steveb leatherworks: the blather

I’ve scored some pretty cool stuff in my years….
… worked and performed at all kinds of events (music, car, bike, sporting, art) , resulting in a collection of T-shirts
… traded and bartered whatever it was I had at the time that had value for things I wanted
… it is handy knowing and being friendly with talented people, scored some great paintings that way
… I am always wiling to put in the hustle to avoid paying retail 

BUT – this is a real prize score kids – a genuine Jeff Decker, Hippodrome Studios belt buckle “fresh off the belt” of none other than the man himself – Decker. I can’t touch Jeff’s fancy pants fine art work, his bronzes go for some major freight – but i’ve been hoping for some time now, that he would come up with something that the common man (like me) might be able to own. So you can imagine to my great delight that upon seeing the man open up his bag of goodies at the Indian Larry booth at the IMS show – pulling out a bunchs of little velvet bags and dumping out some really great pieces – some skullly items, suitable for your favorite stick/slap stick or 1/4 x20 threaded rod and an assortment of buckles, most of them having engines and wings and stuff like that…then I saw this…hey now!!

Oh man – the all seeing eye? – in Bronze and Stainless? in a 3″ round buckle? by Decker? that will take a 1.75″ billet? oh man, I know I’ve died gone to heaven…too good to be true. So I hacked the man for only a moment or two, and he wound up pulling this beauty off his own (poorly made and worn out) belt. So the deal is done, Decker gets a new belt from your truly and I got his buckle. far out. Ya know how its a genuine Decker? Check out his thumbprint on the back.

Stay tuned for the Decker belt….. got to make it a goody for Jeff, all kinds of folks will see it around his waist