rossirossi Report post Posted April 17, 2012 Thank you for all the help topics & people posting up therir work for ideas. This took me about 15 hours! Learnt alot, made a few mistakes but happy for a first attempt. 3mm leather wet molded. Fiebings light brown spirit dye, 2 coats of neatsfoot & 2 coats of resolene finish. Gravitas & hedgehog leatherworks are the style i'm trying to achieve.Definitly hooked, hope you like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted April 18, 2012 Well done. Very nice. My only suggestion is I would have put the belt loop higher up on the back. It might sit on the belt better with the center of gravity lower. Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phatdaddy Report post Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Very clean looking the molded part is superb. I really like it. Kevin Well done. Very nice. My only suggestion is I would have put the belt loop higher up on the back. It might sit on the belt better with the center of gravity lower. Michael By the looks of it it mounts horizontally. Maybe not, hard to tell from pic. Second guessing that now. :S if it doesn't I agree fully. Kevin Edited April 18, 2012 by Phatdaddy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted April 18, 2012 Very clean looking the molded part is superb. I really like it. Kevin By the looks of it it mounts horizontally. Maybe not, hard to tell from pic. Second guessing that now. :S if it doesn't I agree fully. Kevin After looking again I agree. It does look like it mounts sidways. If that is true then it's fine. Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossirossi Report post Posted April 18, 2012 It mounts normally, facing up. One of the mistakes i made was designing it with the belt loop in the middle. I ended up doing this so it could be stitched either side. I can imagine this will sit quite high & be annoying. Oh well, chin up father! Thank you for the kind comments & constructive criticism. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cdf Report post Posted April 19, 2012 As a sweeping generality , pay lots of attention to belt loop build quality and design . They are a pain to repair . Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post Posted April 19, 2012 Actually, ya might find the midway belt loop to be just what the doctor ordered - I have a leatherman that's still in the original case with high belt loop - It's pretty comfortable there right up till I get in my truck - when I mold one up, it's gonna have a lower loop to sit higher on my waist and not get in the way of seatbelt, center console etc. Everyone's a different fit ;0) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites