The strap is made from 4mm veg tanned leather from Geenhalgh Tannery in Hadden,Vic http://www.gretannery.com.au/. ( a fantastic family business that i was able to visit and hand pick 2 Veg tan sides from while on holidays ).
I used the 3" guitar templates I ordered from Black river Laser http://www.blackriverlaser.com/ in America. ( This company is recommended in http://leatherworker.net/content/ by "chief" and the templates are fantastic.).
The design I tooled onto the leather was one i found on the internet. The dye is Eco Flow Midnight Black all in one. The Tooling on the extension strap is a Tri basket weave with a sun burst boarder.
Finally the entire strap is completed with a Mexican Round Braid using Black lace from the Greenhalgh tannery. The Mexican Round Braid techniques i use were done exactly as described by Chief in his Youtube lacing tutorials. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuX2jZ5EzU. For anyone learning how to apply this technique these videos are fantastic...you will not find better..thanks Ken.
The back of the strap is lined with black felt.
All up, including drying, the project took me about 10 hrs and I enjoyed every minute.
A special thanks goes out to Chief (Ken) and Cheryl (Double C) from Leathercrafter.net for help and advise.
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| Strap on my guitar |
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| 3" Guitar strap |
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| Close up of tri basket weave & lacing |
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| mexican round braid |
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