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SniderMike
 Post subject: Recent Inlays
PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:19 pm 
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Sorry, these aren't guitars - they're belt buckles. But the skier one is made from a salvaged EIR fretboard, and the other one is made from a fretboard cutoff!

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Michael Jin
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Brilliant. :D
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SniderMike
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Thanks, guys. Chris, I'm finding out that there's a lot more people who are into them than I would've ever thought!

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AJ Smith
 Post subject: Re: Recent Inlays
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Those are great Mike! I would be proud to sport one of those.

Man is that girl being taken for a ride!

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Allen McFarlen
 Post subject: Re: Recent Inlays
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What a brilliant idea. I like them heaps.

Not much of a belt buckle place that I live in, as most everyone is in shorts, singlets and thongs. Do you make the metal fittings, or is there some place that sells those supplies?

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Hesh
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Man Mike my friend you are getting very good at inlay! [:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]
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Very cool, I like the way the ladys hair blends into the wood [clap]
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SniderMike
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Thanks again, guys. I actually got the idea for making the buckles from my old mentor, Bruce Clay, about 5 years ago, so I can't take credit for that.

Allen, I don't know about you, but I wear a belt with my shorts too!

The bike girl is adapted from an old French painting.

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Very nice!
where did you get the hardware? I'm going to make one and inlay it with FRETS and a DOT!

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Ricardo
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If I wore the girly buckle I'd get a belt from my wife!

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Robbie O'Brien
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Mike does some awesome inlay work. He is currently teaching an inlay class at Red Rocks and I am trying to talk him into doing an online version of his inlay class. He makes it look so easy!
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Nice stuff mike.
What is the girls hair made out of?

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SniderMike
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Robbie, you're too kind! Thanks.

Craig, the hair is Tiger Eye recon stone.

Rene, I got the hardware from a guy I apprenticed with long ago. Not sure where he got them, but I'm running low, so I need to find out!

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Mike,
I did a search and found the hardware at Tandy Leather Factory Home.
Buckle Making Supplies
I believe the part we need is:
Buckle Ring & Hook 1 1/2" - 1 3/4"
Part No. 1803-00
$1.29

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