My first go at a guitar strap

[Schno]

My friend is a bass player who is very proud of his Scottish ancestry, so he approached me about this project. It was my first attempt at a guitar strap and my first bout with padding. The pigskin presented a bit of a challenge when it came down to the hand-stitching part. I'm sure there's a more elegant way of doing it, but I ended up just kind of pushing the needles in and pulling them through with needle-nose pliers. Yep, I'm a newbie!

[rdb]

Lot of toolwork and sewing there. Must have taken awhile. I like the Lion.

I can't tell just what you did from the picture, but You shouldn't have that much trouble sewing through that leather and the pig... If you used a stitching awl from Tandy or some such, You should consider sharpening it, having the holes made proper for the needles is important. If you just made holes in the cow, and pushed the needle through the pig, you should get a stitch awl to make the holes.

[Luke Hatley]

IS THERE A REASON I COULD NOT SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE GUITAR STRAP ???

[Hilly]

I can't see the pictures, either. Just boxes with little red "x" in them.

[Jordan]

At least you see boxes with x's I usually just see spots.

[tonyc1]

  Jordan said:

At least you see boxes with x's I usually just see spots.

I don't see X's or spots!

[Schno]

They're hosted off my website, which was having some trouble around the time you guys were looking. They should be visible now

  tonyc1 said:

I don't see X's or spots!

[Luke Hatley]

thanks for getting the photos back up...

you did a fine "AXE STRAP" for your friend.............