Instrument Straps And Rifle Slings

[Chief31794]

Off the bench last week, Three Guitar Straps, a Banjo Strap, a Mandolin Strap for a F-Style Mandolin, and two 44" Rifle Slings all from Hermann Oak ©, the mandolin strap is from 4/5 oz, the Guitar and Banjo straps is from 7/8 oz and the Rifle Slings are from 9/10 oz. Mandolin players normally like a very light weight strap, the instrument itself is light. The first guitar strap has a carving of Hank Williams Sr., this guys wife says he's a real Hank Sr. fan, never carved Hank before, not completely satisfied with the carving, but she seemed to like it.

Chief

Edited November 14, 2015 by Chief31794

[Rohn]

There is nothing not to like about these Chief. You do fine work.

[MonicaJacobson]

It was fun to see what you could do with a small figure carving like Hank. Nice stuff.

[Chief31794]

There is nothing not to like about these Chief. You do fine work.

Thanks Rohn,

It was fun to see what you could do with a small figure carving like Hank. Nice stuff.

Thanks, there isn't a lot of room there for details, so I was pretty happy with it, get tired of carving the same old things all the time.

Chief

[Thor]

Nice job as usual Chief. You must be in the right spot for rifle slings and guitar straps. I was wondering if you're using a clicker die or if you still gut them by hand.

[Chief31794]

Nice job as usual Chief. You must be in the right spot for rifle slings and guitar straps. I was wondering if you're using a clicker die or if you still gut them by hand.

Thor, I cut them by hand, a clicker would be nice but one large enough to do guitar straps and rifles slings wouldn't do my budget much good. I use templates from Black River Laser. The rifle sling template is one I designed, they sell them as well as some other types, in fact they are sending me a new Rifle Sling that is over 3" wide with 1-1/2" area for the sling swivels as well as a new Guitar Strap Template that is 3-1/2" wide.

The Rifle Sling template I use is 2-1/4" at the widest point, so I cut a 3-1/4" strap from a single belt bend and cut two at a time out by reversing the template so the wide ends are apart and the narrow ends overlap, that allows me to save quite a bit of waste. I usually cut them out ahead of time so that I can fill orders pretty quickly. I have 5 cut out right now waiting on orders, this time of year I keep 3-5 ready to go.

The guitar strap template is Black River Laser's GSTS which is 2-1/2" wide. I designed the Banjo strap template that they made me, and although I don't use a strap template for my dobro straps, I use their 3/4" ranger belt template to make the piece I sew to the front of the dobro strap to hold the adjustment buckle.

Thanks for asking, I can't say enough about Black River Laser's templates they are time savers, I had them make me a wallet template as well for cutting out wallet parts and backs. Big time saver as they have holes for marking the lacing holes so I don't have to measure them everytime.

Chief

[Thor]

Thanks so much for sharing Chief. If I wouldn't have to pay customs on the shipping as well as on the item itself I would definitely order with them as I looked at their stuff quite a few times already, but by the time it's here I can also have someone make me a clicker, which I'll be making for a wallet.