My Latest Project

[Rawhide]

Here's a picture of my belt. A lined and stitched basketweaved belt.

Marlon

[dbarleather]

Nice job. Not too bad for a guy from "cowtown"..lol. (I was born and raised there.)

[ArtS]

Thats a really nice one. Great job Marlon.

ArtS

[Rawhide]

Thanks guys. I definitely see lots of room for improvement, but I'm happy with it.

Marlon

[Chris88]

Here's a picture of my belt. A lined and stitched basketweaved belt.

Marlon

Very nice job, did you stitch the belt by hand?

[Rawhide]

Whew! Yes I did.

Thanks for the compliment.

Marlon

[leatheroo]

beautiful work, love the color!

[pete]

great looking! Tell me- how did you do the border- ceramic border(2 blade)knife? pete

[rdb]

That's just a real beauty. You should be proud.

[Rawhide]

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

[ETW Grumpy]

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?

[Rawhide]

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

[Tpsorion]

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.

[hiloboy]

Marlon, that is one nice looking belt..i really like the color and the stitching you did on it

[SCOUTER]

Bravo Marlon! Great Work as always!!!!!!!!!!

[Rawhide]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the confidence booster!!

[TwinOaks]

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

[Tina]

Beautiful Marlon,

I love the color and the even stiching, a belt to be proud about:-)

[Rawhide]

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

[Noah]

That's a nice looking belt. What do you use to line belts?

[Rawhide]

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

[custom79]

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

[Bree]

Excellent belt.

[Noah]

Thankyou Marlon. It is very nice.

[Rawhide]

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