Brown bridle leather belt

[Toadflax]

Here we have another of my bridle leather belts, this time in Australian Nut (a darkish brown, with a hint of red), and a classic colour of the saddlery trade.

It's made from Baker's oak-bark tanned bridle leather (produced in their traditional tannery in Devon), roughly 4mm thick and 1.5in wide.

It's all done by hand, from cutting the strap from a bridle butt, edge dying (the leather isn't through dyed) and burnishing (pretty time consuming with about 8 feet of edge on a typical belt) through to fixing the buckle by punching the stitch holes with a diamond awl and saddle stitching the solid brass buckle with waxed brown thread. Buckle holes are punched with an oval punch, as I think the holes look nicer than round ones, and they also let the buckle tongue lie a bit flatter than in a round hole.

Thanks for looking.

Geoff

 

[Dreadhead]

very nice and neat. nice buckle that too

 

[Darkwoodecho]

Very nice that, look good round anyone's waist

 

[ex member pyrophil]

Nice looking belt. buckle goes well with it.

 

[Dougster]

Beautiful, and a LOT of work. If people understood how long they took, more would understand the price.

 

[huntersforge]

Very nice indeed

 

[Toadflax]

Thank you for all the kind compliments, particularly from some of the most excellent Makers on here! I've been inspired many times by seeing your (and others' works) on BCUK. It's a marvellous community here for showing and seeing other talents.

...and a LOT of work. If people understood how long they took, more would understand the price.

This man speaks the truth, indeed. You only need to have a look at some of the commercial sites who sell handmade Baker's and Sedgewick's bridle leather belts.


All the best.


Geoff

 

[Niels]

Very nice, whoever gets it should be proud to have that keeping his pants up