Members Rawhide Posted August 2, 2008 Members Report Posted August 2, 2008 Here's a picture of my belt. A lined and stitched basketweaved belt. Marlon Quote Marlon
Members dbarleather Posted August 2, 2008 Members Report Posted August 2, 2008 Nice job. Not too bad for a guy from "cowtown"..lol. (I was born and raised there.) Quote http://www.dbarleather.com
ArtS Posted August 2, 2008 Report Posted August 2, 2008 Thats a really nice one. Great job Marlon. ArtS Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
Members Rawhide Posted August 2, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 2, 2008 Thanks guys. I definitely see lots of room for improvement, but I'm happy with it. Marlon Quote Marlon
Members Chris88 Posted August 2, 2008 Members Report Posted August 2, 2008 Here's a picture of my belt. A lined and stitched basketweaved belt. Marlon Very nice job, did you stitch the belt by hand? Quote
Members Rawhide Posted August 2, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 2, 2008 Whew! Yes I did. Thanks for the compliment. Marlon Quote Marlon
Ambassador leatheroo Posted August 3, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted August 3, 2008 beautiful work, love the color! Quote "]http://leatheroo.blogspot
Ambassador pete Posted August 3, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted August 3, 2008 great looking! Tell me- how did you do the border- ceramic border(2 blade)knife? pete Quote
Contributing Member rdb Posted August 3, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted August 3, 2008 That's just a real beauty. You should be proud. Quote Web page Facebook
Members Rawhide Posted August 3, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 3, 2008 great looking! Tell me- how did you do the border- ceramic border(2 blade)knife? pete Thanks for the compliments. The border was done with a Barry King 1/8 inch beader blade, modeling tool to finese it a bit. the Ceramic double line blade is way to small to create this bead. If you don't have a beader blade, you can cut one boarder line with a swivel knife, then use a wing divider to scribe a parallel line the width you like, and cut the second line with the swivel knife and round the bead with the modeling tool. Marlon Quote Marlon
ETW Grumpy Posted August 3, 2008 Report Posted August 3, 2008 Thanks guys. I definitely see lots of room for improvement, but I'm happy with it. We're always our worst critics. That is a beautifully done belt. You should be very proud of it. That little fault that you see as glaringly obvious is not noticeable to anyone else. How wide is the belt and what weight did you use for the belt/lining? The stitching is very good as well. Bet you thought you'd never get done with that part, huh? Quote
Members Rawhide Posted August 3, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 3, 2008 We're always our worst critics. That is a beautifully done belt. You should be very proud of it. That little fault that you see as glaringly obvious is not noticeable to anyone else. How wide is the belt and what weight did you use for the belt/lining?The stitching is very good as well. Bet you thought you'd never get done with that part, huh? Thanks Grumpy, I never thought the end was coming. The belt is 1 3/4" wide and it's just a tandy belt blank (so it's a hair thinner than actual 1 3/4"). The lining is a 2 oz calf. Marlon Quote Marlon
Members Tpsorion Posted August 3, 2008 Members Report Posted August 3, 2008 Very nice work, the color, the border, all of it. You did a great job on the basket weave. I agree with ETW Grumpy, we are always harder on ourselves. Quote Quo Vadis? (Where are you heading?)
Members hiloboy Posted August 3, 2008 Members Report Posted August 3, 2008 Marlon, that is one nice looking belt..i really like the color and the stitching you did on it Quote Aloha, Curt http://www.picturetrail.com/linecutter
SCOUTER Posted August 4, 2008 Report Posted August 4, 2008 Bravo Marlon! Great Work as always!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Members Rawhide Posted August 4, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 4, 2008 Thanks guys. I appreciate the confidence booster!! Quote Marlon
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted August 5, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted August 5, 2008 Beaut of a belt Marlon! I just sent this info in response to a PM I received the other day.... For a 'quick' bead, I use a 'screen spline tool'. Yes, one of the little gizmos to fix window screens. They commonly have two wheels, one convex, one concave. The concave side does make a pretty nice half-round bead. I'll caution anyone who wants to try it to use a straight edge as a guide. Mike Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members Tina Posted August 5, 2008 Members Report Posted August 5, 2008 Beautiful Marlon, I love the color and the even stiching, a belt to be proud about:-) Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Members Rawhide Posted August 5, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 5, 2008 Beaut of a belt Marlon!I just sent this info in response to a PM I received the other day.... For a 'quick' bead, I use a 'screen spline tool'. Yes, one of the little gizmos to fix window screens. They commonly have two wheels, one convex, one concave. The concave side does make a pretty nice half-round bead. I'll caution anyone who wants to try it to use a straight edge as a guide. Mike Thanks Mike, I appreciate it. Mike, I wrote a tutorial on the beading and placed it in the how do I do that section. You may want to add this techniqe to that thread. I never would have thought of that. Beautiful Marlon,I love the color and the even stiching, a belt to be proud about:-) Thanks Tina, I am pretty proud of it. Marlon Quote Marlon
Members Noah Posted August 5, 2008 Members Report Posted August 5, 2008 That's a nice looking belt. What do you use to line belts? Quote
Members Rawhide Posted August 5, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 5, 2008 That's a nice looking belt. What do you use to line belts? I used 2 oz calf skin from Tandy. I think the number was 9154-00. Marlon Quote Marlon
Members custom79 Posted August 6, 2008 Members Report Posted August 6, 2008 Nice work Marlon. The great thing about leatherwork is that only you know where your mistakes are! I find the fun is to always find a way to change or improve something over my last project. Cheers. C79 Quote
Bree Posted August 6, 2008 Report Posted August 6, 2008 Excellent belt. Quote Ride Safe! Bree 2003 Dyna Wide Glide Memberships: Iron Butt Association, Niagara Falls HOG, Wild Fire HOG NRA, Niagara County Sportsman's Association
Members Noah Posted August 6, 2008 Members Report Posted August 6, 2008 Thankyou Marlon. It is very nice. Quote
Members Rawhide Posted August 6, 2008 Author Members Report Posted August 6, 2008 Thanks folks, C79, I know what you mean... no matter what I do, I always think about how I could have did it differently, or what should have been done first or last... I guess when you quit learning, there's no need to continue pursuit. Marlon Quote Marlon
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