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Howdy!

A friend of mine asked me to make a hair-on belt for her in exchange for a hair-on cowhide. This was a pretty good deal for both of us since the hide wasn't getting used in any way except for collecting dust in the shed.

This is my first time doing anything with hair-on hide.

Let me know what you think and critique is always welcome!

 

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I’ve been thinking about doing a hair on belt myself. 

Yours looks great!!!

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What a nice looking belt - great job! 

Any special techniques you used when dealing with hair on?  Sewing technique, cutting or gluing issues?  

A friend gave me some hides from some type of African antelopes and I want to make him something, but am not certain if I should sew them on my machine or hand stitch them.

Gary

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3 hours ago, garypl said:

What a nice looking belt - great job! 

Any special techniques you used when dealing with hair on?  Sewing technique, cutting or gluing issues?  

A friend gave me some hides from some type of African antelopes and I want to make him something, but am not certain if I should sew them on my machine or hand stitch them.

Gary

Hi Gary,

Nope. I didn't use any special techniques for it. I just sewed it like anything else and didn't have any problems with cutting it or gluing it. However, I did learn that if you want the hair to hang over an edge, cut the hide hair down on carpet. I wanted both edges to look the same so I cut it on a board. Other than that, there wasn't anything tricky.

Thanks!

-Ryan

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3 hours ago, JKHelms said:

I’ve been thinking about doing a hair on belt myself. 

Yours looks great!!!

Thank you! This is my first hair-on product but I really liked it. I want to start doing a lot more with hair-on. 

When/if you make a hair-on belt, send me pics! I'd love to see it. I looked around on the forum for a while looking for hair-on belts but I never found one so I took the plunge by making one without asking someone for advice first. Thankfully it wasn't hard and there were no noticeable mistakes.

4 hours ago, cjartist said:

Yes, great job.  I wouldn't even know how to begin with hair on hide.  Looks great.

Thank you!

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