LifterCatcher

Those look very nice

[borat voice] Very NICCCCE

Here are some shots with the strap on my trusty 005, not the watch I would pick for the strap but you guys get the idea. It wears very well.

and also for those who asked the strap measures

145 / 80mm 24/24 5mm thick

Dude...that straps is a piece of history .....it's and yours.

It deserved the time spent on it and what a result.....excellent craftsmanship!!!

Fish,

Thanks a lot, I agree it deserves all the time it took. I really had to think twice about cutting up the pack, because it is a piece of history.

Catcher

Eeeer, excuse me sir, but that strap is amazing, specially the way you use the keepers. Congrats.

Thanks a lot Turbo, the keepers give it that final touch

Catcher

I will post some pictures tomorrow of the strap on my 005

Working on incorporating the date "1917" stamp into a strap

That is Great work there ... also super nice pictures ...

Laz

Thanks a lot, I had a lot of fun taking those pictures.

Well worth the eight hours it took to make.

Beautiful strap.

Great looking strap, very well made congrats! What's the size of it?

I will measure it for you when I get off work and post the measurments

Doesn't that hurt?

Excellent strap, btw... think you can do one to fit me? At an hour an inch you might just need 2 Corona's and a massage when you're done.

LOL I pourch........... I can make one to fit you no problem

The strap is perfectly cool !!!!

BTW, Do you have any pictures of the ammo pouch before it become the straps?

A very nice looking and intersting strap, i like the way you have used the old fasteners to make the keepers.

Me too.....I think it;s the best part of the strap. Gives it a lot of character

Did you happen to find the ammo pouch on ebay? If so, give us a link or pic to what you started with.

-brent

See above pictures, found the pouch from a WW1 collector

Great looking strap, for sure. You'll really enjoy that one for years! But, that's a lot of work for ONE Corona!

Had more than one

nice but it would be better to see it on a watch.

Will post some pictures with it on my 005. It would look really great on a "fiddy" to bad I dont have one

Thanks a lot for all the great comments everyone............... going to make a few more ammo straps this week. Shoot me a PM if you would like to buy one. I can make 4 more.

Catcher

Very nice....and now I want to go to the beach as well.

Thanks a lot everyone, I want to go to the beach also, but I am stuck in the mid west had to bring the beach to me

Let me start by saying that this was no easy feat. This was by far the most challenging task that I have done when it comes to making a strap.

The ammo pouch does not have very much leather to actually work with. It took over two hours to disassemble one pouch of the pack. I know understand why this pouch has held up through thick and thin. It is built like an army tank, big huge tight stitches all the way around the pouch, extra stitching at every joint.

Once I finally got the pouch taken apart, I studied the leather that I had to work with for some time. Mapping out the strap and where I would have to cut to make this work. I knew I only had one chance and that if I made just one little mistake the leather would be useless. I got it all mapped out and took a deep breath and made my first cut. Sat back mapped it out some more and made another cut.

It took eight total hours after getting the pouch taken apart to make this strap. I was exhausted after it was done and sat on my pouch with a Corona looking at this wonderful master piece. Well you guys tell me what you think I think this is my best one yet.

TTT for a great thread

I am, Pelican cases are the best there are!! Gotta couple of GLOCKS that I could use them for

I placed the order today--once the search started working again I dug up the info I needed.

Well what did you find? How long to get the mods done and who does them?

Thanks

Great proposal.......Great outcome.

Can't wait to get the leather it's gonna be sweet.

Catcher

Sweet

Good thickness

I would love to take some or all of it off your hands if you are willing to pass them along. I think I can work with 7-9" of leather, and will make and send you some straps for the leather

Thanks

Catcher

Just finished one for a Paneritsi.

Turned out really good

Catcher

You need to look at Frogmans Tutorial on Repgeek it is by far the best out there hands down.

Also Repgeek has a new section just deditcated to making straps

http://www.repgeek.com/showthread.php?t=16557

http://www.repgeek.com/showthread.php?t=15327

Best advise that I can give you is take your time and then take some more time.

Cut straight and practice. Stitching is the hardest part for me and it takes TONS of practice to get it to look good.

I just started making straps let me know if you need any advice or help

Catcher

Pictures please

taking the term "go fly a kite" to the next level post some pics of your kites and flying very intresting sounding.

Oh and welcome

I can say, beyond any doubt, a finer group of people on the net would be impossible to find.

Welcome to RWG.

VERY TRUE

For FUK sake what camera is that just look at your arm hair?

From the pics it looks like a rep of the rep.

Poorly engraved rotor and screw down crown....

Your avatar makes me shiver

This entire thread makes me smile and feel warm inside just awesome

OMG please someone tell me where I can buy one those are just wonderful

KICK ASS