Posts made by Moonshine

@natehate:

i had user @Moonshine make me a cool blanket roll that straps to my handle bars and has a shoulder sling as well
pics maybe one day

Yes!  Pics in use would be awesome!

Haven't posted in a while, but I just got these and I like 'em!  Imperials with the super-posh French Veal leather!  Nice and comfy on the first wear, so I know these will be with me forever!

Great pickup, Moon! I bought a pair of these same ones from J. Crew but the roughout leather was really flaccid and droopy so I returned them. Is the roughout on your pair more rigid? Maybe I got a bad pair…

edit: Looks like they are different, see how the logo is different:
https://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/shoes/boots/PRDOVR~F6530/F6530.jsp

Must be a different batch of leather.

Mine are fairly stiff, but not overly.  I would compare these to a Wolverine 1K in terms of stiffness.  I have since "waxed" them with Huberd's Shoe Grease and have bee wearing them quite a bit lately!  I like them and wouldn't hesitate to buy another pair of Chips!  check out my IG and/or FB (sigs in link) for before/after shots of the Huberd's.

@mikebarhoot:

eta mid week.  first order of business… change laces to brown or black leather.  thoughts as to which?

Try both and tie knife lanyards with the set of laces you don't like!  But IMO I'd go with brown!

Just got my first pair of Chippewas.  Seem to be well constructed and for the price (eBay find) I couldn't go wrong!  Looking forward to beating these up and eventually maybe waxing them.

^Good stuff, B!

@bl@ster:

@Moonshine:

^good stuff, B!  The outsoles really make a big difference as well as the round vs. hex eyelets.  Now all I need from you is for your foot to grow into a size 12 so I can get your scraps!

Well I'm a size 12D so… ready for some scraps? LOL

PM me if you've got anything you'd like to move!

^good stuff, B!  The outsoles really make a big difference as well as the round vs. hex eyelets.  Now all I need from you is for your foot to grow into a size 12 so I can get your scraps!

^good stuff!

Got some new Wolverine 1000 Mile Addison boots today!  Glad to have another pair and looking forward to getting some wear on these!  I was initially worried the 2-tone would be “too much” but so far so good!

Made this insulin pump sheath for a friend.  Nothing fantastic but it should last much longer than the dedicated pump covers and/or cell phone sheaths he has been using.  Casing leather is tougher than one would think – even though this a simple design I had a rough time with one of the lower corners, but hopefully I’ll learn as I go and my future projects will work out easier!

Finished this sheath last night for a friend’s kid.  The kid’s grandfather found this POS “mini Bowie” while he was cleaning up and asked his son to give it to his grandson as a gift and my friend thought it would be nice to include a sheath with it, so here it is!  I doubt that the kid will care if the knife isn’t top shelf, but hopefully he’ll appreciate the gift from his GF and the sheath will just be icing on the cake!

^Thanks, Black Orchid!

Haven’t posted anything in a while but this is pertinent due to the gear whores in here so here goes!  I wanted to make myself a sheath for my SMF due to it being such a pocketful and the fact that the clip has so much retention and the Gunner grips do just what they are intended to do – they chew on my jeans!  This is my 1st attempt at wet molding a knife sheath, and it’s obviously modeled (ripped off) of Lifter’s fabulous work.  I have a new appreciation of his craft after doing this!  It’s constructed of walnut dyed veg tan leather with olive stitching and is designed to wear horizontally so my fat gut won’t get poked!  Thanks for checking it out!

Nice belt, but I don't want it bad enough to have relations with Megatron!

I’m about a week late with this one but you get the point!  Simple card holder with a recessed logo made with natural veg tan and blue stitching that I distressed a bit to give the natural leather a bit of color/character.  Thanks for looking!

Just finished this one for a friend to give to her dad as a Christmas gift.  Brown leather with Olive thread, which IMO makes a nice combo!  Thanks for looking!

^AWESOME bag, Ben!  Looks like that thing will be around for a long time!

Grifter Co. USA has some good looking gloves - selvedge and leather, but that might hit too close to home…  That being the case, could you guys not build your own gloves?  I assume there would be a market...

But for quality gloves that I know are a proven design check out Aerostitch elk and deer skin gloves!

Looking forward to seeing this come to life, G!