me first watch strap

[luckylee]

i have been trying to find the time for ages to have a go at this, so this weekend i got some more of me commissions done and promised me self that i would have sunday of, as i wanted to varnish me workshop floor, and have sometime with kids, and while they were playing in the pool i have just bought them i snook of and made me a watch strap for a watch that my dad gave me, no i dont wear a watch as i have the metal ones, and really hate then plastic ones as they make me wrist sweat.
so of to the workshop, and i made these, they are 4 mill thick premium veg tan, that i have tooled, and put a stippled effect on, and i have distressed and antiqued these straps, and for the stitching i went with white.
hope you like them
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IMG_3351 by lucky_lee, on Flickr
all comments are welcome.
take care.
lee.

 

[Angst]

hiya....lolol....snook off....i do that quite a bit and am usually handed me spudz by my missus and left feeling like a neglectful dad....awwww....

trickier to do than appears i would think...nice job as always lee....nice colouring too and i like the white stitching...never used white myself, works well on this....i dont wear a watch either but this would certainly be tempting!!

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[woof]

I do like the look of that Lee.

Rob

 

[Toadflax]

Is that really 4mm? Or have you skived it down a lot? I'd been wondering about doing a strap for myself but 3-4mm leather double thickess is going to be a pretty chunky strap.


Geoff

 

[spandit]

How does one "skive" leather to enable it to fit the pins? Do like that a lot - might make it my next project as current watch strap is annoying insomuch as it's either too tight or too loose with the holes it's got (metal eyelets in a canvas strap)

 

[Toadflax]

How does one "skive" leather to enable it to fit the pins? Do like that a lot - might make it my next project as current watch strap is annoying insomuch as it's either too tight or too loose with the holes it's got (metal eyelets in a canvas strap)

There are various tools for thinning leather, from splitting machines, to round knives, and various others. My preference at the moment is the safety beveller: e.g. http://www.leprevo.co.uk/photos/safety-beveller.html Only thing with this is that it uses replaceable razor blades, so you can't really sharpen it up when it goes blunt, but have to buy new blades.


Geoff

 

[sasquatch]

Nice one Lee! That's something I'd love to have a go at, it looks spot on mate. I'm just picturing a particular watch with a similar strap and natural coulored sinew now. Very nice

 

[Dannytsg]

That looks really good. Nice work.

 

[British Red]

We have the same watch Lee

Now, thats a fine watch strap......but..it needs a "Lucky Lee" angle to set it apart from the crowd. An inbuilt compass in a flap over watch cover?. A ferro rod in a compartment?



Red

 

[luckylee]

Is that really 4mm? Or have you skived it down a lot? I'd been wondering about doing a strap for myself but 3-4mm leather double thickess is going to be a pretty chunky strap.


Geoff

hi geoff, when i say 4 mill, i mean in total mate, 2 mill either side so the strap is 4 mill, does that make sense bud.

 

[luckylee]

We have the same watch Lee

Now, thats a fine watch strap......but..it needs a "Lucky Lee" angle to set it apart from the crowd. An inbuilt compass in a flap over watch cover?. A ferro rod in a compartment?



Red

thanks bud, im doing some thing a bit different with the next one mate, i want to do a military one, you no with the cover over the top.
take care.
lee.