Bling Belt/this Is What Happens When You Let Your 12 Year Old Daughter Free In The Leather Store

[Allan1972]

My daughter asked if I could make her a belt, so to the leather store we went.

Would you expect anything less as I said she could pick anything she wanted:)

I was not expecting it to be $80-100 to make a belt(that was elite pricing).

Used light weight saddle skirting(12-13oz) with deertan cowhide lining, nice substantial belt.

Been a little while since I posted anything…..

What do y'all think?????

Allan

[mlapaglia]

NOt a fan of the bling but the undyed tooling is amazing. Very nice.

[DoubleC]

Expensive belt but it is very pretty. I'm sure your daughter loves it. And hey free advertising right? LOL. Cheryl

[silverwingit]

Believe it or not, I am building a harmonica bandolier for a client who wants "as much bling as I can fit on it." I just placed an Ohio Travel Bag order for $100 worth of all sorts of nickel plated rivets, eyelets and crystals. I'll have to post a picture when I finish it. Donny's a huge man, weighing an easy 400 lbs., so the bandolier will be quite a chunk of leather and will probably weigh 25 lbs. itself with all that hardware on it, even without the 12 harmonicas he wants on it.

Thanks for posting, Allan. You've given me some ideas. One question. Can you comment on your decision to line it (or not)? I know that weight is not an issue for your daughter's belt, but in my case it is. For that reason I am thinking of using double-cap dome-shaped rivets instead of round spots to avoid adding a bunch of weight in a suede lining. I am trying to keep the weight manageable by not lining it, but then again I wonder if all those dome-shaped rivets might weigh more than the spots plus the suede lining.

Thanks,

Michelle

PS: I agree; that inverted carving is beautiful!

Edited September 20, 2014 by silverwingit

[MonicaJacobson]

LOL, blingy and fun. Love the carving, too.

[Grey Drakkon]

Beautiful work, and damn that's sparkly! I bet there's some western horse shows that would have people clamoring for that belt.

[Allan1972]

Believe it or not, I am building a harmonica bandolier for a client who wants "as much bling as I can fit on it." I just placed an Ohio Travel Bag order for $100 worth of all sorts of nickel plated rivets, eyelets and crystals. I'll have to post a picture when I finish it. Donny's a huge man, weighing an easy 400 lbs., so the bandolier will be quite a chunk of leather and will probably weigh 25 lbs. itself with all that hardware on it, even without the 12 harmonicas he wants on it.

Thanks for posting, Allan. You've given me some ideas. One question. Can you comment on your decision to line it (or not)? I know that weight is not an issue for your daughter's belt, but in my case it is. For that reason I am thinking of using double-cap dome-shaped rivets instead of round spots to avoid adding a bunch of weight in a suede lining. I am trying to keep the weight manageable by not lining it, but then again I wonder if all those dome-shaped rivets might weigh more than the spots plus the suede lining.

Thanks,

Michelle

PS: I agree; that inverted carving is beautiful!

I just like the way it looks with a lining and the stitching. I feel like the belt feels more comfortable on, the linning I use is a 3-4oz deertan cow. The benefit of no lining is if a stud or other trim piece comes off or gets damaged it is easier to fix.

[Allan1972]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments:)

The carving pattern was from a craftaid as my artwork is not great on my own, but still have to execute it and lay it all out in a way that is pleasing. You can't just throw everything at it and expect it to look good.

Allan

[Hi Im Joe]

Really awesome work! Great job!

[Windrider30]

That is rather cool looking, at the end of Oct/early Nov the wife and I are going to start getting to the leather and so love the pictures everyone is posting and all the helpful hints!