A couple more chunky leathers

[Jon Kenney]

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[spareparts]

Leather looks great, but I think the buckle needs to be a bit more substantial to balance the thickness of the leather. Nice work!

[Jon Kenney]

Leather looks great, but I think the buckle needs to be a bit more substantial to balance the thickness of the leather. Nice work!

Thanks.

I'm not sure how much more substantial you could get with a buckle. What would you suggest?

JK

[spareparts]

Thanks.

I'm not sure how much more substantial you could get with a buckle. What would you suggest?

JK

I think it's more the profile of it, as opposed to the size of it: if it were a thicker in profile where it attaches to the strap, it would look less delicate imho.

[Jon Kenney]

I think it's more the profile of it, as opposed to the size of it: if it were a thicker in profile where it attaches to the strap, it would look less delicate imho.

Any suggestions?

[spareparts]

Any suggestions?

I'm not a buckle expert so can't offer any suggestions I'm afraid. I think it's really nice though as is - I suspect it's not an issue once you're wearing it as you don't see the side profile as easily.

[Dapper]

Any suggestions?

Sparta! ... http://www.panatime.com/ne20brspbuhe.html

[Jon Kenney]

Sparta! ... http://www.panatime.com/ne20brspbuhe.html

He's a big boy!

[cliffrichard]

thick like gammon , they are cracking :)

[Jon Kenney]

I've just made this one for a work mate (26mm). Excuse his taste in watches

I used a Superdry belt that I bought but was too small as it matched the original strap colour.

Nothing fancy with this one, although I was happy with the burnishing on the strap edge.

















JK

[mnielse]

I've just made this one for a work mate (26mm). Excuse his taste in watches

I used a Superdry belt that I bought but was too small as it matched the original strap colour.

Nothing fancy with this one, although I was happy with the burnishing on the strap edge.

















JK

Looks great

Looking forward seeing more straps from you:-)

Martin

[amh82]

Those look great :)

After distressing a leather nato recently I quite fancied having a go at making some straps, although in all honesty, I'm better with metals/solids than I am with fabrics!!

Are the setup costs for these quite high, i.e. tooling, materials, etc? Could you recommend some basics?

[Jon Kenney]

Those look great :)

Thanks.

Are the setup costs for these quite high, i.e. tooling, materials, etc? Could you recommend some basics?

See my other thread here - http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...mpleted-nearly

All this, including hide came in at around £100. You could obviously spend a lot more on additional equipment but as this is only for personal entertainment, I didn't want to go overboard incase I got bored of it or was completely crap at it

[amh82]

I'll check it out Jon, definitely something I would like to try :)