Post by rockhard on Apr 11, 2006 21:40:33 GMT -5
I hope I'm putting this in the right place, seems like it would be related to cabbing...
I've been searching for belt buckles that I can make my own stones for. But, all I can find is western, or other style blanks with lots of design and patterning, usually with only a place for a standard oval cab. Some of those are nice, but most of my friends and family would want something more angular, simpler, contemporary... not sure of the words I'm looking for but those sort of work.
Ideally, I'd be looking for something plainer, or even just a solid rim around a flat back for a stone that covers the whole buckle. Like those made for tooled leather squares, but not curved like those (Not sure I could get into hours and hours of trying to grind a matching curve in the back of a slab!)
Looking through secondhand stores and ebay for buckles, so I could remove the existing stone and replace it, has given me some ideas but not turned up much so far.
I'd want fairly heavy solid built ones, either two part screw-on or one the kind that has a solid bezel you roll over all the way around the stone. Don't want to depend on just glue or prongs. Do any of you know of places that might sell such a thing?
Thanks,
Vince
I've been searching for belt buckles that I can make my own stones for. But, all I can find is western, or other style blanks with lots of design and patterning, usually with only a place for a standard oval cab. Some of those are nice, but most of my friends and family would want something more angular, simpler, contemporary... not sure of the words I'm looking for but those sort of work.
Ideally, I'd be looking for something plainer, or even just a solid rim around a flat back for a stone that covers the whole buckle. Like those made for tooled leather squares, but not curved like those (Not sure I could get into hours and hours of trying to grind a matching curve in the back of a slab!)
Looking through secondhand stores and ebay for buckles, so I could remove the existing stone and replace it, has given me some ideas but not turned up much so far.
I'd want fairly heavy solid built ones, either two part screw-on or one the kind that has a solid bezel you roll over all the way around the stone. Don't want to depend on just glue or prongs. Do any of you know of places that might sell such a thing?
Thanks,
Vince
