Buckles

Finally I have finished my buckles. However the basic shape is machine cut, they are 100% finished by hands using files, sandpaper and vice, NO grinders and other electric tools. Actually I have not ever seen truly handmade buckles. Even though they are 5mm thick! and are not bent, they fit as well good or even better than bent ones, as they are hand filed on the back side - you can see it on the 3rd picture, actually I have a free workout for myself while doing that:)

I use my buckles daily, and to be honest I cant imagine using any others.

From the left:

Golem Footprint, Moon Dust, Be the King, Lord of Steel, Turtle Shell, Individualist, Harpoon, Camel, Eagle's Claw, Boss.

This is how they were looking before hand work.

Below links to pictures of each buckle:

Golem Footprint - picture

Moon Dust - picture

Be the King - picture

Lord of Steel - picture

Turtle Shell - picture

Individualist - picture

Harpoon - picture

Camel - picture

Eagle's Claw - picture

Boss - picture

Bravery

According to past times I have created Bravery strap. It comes with stitched Maltese cross on loose keeper, which symbolizes 8 points of courage. Strap is actually a little bit longer, as shield makes wrist circumference larger. To sum up it is extra comfortable and unique strap with a knight character.

Freedom

To me eagles are so stunning, proud birds, beautiful and free while flying. I was so excited about them that I decided to make Freedom strap. You can see on the picture eagle head - eye and beak, stitching similar to wings. It is definitely one of my favorite straps.

Feng Shui, Wu Xing and the Fire element

Feng Shui uses the theory of Wu Xing - the five elements theory. This strap represents the Fire element. Just to have a choice which one to use it comes with two loose keepers with characteristic fire design, also both with flame stitched. I had a really great time making it.

Thanks for watching, enjoy:)

Ace of Spades

A little bit of hazard this time. Every one like to have Ase of Spades in hand, in order to possibility having it on your hand I have combined leather and cards. 'A' letters, spades, black thread make it one and only manly strap Farther stitched spade on the loose keeper additionally made strap more characteristic and unique.

Couldn't refrain from putting on the picture Johny Walker 12(14) years old from anniversary edition "100 years of the striding man".

Synergy

Beautiful brown leather color, brown thread, some unusual and considered stitching makes strap very elegant. Thanks for watching, enjoy:)

Sea and adventure - Barbarossa

Now something related to sea and adventure - sailing. Strap's name is Barbarossa. Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha was one of the most famous pirates ever. However it is not the only one connection with sailing. Strap is actually cut along the edge (you can see it on the picture), jus like a ripped sail, and stitched using method which is used to repair ripped sails.

Moon Collector

I do not know how about You my friend, but for me this is one of the straps that truly stimulates imagination. It was a huge pleasure for me to put idea from my mind into reality. If you like it come back soon as I have almost finished very unusual buckle for it.

Thanks for watching, enjoy :)

Whispering Forest strap

Whispering forest is very special strap. You can see there a big tree and the skull which is made from branches. Moreover whole "drawing" is visible only from proper angle when light reflects to your eyes directly, otherwise it is actually "hidden".

Engineer and the ASCII code

Today I would like to present you Engineer strap. Well, it was pretty time consuming to came up with this design. Probably during watching it you will notice that there are a lot of 0 and 1 numbers - its the ASCII code which I used to mark strap with its name and the date of finishing it. Every sequence of 8 numbers represents each letter of the Engineer and the date - 26.02.2010, I hope 3rd picture shows it briefly. More info about ASCII code you can easily find using google search.

Enjoy and thanks for watching!

Mind of Steel

Finally, after a lot of hours I have finished Mind of Steel strap!
Loose keeper has "M" stitch - the first letter of strap's name.
Hope you like my vision how mind of steel may look like.
Enjoy!

Messenger's Relic

I would like to share with you Messenger's Relic strap with completely unique stitching ( I have never seen it before). So it is probably the first strap ever made using this technique.

Calmness

Yesterday I have found some free time for myself so I decided to get needles, threads and finish one strap.
Meet Calmness strap :)

The foretaste: Mind of Steel - Head & Stone's Eye buckles

I have been busy lately. However I have written below that some new works are coming.
So I share with you 2 new 5mm thick buckles. First(Stone's Eye) for my straps for testing, second (Mind of Steel-Head) specially designed and made for one of my new straps. More posts soon. Keep visiting:)

Little pleasure for myself

My old key fob's chain had broken so I decided to make a new one.

Oak's Oath

One of my recent handmade straps. Picture made with G1 phone so it does not show all details.
Beautiful colour achieved thanks to the Sun :)

Shoot the breeze

I havent written here for couple of weeks...so I decided to put sth here ;)
Picture You can see below was taken on the sailing voyage. I had a great time there. Fresh fishes, hot sun, moving thanks to wind power, sleeping on a boat, drinking beer, laughing with each others - who wants more?

Later, when I got back to home, besides reading books etc I decided to make some new straps as I received new leather... Pictures soon :)

Emblem of Shadow

I have found some time to make new dark grey leather strap with black stitching, and here is the final effect.
Enjoy :)

Workout with : sand paper, holder, metal files

Polishing, making edges oval to prevent from wearing out strap done with those:

Yes, i know that I could use drill with sandpaper for better effect, but i didnt:)
Below Iron Shell and Steel Horn buckles.

No more work today.

The work goes even on and on...

I would like to present You My PRECIOUS - my first buckle. I have called it Iron Shell, and I think it realy rocks.
Yeah I feel absolutely great when I look at my wrist.

Iron Shell - Buckles !!

After hours of thinking, projecting, and waiting I have almost made my first buckles.
However a lot of work to do - polishing, getting edges more oval etc...
Some of them are sewed in, other has 5mm thick !!
I hope to finish them asap :)
First effects soon ...

Armageddon's Breath

Although I do not have so much time I have made Armageddon's Breath.
I hope You like it ;)

Dark Side of The Moon

Tribute to Pink Floyd.

Friends together

All ended with knot inside the leather.
Wax layer applied.
Polished edges.
Worker, Abrasion Shroud dyed with traditional methods combined with my own experience. ( no paints used ).
... and as always ... 100% handmade.