DIY Leather Projects

As an alternative to watching crap TV with the wife over the last two winters I've put in a few hours making leather bits and pieces.

Keen to see if anyone else out there is doing anything interesting with leather?

Obviously @HNTMAD is a master, and @EeeBees does a bit as I've seen on his stickmaking thread

Here is a few bits I've done to kick it off. The shotgun cartridge belt almost broke me mentally and I'll never make another

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Very nice ! :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by LOC

As an alternative to watching crap TV with the wife over the last two winters I've put in a few hours making leather bits and pieces.

Keen to see if anyone else out there is doing anything interesting with leather?

Obviously @HNTMAD is a master, and @EeeBees does a bit as I've seen on his stickmaking thread

Here is a few bits I've done to kick it off. The shotgun cartridge belt almost broke me mentally and I'll never make another

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@LOC the cartridge belt had me batting way way above my capabilities...I never want to even think about making another one...:) Your belt is beautiful...

that shot gun cartridge belt is art work:cool:

That shotgun belt looks really good.

True craftsmanship right there. Love it all, especially the shotty belt. 👍😎

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@LOC the cartridge belt had me batting way way above my capabilities...I never want to even think about making another one...:) Your belt is beautiful...

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Tell me about it...

Your license pocket was very slick, i wasn't game enough for tackling a pocket so added a brass shackle in that spot to chain up the gun dog i don't have

@LOC, your burnishing is so excellent...!!!!

Hurry up and get a dog!!!:D

Very nice Mr, The shotgun belt is awesome, have made one also and never again,

Looking good. Am in the process of making an upland game bag at moment.

Hamish

Wow mate that belt really is something else, great work - the buckle for clipping on the dog is a damn fine idea ive not seen that before. Easier than tying a rope to your daypack strap

Looks like very neat stitching going on there, what equipment do you use and where do you source your leather from?

the stitching part is a ball ache - very time consuming and its not as neat as it looks.
all manually done and i use a few tools shown here, the wheel thing marks the hole spacing by leaving impressions on the leather and you then use the awl (spike tool) to manually poke each hole through the leather.
the punch tool is the fastest and neatest but you need straight lines for it to be effective.
then you get a length of heavy waxed cotton with sturdy needles threaded at each end and stitch through the holes in a figure of eight pattern until you feel like tossing the whole bloody thing out the window
i got it all from a company called Lapco here in NZ

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the belt and the old looking sheath are my own braintanned leather from a thar skin. and the blue looking sheath is fish skin I tanned too.(some of the photos are not showing I don't know why ?)

@ANOTHERHUNTER, the sheath is so cool... :)

That sheath is amazing.


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I like the knife handle, what is it?

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I like the knife handle, what is it?

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Have to agree, what is the handle??

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impressive stuff. @ANOTHERHUNTER is the top section of the sheath the underside of the leather folded over? really interesting colours from the brain tanning

what sort of fish skin is it? durable?

The handle is an old weathered bit of jarah fence pailing I found on a job. I kept the cracked outside instead of sanding it off. funny story about that knife.I posted it up on a knifemaking forum I belonged to,and said it was bear grillis grandfathers knife for a joke,but actually fooled a few people :)
The top of the sheath is the folded over normal leather liner,and only the light coloured leather is thar.
The fish skin is moki,but ive tried a few different types.they are too thin for making stuff out of, only good for inlay type stuff. my wallet has got spotted stargazer skin on it and so far it has lasted well.(couple of years in my pocket.

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This looks awesome, wicked work

So finally made an ammo wallet thingamajig thanks to @LOC who generously donated the leather for me to have a play some months back!
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nice one. looks good. did you punch holes in the top to slide the rounds in?

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nice one. looks good. did you punch holes in the top to slide the rounds in?

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Yep, used a 12mm bolt as I couldn't find my wad punches :(