- Joined
- Nov 24, 2013
- Messages
- 3,739
These look fantastic John! Gotta say... I'm pretty darned excited for these
Just as excited for you to get them Mike. It was good talking to you today, thanks for the call my friend.These look fantastic John! Gotta say... I'm pretty darned excited for these
Hope to grab one of these bad boys soon. Great work John!I've gotta touch base with the next beltee and after theirs are done I'll be opening these up those of you interested. I'm not a fan of long waiting lists so maybe instead we'll do a draw of some sort to see who'll be up next.
View attachment 2092445
Let's go with calling these configurations the "City Slicker" and the "Big Country".
Those are the two colors in the buffalo (full disclosure these are water buffalo, not American Bison). I have close to the entire spectrum of thread colors so we can change things up to any combination.
Hope to grab one of these bad boys soon. Great work John!
Belts look great John
those do look most excellent! whether its a list or a drawing Id love to get signed up for one of those black ones sir.
Very good looking. Great job. I think the water buff makes a great belt. Tough to find American bison in veg tan. I've used some in the past to make a couple tack items but I wouldn't know where to source any. What I had was given to me by a local saddle maker that was making saddles for Ted Turner and Jane Fonda. Ted Turner was supplying the leather that he'd had custom tanned from his herd of buffs for the saddles. It made good saddles but wouldn't have been very good belts if I remember correctly. This was probably 25 years ago or more maybe. Anyhoo great job on those and its kinda tough to take pics of belts ain't it?I've gotta touch base with the next beltee and after theirs are done I'll be opening these up those of you interested. I'm not a fan of long waiting lists so maybe instead we'll do a draw of some sort to see who'll be up next.
View attachment 2092445
Let's go with calling these configurations the "City Slicker" and the "Big Country".
Those are the two colors in the buffalo (full disclosure these are water buffalo, not American Bison). I have close to the entire spectrum of thread colors so we can change things up to any combination.
Thanks Dave, I appreciate the kind words. I'd love to find some American Bison someday, that would be really cool.Very good looking. Great job. I think the water buff makes a great belt. Tough to find American bison in veg tan. I've used some in the past to make a couple tack items but I wouldn't know where to source any. What I had was given to me by a local saddle maker that was making saddles for Ted Turner and Jane Fonda. Ted Turner was supplying the leather that he'd had custom tanned from his herd of buffs for the saddles. It made good saddles but wouldn't have been very good belts if I remember correctly. This was probably 25 years ago or more maybe. Anyhoo great job on those and its kinda tough to take pics of belts ain't it?
Lets see some belt pic ideas. Well there is the curly cue. Here around a side of leather:Thanks Dave, I appreciate the kind words. I'd love to find some American Bison someday, that would be really cool.
Pics are really difficult, I thought knives were tough to photograph but belts add whole new issues. I think the trick would be to have two belts of the same style and then you might be able to manipulate all the important parts in one shot and still make it look like one belt.
That is great looking John. Good pic too!Great pics Dave, wound around a small tree might be a good one, similar to your first pic. At 15 below I think I'll try that another day
Truck hood is about the best I've got so far.
View attachment 2093435
I like that! Great belt and pic. Clever use of your stitching groover, or compass or dividers or forked thingy. Yeah the tree thing would be a hard pass around here today too.Great pics Dave, wound around a small tree might be a good one, similar to your first pic. At 15 below I think I'll try that another day
Truck hood is about the best I've got so far.
View attachment 2093435
I thought about heading that way but thought better of it. Made it over Grapevine last night before it was closed and made it over 166 to the coast before they closed it. Hope they don't close 101 overnight or I won't make it home.I like that! Great belt and pic. Clever use of your stitching groover, or compass or dividers or forked thingy. Yeah the tree thing would be a hard pass around here today too.
Montana born and raised. Almost like she's quoting Die Hard: "Come out to the coast":
"We'll get together and have some laughs":
And thats before the 29 inches they are calling for today. Hope Mack is down the hill, they just closed the freeway up here.