Clay Report post Posted November 16, 2008 Morning everyone I finished this celtic belt and thought I would share it. It is colored with spirit dyes and antique paste. The belt is a one inch dress belt. The knotwork is only a half inch so it was a little tight doing the tooling. ClayM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calanneh Report post Posted November 16, 2008 Looks nice Clay! I like it! William Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UKRay Report post Posted November 16, 2008 That is a very nice looking belt, Clay. How long did it take to carve? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Hatley Report post Posted November 16, 2008 TIGHT TOOLING INDEED. ONE FINE LOOKING BELT............... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clay Report post Posted November 16, 2008 That is a very nice looking belt, Clay. How long did it take to carve? Well The first time I tried to start this belt I was having a hard time getting the pattern traced down to the leather, then the swicelknife cuts were not coming out the way I wanted so I contacted Jeff Mosby and he made me a stamp that was able to cut the knotwork into the leather making it a lot faster neater and easier. It took away the tracing and swivelknife work so all I had to do was bevel and background. For the background I ground down a A-104 background tool to about one third of the origional size for the tiny areas. Thanks, ClayM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildrose Report post Posted November 17, 2008 That is gorgeous. I was going to say that was way more knotwork than I'd want to do (carving/tooling)...then I read about the "help" you got! Smart move! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hidepounder Report post Posted November 17, 2008 Way to go Clay!.....that was a "heads up move"! Very nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
