Laban Toose Report post Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone, My latest leather craft project is a 3" wide Black Leather Guitar strap... Easily my biggest project so far. The strap is made from 4mm veg tanned leather from Geenhalgh Tannery in Hadden,Vic http://www.gretannery.com.au/. ( a fantastic family business that I was able to visit and hand pick 2 Veg tan sides from while on holidays ). I used the 3" guitar templates I ordered from Black river Laser http://www.blackriverlaser.com/ in America. ( This company is recommended by "chief" and the templates are fantastic.). The design I tooled onto the leather was one i found on the internet. The dye is Eco Flow Midnight Black all in one. The Tooling on the extension strap is a Tri basket weave with a sun burst border. Finally the entire strap is completed with a Mexican Round Braid using Black lace from the Greenhalgh tannery. The Mexican Round Braid techniques i use were done exactly as described by Chief in his Youtube lacing tutorials. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=qWuX2jZ5EzU. For anyone learning how to apply this technique these videos are fantastic...you will not find better..thanks Ken. The back of the strap is lined with black felt. All up, including drying, the project took me about 10 hrs and I enjoyed every minute. A special thanks goes out to Chief (Ken) and Cheryl (Double C) for help and advise. Kind regards Laban Edited July 29, 2012 by Laban Toose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluesman Report post Posted July 29, 2012 :You_Rock_Emoticon:Outstanding job. The lacing and toolong really make the strap. You should be proud Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charliewz Report post Posted July 29, 2012 Great looking strap. Very well done. I like the lacing and tooling. Chief and Double C are a big help for us learners aren't they? Charlie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief31794 Report post Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone, My latest leather craft project is a 3" wide Black Leather Guitar strap... Easily my biggest project so far. The strap is made from 4mm veg tanned leather from Geenhalgh Tannery in Hadden,Vic http://www.gretannery.com.au/. ( a fantastic family business that I was able to visit and hand pick 2 Veg tan sides from while on holidays ). I used the 3" guitar templates I ordered from Black river Laser http://www.blackriverlaser.com/ in America. ( This company is recommended by "chief" and the templates are fantastic.). The design I tooled onto the leather was one i found on the internet. The dye is Eco Flow Midnight Black all in one. The Tooling on the extension strap is a Tri basket weave with a sun burst border. Finally the entire strap is completed with a Mexican Round Braid using Black lace from the Greenhalgh tannery. The Mexican Round Braid techniques i use were done exactly as described by Chief in his Youtube lacing tutorials. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=qWuX2jZ5EzU. For anyone learning how to apply this technique these videos are fantastic...you will not find better..thanks Ken. The back of the strap is lined with black felt. All up, including drying, the project took me about 10 hrs and I enjoyed every minute. A special thanks goes out to Chief (Ken) and Cheryl (Double C) for help and advise. Kind regards Laban Laban, Beautiful work, you are very kind in your remarks about the videos. I appreciate your watching them and if they helped as you say, then I am absoulutely glad I did them. Black River Laser is designing another 3" and 2-1/2" strap set with a little different slant, it is a strap with a padded slip on area, Jerry is making a prototype, then they are sending the set to me and want me to make a video using this new template. It will offer an alternative to the traditional style. I've seen pictures of the prototype. I'll post when that's done, please mention the videos when you talk to Jerry or Joyce over at Black River Laser. They are great folks. Ken Edited July 29, 2012 by Chief31794 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WScott Report post Posted August 4, 2012 Thanks for the info and link to the video Great work to you and Chief! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoubleC Report post Posted August 4, 2012 Laban, that is beautiful. I don't know what I did but thank you for your kind remarks. Chief does wonderful videos and I wish my first strap had turned out as well. You did an excellent job. Cheryl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laban Toose Report post Posted August 5, 2012 Hi all,I just wanted to right a wrong I created when creating this post about my guitar strap and the black river laser templates. I should have noted that our lovely forum member Sylvia was the one who originally discovered these fantastic resources for our community.....sorry about thy Sylvia Kind regards Laban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sylvia Report post Posted August 5, 2012 Thanks, Laban: I am glad you found their products helpful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
