How to Buckstitch a Leather Belt in 2024 

Nice video . Finally.!! FINALLY.! Someone with a BuckStitch video that show punching holes and stitching FROM the tip back .. I buckstitched Hundreds of. Belts when I worked for a Leather shop in the 70 s . I would recommend using a needle for speed . Use your thumb on the front and hold with 3 fingers on the back definitely faster than a stiching pony . Pull thru start needle in next hole then pull thru .. I used to do a run like you (and still do sometimes ) the guy I worked for said You pulled it ALL the way thru .! Just keep pulling LOL . He timed me on both .. making a run was slower . Try to find a 3 prong chisel .. DON'T go to a longer one . A three prong will pull out faster and help you punch the holes a LOT faster .. I have an OLD Tandy one that has a bevel to it and 3 prongs. It is much smoother and faster than the stuff you buy today. I have asked Tandy to make them .. sadly got ignored 😊 Hope you don't mind some old school input . IF people follow your tips they will get a nice BckStch belt . Main THING . Start from the tip ! .. it also eliminates a LOT of wear on your lace . Uh .. and YES stitch past the turn back .. Stay Well PTL

It's been many years since I did any buckstitching and this was a great refresher. I did a black gun belt with natural latigo lace and it still looks good to this day. I've got my old Tandy buckstitching punches somewhere. I'll have to go dig them out and make something! Great tutorial. Just the right information and thank you (and I mean thank you) for not using so much fast forward in your demonstration.

Can you provide a guideline to making a tooled belt. What comes first, when to antique etc

Thank you your belt came out real nice.

This is the first video of yours that I watched and subscribed. I'm a machinist by trade and started doing leather work to further my artistic skills as I always like to keep progressing in different areas. I like your process of how you explain what you're showing. I also like how you went back to show in more detail how you finish your buckstitch. I taught airbrush classes as well as coached multiple sports when my kids played. It never failed that someone would miss or not understand what you described or showed the first time or two. But when you had them do the progression through the steps the world got brighter as all of the lightbulbs in thier head started to come on. Lol I really enjoyed this video!

No need to apologize, this was very useful information -thank you.

I didn’t realize till now that I too love the Buck stitch !!! I can’t wait to make myself a belt. Thanks for the inspiration

great work! the final product is superb!

So proud of you ❤️

Hi! Thank you for showing us a great way to buck stitch a belt. I appreciate the way you took the time to go through each step and how you showed us precisely how you do it. I have a couple of questions: 1) Do you get your kangaroo lace at tandy's as well, or do you have to get it somewhere else. 2) What is the distance between holes? 1/8 ? Can you or have you used 1/4 or is that too far apart. Thank you again for your help.

Very helpful video. Thanks for the effort it took to put it together.

Thank you for the great information, I learned a couple more things, very much appreciated!

Great video! Thank you for the tips!

Great video, I have wanted to try buck stitching for a long time but other videos have always left me with questions. Great job explaining the entire process, I now feel confident enough to try it on my next project. (Liked and subscribed)

So pretty ❤❤

beautiful stitch

Love your tooling style buddy!

Where do you buy your lace from!? I’m new to leather work and trying to get all the tips and tricks I can! I just made my first buck stitch project using your video thank you!

Nice belt I’m going to try stitching like that it was a lot faster thank you for sharing

Great video !

Excellent tutorial. I did have a question. I can see how to hide the last odd stitch in the bend of a belt but how would you hide it on a notebook cover, checkbook, etc.?

man that was a great video. definitely did a great job of showing and explaining. do you cut your own lace with a lace cutter? or do you buy it pre-cut? thank you for sharing.

Very good

This video was fantastic, thanks so much for making it! I wanted to ask, did you use a stencil for the letters/initials on the tip (and is it available anywhere)? Also, did you just use green Fiebings pro dye to colour them did you use actual leather paint to colour them?

Very nice video, especially the tips, very informative, my question is, if you use a 1/8 inch punch for double loop lacing, would that be the same punch for buck stitching,

Man you do good work

What was the pillow looking piece while punching holes? Sorry if I missed that

Very nice work. What border stamp is that on the checkbook

Is this mainly used as a decorative stitch or is your belt made with 2 thin pieces of leather that you’re putting together? I can’t really tell and still new to everything

There is a screw on lacing needle that really does work very well. One can last a lifetime. Those prong needles are atrocious.

Nice belt. Do you skive the leather where you bend it at the buckle? Also , how thick is that granite slab? Would a 9mm thick tile for landscaping work as well? Thanks and cheers from Canada.

I learned the hard way that you don't save any time using a 6 or even more prong chisel when working with 12oz+ leather. Removing the chisel is a pain in the ass, I can tell you that.

What size lacing is that

Goog.

What lace do you use? The lace that I have been using keeps getting stuck in the leather.

How much one belt like this

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