Braiding On Belt

[Bevan]

Bevan,

I like your's better, the pattern in the Skiver was with two holes and two strips of leather, I'd be interested in knowing how many holes and what the braid pattern was on yours, additionally what it looks like on the reverse side..

Nice work, did you use Kangaroo lace?

Ken

Thanks Ken

I used the same as Spence did for his dog collar , still only two rowes of holes but 3 inbetween them on each end , they are for the start and finish , so i used a 5 thong and followed the Bruce Grant book ,very handy book to have in your libery !!!

Your buckel is very nice mate , any info on how you did it ?? as i would like to 1 as nice as that

Cheers Bevan

Happy new year mate

[Chief31794]

Love the braiding , put it on the list , thinks to learn.

Great buckle Ken, which buckle did you use as hardware?

Did you glue the leather on it?

Joquarter,

This is a 1-1/2" buckle blank, I buy them from Tandy by the dozens, I play music and we wear these on stage to prevent scratching up instruments with regular Western Style buckles. I don't glue them, the metal buckle blank is sandwiched between the two leather buckle then laced. I threw this one together very quickly to try it out on the new belt some are a lot more detailed in the carvings.

They are great gifts for dads, husbands, sons, son-in-laws, etc.

I'm attaching a picture of the front and back and a picture of the items from the Tandy Catalog. Hope that helps, thanks for the nice comments.

Ken

Thanks everyone for all the great comments and tips. I've already looked the book up on Amazon.com, I'm going to get it.

Ken

[joquarter]

Thanx !

[ramrod]

Tried this because I saw it in the Tandy Skiver newsletter. The belt is embossed and was used as a trial for the braiding concept.

I like it, it is different. Has potential for decorative braiding on instrument straps, belts, etc.

Ken

nice job. i love the look of that belt.

i did something similar (lacing wise) to a belt that i made a while back. i used a (very sharp) carpenter's chisel and made a channel on the backside of the belt to recess the lacing. then, i lined the belt to cover up the lacing. you'd never know it was there. it made for a very clean look.