Making a Rattlesnake Skin Belt by HURST Exotic Leather and Jewelry/Cold Blood Creations 

Hello, I was hoping you can answer a few questions. Was the skin you received from your customer descaled? Also did you use the remaining remnants for the sheath soon after crafting the belt or did you store for later use and if so what storage method. The reason asking I have an Eastern D (bought dried by mistake) had a taxidermist relax it, put in freezer and now I'm ready to remove, descale, and craft but will have some left for another project. Thanks, and your work is awesome Great vid!!!

You are so very welcome. And thank you for the awesome comment.

Wow, thank you so much!

Thank you. I appreciate your comment.

Thank you. Check out the other leather videos here on our channel as well.

Thank you.

There was this guy that used to do Repticon shows named phil kelton. He had a lot of so called custom handmade leather. Then Ronnie of Cold Blood Creations started doing Repticon and phil got mad. The Ronnie exposed phil as a fraud when it was discovered that phil lies about making his leather helmets. Even Repticon pulled down phil kelton video because they would not represent the liar on their page. So phil sells on eBay under the store name somethinguneek.

@@Omah50 Omah50 You know. I never understood that. People will get upset when others find the hustle and try get mad over the fact that someone else has found a way. It I uste to go to High end bully shows and saw a bunch of different vendors who would make dog collars and I mean a bunch of vendors each stand had maybe a few products the same but pretty much they each had a little something special of their own . No shame competition yes but shame wasn't really noticable I never heard them say oh don't go to them their shit is not good shit or something. And honestly I believe if Mr. Kelton wouldn't have had that type of attitude Mr. Ronnie would have never exposed him. You can't try to shame someone when your shit is knowingly fucked up....and the other person's your shaming isn't. They WILL pull your card. Sometimes out of defense.. sometimes just because you had the nerve. I like this guy tho I've learned a lot.

No problem! We will certainly try. :)

Glad it was helpful!

We're very glad to hear it! Yes, we do belts from other types of snakes. Boas are probably the most popular, but we also do pythons, gators, etc. We can also make matching hat bands.

We can...

@@ColdBloodCreations thank you

Thanks so much! The brand is Tear Mendors leather glue.

Thank you! Yes, we do offer discounts if you provide the skin. Our website is: www.coldbloodcreations.net. We're glad you enjoyed!

Brent Fisher making a snake belt after your snake dies... that’s actually really amazing. It shows that even after death, animals can still be useful

Yes we do. Call us. M-F 9-5 eastern time 229 219 8506

What's the process of preserving the skin until time of use

Either one will work but if you use the skin side rough it up with sandpaper before gluing. I only bevel the inside edge that will be against the wearers body. We do not thin the buckle fold, but we use a leather conditioner on it so that it does not crack when it is folded that sharply. Hope that will help you out. Good luck!

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Tear Mender Bish's Original Tear Mender Instant Fabric and Leather Adhesive Thanks!

Thank you. I have become very interested in this. I skinned my first rattlesnake last year. I have more skins this year and now looking foward to making some awesome things with them. I am so glad I watched your video. I haven't seen much info on making snakeskin stuff...so again THANK YOU!

You're welcome. We will do more and more videos on the leather craft side of our business. We breed reptiles for a living, and the snakeskin is just a result of the many years in the business. When we (or many other) reptile breeders have animals that die naturally, we preserve the beauty of the specimen with tanning and crafting them into works of art. Thanks for the comment and for subscribing to our channel.

Are you wanting something made from them?

@@ColdBloodCreations possibly, if indeed it can become pliable again. Just wondering if you think it could.

I would try to simply wet it with clean water. Just use lukewarm (not hot) water. Allow it to soak for about 15 minutes or until you can roll it up.

The professionalism of the one tanning the skin. We guarantee you will not loose scales on our belts.

Cold Blood Creations I have seen where some people remove all the scales during the tanning process. Which creates the longer lasting product?

