steveb leatherworks: the blather

   OK, leather fans, I have something for you to consider – the Front Door Key/Change Dish/ Valet. When you come in your front door – what do you do? Do you dump your keys, phone, sunglasses in a drawer, leave them on a table top, put ’em in a dish (my households solution) or […]

It’s been a really good year. I feel lucky, I’ve certainly, like all of you – had my fair share of challenges, but all in all, it’s been good. So, I was mulling over the who, why,whats, where and hows over the past year in particular, and felt like it’d be a good thing to […]

REPEAT!@ : rant mode on: so the holidays are coming and the shopping season is revving up into high gear. Now I know that many of the gifts we get for folks are “must haves – like droopy drawers”, but in the instances where you are buying a discretionary gift – please consider voting with […]

  >>>>>>>>>BUY IT HERE<<<<<<<<< The Thunders Redux is a custom, one-off belt, ready to be tailored to your waist measurements – around the brass buckle pictured. This belt will accommodate up to a 40″ measurement – using the diagram I have provided. I will tailor the belt to your size, before it is shipped to […]

This is a good gift for the guy or gal who needs “not a thing” and travels on a bike, or drives and digs paper maps. The SteveB map case is good looking unit, perfect for the saddlebag, under your car seat, in the door pouch, etc. You can put maps, a GPS (egads), a […]

          I       ‘ve started  applying the same style of decoration and construction to instrument straps that I have to my belts – and I have to say,  the results are good.   BUY IT HERE<<<<<                 I was trying to get […]

                                                      Meet the Blue Sky clipboard! I start with a good quality, standard size 9×12″ clipboard. Its then wrapped in two pieces of leather – a piece of 10-12oz […]

The Moe Rockin – a 1.75″ wide custom leather belt<BUY IT HERE This is a full-custom belt, ready to be tailored to your waist measurements – around the brass buckle pictured. I will tailor the belt to your size, based on the measurement in the listing, before it is shipped to you. The Moe Rockin […]

  The Courteous Courtesan – a 1.75″ wide custom leather belt BUY IT HERE<<<<< This is a custom, one-off belt, ready to be tailored to your waist measurements – around the brass buckle pictured here, unless you have one that fits, that you’d rather use. I will tailor the belt to your size, before it […]

Looking for a cool gift idea? Something that wont break the bank. but will add a bit of panache to someones overall presentation? This is a unique, one of a kind belt/key fob. You can attach wallet chains, key rings or other stuff to it, it’s a nice change from the “norm”. The color is […]

Warning: rant mode on: so the holidays are coming and the shopping season is revving up into high gear.   Now I know that many of the gifts we get for folks are “must haves – like droopy drawers”, but in the instances where you are buying a discretionary gift – please consider voting with […]

                For you,  a custom, one-off belt, ready to be tailored to your waist measurements – around the brass buckle pictured. Using the diagram I have provided. you give me a measurement and I will tailor the belt to your size, before it is shipped to you…. The […]

OK, here is the deal – I make a belt made around the buckle set featured. The set includes – both a custom belt and this buckle. The custom, one-off belt will be made to your waist measurements (based on my diagram) and around the the buckle set pictured right here. BUY THE KING HERE […]

The Hot Shop is a black belt made from heavyweight Veg tan leather with some great red stitching. .. and ready to go to a home… It is fully lined with pigskin, stitched with poly thread (made in the USA) and ready to be cut to your length. Its brass buckle exudes charm and will […]

The Bossman is a black belt made from heavyweight Veg tan leather. .. and ready to go to a home… It is fully lined with pigskin, stitched with poly thread (made in the USA) and ready to be cut to your length. Its brass buckle exudes charm and will insure you are the object of […]

This is the kind of consistent feedback you want to get from your customers… Roger had called me once or twice over the past few years – wanted to see what I was doing, what the cost of different stuff was, etc. Always a nice guy, l i enjoyed talking with him. I hear from […]

The happy scrapper is a rocking brown belt made from heavyweight Veg tan leather. .. and ready to go to a home… It is fully lined with pigskin, stitched with poly thread (made in the USA) and ready to be cut to your length. Its brass buckle exudes charm and will insure you are the […]

You can clip your keys or wallet chain to them. Buy ’em here:

A new Belt -n the Q-Ray Shun, is in need of a home As always, you can get immediate gratification by ordering goods from my ETSY Store.

Check out this beauty! As always, you can get immediate gratification by ordering goods from my ETSY Store.

So to continue on with the Proto-Manta plug belt saga.. I wanted to talk about color a bit. Black is the turd in the punchbowl when it comes to leathercraft. There isn’t a skilled leather crafter alive that likes to work in black. Black sucks – it soaks up detail like the dickens. Black, unless […]

I love the sound of  “proto-manta-belt”, feels like I could have a ray gun hanging from it, and not be out of place.  Well I don’t know that I’ll be slinging a ray gun any time soon, but i can say this – creating a good looking plug inlay with a skin like Manta ray […]

Got sent this buckle, made a nice 1.75″ belt with a basketweave design stamped into it…. the belt will far outlive the buckle as it should be

This fancy, one of a kind belt came out nice! Dave was real happy about it too!