Strap Freaks!!!

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Small details...

Polishing the edges of your brushed buckles adds an extra dimension of finish and goes well with Panerai cases that combine brushed and polished surfaces. It only takes 20 minutes with a dremel and some good quality compound.

So you are using the felt Dremel bit with polishing rouge?

I usually use sandpaper... will try next time with the Dremel.

The inside edge of the buckles is especially so dangerous to the strap!

 

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So you are using the felt Dremel bit with polishing rouge?

I usually use sandpaper... will try next time with the Dremel.

The inside edge of the buckles is especially so dangerous to the strap!

Correct - I have a few different shapes of the felt Dremel bits to do the hard polishing and then finish off with the cloth buffing wheel.

For the inside edges I steal my girlfriends nail file thing...

 

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Correct - I have a few different shapes of the felt Dremel bits to do the hard polishing and then finish off with the cloth buffing wheel.

For the inside edges I steal my girlfriends nail file thing...

The trusty ol'emery stick saves the day yet again.

 

[RepIseek]

New to me XL Swords strap on 312. I love these long straps and gpf buckles!

 

[patnaboy]

@RepIseek Agreed. Definitely like more tail on my straps. Your strap on my 89

 

[RepIseek]

@RepIseek Agreed. Definitely like more tail on my straps. Your strap on my 89

I love it! And thank you for sharing, it looks badass on your 89.

 

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Another DHL delivery day from Cordes.

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Buckle repair on my early Kostas vintage, dark olive Horween cxl, 'killer' vintage Gustav ammo, dark red dyed Gustav ammo, Carlo Badalassi, butter Horween, 'virgin' Gustav ammo pre-v style

 

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A couple more arrived today from Lim Kok Peng (M75) in Kuala Lumpur. One light grey croc 26mm and one custom painted / distressed calf leather with dark grey stitching for my 44m Ti's. I spec'd both with his uniquely shaped sewn in buckle with the M75 logo.

 

[RepIseek]

Another DHL delivery day from Cordes.

L>R
Buckle repair on my early Kostas vintage, dark olive Horween cxl, 'killer' vintage Gustav ammo, dark red dyed Gustav ammo, Carlo Badalassi, butter Horween, 'virgin' Gustav ammo pre-v style

The color of the dark olive Horween and the Badalassi are amazing!

 

[RepIseek]

Another long boy!

 

[patnaboy]

@RepIseek Another great strap . Here is a pic with my franken 25A.

 

[RepIseek]

@RepIseek Another great strap . Here is a pic with my franken 25A.

So cool, I love the versatility of these straps. It will continue to live on! Now I just need more 44mm PAMs!

 

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Another long boy!

Looks great! That strap length is definitely not long for your wrist. What is your wrist size? 19.5cm? The strap is 155/85mm if I remember...

 

[RepIseek]

Looks great! That strap length is definitely not long for your wrist. What is your wrist size? 19.5cm? The strap is 155/85mm if I remember...

Thank you, pretty close! 19.5-20cm ish. And it really does fit perfect!

 

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Once in a while a strap arrives that doesn't meet expectations - however I will say that 90% of the time I've been completely happy.

I recently ordered a couple of custom straps from Kok Peng Lim as I love his technique. One of the straps is a medium grey crocodile - I had seen a couple of similar straps on his instagram feed & thought they looked amazing. Anyway when it arrived I was surprised that the strap had a gloss finish, rather than the mat / low sheen finish I had expected. Quite ugly actually and I knew I'd never wear it even though the strap itself is beautifully made and finished.

So I decided to take out the scotch brite pads and see if I could knock off the gloss... Note that it's really important to tape off the stitching and edge coat as the abrasive pad will damage both. I also made sure to brush the pad in a single direction and was careful to bend the strap to get into the grain between scale sections.

20 minutes later and the result is amazing IMO - the gator has taken on a very unique marble like finish with a significantly lighter colour tone.

 

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Organizing the addiction...

 

[Andrey_PAM]

Organizing the addiction...

That's what I understand the collection ))) bravo.

 

[pf78]

new straps from a random leathermaker in china

 

[Andrey_PAM]

"La Bomba", does not deserve such a terrible strap)

 

[pf78]

What's 'wrong' with the straps from your pov? Personally I'm not a huge fan of leather straps at the moment and imo canvas fits pams very well