2nd attemp at making leather strap for my super avenger

[gary hubbard]

i wanted a croco strap for my breitling but didn,t want to pay the price .so had a go at making 1 my self . 2nd is with normal black leather . but use bought a old vintage croco bag off ebay to make the strap i want . its just come and i stipped it down the croco leather looks in great nick . just need a breitling buuckle if any 1 can help .

[Miguel Alvarez]

Looks really good. I've been thinking about doing this recently. How did you go about it if you don't mind me asking?

I was thinking map out the shapes of the strap and then cut with a knife.
Insert a foam of sorts inbetween the two strips of leather.
Glue
Pin prick some holes for sewing and then sew with waxed thread.

[gary hubbard]

didn,t use foam just 3 layers of leather glued cut with a stanley knife . ends up about 4.5mm thick .iam an upholsterer and car trimmer so i used my sewnin machine to sew round the edge then hand sewn to finish . did,t use wax tread ,only doin it for my self so didn,t want to spend loads .i was surprised how good it has turned out .

[Miguel Alvarez]

Ok. I was thinking of the foam as I like the straps with the raised middles for want of a better term.

Your one certainly looks the business. I'm impressed.

Can a regular sewing machine be used or would something like that require a more heavy duty piece of machinery?

[gary hubbard]

i only have a big industrail machine . i have been on other sites and they hand sew round the outside . but u need punches to do the . the punch stamps out about 12 holes at a time .just thought if you wanted to use foam . u could use laminate floor foam thats about the right thickness

[Miguel Alvarez]

Cheers Gary, I'll give that a look in.

[RemainAllHoof]

gary hubbard said:

iam an upholsterer and car trimmer

No wonder it looks so good.

[Importr]

Nice work there! You should make Panerai straps and sell on eBay.
By the way, how do they seal the edges?

For a Breitling-esque croco strap, look here
you need to be a registered trader to buy it though...


www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/10/0/2520/4712.aspx

Edited by Importr on Tuesday 5th April 15:58