The whole process of a J&E bridle leather belt

Author: Gao Wei Taobao store: https://s.click.taobao.com/rdFpeLwMaterials: J&E horse rein belt https://s.click.taobao.com/TX5qeLwTaobao password￥h459bg57TF2￥Titanium alloy belt buckle https://s.click.taobao.com/LCfpeLwTaobao password￥m116bg5RRe3￥Titanium screws https://s.click.taobao.com/iywpeLwTaobao password￥VySubg57K4Z￥Tools: long ruler 150cm, leather knife 2, Backing plate 1, template 2, punch 3, edge trimmer 1, sandpaper 5, edge sealing liquid 1 Today I will make a J&E horse rein belt. Handmade horse rein belts are often seen on a certain website, and the selling price is quite high. All the items available are discounts of tens of dollars. Is this really coordinated? The so-called good horse with a good saddle, something like a buckle that occupies the most conspicuous position on the waist of the human body and can be used for a lifetime if you are not careful, how can you just throw away a few tens of dollars.

J&E Horse Reining The straps are of a higher grade, so the choice of buckles cannot be ignored. I have three buckles on hand. The top is a 20 yuan steel buckle, the bottom left is a 150 yuan pure titanium buckle, and the bottom right is a 330 yuan titanium alloy buckle. The craftsmanship The difference is huge. Among other things, the buckle pins are very different. The titanium alloy buckle pins and the round rods are closely matched, with almost no room for swing, while the other two pins are extremely crooked. If it is a belt strip worth fifty yuan, I will use the top buckle. If it is a belt strip worth one hundred and ten yuan, I will use the left buckle. For high-end products such as horse reins, I will use the right titanium alloy buckle.

Look at the reverse side : There are words on the back of the steel buckle above. This is extremely unscientific and will damage the belt strip. The edge of the blade is very sharp and may hurt your hands accidentally. The titanium buckle on the lower left is sandblasted. After all, it is produced in a factory. The pursuit of efficiency is what the factory is keen on. The cost of sandblasting is very low, and factory polishing requires dozens or hundreds of products. Throw them into the shot blasting machine and turn them around. It was completed in a few hours and only cost a little electricity. The titanium alloy buckle on the lower right is completely hand-ground. This process is only used on high-end goods. For example, when repairing ancient Japanese swords, hand-grinding is used.

The straps I bought are not very straight, which is not suitable for someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder like me. It is said to be intolerable, but fortunately there is a way. Buy a wider one and cut it into narrow ones. First use a long ruler to mark the knife mark, and then use a homemade leather knife to cut along the knife mark.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is Troublesome, I think the incision will not be vertical after one cut. I just hold the knife vertically for a few millimeters to cut. It’s very tiring.

Strip cutting Its over, so gray and straight.

Cut below For the tail, two homemade tools will be used. There is a slot in the middle of the red backing plate, and the belt can be stuck in the slot. The two ends of the metal template have different tail shapes, and the hole in the middle is used for drilling and positioning.

Use the knife smoothly Just make a shallow cut with the template. The metal template is CNC machined, which ensures the absolute symmetry of the belt tail.

This is the lead There are three types of punches used on the template and belt. When drilling, just put the punch into the template and use a nylon hammer to hammer it.

Perforated belt.

The edge trimmer trims the edges. When I got to the end of cutting, I remembered that I hadn’t taken a photo yet, so I quickly took a photo.

The front and back edges are trimmed four times on the left and right sides. The density of the reins is indeed very good.

In the arduous grinding stage, the sandpaper is polished from coarse to fine until the leather edges on both sides of the strip are round and smooth. .

Follow it The tail is cut by hand using the knife marks made in the previous steps, and the head is cut in the same way, so the picture is omitted.

Beveling the head and tail of the strip, followed by grinding the sandpaper from coarse to fine, the process is the same as the above-mentioned edge grinding process on both sides of the strip Consistent.

Dip a cotton swab into the edge sealing liquid and apply it on the leather edge, The glass bottle and the metal pad below are glued together with all-purpose glue to prevent the glass bottle from accidentally knocking over.

400 grit sandpaper Polish the leather edge that has been coated with edge sealing liquid (the right side is polished, and the bright left side has not yet been polished). Then apply edge sealing fluid and sand with 800-grit sandpaper. Then apply edge sealing liquid and sand with 1000 grit sandpaper. Then apply edge sealing liquid and sand with a log stick. Finally, use cotton cloth to polish the leather edges. The entire edge sealing process takes about three hours.

Suffered After a long process of edge sealing, the leather edge finally achieved a shiny and discernible effect. This kind of hand-sealed edge will never crack in a lifetime, which is completely different from the oil edge process in the factory.

Take out the super The exquisite titanium alloy buckle is also made of titanium to match the screws.

Attach the buckle Head, I found that the discount is very bright, the texture is super strong, and the workmanship is impeccable. The price of more than 300 yuan is completely worth it.

It is very bright and transparent, and the lines are beautiful.

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It is already dark, and the loops of a belt have not been finished yet. Not a single belt has been completed in a day. At this time, it seems that there are a thousand mythical beasts. It roared in my ears. The process of making leather loops is similar to that of belt strips. The edges are trimmed, sanded, and sealed over and over again. I will skip it here. Tips: There is no high technical content in making belts. The key is Carefulness and patience, as well as an attitude of not giving up until things are done well, are the four words of excellence.

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