Tales from.. ..The StrapLab!

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Completed all ten today!

Will be on the the way to the Metis homeland of Manitoba soon. How about I reveal another custom poker chips?

I thought you'd never ask!

We are now at the halfway point. All the new reveals from now on are going to be the Flipsides!

 

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If the night prowler vibe suits you, be on the lookout for "Midnight Blue" Python coming to Reverb tomorrow morning most likely.
I do have a few of these in various stages of completion, but was only able to complete this one today.

Python embossed leather all the way from Italy, with a nice snakey glitter to the scales. 3" wide, amply padded in the Well-Hung way, adjusts 44"-approx 58" so can go nice and long.

FlipSide chip reveal of the day... we are halfway done, now into the alternates! I don't think anybody has yet made a novelty poker chip/switch plate with two sides before, but I thought why not give it a try?

Here we reveal the reverse of Shame/Regret is Indica / Sativa and the flipside of Kama / Sutra is Fire / Fury

The last time I offered these, Indica / Sativa was probably one of the more popular ones. No judging LOL!

Happy Hump day, hope you do!

 

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Today I completed the rest of the Midnight Blue pythons, and cleaned up some reverb listings. Then this afternoon poked away at a hide I got in a couple weeks ago, wasn't sure what to do with it LOL! Interesting leather, looks different than I thought it was going to.

Anyway, for starters I made a floating pad strap out of it just because. Won't be listed on reverb until after the holiday weekend, but it's called "The Reptilian" and it goes 48"-62" - and despite your first thought, no... I did not name it after anyone here on TGF, but perhaps some
departing mods over on TOP - Yeah, I've had my run-ins over there too. It's a badge of honor. I think I only one strike against me now, I think one of them timed out recently. It's nice to be a member of a couple forums that ARE not rolled into The Conglomerate.

This hide has GREAT BIG scales on it, almost fish-like! Dark/muted gold/yellow, and gray/black scheme.
Quite natural looking/feeling actually. Lots of texture.

OK here's another poker chip reveal! Both sides of the second-from the left chips now revealed.

Closing the store for a bit, will be traveling... my post office is closing for four days here anyway.
I guess even they deserve a break LOL - Happy Easter may you be only as fertile as you wanna be.

 

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Adding ALPHA / OMEGA and something all you badass TGF brothers know a little something about: DRIP/ RIZZ

 

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Annnnd... another pair of reveals... almost there!

 

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Looks like I won't have 'em "in-hand" 'til Wednesday.
Then I'll be packaging, do up all the reverb listings etc.

Via Reverb:
$7US each
10 sides cream OR black $30US (5 toggle rings)
20 sides (all 10) $50

Plus ship: $14 US tracked
Will gladly combine ship with any strap or Pro-pins purchase.

Off-Reverb FORUM PRICE
(message me here)
5 black or 5 cream $30
Mix & Match any five (no repeats) $35 US
All ten rings (20 sides) $55
(Incl. shipping via regular snail mail in a typical envelope, un-tracked).

They are 34mm across with a 12.5mm center hole. Also .36 mm thick which is lower profile than typical. I believe they will install either over top your current plate (if you wish), or replace fully if that's your preference. Think of it as thinner library card pvc-type material. The last time I had these made they i went 1mm thick, and fielded a few complaints that they were too "beefy".

I will ship as quickly as humanly possible.

As far as the cream/ivory match? No guarantees but will be in "the neighborhood"

 

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Easter may be over, but I had myself one of the more holey days I've had in a long time here in the StrapLab!

I punched so many holes into some shiny black leather this morning my arm is still sore!

But in the end I guess it was worth it. A couple weeks ago Josh asked if I could make a strap that would closely match his favorite stage performing shoes, which happen to be a pair of those black and white Oxford wingtip dealios. I have a pair of golf shoes like that once so quite familiar with the vibe. Sort of a classic two-tone tuxedo effect. And after six plus hours, it was done.

There's a few layers here, and he complicated things a bit by wanting something extra long, and extra shiny with the black... I had recently picked up some black... but had to order in the white. I don't work with white often. It does take a LOT of extra care on the bench.

Waiting to hear back if he uses straplocks or not. Goes as long as 62" - should be on the way to the formal gala tomorrow!

 

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Today on the bench, some new mexi-blanket I found during my holiday travels. My long-sufferin' wife puts up with all manner of stops and diversions when we travel, and I am grateful!

It's actually the very blanket I've been seeking for years now. Four new "Bandido - La Tierra" should be complete and in the Reverb store tomorrow. One of my favorite straps I make, and just a pure joy to wear. Great earthy colours here, golden brown, milk chocolate and black.

Late yesterday I started on a 4" wide Metis sash strap... I don't know if it's going up on reverb, might be a faster sale via my local guitar store, as there is a local Metis settlement nearby. This one was finished early in the day today.

This feedback of "Old Glory" by John in California... just in today

I like that fact Johnny pointed out the uniqueness of my strap designs. Not just unique in form, but also HIGHLY practical in function - at least I think so. "No small amount of design tweaking and thought" has also gone in to building these. They feel so right on the shoulder, I believe a Well-Hung guitar strap is very likely the one you've been searching for and have yet to find, right here in front of you.

Give me a try!

 

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Behind the scenes here I'm on pins and needles, still waiting for those dang Poker Chips, turns out the package was not completed with all the address info (partially my fault for not checking), so it's been floating around withing 30 miles of the final destination for a week. Then I go to the UPS website to change it to proper, and after creating an account and five attempts to redirect, I ended up spending many minutes on the phone with automated message trees until I finally called a "secret" number i found which reached an actual person ready to help with totally unrelated issues. This person however, was able to calm me down, talk me off the ledge and redirect my call to another person LOL! This person also put me on musical hold for quite a time, then redirected me ONE FINAL TIME... and with that last lovely lady, I was finally able to get it done. Sheesh!

Boy-oh-boys... all this transportation business these days is such a crazy, silly dance.

But, I hope to have the damn toggle plates in my hand tomorrow, and soon up on Reverb.
I'm thinking MONDAY for sure!

This morning I completed the "La Tierra" Bandidos and they are now up on Reverb.
Just such great earthy colours! These are among my comfiest straps, and go into the 60 and longer territory for all you shape-throwing maniacs

I also have some supahot new stickers coming too... I've had 'em almost every year I've been in operation...
Seems to be a "thing" in the music gear business... but I can tell you the ones on the way are truly my spiffiest yet!
Can't wait to show 'em off, and start dropping 'em into Well-Hung packages. I think we all appreciate a cool decal.

Happy Thursday!