Members lel Posted May 23, 2015 Members Report Posted May 23, 2015 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. Quote
Members Rohn Posted May 23, 2015 Members Report Posted May 23, 2015 Wow! That is a beautiful belt. Nice job! Quote Rohn(John 8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (KJV)
Members thekid77 Posted May 24, 2015 Members Report Posted May 24, 2015 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? Quote
Members Redochre Posted May 24, 2015 Members Report Posted May 24, 2015 That's a cracking looking belt! That awl is beautiful too. Quote
Members lel Posted May 25, 2015 Author Members Report Posted May 25, 2015 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. Quote
Members joesu88 Posted May 25, 2015 Members Report Posted May 25, 2015 Nice work! I like the contrast. Quote
Fordpkup Posted June 30, 2015 Report Posted June 30, 2015 Nice looking belt. Stitching is awesome! Quote
Members Oldtoolsniper Posted June 30, 2015 Members Report Posted June 30, 2015 Very nice, you don't really appreciate a hand stitched belt until you do one. Nice straight lines, it looks great! Quote
Members stu925 Posted July 4, 2015 Members Report Posted July 4, 2015 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 Quote
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