2 Knotwork belts and a wallet

[Dreadhead]

Has been a busy week! Here are two of my latest belts and a wallet

The first belt was for a friend. He wanted it 2" with ravens and some knotwork. He also asked if i could make a rustic pocket for nails to go in as this belt will be for fence work and the like. I added a couple extra parts to go along with it, all pretty rough as they are going to get bashed around. So it has an added nail pocket, G clip, solid metal hoop for a hammer, and loops for plier handles etc. The raven designs i got permission to use from a tattoo artist i know (Nirvanaoftime), i just modified them a little to work better with the leather

I was also asked by a member here to make a 2" belt with a triskele, some knotwork, and his nickname in runic styled writing. he also wanted this to have a double prong buckle. I must say Dougster was a life saver here helping me with the buckle its a nice solid brass one the same as he uses on his armageddon belts.

Group shots

And finally a wallet. This is the second wallet i have made, and the first one i have made from scratch (i used a wallet kit first time). It was certainly a learning curve!

He wanted a Hindu symbol carved on the front, he gave me the design but we changed the centre to a triskele as it worked better and a Hindu saying on the back but in runes. Strange but hey ho! He wanted two cash slots and a load of card slots too. I found this wallet to be pretty tricky (especially getting the edges right and placing my mark) and my imaginary hat goes off to the wallets i have seen made by other leatherworkers on here, just wow!

Thanks for taking the time to read this
Hamish

 

[copper_head]

Mate there stunning. I love the raven belt.

 

[greensurfingbear]

Yet more fine work marra


Orric

 

[Outdoordude]

Nice work dreadhead. Loving the wallet and the belts are great. Your great at photographing the stuff you make! What Akers do you have?
Thanks
Jacob

 

[Bumbler]

How much do you charge for a belt like that?
(not that I can afford one)

 

[Goatboy]

That's pretty spectacular stuff Hamish, the definition you get on your embossing is so clear and the general skill level just seems to grow all the time.

 

[Toadflax]

Some more good stuff there. Is that the Eco-Flo dyes again? Quite a different (and interesting) colour difference from the usual browns you get from oil /spirit dyes.


Geoff

 

[crosslandkelly]

Stunning work Hamish. I love the knotwork belt.

 

[Rockmonkey]

Really nice mate.
Always nice to see your work!
Keep it coming!

RM

 

[Erro Telcontar]

Fantastic work there mate, the raven looks cool

 

[Dreadhead]

thanks everyone the feedback means a lot

Some more good stuff there. Is that the Eco-Flo dyes again? Quite a different (and interesting) colour difference from the usual browns you get from oil /spirit dyes.


Geoff

For the belts i used eco-flo dark brown antique gel and finished with carnauba cream and neatsfoot oil. it works great with tooling. for the wallet i used a coat of fiebings pro oil light brown cut with white spirit. then i added a light coat of supersheen resist and carnauba cream. then i added a light coat of the antique gel and finished with neatsfoot oil.

 

[Tat2trev]

quality work bud love the designs. As always top notch

 

[Hugo]

Nice work Hamish, I like the muted colours.

 

[wickedwillow]

Great work, I like it lot, you've got a nice individual style.

 

[Fatbob]

Thanks again mate, the belt is excellent. Everybody should have a HalfGoat belt!

 

[SOAR]

Great work !! love the belts!!

 

[topknot]

Thats nice tooling mate.

Topknot

 

[luckylee]

looks great mate, what leather did you use for the inside mate? on the wallet.
and did you shorten the card pockets inside?

 

[woodspirits]

top work again really nice.

 

[Macaroon]

I bet your mate can't wait to get to work! Some really fine stuff there; you have an unmistakeable style of your own, great! ....atb mac