custom belt

[cowboy316]

hey pards heres a custom belt i made for a friend little boy he wants to be a bull rider
Cowboy316

[Gun Butcher]

  That is really sharp Cowboy. He ought to real happy with that.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Beautiful work 316, I really like  that lettering, nice style, your carving can't get any better, the last several pieces you've shown have been really sharp, that little boy will be blown away when he sees it, Great job all around Pard 


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[Kid Terico]

Now thats a nice piece of work 316. I really like the buckle.  KT

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Good work, C3. That buckle really accents the nice tooling on the belt.

[GunClick Rick]

Dang o mighty

[Slowhand Bob]

MY, MY, MY, I do envy your ability.  You are really good at this.  Just out of curiosity, how long does it take to complete a really nice project like this?

[cowboy316]

well thank you pards for all the kind words like ive said before its been several year of practice practice practice
but im never done learning  so ill be 80 years old still learning something new
hey SB if i remember right ive got like 10 hours into that belt  over like a 2 week period so not bad
Cowboy316

[Ace Lungger]

Howdy CB, 
It realy shows that your practice has paid off big time. you are truely a artist when it comes to carving!!! I could spend all day telling you how good you are  I am just glad that you are sharing your Talent with us!
Later
ACE

[cowboywc]

Howdy
That belt and buckle came out really nice.
WC

[Slowhand Bob]

Cowboy316, you have found my other Achilles heel pard!  I have been working on leather off and on since the early sixties  and can not today or forever more duplicate the artistic ability shown by so many of you guys on here, I lack the eye of the artist and the patience required to create.  Do not misunderstand, though I can not envision artistic design, I can recognize it and you are definitely showing it. 

[JD Alan]

The whole thing looks sharp, but I'm really inpressed by the lacing. After seeing Kid Terico's stuff, and now yours, I've got to give lacing a try. I have no idea what to do, but I've got a couple of books on it, so I'll try to figure out something. What are you using to punch the holes for the lace?

Nice work brother, JD

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

The whole thing looks sharp, but I'm really inpressed by the lacing. After seeing Kid Terico's stuff, and now yours, I've got to give lacing a try. I have no idea what to do, but I've got a couple of books on it, so I'll try to figure out something. What are you using to punch the holes for the lace?

Nice work brother, JD

         JD, lacing is fun, and I learned it all from the book, once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty easy, and it does give you a nice effect, I would use it more on some of my holsters, but they didn't start using lace until the early 1900's, and then by mostly  Mexican craftsman, but it's fun to do , and looks great on key fobs/book covers or anything where anything where being period correct doesn't matter, I like to use lacing chisels in sizes 3/32" and 1/8" , and Two Prong lacing needles, also a Perma -Loc neddle, the lacing comes in other sizes, but I usually stay with these two, I like to make a stitching line just like you would for doing your sewing, but I then use the chisels instead, they come in a pack, I think of three or four, and you can also get the angled ones too.

                                   Give it a try, I know you will enjoy it, and it looks great 


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