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I would have gone with a longer box, so that you can really see the artwork. But, adding the book was an extra nice touch :)

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Great luck for you! I've got to start looking in those shops more.

I visited a shop in Buffalo, Wyoming this summer and found a half dozen belts, but I was only looking for the buckle sets, and the belts were bare. And, not that good either. Time to kick up the search! Thanks for sharing.

So much leather...so little time.

 

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That is a lucky treasure find.  You are very fortunate to have found that.  It is amazing work!  I am amazed at how well it looks.  I think that is so cool to have found that!!!   Thanks for sharing the pictures.

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I grew up across the street from Ray Pojha in the 1960’s and went to school with his daughter Cindy in Phoenix.  When Christmas came around my mother would order belts with our kids name on them.  I still have two of his belts.  Some of his earliest work.

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The back is what impresses me, those cuts are simple but beautiful, is it a lined belt or are those cuts on the rough ? I couldn't help looking deeper into this man what a humble honest and caring person he must have been his work is amazing.

 

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Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!

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Chuck, the belt is lined. The front side of the belt is filegree cut and inlayed with a dark colored lizard skin I believe. 

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I picked up another enclosed display case for the belt. You weren’t able to get a good view of the belt while it was in the shadow box case.  This new clear plexiglass case shows it off better and you get a view of the entire belt.

I added a Ray Pohja doodle page copy for the background. 

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That is a very classy display case.  Looks like it came from a museum.

There are always possibilities....

Bob Blea

C and B Leathercrafts

Fort Collins, CO

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The doodle pages and printed works of his always fascinated me but they don't do justice to the actual work. That belt is amazing.

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!

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Thanks...

  it’s a nice presentation case that I picked up used and I really didn’t pay much for it. It does make the belt look like it’s part of an exhibit.

The belt will remain enclosed in this case as I’ll never be able to use it. It measures out to be a size 28” -29” belt and way too small for me. Must have been made for a very slim person. 

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