Hi here! I started strap making 3 month ago and I was wondering if other members are also passionated by this hobby? You can see below that practicing is the best way of improvement! The beginning : Lot of mistake... second phase : Some issue solved... But not all... Third phase : Acceptable... Forth phase : I think here we are... Last phase... Have fun... Hope you enjoyed and to see some of your home made strap
Exacto knife to cut the leather? What is the putty knife used for? How are you burnishing the edges of the leather? They turned out really nice.
Visible improvement. I too would like to get some info on the tools you use and maybe some walkthrough of how it all goes.
The putty one to thin the leather : dye + the white plastic tool to burnish the edge. But depending on the strap, I don't use always the black dye. On this for a forum member, I let it natural for the vintage style : Inside :
The fact is I don't own any trenches watch... And as I do strap mainly for myself ( selling some of them to feed the leather stock..).. But it is Interesting to learn new sewing style... I will look at it Edit: looking at your pic I don't see any issue here... Except that I need the watch to sew the strap on
It's not a common thing, but I would have used your services had they been available. I reuse that buckle too! Tom
Really great work, bravo! I like leather a lot and would love to learn to make straps like this. (Not sure I would ultimately have the patience, though). I particularly like the ones you made from so called "ammo" leatther. Is the leather sold especially for straps or do you actually buy old ammo bags? PS edit - and it looks really great on that black chronograph. What is it by the way? Best regards, S
I see! Good job! The problem for me now is to find a good strapholic group to discuss and cure myself...