First Western Belt Finished

[IngleGunLeather]

Hello everyone. I finally finished my first western belt today. I'm very pleased with the results. It took me long enough to get to this and I learned an enormous amount along the way. I also wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped me on this forum. I will say that I didn't realize how difficult it is to dye tan. Some of the dark spots showed up by me casing to remove foot prints. Never changed back. Weird. If anyone has any tips on keep consistant coloring I'd love to hear from you.

[CountryStyle]

You could invest in an airbrush. I have the deluxe one from harbor freight, and it works well for dying. Gives a pretty consistent color. Of course this one is not good for detailed painting, but perfect for spraying dye on leather. should cost about $20 or so, and works with an air compressor.

[bones59]

Looks great to me. How long have you been at it, leatherworking in general?

[IngleGunLeather]

You could invest in an airbrush. I have the deluxe one from harbor freight, and it works well for dying. Gives a pretty consistent color. Of course this one is not good for detailed painting, but perfect for spraying dye on leather. should cost about $20 or so, and works with an air compressor.

Yeah, I have one but didn't use it this time. I used the compressed air sprayer that Tandy sells. It worked pretty good for the belt and liner. I sponge dyed the billet and chape, maybe that's the problem. Maybe the sponge allowed the dye to saturate that area around the holes more than the surrounding areas.

[IngleGunLeather]

Looks great to me. How long have you been at it, leatherworking in general?

Thanks bones. Started in February with pancake holsters.

[Techsew Ron]

Love the nice, clean stitching in the second photo.

Ron

[IngleGunLeather]

Love the nice, clean stitching in the second photo.

Ron

Coming from a guy that has a career in machine sewing, I'd have to say that's the biggest compliment I've gotten. Thank you Ron.

[Samalan]

Very nice job!

[Skwerl]

Very nice job!