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  • CFM
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Needed a belt to wear when going out instead of my work belt. 

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Edited by Tim Schroeder
  • CFM
Posted

wowzers you pulled out all the stops on that. That knife work inside is amazing.

  • Members
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That is the pinnacle of the craft!  Thanks for sharing.  Curious how you made the swell in the billet, and the needle/thread combination you're using.  I am learning to make raised leather pieces, and swells with a rounding block, and would welcome any tips.  I've been testing out in-line presser feet on a Cobra 4 for sewing the edges but my hand sewing looks neater for the raised pieces.

  • Contributing Member
Posted

Looks NICE (as usual)

  • CFM
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Thanks Chuck  and Tom

There's a piece of 3/4 oz veg tan just the width of the swell  with the edges beveled glued on the back first, then the front laid on top. I make everything big and then cut it to size after it's glued together. I have the tooling between the billets with a good swell as well. 

It's a 21 needle with 207 thread and 135 in the bottom. . I was playing with the stitch length and thought I had it back at 8 spi, it's really closer to 9spi. I have a Class 26 now, I had a class 4 but was to big, so I traded it for this class 26. I was gonna modify a needle plate and feeddog on the class 4 myself. Now you can buy it already done. The class 26 does 95% of what I do and the Class 4 was good for about 5%. Wish I had it back now. 

  • Members
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Thanks for the info.  I started with making halters on a Class 4 but I am drifting towards bridles that I'm sewing by hand. I did buy the narrow feed dog/plate and use it for everything on the Class 4.

  • Members
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An absolute master piece, not much else I can say, but to sit here in awe. Thanks for sharing .

  • Members
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Definitely a Sunday go to meeting Belt, just beautiful :thumbsup:

  • Contributing Member
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that's some nice work Tim

  • 1 month later...
  • Members
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Yep, that should pretty much do it.

Think I'll put my tools down for a bit and ponder my purpose, lol.

YinTx

And I really like the belt, contrast in colors, textures, leathers...materials, mad knife skills... design...

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Beautiful craftsmanship right there.

  • 1 month later...
  • Members
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beautiful work! How did you source the buckle set? I can't seem to find ones with the two belt keepers.

  • CFM
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 Thanks. That is a El Creek Buckle set I bought from Cavenders 20 yrs ago. Sometimes I use Ebay to buy buckles for belts I'm making. There is a Judge Leo Smith on Ebay that will make anything you want. He is here in Texas. 

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Very nice. 

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