Duke Mantee

No problem buddy 👍

1 ½” wide - 10oz weight (4mm) thickness Skirting is a very firm leather - that doesn’t mean ‘hard’ per se, but it won’t feel as supple as harness leather for example. It’s a difficult leather to cut, and certainly not one I’d want to decorate with studs. I do like the finish and grain - very old school.

Wickett & Craig skirting leather at about 10oz with one of my favourite buckle designs secured with double cap rivets The tan and the brown versions are for sale if anyone is interested - they’ll be cut to your size and finished as per the black one which has sold

Wickett & Craig ‘American Vachetta’, and veg tan cobra skin both hand painted to give a vintage finish; solid brass hardware with antique finish (chemicals), 1950s glass

Cheers Doc 🍻

Brilliant work - they’ll soon be the Trigger’s Broom of the denim world

A camera bag Crust horse butt (the strap is harness leather for extra strength), solid brass hardware

They look like Arrow lace boots

J&FJ Baker oak tan bridle overdyed set with vintage nickel hardware

It’s not a regular

It’s been a popular design This one in burgundy Wickett & Craig harness, snakeskin, vintage brass and rubies

Both Wickett & Craig bridle - the black is 12oz, the brown is 10oz; brass saddlers rivets and 9 buckle prong holes on the black, screws and ‘traditional’ 5 holes on the brown

Broadly it’s to do with grading and demand. A pair of jeans (or just about any other item) will not grade successfully from the smallest size to the biggest size - so the manufacturer then has to make multiple patterns. This adds to development costs … and could well impact fabric choices / costs. The pattern is developed from what will be the most popular sizes (and likely a particular body type - this is an issue) so the manufacturer will be even more reluctant to create a new pattern for would have the lowest demand. Pretty much what Kiya said. There are potential other issues but safe to say it’s not the most straightforward route to just add extra size availability to a product.

Just put good waxed cotton laces on them - or some rawhide strips

Worst laces ever offered on a pair of shoes or boots. I replaced them all and threw those out … except for one pair which I sent back to RDT telling them how bad they are.

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@SLAYER - ready made belt blanks? Or have you spent more on tools than you did on leather and hardware? 😂

Old school pattern - not often I’m asked to make these (much as you might think you’ve seen it before - you probably haven’t) Wickett & Craig Bridle, Lambskin overlays, Nickel plated Steel hardware and hi-domes

Walpier Buttero Rocky, Nickel Plated Brass Buckle and Double Cap Rivets

🤣 … on its way shortly 👍

For a very good friend (despite selling a pair of 47s) Outer: La Bretagna - Arizona Raw in T. Moro (testa di moro) Inner: La Perla Azzurra - Alaska in Natural

Tremendous collection

Wickett & Craig bridle, sueded veg tan cobra, onyx and carnelian gemstones and antique nickel hardware

It’s a nice bag - I’m glad it was legit

I’ve posted how the catalog numbers work before - but without checking, and without asking if things have changed my only reaction to that number is that it is fake