Dark Brown Lined Belt

[lel]

Here is a belt that finished yesterday. It is 8-9 oz veg tanned leather, lined with 3-4 oz leather. I used Fiebings professional oil dyes - Dark brown for the belt and Saddle tan for the lining. The belt was hand stitched with Ritza 25 (Tiger Thread) 0.8mm in Colonial Tan for a contrast. Comments, critique and suggestions are welcome.

[Rohn]

Wow! That is a beautiful belt. Nice job!

[thekid77]

Here is a belt that finished yesterday. It is 8-9 oz veg tanned leather, lined with 3-4 oz leather. I used Fiebings professional oil dyes - Dark brown for the belt and Saddle tan for the lining. The belt was hand stitched with Ritza 25 (Tiger Thread) 0.8mm in Colonial Tan for a contrast. Comments, critique and suggestions are welcome.

such beautiful work!!! please keep posting more of your work btw how many SPI if I may ask?

[Redochre]

That's a cracking looking belt! That awl is beautiful too.

[Jon P]

Beautiful work....

[lel]

Thank you guys for your kind words.

thekid77, I used 6 SPI overstitch wheel from Tandy to mark my stitches. I am quite happy with a way my stitching looks on the front, but still have to work on a back side to make it uniform and neat.

[joesu88]

Nice work! I like the contrast.

[Fordpkup]

Nice looking belt. Stitching is awesome!

[Oldtoolsniper]

Very nice, you don't really appreciate a hand stitched belt until you do one. Nice straight lines, it looks great!

[stu925]

I used to use the same stitching method and I always had trouble punching that awl through the leather straight and keeping my stitches consistent. The front always looked good but the back side was a mess. I finally broke down and bought the Craftool diamond chisel set. It comes with one handle and ten chisel heads. Make a huge difference in my stitching which I struggled with badly. Once I bought the chisel set I could relax and concentrate on the rest of the piece and not have to be so focused on getting the stitching right.

Belt looks awesome, you should be proud.

Stu

[Chief31794]

Realy first class job, very nice on every aspect, the dying, the stitching, etc.

Chief

[DrmCa]

Neat and in good taste! Love the colors of leather and stitches. I wish there was darker brass furniture to match such leather.

[GleDel]

Looks fantastic!

[snubbyfan]

That's a nice lookin' belt there.

[lel]

Neat and in good taste! Love the colors of leather and stitches. I wish there was darker brass furniture to match such leather.

The buckle I used has is Antique Brass from Tandy. It gets darker with time. I have another belt with the same buckle and it developed a nice patina after a year of use.

[lel]

I used to use the same stitching method and I always had trouble punching that awl through the leather straight and keeping my stitches consistent. The front always looked good but the back side was a mess. I finally broke down and bought the Craftool diamond chisel set. It comes with one handle and ten chisel heads. Make a huge difference in my stitching which I struggled with badly. Once I bought the chisel set I could relax and concentrate on the rest of the piece and not have to be so focused on getting the stitching right.

I agree, an awl blade makes a huge difference. I used 1.75" John James Harness Awl Blade in my awl (you can see it in the picture). The awl itself was made by me and based on a design by a forum member "slipangle". You can read more about it is his thread.