New Idea for the Belt Loop

[1961MJS]

Hi
I made new belts for myself and two friends.  I used Barry King tools down the middle of the 1 1/2 inch belts.  I've also been working on 3:10 to Yuma holster and cartridge belt, as well as using that pattern for plain old belts.  I came up with the idea of using the same tooling for the Belt Loops as is going down the middle of the belt.

I thought it came out pretty well.  The two book end belts are 2 coats of EVOO and a LONG TIME in the sun.  The finish is Bag Kote on both.  The center belt is two coats of Neats Foot oil and finished in Bag Kote also. 

Later


Later

[Major 2]

those are some handsome belts !

[Silver Creek Slim]

Nice!

Slim

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Looking good. Meander patterns are of the more interesting ones. They're also one of the more challenging ones to get right. Yours look good. Nice work.

Around the turn of the 20th century, meanders were used on straps and keepers like you did. It makes them more interesting. Here's a photo of an early 20th century holster that has a meander pattern on the loops as well as for a border design.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Nice example Will, finding old gun leather like this is like finding gold for a lot of us, the meander was used quite a lot in the period up and into the nineteen hundreds, good share ...

[1961MJS]

Thanks Will
I like the Meander stamps pretty well.  The small ones are harder to get straight.
Later

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Nice example Will, finding old gun leather like this is like finding gold for a lot of us, the meander was used quite a lot in the period up and into the nineteen hundreds, good share ...

Thanks. Gold for sure.

Thanks Will
I like the Meander stamps pretty well.  The small ones are harder to get straight.
Later

Yeah, smaller does take more to get right. I made a double meander stamp and it was actually easier than a single. Of course, it was significantly larger.

[Graveyard Jack]

What I like about meanders is that they're rooted in ancient Greece and Egypt (a lot of overlap there). You'll find patterns like that on temple walls, pottery and all sorts of other material wealth. A lot of our border stamps are based on Egyptian palmette patterns.