Kilt Belt

[A Hay]

Here are some pictures of my first attempt at a kilt belt.
From previous posts you may know that I'm into carving and stamping leather.

This design incorporates Celtic Knots with the Fluer-de-Lis. I plan on wearing it with a sporran with the Scottish Rampant Lion.

The belt still needs finish work and I have to solve some technical problems, but you can get an idea of what it will look like.
The leather belt blank came from Tandy Leather. It was originally 3 inches wide, but I cut it down to 2 1/4 inches and will use the 3/4 inch strip for a sporran strap.




I find it hard to get good color pictures. The true color is a dark medium brown antique stain.

[nixphotography]

Nice job it looks great.

Brett

[Blu (Ontario)]

Thats pretty cool!

What sort of buckle will you be puting with it?

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[Cinnabar]

Very impressive. I like the mixture of design styles. Keep up the good work.

[Panache]

It looks great! You certainly have a very steady hand with your iron. Out of curiosity, how did you cut a perfect 3/4" strip from the belt? Shears? Utility knife?

I'm looking forward to seeing the finished belt.

Cheers

[Caradoc]

Out of curiosity, how did you cut a perfect 3/4" strip from the belt?

I'd bet on a draw gauge. It's an implement with a blade in it that can be adjusted to the width of the belt you want, then you just drag the leather through it being careful to keep it snugged up against the "wall" side of the cutter.

This gives you a strip between the "wall" and the "blade" that is always the same width.

Here's a picture of the gadget:

[Panache]

Thanks Caradoc,

What little leather work I do is all sort of made up as I go along. I'm always interested in the how people do things the right way.

Cheers

[A Hay]

Thats pretty cool!

What sort of buckle will you be puting with it?

I plan on putting a rectangular kilt buckle on it. I already have a wide chestnut belt from Cavscout with a brass center bar buckle. (Very fine work!)

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It looks great! You certainly have a very steady hand with your iron. Out of curiosity, how did you cut a perfect 3/4" strip from the belt? Shears? Utility knife?

I'm looking forward to seeing the finished belt.

Cheers

I haven't invested in a draw knife yet. I have a 3 foot metal straight edge that I clamped to a table edge and used a standard utility knife. Shears don't give as good an edge to the leather. I did invest in a tool to take a thin edge off the side. It creates a bevel edge.

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone.

Tom

[David Dalglish]

Very classie

[Freelander Sporrano]

Are you using the celtic Knot program http://www.clanbadge.com/knots.htm
To make your designs ?