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I love this buffalo leather. Such an amazing strap for belts. It's dense and sturdy while staying elegant and soft to the touch.

But the colored ones (black isn't as bad) creates this 'damage' on the finish when beveling the edges to make them round.

Can't find the solution. Tried sharpening the edge beveler as much as I can but it dosen't fix it. I don't like the look of it. It dosen't look new. So I'm left with 2 options.

Accept it and sell something that dosen't look new.

Only sell this belt in black.

Problem is this color is quite popular. But I'm leaning towards option 2.

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☠️ 𝕯𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝕻𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊 ☠️ 1y ago

Can you use some kind of wax or sealer and use it to harden and then sand it somehow? Idk much about leather. I do stained concrete. I like the distressed look though for leather so would distressing it on purpose to play it off be a thing?

Leathermint 1y ago

Not really. The thing is I want to keep the finish on top. But I'd prefer it intact. Maybe I don't get what you mean but it dosen't seem to make sense (for me not saying you're stupid).

It's definitely a style and I think many people would like it that way and even maybe prefer it that way.

But it's not quite what *I* would like to offer as a product.

Leathermint 1y ago

Sanding kind of works actually

☠️ 𝕯𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝕻𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊 ☠️ 1y ago

Yeah I was thinking waxing the edge would give it a harder surface to sand. Or even a solvent based clear coat. Harden the edge then sand for a cleaner edge.

BtcPins 1y ago

Try sanding it instead?

Leathermint 1y ago

I tried it thinking there's no way it would work well but it does.

That's gonna be so much time consuming tho even if I do electric sanding and I might not get an even bevel if I do it by hand.

But that's just me beign kinda lazy about it because it does work well.

Leathermint 1y ago

I'm kinda pissed it works because now I don't have an excuse to make it that way other than I'm lazy... and I genuinely worry I'll realize it's not a good result when I do it on a whole belt and not just a small part

7 1y ago

Sell it as a DYI kit with a piece of sandpaper. I'm only partially joking as I have seen DIY leather wallet kits in some store of Japanese goods. (The leather pieces were cut, but you had to sew them together.)