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A New Hobby - Making Straps

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thorn697
On 12/5/2017 at 11:54, Glaude said:

Very very very nice work ! Congrats !

Thanks :)

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Christmas time update!

Been quite busy the last couple weeks between orders and making things for family members. 

The spread

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a pair of adjustable dog collars

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pair of belts

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full grain leather lining. these belts will last forever.

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wwii canvas

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antiqued alligator

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some more odds and end - bracelets, apple watch band

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playing with some paintbrushes and dye

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Do you guys prefer the bigger pictures or these smaller ones?

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Glaude

Great again ! 

I personnaly prefer pictures this size with a link on it to the full size one

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CAESAR1

Beautiful straps mate!

I just purchased a million tools and some leather and am about to begin my own journey. 

Reading through this post was very inspirational.

Thank you, and keep up the great work!

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23 hours ago, Glaude said:

Great again ! 

I personnaly prefer pictures this size with a link on it to the full size one

Thanks for the input. That's a great idea. I will do that going forward :)

16 hours ago, Gonzo69 said:

Beautiful straps mate!

I just purchased a million tools and some leather and am about to begin my own journey. 

Reading through this post was very inspirational.

Thank you, and keep up the great work!

Good for you! Have fun and try not to cut yourself. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

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CAESAR1
On 12/23/2017 at 12:28, thorn697 said:

Thanks for the input. That's a great idea. I will do that going forward :)

Good for you! Have fun and try not to cut yourself. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Thank you, I might just do that.

Been watching a ton of Youtube videos and what not.

First batch of items arrived yesterday.  Time to make some templates.  :beer3:

Merry Christmas!

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bloon

Purple alligator is sharp dude! Do you make good ones for Rolex Subs and Daytonas?

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thorn697
On 12/24/2017 at 11:41, Gonzo69 said:

Been watching a ton of Youtube videos and what not.

First batch of items arrived yesterday.  Time to make some templates.  :beer3:

Let me know how it goes!

13 hours ago, bloon said:

Purple alligator is sharp dude! Do you make good ones for Rolex Subs and Daytonas?

Thanks. I'm actually working on something for a Daytona right now. I've made a few for my Hulk in the past. 

I got a ton of new leather last week that I've been going googly-eyed over to make stuff with.

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bloon

Please post the finished pieces with the Daytona... Im lusting after one but can't afford to unless I downsize :( A nifty strap is appropriate in time ;)

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thorn697

Following up from the last post with the camo.

link to the full album https://imgur.com/a/4t12t

 

 

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calf leather fitted for Daytona

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Playing with some new stitching techniques

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Glaude

Nice again ! 

Question : What do you use for the infill of the black leather fitted for Daytona one ? 

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thorn697
12 hours ago, Glaude said:

Question : What do you use for the infill of the black leather fitted for Daytona one ? 

They call it "padding" a strap. Basically it's another piece of leather you put underneath the top layer to give a nice mountainous aesthetic.

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18 hours ago, thorn697 said:

They call it "padding" a strap. Basically it's another piece of leather you put underneath the top layer to give a nice mountainous aesthetic.

Thank you for the info, I was already aware of that (I've seen padding, infill, filler and other terms to call it) but since I'm also making straps, I wondered what do you use for padding : I'm experimenting with cork to gain extra thickness without making the whole strap too stiff.

Do you find leather to be the best ?

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1 hour ago, Glaude said:

Do you find leather to be the best ?

My opinion is the leather is the best. I've owned a few straps that used other foam-like fillers and it made an otherwise very nice strap feel cheap.  The advantage of leather is that you can control the shape and thickness to achieve different effects. It does make the strap stiff at the beginning, but breaks in nicely. Give it some back and forth motion for a few minutes before you put it on the watch.

Cork may be a good option. I have never worked with it though.

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Flave

Impressive stuff. Congrats for following your passion 

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Cosmograph

Impressive work! Have to check your Etsy shop.

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On 1/6/2018 at 10:52, Flave said:

Impressive stuff. Congrats for following your passion 

Thanks so much!

On 1/11/2018 at 01:09, Cosmograph said:

Impressive work! Have to check your Etsy shop.

Thank you! I've been trying to get some newer stuff on there.

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On 1/7/2017 at 20:51, thorn697 said:

Finished strap number 3. Really happy with how this one turned out.

 

It's python with stingray keepers and tribal stitching. The stingray was surprisingly not that bad to cut.

 

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Love em!

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thorn697

It's been quite a while since I made a post here. I'ts been hard to find time between work and orders to make time to post. About two months ago I got a huge shipment of new leather to work with so lots more cool new styles to come.

Here are some recent works. 

hornback for gen Breguet  deployant

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full stitched stingray for Hamilton delpoyant 

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purple lizard for Nomos

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Why so serious?

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stingray for Apple Watch

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Laser engraved  custom dyed DBZ

 

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Double stitched alligator

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Assorted blue leathers

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The next investment I need is a camera and some lighting equipment. The Nomos pics put anything I can shoot to shame.

 

Hope you enjoyed

 

 

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