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Adventures in strap making
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Dsloan
·At risk of polluting this fine thread with my shoddy craftsmanship, here is my first official strap. I can assure you that it looks even worse in person. 😁
I've got endless amounts of things to work on, but it's a start!
Thanks to @Duracuir1 for pointing me in the right direction and helping to get me started! Hopefully, I'll have some better examples to share in the near future.
I've got endless amounts of things to work on, but it's a start!
Thanks to @Duracuir1 for pointing me in the right direction and helping to get me started! Hopefully, I'll have some better examples to share in the near future.
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CBM1590
·At risk of polluting this fine thread with my shoddy craftsmanship, here is my first official strap. I can assure you that it looks even worse in person. 😁
I've got endless amounts of things to work on, but it's a start!
Thanks to @Duracuir1 for pointing me in the right direction and helping to get me started! Hopefully, I'll have some better examples to share in the near future.
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DaveK
··Yoda of YodelersAt risk of polluting this fine thread with my shoddy craftsmanship, here is my first official strap. I can assure you that it looks even worse in person. 😁
I've got endless amounts of things to work on, but it's a start!
Thanks to @Duracuir1 for pointing me in the right direction and helping to get me started! Hopefully, I'll have some better examples to share in the near future.
It’s a great start 👍 Sewing elegantly takes time. You can mark 100 feet of stitching lines on some scrap leather and practice for a few weeks, that’ll get you over the hurdle
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Dsloan
·It’s a great start 👍 Sewing elegantly takes time. You can mark 100 feet of stitching lines on some scrap leather and practice for a few weeks, that’ll get you over the hurdle
Yeah, I got in a hurry - thread is too thick, template slipped on me when punching holes, scriving was uneven, etc.
As you suggest, I'll have to take a step back and practice the stitching especially.
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··Yoda of YodelersIf I can ever find some time, I’m going to join you in your new endeavor. @Duracuir1 and @DaveK have inspired me as well. Congrats on your first strap!
@Duracuir1 was my gateway drug into leatherwork.
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··Yoda of YodelersFinished making a replacement strap for my wife’s Dynamic today. The watch is at the watchmaker, so I’ll have to take it in tomorrow for a test fit. The original strap was tired, worn, and stretched from use, so it’s hard to tell if I got the shape just right. We shall see ☕.
The white leather was harvested from a thrift shop Coach purse. A pretty well made bag I have to say, I had to harvest the leather in a hurry so it stayed in the leather shop and didn’t enter my wife’s purse collection. The liner leather is Zermatt leather from France, which is an exceptional product for liners, that or pig skin. In between the two is a layer of a non-stretch product called velodon. A heated creaser makes nifty edges around the perimeter, and white edge paint finishes the look. Not bad for a first attempt. Ooops, I forgot to make a keeper, back to work 🤦
The watch is shown on the original Omega strap, the new strap is shorter to better fit my wife’s wrist
New strap on the right side
New strap on the right side
Watch in the original strap
The white leather was harvested from a thrift shop Coach purse. A pretty well made bag I have to say, I had to harvest the leather in a hurry so it stayed in the leather shop and didn’t enter my wife’s purse collection. The liner leather is Zermatt leather from France, which is an exceptional product for liners, that or pig skin. In between the two is a layer of a non-stretch product called velodon. A heated creaser makes nifty edges around the perimeter, and white edge paint finishes the look. Not bad for a first attempt. Ooops, I forgot to make a keeper, back to work 🤦
The watch is shown on the original Omega strap, the new strap is shorter to better fit my wife’s wrist
New strap on the right side
New strap on the right side
Watch in the original strap
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CBM1590
·Used today as a relaxing leather-harvesting day. A pair of my nearly 25 year-old Rockports were headed to the trash. Decided to keep the leather around for a future potential strap from the shoes that have carried me well for a metric-ton of miles. Before, during, and after pics…
