New Belt

[Bryan]

This was a birthday gift for myself & the first blank I've tooled from Springfield Leather. I am super happy with the way the blank tooled. With the better leather, my finished product turned out so much better than belts I've done in the past.

I really enjoy experimenting with finishes & colors & this was a fun one. I have been really unhappy with the water based dyes I'm stuck with here in Ca. but I've found that by finishing with traditional conditioners a lot of the dye (the black on my belt) is removed leaving a distressed look. First I colored the lettering with some old spirit dye I had, then did the rest of the belt in water based black. When dry I gave the whole thing a good coat of carnauba cream. That's where a lot of the black came off. Once that was dry I used Sno-Proof for the final finish. That's it. Hope you like it. Critiques welcome & thanks for looking.

Bryan

[Daniel Tyack]

Heck yes! That's some bad ass zombie action right there!

[Bryan]

Thanks Daniel! This one was fun to make.

[Draxus]

That looks very cool. :-D

[Bryan]

Thanks Draxus!

[moeg]

that is a very cool belt, did you freehand the font?

Moe

[skippy]

really nice......what was the background tool?

[Bryan]

Thanks Moe & Skippy! I found the font on line, printed it & made a pattern. That's just the best way I know to keep my lettering of uniform size & spacing.

The background tool is Craftool's pebble backgrounder. I didn't want deep impressions with it, so I did the backgrounding last with the leather almost completely dry.

[abn]

Superb! Great depth on the carving, and I love the dye job.

[Bryan]

abn, Thank you very much! It seems like I learn something new with each project. I love this stuff!

[Spider]

Great color and definition:clapping:.

[Bryan]

Thank you Spider! Just spent some time checking out your site & I must say I love your style & your work. Very cool!