First trade as a leather worker

[KingsCountyLeather]

I’m working on a building site with about 20 or 30 workers. One of the workers made a wheel trolly to carry doors around the site for installation. I asked him to make me something similar for transporting rolls of flooring and I’d make him a couple of belts. We agreed I’d supply the materials and he’d do the labour. I was very happy with the trolly he made me! 

I handed him these belts in a paper bag this morning just before 10 am break and thought he’d bring them into the canteen and show the other workers what I had made and maybe get a few Ooo’s and Aww’s and maybe someone else might want to buy one sometime? Noo...

he didn’t even look in the bag! Went straight to his car and left the bag there. No one will see them! And I did a really good job with them too. 

Anyway I’ll put pictures up here and see if anyone can cheer me up and give me some Ooo’s and Aww’s ? 

[Ferg]

Well, you done a nice job on the belts. What is the material you have on the backside? You may have a problem with those not being sewn on the edges.

 

Ferg

[KingsCountyLeather]

2 minutes ago, Ferg said:

Well, you done a nice job on the belts. What is the material you have on the backside? You may have a problem with those not being sewn on the edges.

 

Ferg

Lol, Thanks Ferg. not a problem... It’s only a single piece of veg tanned, I just didn’t dye the back of the black one.

[DrmCa]

Nicely done! I'd wear the brown one any day and time.

[sheathmaker]

19 minutes ago, KingsCountyLeather said:

Lol, Thanks Ferg. not a problem... It’s only a single piece of veg tanned, I just didn’t dye the back of the black one.

But you did do a really nice dye job won the front.  No run overs on the back side.  That is just great.

 

Paul

Edited April 12, 2018 by sheathmaker

[KingsCountyLeather]

33 minutes ago, DrmCa said:

Nicely done! I'd wear the brown one any day and time.

Thanks.

most people I know want a black belt. I didn’t dye the back cause I find the dye sometimes stains if rubbed too much and I didn’t want it to damage clothes.

[KingsCountyLeather]

24 minutes ago, sheathmaker said:

But you did do a really nice dye job won the front.  No run overs on the back side.  That is just great.

 

Paul

Thanks,  I slicked the edges with water first and then run a dauber with black dye lightly over the edge, worked out well for me.

[bikermutt07]

Ooooooo and awwws here. They look great.

[KingsCountyLeather]

Just now, bikermutt07 said:

Ooooooo and awwws here. They look great.

Knew someone would do that!  Should have known you’d be first!  Thanks.

[alpha2]

Mutt beat me to it! OOOH, and AWWWWW! for sure. I'm liking that stitching pattern on the buckle fold. I'm going to try that tomorrow for possible inclusion in my repertoire. I usually stitch the full perimeter of the belts, but for when I don't, well, that would just be the cat's meow.

Jeff