Members Windrider30 Posted April 10, 2017 Members Report Posted April 10, 2017 The hard part is getting the damned tip started, once that is out of the way it is pretty smooth sailing. First brown belt each of the 6 strands were 9 foot 10 inches long, black and white the 6 strands are 12 feet in length, the white one took way longer then I thought it would. lots of pics so put it up on imgur Quote
Members Windrider30 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Members Report Posted April 10, 2017 6 hours ago, nstarleather said: Impressive. Love the way it turned out. Also really smart to make them "friction" with D rings. Lots of the "box store" versions of braided belts have you put a buckle through the braid, which will easily destroy it with time.... these should last and last. Yep I do not like the idea of using a buckle to punch though the braiding, even if its kangaroo just wont last as long as the d-rings will, and the d-rings work just as well as the buckle. Quote
Members LederRudi Posted April 12, 2017 Members Report Posted April 12, 2017 Very nice work! I`d like to try my hands on such a belt. May I ask which kind of lace you used and how long one strand would have to be? Quote
Members Windrider30 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Members Report Posted April 13, 2017 13 hours ago, LederRudi said: Very nice work! I`d like to try my hands on such a belt. May I ask which kind of lace you used and how long one strand would have to be? Kangaroo lace for the whisky belt all 6 strands ( you fold them in half to make the 12 strands) were 9 feet 10 inches. The black and white is again kangaroo and the 6 strands are 12 feet in length Quote
Members LederRudi Posted April 13, 2017 Members Report Posted April 13, 2017 Thank you, Windrider. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Posted April 13, 2017 They look great. How did you finish off the buckle end? Quote
Members Windrider30 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Members Report Posted April 13, 2017 19 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said: They look great. How did you finish off the buckle end? slide two d rings over the belts, folded the end over both d-rings and just rebraided the end into the belt itself, a bit of a pain figuring out that part Quote
bikermutt07 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Posted April 13, 2017 Thanks I was curious. Being a big guy a braided belt would just turn into a rope. Quote
Members Windrider30 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Members Report Posted April 13, 2017 6 hours ago, bikermutt07 said: Thanks I was curious. Being a big guy a braided belt would just turn into a rope. The black and white one is pretty big and to be honest it does work, wasn't sure how well it would hold against my own big gut and they work a treat stays in place nicely Quote
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