Progress report

Jeff Feil, the Oklahoma saddle maker who is making the belt for my vintage Bohlin buckle, sent me a progress picture today.

The tooling on the "California Rose" ranger style belt is complete. Now he says he will oil and condition it and make it "pop!" 

Here is a picture of the rose gold and ruby laden buckle set on the existing belt again.

I think the new belt is beautiful and love how he handled the midtone areas, which will add a lot of nuance to the belt. Should look terrific when he is done.

He had been busy finishing this gorgeous saddle, which he sent me a shot of the other day.

Guess it won't be long now.

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Postscript: Finished Belt!