Lining a belt

[iwannabeacowboy]

At what point of the process do I sew the lining to the belt? I would assume it's after stamping. Thanks

Charlie

[hidepounder]

At what point of the process do I sew the lining to the belt? I would assume it's after stamping. Thanks

Charlie

Charlie,

There are no rules. I usually dye and antique the top, install the liner and seal it, then finish the edges. There are times however, where I must line the project before proceeding with finishes.

Bob

Edit: I failed to say that I do my tooling first.

Edited July 5, 2009 by hidepounder

[Dwight]

At what point of the process do I sew the lining to the belt? I would assume it's after stamping. Thanks

Charlie

I'm not a big guy in stamping, . . . prefer my leather more on the plain side, . . . but the last rig I did that had some stamping and carving, . . . I made the belt (cut, backed, sewn, edged, burnished, and buckled) before I stamped it.

But then again, . . . the main rule is, . . . there ain't no rules, . . . whatever works best for you. I didn't want to have my belt "grow" as they can during stamping, . . . so I made the thing, . . . then stamped it, . . . so if it grew, . . . the whole thing had to grow.

May God bless,

Dwight

[jbird]

I tool or stamp my belts before lining reason is I like to add moister to the back some times and I think lining is a finish step you want to keep it clean and dry the best you can.

I did a double gun rig last week fully carved and I find that it depends on the amount of stamping but just carving a belt it dosent grow to much at all , after all this is done I edge using a revised bob park method (AKA hidepounder) this has givin me a top quality result best of luck.

Josh

[iwannabeacowboy]

Thanks for all the pointers. This is my first lined belt, for a grand daughter. It will have a belt bag I made go with it.

Charlie