Cant decide which way to go...
non matching
or matching
and for the strap:
I found making buckle and strap is a lot of fun.
So this time i tried hand make both buckle and strap complete with the stamp on the buckle...except i use laser engraving instead
after some vector drawing...
first cut wasnt perfect...ouch! crooked engraving :?
second cut, come out better after long critique and pointer at the picture :thumbdown:
thinking hard for DLC or PVD coating...
oh well its my trial anyway, so i decided to use cheap aerosol flat black
...yeah not bad, all the engraving wasnt deep enough, ill make it better later
trying to mimic the coinage edges by hand with file n sandpaper
this process took so much energy
tongue installed and painted flat black
cutting and mark lines some old sheet of leather that skid gave me for the top layer, buckle installed.
I used stiff thick piece of leather under neat
I copy the construction of pre Vendome strap
notice the difference with vintage 3 folds on the buckle side and 2 fold on long side
glue n press
oh my, this far i forgot to bend the buckle & tongue :lolno:
so re-open the guled strap, bend the buckle and re-glue
adding single loose keeper, the final result pre stitching n edge kote
i aged the buckle a little, the black paint was strip litely at corner n tip of the tongue
non matching
or matching
and for the strap:
I found making buckle and strap is a lot of fun.
So this time i tried hand make both buckle and strap complete with the stamp on the buckle...except i use laser engraving instead
after some vector drawing...
first cut wasnt perfect...ouch! crooked engraving :?
second cut, come out better after long critique and pointer at the picture :thumbdown:
thinking hard for DLC or PVD coating...
oh well its my trial anyway, so i decided to use cheap aerosol flat black
...yeah not bad, all the engraving wasnt deep enough, ill make it better later
trying to mimic the coinage edges by hand with file n sandpaper
this process took so much energy
tongue installed and painted flat black
cutting and mark lines some old sheet of leather that skid gave me for the top layer, buckle installed.
I used stiff thick piece of leather under neat
I copy the construction of pre Vendome strap
notice the difference with vintage 3 folds on the buckle side and 2 fold on long side
glue n press
oh my, this far i forgot to bend the buckle & tongue :lolno:
so re-open the guled strap, bend the buckle and re-glue
adding single loose keeper, the final result pre stitching n edge kote
i aged the buckle a little, the black paint was strip litely at corner n tip of the tongue
