Guitar Strap With Roses

[Basically Bob]

Great job!

... I especially like the way you colored it.

[Allan1972]

I really like a tooled guitar strap, nice job.

Allan

[DuaneS]

Very Nice!

[joquarter]

Nice strap.

[Ken Cook]

I think it looks great. I like the colors too. It brings out the roses, I think.

Nice.

[Frederiek]

Thank you all very much for your kind words, it's much appreciated

Joe; something in between. I took measurements from my own strap, looked at an old Stohlman design for inspiration and then just went with the flow. I don't like to work completely unplanned but a bit of freedom often works well

Bob; I first thought of dyeing the roses red (to match my guitar), but to me the 'white' stood out so nicely I kept it like this. I guess it's in the eye of the beholder But it is certainly something to think about, what to colour/emphasise and what not.

[BDAZ]

Don't get me wrong, I think the strap is killer but even a slight translucent red in the roses would work better for me. I am a former fine arts professor so I guess I can't help going into critique mode.

Again, fantastic job!

Cya!

Bob

[Colt W Knight]

Your tooling looks great. I have used the two tone strap adjustment deal before, bit yours looks outstandi ng against your main strap. I might steal your color pattern!

Wish I could tool flowers. Im awful at flowers.

Edited May 24, 2014 by Colt W Knight

[Frederiek]

Hi Red,

The narrow end of the strap usually has two holes. Thsi one went to someone who's really tall (nearly 2 metres if I'm correct) so I did not bother with that second one since it would make it too short anyways. Then the narrow part has a broader ending with a slot, it sort of makes a loop and then you can weave the rest through the slots in the main part of the strap. If you want to have a longer or shorter strap you simply move it up or down. It looks like this:

I'm 6' myself and I wear this strap at the lower hole and at it's shortest setting (how high or how low you carry it is a matter of preference), so you can safely presume that the standard size will do for your nephew If you send me a pm I'll send you a pdf with the basic template.

[MonicaJacobson]

That's a very nice strap! I love your tooling job, and the green really makes you notice the leaves. I see an argument for red, but I rather like that there's only two colors going on. Makes it less crazy.