Handmade Leather Belts, Constructing Leather Belts, The Best Leather To Make Belts, The Tools Needed To Make Leather Belts, Tools For Your Leather Craft Hobby, are all topics that I cover on my channel. Today I will be creating a belt that is for one of the winners of my anniversary free belt drawing. This is a fun way to say thanks to my subscribers and makes a nice gift.
I will be using two layers of full grain leather to create this custom belt. The vegtan leather that I am using today was purchased from Montana Leather. I prefer to use two layers of full grain leather for a very stable belt blank.
The top layer is Montana Leathers MTL
https://www.montanaleather.com/product/mtl-veg-tan-leather-side/
The liner is Montana Leather Vaqueta in Brown.
https://www.montanaleather.com/product/vaqueta-brown-veg-tan-leather/
I used a selection of tools purchased from many of the companies that support my hobby. Somewhat in order that I used the tools. The strap cutter is from Tandy Leather. I have used the strap cutting to cut close to 1,000 leather straps.
https://tandyleather.com/products/craftool-strap-cutter
I used my Barry King mallet and strap end punches to begin to form the belt.
https://www.barrykingtools.com/roundmauls.htm
From Weaver Leather I used the heritage economy splitter, stitching chisels, and rotary hole punch.
https://www.weaverleathersupply.com/search?q=diamond+stitching+chisel
I used Tiger Ritza thread and John James from The BuckleGuy.
https://www.buckleguy.com/ritza-25-tiger-thread/
I used leather finishes from Fiebing’s in Milwaukee. I used Neatsfoot oil and TanKote.
https://fiebing.com/
The stainless steel buckle and Chicago screws are from Landwerlen Leather in Indianapolis.
You can reach Eric Landwerlen at 1 (800) 827-9867
That covers the majority of tools and supplies. If I missed what you are looking for please ask in the comments. Others might be interested as well.
I used Weldwood contact adhesive to laminate the two layers of leather. The sewing was completed using Weaver stitching chisels in the 5mm size. I followed with Tiger Ritza thread installed with John James needles. I like the durability of the woven polyester thread. The Tiger Ritza thread is prewaxed making the process of using it very fast. The belt was sealed with TanKote.
@montanaleathercompany
https://www.montanaleather.com/
@FiebingCompany
https://fiebing.com/
@barrykingtools2906
https://www.barrykingtools.com/
Creating Tooled Leather a fun way to really change the appearance of a project. The stamping in the belt was created by Barry King. The axehead stamp is the number two size. If I were to purchase it again I might go with a number 1 to give a bit more room for the stitches when sewing the belt
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