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    A Guide to Making a Leather Belt - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Belts
    A Guide to Making a Leather Belt - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Belts
    A Guide to Making a Leather Belt - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Belts
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    A Guide to Making a Leather Belt - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Belts

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    This vintage handbook offers insights into the fundamental practice of leathercraft, with a special focus on the leather belt. This early collection on leather craft includes articles that would be both expensive and hard to find. It contains easy to follow instructions on making leather belts, and of the designs and techniques involved. Contents include: Leather Crafting - Belts - Fundamentals of Leathercraft - How to Make Braided and Link Belts - Link Belt. Extensively illustrated with photographs and instructional diagrams, it is suited to the leatherwork novice and enthusiast alike, with many details still of practical use today. We are republishing this rare work in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, featuring reproductions of the original artwork and a newly written introduction.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 29, 2013
    ISBN9781447483137
    A Guide to Making a Leather Belt - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Belts

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      A Guide to Making a Leather Belt - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Belts - Read Books Ltd.

      Belts

      Belts

      ANY OF THE BELTS shown in Fig. 137 may be made by following the operations for the three projects taken up in this chapter. Some are suitable for boys and men, while others are desirable for girls and women.

      Fig. 138. Materials for Stamped Belt

      DETAILS OF BELT ASSEMBLY

      Fig. 139. Details of Belt Assembly

      Belt 1, Fig. 137, is easily made by utilizing scrap materials and it can produce a novelty effect if a variety of leather, as well as colors, is used in the many links. This type of belt is popular with girls and women.

      Belts 2, 3, and 4, Fig. 137, involve braiding in either five- or eight-strand design. The second project describes and illustrates extensively the various processes required for making these belts. Belt 2 will prove popular with girls if the leather is in such colors as red and blue.

      Belts 5 and 6 have stamped and embossed designs, made with the stamps and embossing wheels available.

      STAMPED BELT

      Materials required (Fig. 138):

      Essential tools (Fig. 12):

      background stamps (23), cement applier (15), draw gauge (19), edge creaser (24), embossing wheel and carriage (12),

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