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Good job. Keep having fun.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Really nice job!

How fun is wet moulding :) I've done two now, learned a lot each time but really enjoyable.

Yours looks really good, and the Sam brown stud is a good choice too.

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I went with the sam brown as i am not enjoying poppers. Such poor quality and difficult to know what is good (for the price). Fixing them is also proving a bit frustrating to say the least.

I am realising that some of the older tried and trusted hardware is better.

Also living in england you seem to pay a premium, limited stockists and a lot are trade only :/

I have found that cheap imports have flooded every marketplace website so i spend a long time filtering through them to find the better quality items........probably ranting in the wrong place....I expect there is a whole topic on most of my comments 

Its now seeming the safer option is to import from the states and pay the tax for the peace of mind.

Rflw

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good pouch. what size sam brown did you use?

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Umm...4 mm stem 7mm head I think.  I thought it may be too big but in the end it all seemed to come together.

Going for a mora sheath next but want to put a modern twist on a bushcraftvstyle sheath somehow.....not sure how though.

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Grierwolfe did a nice take on an ambi carry bushcraft mora sheath. He's on YouTube. He did advise somewhere about scout carry not really lending itself to knives like the companion mora.

I only mention it because I'm about to produce a few mora sheaths myself.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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On 20/07/2016 at 0:42 PM, Rflw said:

I went with the sam brown as i am not enjoying poppers. Such poor quality and difficult to know what is good (for the price). Fixing them is also proving a bit frustrating to say the least.

I am realising that some of the older tried and trusted hardware is better.

Also living in england you seem to pay a premium, limited stockists and a lot are trade only :/

I have found that cheap imports have flooded every marketplace website so i spend a long time filtering through them to find the better quality items........probably ranting in the wrong place....I expect there is a whole topic on most of my comments 

Its now seeming the safer option is to import from the states and pay the tax for the peace of mind.

Rflw

Proper brass (rather than brass plated steel) press studs are available from Le Prevo or Abbey. LP are more hobby oriented.

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Thanks biker. I will take a look.

Do abbey sell to public? Looked at their site and it is not quite clear. Really like the look of the fireman buckles and would love to do a couple of belts. Cannot find them on any other site.

LP is a hard site to use. Gonna wait till i have a decent list to order before using their...unique ordering system!

Rflw

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To order from Abbey, you need an account. I just put my trade as "student" because at the time I couldn't demonstrate my business. They are trade-focused but their minimum order is only £15, quantities are reasonable, and they ship orders very quickly.

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