New Floral Tooled Belt

[hidepounder]

Here's a belt I just finished for a friend. It's 1-1./2" wide and is about 12 oz total. It's sewn with 92 thread at 12 spi. The lining is finger cut and the buckle set is a nice old N. Porter.

Bobby

[smokin24]

Absolutely beautiful work.

[leathercrafter]

bob

another great job but then i wouldn't expect anything else from you>!!!!!!!

[Phatdaddy]

That it beautiful all around.

Kevin

[hidepounder]

Thanks everybody!

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

As always Bob, I love to look at your work.

Thanks for sharing,

Bob

[TapTapTap]

Beautiful work Bobby, Can you enlighten me on what thickness leather you line the belt with? (Here in OZ we use mm to describe the weight of leather). I have a conversion chart for converting ounces to mm. I have never tried your technique of decorating the inside of the belt . It adds that "little bit extra". Thank you for sharing.

Taptaptap

[hidepounder]

Beautiful work Bobby, Can you enlighten me on what thickness leather you line the belt with? (Here in OZ we use mm to describe the weight of leather). I have a conversion chart for converting ounces to mm. I have never tried your technique of decorating the inside of the belt . It adds that "little bit extra". Thank you for sharing.

Taptaptap

I typically use 7/8 oz leather with a 4/5 oz lining. The more ornate the tooling pattern, the thinner the top leather will be and therefore the lining will become thicker to achieve 12 oz total. Occassionally I'll get a call for thicker belts, but 12 oz is the most common.

Hope this helps...

Bobby

[particle]

Great looking belt! Can you explain why you use thinner leather for more ornate tooling patterns instead of thicker leather?

[cgleather]

Very nice Bob.