spur straps

[chocolateducttape]

I had some of those pink crystal rivets and a bunch of scrap leather, and I wanted to use them up, so I decided to do spur straps. Then I realized that I had no idea what they were meant to look like. So I got some of those patterns from Tandy, traced one, and started drawing and erasing over top of it till I wound up with this.

[Elton Joorisity]

Those are pretty sweet!! I know a few barrel racers that I could market those to.

[Dom]

Beautiful (and also clean work)

[Storm]

I like these a lot. Great and original design and superb execution. Long story short.  They're real purdy and ya done yourself real proud!

Storm

[JohnnyDingus]

Wow! Those are just....sweeeet!

Really nice work.

vince

[skip]

Nice work that is truly thinking out of the box your design worked out very nicely.

[chocolateducttape]

thanks!

[TerryE]

How did you do the coloring. I have a stamped belt that i have on my bench. I am new and am a little afraid of messing it up. Your spur straps look awesome.

Thanks

Terry

[bruce johnson]

Oh Yeah, that's cool. I am seeing a market for those, Uhuh!!

[Hammerhead]

I dont really know what a spur strap is but they sure look good

[chocolateducttape]

TerryE - first I applied NeatLac with a piece of sheepskin (I used to use the spray kind, but then I discovered that I tended to overapply it, plus it didn't really get down into the grain of the leather, and it would end up cracking off. So now I just use the bottled kind, take a little piece of sheepskin, trim the hair down to about 1/4 inch, and rub on the NeatLac in a circular motion until it's all nice and even.) Then I applied antique (Fiebings paste antique is my favorite- dark brown in this case) and after rubbing off the excess and letting it dry, TanKote over top of that, applied pretty much the same way as the NeatLac. Good luck! and don't be afraid of messing up, just invent a way to cover it up when you do make a mistake.

Bruce - thanks!

Hammerhead- they're for holding spurs to your boots.

[sheathmaker]

That is a great idea and design and the workmanship is great as well.

Paul

[mudman]

Very Nice

[grumpyguy]

Very nice, good to see a new twist on the old designs. Very creative!

[Beaverslayer]

Very nice straps. I don't know, but I especially like the looks of any kind of spur strap, these ones are veri intriquing.

Ken

[dbarleather]

Simple and sweet! Very nice job....beautiful.

[chocolateducttape]

thanks everyone!

[lindatt]

awesome!!!