Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

[Rudie]

Impressive. Wish I had a suit like that.

 

[herringbonekid]

great work Nick.

 

[1mach1]

great work Nick.

+1

 

[Gairdner]

Here's one of a few leather belts I have made - for the wife of a very good friend. Gratis, naturallly.





Made from 5mm thick English pit-tanned leather and 1 1/2" wide. It was dyed top side only with Fiebings Professional Walnut Oil Dye and their black Edge-Kote. Copper saddler's rivets and super strong, synthetic, dark brown tiger thread fully stitched through the leather loop. The entire belt was then subjected to several coats of Fiebings Resolene to seal in the sye and add some water resistance. The buckle is a vintage English-made solid brass Buxton type from the 70's. I also included a solid brass slide just in case the belt end hung inconveniently between belt loops.

I've just ordered a very nice looking piece of 6mm thick Dark Brown veg tanned Buffalo hide from which I hope to make a 1 3/4" wide heavy belt for myself. I've had this huge and very heavy solid brass with steel prong buckle in just the right size and so far I hope to construct it with 70lb breaking strain artificial sinew and solid brass saddler's rivets which I managed to procure from the USA.

Lastly but by no means least, I promised my daughter a nice red belt for her jeans with a shiny silver buckle so have ordered some dyed through leather today and just have to get a 1" nickel roller buckle sorted then I'll be good to go. Of course, I'll make the bairn's one first. Honest.....

Hope you like it,
Graeme

 

[Nick D]

Thanks, gents I've started a pair of houndstooth trousers, then I think I'm going to do another 3 piece in another style.

 

[Feraud]

Here's one of a few leather belts I have made - for the wife of a very good friend. Gratis, naturallly.

Made from 5mm thick English pit-tanned leather and 1 1/2" wide. It was dyed top side only with Fiebings Professional Walnut Oil Dye and their black Edge-Kote. Copper saddler's rivets and super strong, synthetic, dark brown tiger thread fully stitched through the leather loop. The entire belt was then subjected to several coats of Fiebings Resolene to seal in the sye and add some water resistance. The buckle is a vintage English-made solid brass Buxton type from the 70's. I also included a solid brass slide just in case the belt end hung inconveniently between belt loops.

I've just ordered a very nice looking piece of 6mm thick Dark Brown veg tanned Buffalo hide from which I hope to make a 1 3/4" wide heavy belt for myself. I've had this huge and very heavy solid brass with steel prong buckle in just the right size and so far I hope to construct it with 70lb breaking strain artificial sinew and solid brass saddler's rivets which I managed to procure from the USA.

Lastly but by no means least, I promised my daughter a nice red belt for her jeans with a shiny silver buckle so have ordered some dyed through leather today and just have to get a 1" nickel roller buckle sorted then I'll be good to go. Of course, I'll make the bairn's one first. Honest.....

Hope you like it,
Graeme

Love it! Great job on the belt. It will last forever.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Trousers, MkI. Heavy chocolate 100% cotton drill, approximately the same weight as found in British military gear 1940s-50s. Cotton pocketing and waistband liner. Vintage composite buttons. I used a mixture of Poulin, CPG and MTOC drafts/instructions with some modifications to the basic draft to suit my design. Inspiration was Trousers, Airman's, Khaki Drill, 1950 Pattern, a less common variant on the well known Trousers, Khaki Drill, 1950 Pattern. I made them too long for myself just in case they turned out good enough to sell. Anyone 30 waist, 30 inseam, who's interested please PM.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Fit. Obviously too long in the legs for me. Rise is just short of 13 inches.

 

[Fastuni]

Good work. Is it a kind of "milk chocolate" color, or did the photos just turn out a bit bright?

Regarding length... full cuffs should do the trick.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The colour's accurate so yes a chocolate brown. I have similar weight drill in a dark brown too, and some a little bit heavier in a slightly more russet shade.

The trouser model is intended to be cuffless. I did a pair for myself with cuffs and tbh the cuffless look better, IMO.

 

[Metatron]

They look good Baron. Similar double pleated, fob pocketed setup to my 1950s Burton trousers.
Even though they are too long for you, I can see them looking good with workwear style turn ups.
I bought all my swedish work trousers a bit too long for this purpose.

Edit: Ah Fastuni beat me to it.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Thanks for the kind comments chaps. I suspect the pocket in your Burton's troos will be set into the waistband rather than cut into the pleats?

I'll get some pics of the other pair (with turnups and slightly different pocket arrangement) and we can agree to disagree. My first pair have now been relegated to gardening trousers; they are so inferior to these it's not even funny, and are not fit for public consumption.shakeshead

 

[Metatron]

I did not see your post about them looking better without cuffs. Not contesting it. But post away by all means!
Yes, it's in the waistband.

 

[Nick D]

Nice, BK. I especially like the use of vintage buttons, and the wide waistband.

 

[Annixter]

Great job, BK.

 

[Two Types]

BK: I like the wide waistband. I'm guessing that was a specific feature of the military trouser. One of my basic trouser patterns (that has been copied by my trouser make over many years) has that width of waistband: I'm guessing the original trouser-maker was similarly inspired by military designs of the period.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The width is similar to the military troos, yes. The 1950/52 pattern trousers are the cross-over belt type so I've not copied directly. While it's (cross-over belts) a nice feature, it's not really suitable for dressier trousers. My draft calls for a waistband about half this width which didn't cut the mustard on one of my early prototypes.

 

[simonc]

Empty your inbox bk and respond to post Events, ta.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

inbox cleared up.

 

[Two Types]

The 1950/52 pattern trousers are the cross-over belt type so I've not copied directly. While it's (cross-over belts) a nice feature, it's not really suitable for dressier trousers.

Whilst not suitable for dressier trousers, the cross over belt would look splendid on white cotton casual summer trousers (complete with white plimsoles, aertex shirt, neckerchief and yacht).