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Joel, i'm impressed! You did a great job on your belt. Looking forward to seeing it up close soon.
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Very nice Peroni,a credit to your endevor
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Marvelous belts Peroni and Agraes!
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Fantastic belt Ade - how long did it take you?
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With the stitching about a week of evenings Baz
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Excellent belt,Peronis! Could you post another pic of the left hand side of the belt to show how you've attached the thinner strap? (And I wish I could stitch leather like that- more practise needed.... )
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Yes Frater!
I used another late period belt plate to attach the belt strap. I'll photograph it when I get home for you.
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Ade,
Do you buy the leather already coloured or dye it yourself? So far I have been sticking with natural veg tan leather and relying upon neastfoot oil to add some colour.
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Thanks, frater Peroni!
I was thinking of using the narrower Dorchester strips rivetted on to hold the thinner strap- would you recommend stitching as well as rivetting?
Also, I've lined my the back of red leather belt (100mm wide) with goatskin.
I am thinking of overlapping the goatskin over the top of the red leather, stitching, and then using the longer Dorchester belt strips as both stiffeners and as an integral part of the belt construction- ie a rivet through the overlapping goatskin at both top and bottom (as well as the middle rivet) to further hold the leather together. Hope that makes sense...your thoughts?
Cheers
Caballo