oval holes and she was done. My friend is gonna like it because he has a holster that looks very similar. They will match up very nicely. I didn't do any carving or the like on this belt because I don't think this guy would have appreciated it and he didn't rate that kind of investment of work and effort. I will be making more of these and I will probably carve some though I am not as good as these folks around here. I might carve one up for myself as I am MUCH more forgiving of my own mistakes than others!! I was very happy with the stitching because I just fixed my machine today. I had to grind out the arm of my sewing machine and that made me very nervous. But I got a good line and very tight to the edge. That makes this belt very strong and durable. The problem I was having was that my roller guide couldn't make it close enough to the needle to get a nice tight line near the edge. That is now solved. Quote Ride Safe! Bree 2003 Dyna Wide Glide Memberships: Iron Butt Association, Niagara Falls HOG, Wild Fire HOG NRA, Niagara County Sportsman's Association
TomSwede Posted January 19, 2009 Report Posted January 19, 2009 A very fine and classy looking belt!!! White stitching look sooo nice! Neat and clean!! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members badger Posted January 19, 2009 Members Report Posted January 19, 2009 Nice job Bree, Clean and sharp. Classy. Karl Quote
Members Go2Tex Posted January 19, 2009 Members Report Posted January 19, 2009 I didn't do any carving or the like on this belt because I don't think this guy would have appreciated it and he didn't rate that kind of investment of work and effort.p Yeah, he's friend....but not that good a friend, eh? Got a question. When you say skive, do you mean split? And, if you had the leather, why not cut your own? Just curious. As for that roller guide - I tried using it at first, then got frustrated on the curves and took it off. It's been in the drawer ever since. I have no trouble running down the edge as fast as I want to go just by using my fingers and hands as a guide. Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Members TroyS Posted January 20, 2009 Members Report Posted January 20, 2009 Sweet Belt Bree! It's amazing how few people know what kind of work goes into a project. Most people look at that as just a belt. I look at it as a work of art! Great Job! Quote Troy
Bree Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Posted January 20, 2009 Sweet Belt Bree! It's amazing how few people know what kind of work goes into a project. Most people look at that as just a belt. I look at it as a work of art!Great Job! Thanks Troy! Isn't that the truth. This simple belt wasn't simple at all... at least not for me it wasn't. I was surprised by just how much work it took. I suppose that is because its the first one like it that I did. Nevertheless, there are many hours in there. When you look at one of Hidepounder's creations, you realize there is a huge investment of time and effort in that little belt. And just think about when it goes to stitching... if you screw up a stitch line, you toast all that work. Frightening. The next one will go faster and be more exciting! Quote Ride Safe! Bree 2003 Dyna Wide Glide Memberships: Iron Butt Association, Niagara Falls HOG, Wild Fire HOG NRA, Niagara County Sportsman's Association
Members SteveBrambley Posted January 20, 2009 Members Report Posted January 20, 2009 Sorry Bree, hadn't spotted it before! That's a really nice belt! Steve Quote
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