Members slipangle Posted March 30, 2017 Author Members Report Posted March 30, 2017 Number 2 sold/pending. Thank you.
bikermutt07 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Posted April 1, 2017 I received mine today and boy is it cute. It was lovingly packaged and even came with a thank you. I doubt I will get to even test during the weekend, but I am looking forward to using it. Thanks. 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 grumpyold Posted April 1, 2017 Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 Sorry to be a spoiler but $36.00? I guess I'm just an old farm boy with lots of equipment in the shop but this is something I made up in the shop in half an hour and $2.00 cost and my time. If you can do the leather work I've seen on this site I'm sure everyone on this site can figure this out. John Wayne "Life's hard it's even harder when your stupid."
bikermutt07 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Posted April 1, 2017 4 hours ago, grumpyold said: Sorry to be a spoiler but $36.00? I guess I'm just an old farm boy with lots of equipment in the shop but this is something I made up in the shop in half an hour and $2.00 cost and my time. If you can do the leather work I've seen on this site I'm sure everyone on this site can figure this out. We don't all have access to a lathe. Experience with a lathe is worth a little bit. A guy needs a little bit of money just to make it worth his while. All that being said, I can build a whole house. I'm a great carpenter\tradesman. But, I don't have the tools or knowledge to make the furnishings for it. I was glad to see a nice one off piece being made available, by another Craftsman (who is also a member here). And I was so happy, I sent an even 40 for it. It's not always about how cheap someone can do something. 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 April 1, 2017 Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 2 hours ago, bikermutt07 said: We don't all have access to a lathe. Experience with a lathe is worth a little bit. A guy needs a little bit of money just to make it worth his while. All that being said, I can build a whole house. I'm a great carpenter\tradesman. But, I don't have the tools or knowledge to make the furnishings for it. I was glad to see a nice one off piece being made available, by another Craftsman (who is also a member here). And I was so happy, I sent an even 40 for it. It's not always about how cheap someone can do something. Yep. I have a saw, a sawzall,and a palm sander. It does kind of get on my neck when someone asks about where to get this or that and some jumps in. Just put in on your lathe the get out your mig welder and finish off with a plasma cutter. I started doing leather to work with leather. I dont want to be a tool builder,metalworker,woodworker. Sorry for the hijack. Also if people DO want to do all those things more power to them its just not what i want to do.
Members slipangle Posted April 1, 2017 Author Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 Well, I'll be the first to admit that these aint cheap. And not for everyone, to be sure. I would be curious what wood you used, grumpyold. And what you used for the shank, etc. I could certainly whip up a burnisher quickly, with a piece of hardwood and a piece of cold rolled steel rod, and I'm pretty sure it would work OK. But that was not my only aim here. You think these are expensive, you should check out my awl hafts! :>
Members grumpyold Posted April 1, 2017 Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) Wow didn't mean to ruffle feathers. Edited April 1, 2017 by grumpyold spelling John Wayne "Life's hard it's even harder when your stupid."
bikermutt07 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Posted April 1, 2017 My feathers be not ruffled. I just enjoy some quality and don't mind paying for it. When I can afford it. 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 slipangle Posted April 1, 2017 Author Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) Thanks for the lesson, grumpy old. And all of the ...reality. This thread is about something else entirely. Perhaps you'd care to start your own, complete with instructions. It would be appreciated. Edited April 1, 2017 by slipangle
Members grumpyold Posted April 1, 2017 Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, slipangle said: Thanks for the lesson, grumpy old. And all of the ...reality. This thread is about something else entirely. Perhaps you'd care to start your own, complete with instructions. It would be appreciated. Here's a little more reality, this is a site for the exchange of thoughts, instruction, and a host of techniques pertaining to leather crafting. I do not believe it is meant to be a free source to sell your wears. If you have a web site you many post a http to redirect to that site if you so wish, I believe is allowed. If member wishes to list used tools they no longer require that's fine it's a one time thing. You sir along with a number of other are showing new items that you are manufacturing and using the site to sell said items without paying this site for the privilege of doing so. And yes this thread is about something else entirely, you using it as a venue to sell your stuff on the cheap. Like Dwight has posted in another topic this site is becoming a catalog. What I posted is by far better suited to the intent of this site then free ads. Maybe one of the moderators would like to step in. Edited April 1, 2017 by grumpyold John Wayne "Life's hard it's even harder when your stupid."
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