bikermutt07 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Posted December 24, 2016 Hey guys, I'm needing a working pattern for an everyday use eye patch. A kid at work put out his eye pulling a nail. He's going to need something that he can use day in and day out. Thanks. Quote 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.
Members Mattsbagger Posted December 24, 2016 Members Report Posted December 24, 2016 No help for you but that just plain sucks! Good luck to him and you. Quote
Members Dwight Posted December 24, 2016 Members Report Posted December 24, 2016 I got a bad case of the pink eye in the Navy, . . . ol chief corpsman gave me a "pink" eye patch. It was plastic, . . . had a elastic band to keep it on my head. If you make your friend one, . . . first form the center of it over some oval shaped something probably near 1 1/4 inches in diameter. Otherwise his eyelashes will bounce off a flat one, . . . really aggravating. Once you got the center all dry and popped out for him, . . . dampen it, . . . let him lay down, . . . and mold it directly to his face & head. Then trim it so it fits and looks good. I'd probably use something like 3/4 oz. I had to "customize" the one ol doc gave me . . . hope I never have to wear another one. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
bikermutt07 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Posted December 24, 2016 Dwight, you think a table spoon would serve as a mold template? Quote 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.
Members Mattsbagger Posted December 24, 2016 Members Report Posted December 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said: Dwight, you think a table spoon would serve as a mold template? Stick one on your eye and see. Seem to small to me just tried it. Eyelashes hit it. A baseball might work as a form. Quote
Northmount Posted December 24, 2016 Report Posted December 24, 2016 Try a medical supply house for a plastic eye cover. Then wet form a leather patch using it as a form. Had to wear one of the plastic ones for a few days a couple years ago. Tom Quote
Members Mattsbagger Posted December 24, 2016 Members Report Posted December 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, northmount said: Try a medical supply house for a plastic eye cover. Then wet form a leather patch using it as a form. Had to wear one of the plastic ones for a few days a couple years ago. Tom They probably have them at Walgreens. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks guys. Quote 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.
Members Dwight Posted December 25, 2016 Members Report Posted December 25, 2016 Good luck, . . . my buds kinda gave me the raspberries about my "pink" eye patch (I was in the Navy, . . . was going ashore at Hong Kong). I took a black permanent marker, . . . and when I got done, . . . I had a black eye patch that even Cap'n Hook would have been proud of. I still laugh about it, . . . one of them goody goody memories. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
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