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MyBoundLover -> RE: Leather Restraint Advice Needed (6/14/2012 7:00:49 AM)
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This may not apply but, just try'n to help. I wanted leather cuffs, collars, etc. and went to a store in DC, I was very disappointed. Razor-cut thin leather, rivets that would touch the skin (and turn green), cheap stuff but pricey. I'm a handy guy so I spent very little on leathercrafting tools and went to work in my basement workshop. It was easy (but time consuming) to make stuff. If you are handy and have the time you can have some unique and perfect custom stuff. Hey, in the coldest part of winter, from dinner to bedtime is a good time to craft stuff! I learned that instead of cutting leather sides into 2 1/2" straps and dying them black I could order on the Web 2 1/2" wide black thick flexible leather as long straps and that saved a ton of time - cut to desired length and rock and roll. I found some metal scrap that was the perfect diameter and firmness to clamp into a vice, hammer/bend into the shape I wanted (file the cut ends smooth) to make the metal loops that you push through the slots in the leather - perfect! Well, almost...if I sent the metal out for chroming it would be 104% perfect! My collars, cuffs, harnesses are all 2 1/2" wide, edges beveled and slicked smooth like a fine Italian belt, lockable (or great when used with QuickLinks to attach cuffs together or to a chain). But it is work, rewarding work. In one evening you could have a pair of good quality cuffs. People have asked me to make them things but since it takes so much time and my hourly rate is...well...I have plenty of money, I had to kindly decline. But I would take a couple of hours to teach someone local. Hey, us kinky folk got to help each other! Good luck, don't forget to use leather conditioner on your stuff. Leather is skin, animal skin, skin dries out, everything dries out, evaporation is natural. Think "hand cream" for your leathers.
Think kink!
Doc :o)
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