steveb’s leatherworks: daily blather

Just cant get enough of producing flame belts..telling ya! I love making them and have been mashing-up this  flame style for awhile now, kind of a small-C, tribal thing going on. Hope you like ‘em. Get in touch if you want one! 

Basketweave wallets rock, especially when they are partnered up with a nice brass chain and fancy fob. 

Doing work for artists and creative people is always a bit intimidating. Mike is a painter who sent me one fuzzy scan of a picture and instructions to do what I do…perfect!

Here for your viewing pleasure is a Simple Fin, stitched with red thread accompanied by a cool fob and brass chain. Not alot to say other than in situations like this, you can really appreciate the quality and grain of the leather I work with. There is no substitute for good material. 

Made this handsome Wallet with a sweet brass chain & matching fob. The flower is a 100yr old western saddlemakers stamp..you’ll not see another like it. The coloration is super rich. Who needs black when you can get this?

Knocked this beauty out just the other day,  made it from a thinner stock than “normal” in an attempt to lighten the load, from both karmic and mass perspectives.Came out really nice, the stamping is deep and clear and feels great to the hand and looks good to the eye. The color is my off [...]

Fred wanted a fin. we started off discussing some Steal Your Face Grateful Dead theme. I said, “sure Fred, we can do that, but why - it’s been done a million times”. We wound up with this idea - a pretty crazy stamped up the wazoo textured Fin wallet with a nice stainless chain and [...]

Dan’s belt from back in the day - clean, simple - timeless. tasty bit of stamping, some hand-done stitching. Nickel silver buckle with keeper and billet rivets. Beauty of a thick belt, 1.5″ wide - worn daily, for years now -  it is…much loved.

Digging back into the archive for this gem. This is one of those rare instances where a different and good idea snuck out and actually got done. Dan is a friend of Zeb, a good pal of mine and a riding partner. Zeb is also a paying customer, sporting a few bits and pieces of steveb leather garb, as does his [...]