Couldn't find any tidbit through the search engine using any combo of words. Man, don't type just "leather" in there! !
Anyway, I know I will be doing a group of dead geese in the next few months. I will need to buy a leather game strap to hang them (by the feet)and will "age" the strap to make it look older. Trying to get that antique look. I'm sure I can figure a way to "McGyver" the aging of the strap. Just wondering if anyone has a good and proven way to relatively quickly age one. Also if anyone knows of a good source to buy these straps, let me know. By good I mean, ones that are all leather with no "modern" materials such as plastic or nylon. I know there are a myriad of outfitters that sell items like this, just thought someone knew of one offhand that sells one that may be more conducive to what I am trying to achieve (and hopefully doesn't cost 50 bucks).
Thanks,
Davey J
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I buy blank belts from Tandy Leather along with leather shoe strings. I also buy the finishing snaps, one inch "D" rings, and tools from them. I cut the belt about 14 inches long and punch a hole in the end tab and about 2 inches down. Then I install the snap male and female so that the belt is folded under and the raw edge is against the wall. Then I install the "D" ring and snap it shut so that it's my hanger.
Next I start punching holes one inch apart (1/4 inch back inside the edge) down both sides of the belt. Then I take the leather shoe strings and loop them through one set of holes for each shoestring. Next I see how much string I'm going to need and by skipping every other set of holes, I can keep the birds apart. As I get them mounted, I loop their legs and secure the shoe laces with an overhand loop knot. When my string is finished, each goose has been raised or lowered by the length of the shoe laces to where his show side is best shown.
OR you could get the L.L. Bean catalog or some of those other high dollar ones and pay $40 or $60 for the real things that won't show your geese in their best light.
WHOOAAAA. Sorry about the response title. Its just that I've spent the last several hours, kicking a few back, and reading past posts to gleen as much wisdom (and I'm not being sarcastic) as I can - I'm back in the 2001 posts. I was starting to get blury-eyed (from reading, not kicking back) so I thought I would take a break and check to see if anyone responded to this post. I just wasn't prepared to read detailed instructions on how NASA proposes to fix the space shuttle problem. Sorry, my mindframe at this moment isn't there to really grasp these instructions (but I do get the drift - I'll re-read it later).
Making my own strap is an option I have considered. What I end up doing depends on what I find in the mail order mags. Since I am not commercial, and only mount for my own sake, I will probably only need one or two "straps" in my lifetime so I will probably end up paying top dollar for one. However, if I don't find what I like or won't part with my money, I have no qualms with making my own - I like McGyvering stuff. In that case, I will use your guidance - I have already printed this off to add to my THICK file from this forum.
AND NOW GEORGE, to paraphrase an old quote from this forum, I'm gonna blow some roses up your a$$. And I think this may be a first in this forum as past threads concerning your "input" have not always been so "rosey". (I suspect that deep down you're upset that someone else took the author name "Old Fart" before you could claim it). I personally, really RESPECT anybody who takes the time, yet alone has the ability, to "McGyver" something - be it an alternative method to fix or "reproduce" something. Ingenuity becomes progress. I wholeheartedly agree with past posts that too many people "go with the flow" or "follow the herd" and don't stop to think on their own about how to do something. The fact that you also took the time to explain how to do something in such a detailed manner says something.
Joking about the compliment. I was just butterring you up for when I later ask if you to gift me a Bald Eagle.
Thanks again,
Davey J
I don't every want to be an "Old Fart". I don't ever want to grow up.