finished a new hand stitched belt - not so good

[YinTx]

Get to do this one over again.  Thats a lot of hand stitching to screw up lol. 

YinTx

[Dwight]

Quite honestly, . . . I did not see the error(s), . . . but then again 71 year old eyes sometimes forgive things that others don't.

I am interested in the color though, . . . the upper picture looks black, . . . the bottom picture looks like a Hershey Chocolate brown on my monitor.  If it is indeed the brown, . . . I'd be tempted to stamp HERSHEY on it and wear it.

But then again, . . . I'm a confessed chocoholic.

Don't beat yourself up on this one YinTx, . . . I like it.

May God bless,

Dwight

[howie696]

nothing wrong with it 

 

[klaykrusher]

Heck, from the photos I'm not seeing any issues, looks good!

[club49]

Looks very nice to me.

Jim

[YinTx]

Thank you all for the complements.

The color is a really deep black, and it is reflecting the gold and browns off of the granite in the photo.  I used vinegaroon on Hermann Oak leather.

The fatal flaw is actually not so much in the craftsmanship, but in the distance from the buckle to the belt keep.  This causes the belt keep to land where the belt loop is on a pair of jeans, thus unusable.

Also made out of one piece of leather, doubled over, to ensure a smooth surface on the back, which looked nice when I was done, but was a bear to do, so not something I will likely do again.  Don't mind the wax on the thread, still had to buff it off.

YinTx

[klaykrusher]

4 minutes ago, YinTx said:

The fatal flaw is actually not so much in the craftsmanship, but in the distance from the buckle to the belt keep.  This causes the belt keep to land where the belt loop is on a pair of jeans, thus unusable.

 

If this is for you, check on your other pants, shorts, etc.  Different manufacturers place the loops at different spots.  And if worse-comes-to-worse, just remove and reattach the pants loop.  Enjoy the belt, it will be fine!

Oh, and you are a brave person to fold and hand stitch a belt...hahahaha...

[YinTx]

It was actually made for a client since the first belt I made for him didn't fit the loops on his slacks:  he wanted a 1.5" belt width, which I made, but then it wouldn't go through the loops.  So I made this one, 1.25" width.  Thats like 60 hours of belt work that won't be worn!  I've gotta get faster, and stop with the errors, lol.  Can't make any money at this rate!

Not sure brave is the right word... a bit left of silly maybe. Suffice to say I learned, and I won't do that style again... Back to the two piece version!  I'm just glad I didn't do a raised belt.. was thinking to to try it for the first time on this one too, would have been a real waste of time!

YinTx