No. We tan it. That is, the skin is chemically transformed into a leather. The alcohol/glycerin method so popular on RU-vid is NOT A TAN. It only preserves the skin. When the skin is tanned into leather, it becomes a much more durable product. The snakeskin belt that I currently wear is over 7 years old with little if any signs of wear on it.

Cold Blood Creations is there a video on how to tan it anywhere? I am really interested in learning how to tan snake skins.

Most of the videos I see on tanning are on the alcohol/glycerin method, which is not an actual tan. Tanning is 50% technique, and 50% materials. Even using the best tanning agents will require much practice to fine tune it. We are constantly fine tuning our methods even after 20 years. I would start by looking at some tanning videos from a taxidermy supply company. From there, try different methods to see what you prefer for your applications. Then practice, practice, practice.

@@josieencinias5895, do you really think they will tell you?

It will need to be completely tanned into leather.

Wondering the same

I was wondering the same so I went through the comments and found this comment "Tear mender's bish's original tear mender instant fabric and leather adhesive"

You're right. I missed that. I am so used to working with easterns that it just slips off the tongue...

Cold Blood Creations are you doin apprenticeships by chance? I would be really interested if y’all are

Not at this time...

Actually you are correct. That is the way the skin arrived at our shop. However, we recommended to our customer us doing a complete tan on the skin. Our customer agreed, and though we didn't show it in this video, we did tan the skin. The problem with the 50/50 glycerin & alcohol mixture is that the alcohol will pull moisture out of the air. (kind of like the ethanol fuel does to lawn equipment) That is a big deal when you live in the southeast as the skin seems to never fully dry. And it only preserves the skin and does not actually make it into a leather. Since we want our customer to have a long lasting product, we did tan his hide into leather for him.

What type of tan would you recomend for someone (myself) to use other than the glyerine tan? I take pride in keeping my serpents, and when they die, i want to preserve them as much as possible and sometimes i do some homemade crafts with them. I AM NOT a professional , but i do like to do as much as possible myself. And i want to say, i really enjoy watching your episodes, it is very informative and educational. Im just trying to see if there is a better way to preserve my reptile skins. I would appreciate any help you could give me but i understand if ypu do not want to give away any trade secretes. Thanks for any and all adbice.

There are many different tans that one can use depending on the need. Whether the skin will be displayed or worn. All have their pluses or minuses. For general all around tanning purposes, there is one tan that I would recommend and it is the Rittels brand snake tanning kit. We used it for many years with great success. It works well especially on rattlesnake skins.

I have always wanted to turn a skin into wallet and belt and this video has really been informative. I think i give it a try when i find a tangerine western diamandback skin. Thankyou so much.

You're welcome. Also if we can ever be of service to ya, please let us know. We make all sorts of handmade leather items including wallets, money clips, holsters, knife sheaths, etc. Also be sure to check out our new video series called Shop Talk Sunday. We will feature a new video on Sundays of projects that we have going on in our shop. We are gonna try to do it weekly, at least for awhile. Some of those videos will also include tips and tricks of both taxidermy and leather crafting.

I made it

Beautiful work 40. 42 plz

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I am currently wearing my own snake skin belt that I made 8 years ago. If it's tanned right, it will last.

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Was the guy out of Florida by chance? Ocala, Silver Springs area? In all honesty, this sounds like a case of "if you starts bad it usually ends bad" to me. I would suggest start over with a craftsman that knows what they are doing. They're alot of fakes and cons out there. Putting something on the belt will not keep the loose skin from coming off, or the crooked stitching.

Maybe, but we made a promise to our customers that ALL of our products are made from naturally deceased wildlife, as did one of our competitors. Then the python hunts were started and we were offered those skins for free. It would have been good for us financially to make product out of these free skins, but would have required us to go back on our word. So when faced with a decision that involves character vs. profit, we chose to decline the offer for these skins in order to remain true to ourselves and our supporters.

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