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I posted this other Bowser-spiked collar the other day, and someone asked for one in a different color scheme. This one also doesn’t have the soft lining layer, so it took considerably less time to stitch together. The commissioner also wanted a D ring in the middle, which was pretty straightforward, and a locking buckle, which I happened to have a couple of on hand.
I also decided to use vinegaroon instead of black dye for the base. It’s a super cool and hilariously old-school chemistry process where you rust some steel wool into some vinegar, and when you put it on the leather it reacts with the tannins in the the leather and turns the leather black. Since it’s chemically bonded to the leather, it can’t rub off, which is pretty cool. (Though to be fair I’ve been very happy with the dyes I have, I have never noticed dye any transfer problems with them.) And it soaks all the way through the thickness of the leather, which is pretty cool.
The collar is currently sitting soaking up a last coat of neatsfoot oil on the spikes, which should even out the discoloration seen here at the base of the spikes. (That’s from the oil in the black strap, which I oiled before assembly, soaking up into the spikes.) Then it’ll ship out tomorrow.
Just finished up this lined leather collar! It’s got a gold base layer, which shows through the geometric filigree cut pattern in the top strap.
I tried one of these a few years ago, but for this one I updated the design with a heavier leather, and also made it easier to assemble.
1 inch base strap, total collar width is 2 inches. Made with 8 ounce vegetable-tanned strap leather, a heavy but soft garment leather for the lining, and nickel-plated D-ring, roller buckle and rivets.
This one does have a defect, where insufficiently dried black dye soaked through to the base strap along the edges. It’s not visible when it's worn, but I've lowered the price to account for this error. (It’s embarrassing when that sort of thing happens, but I guess I learned something about this new dye for the future.)
It’s available on my Etsy store!
You thought it was just a regular leather collar. Then you felt it start to drip, melting down your neck, becoming something very different. How far will it go? Will you be able to get it off when it's done? Will you want to?
This idea had been lodged in my brain for months, of a collar turning liquid and spreading down your neck. A trope I see all the time in furry art, and I thought needed to be made physical. (Though I’m not sure if this trope exists literally anywhere else.)
Made of two layers of 8 oz vegetable-tanned leather. Leather is cut with a laser cutter, then dyed, burnished, finished, and riveted together by hand. I burnished the edges super smooth and gave it a high-gloss finish to complete the look.
It’s available over on my Etsy store. And if you’d like this in another color, please hit me up! I’m excited to make more copies of this design.
Fancy padded collar! This one is an updated version of a previous geometric design of mine.
The main difference the commissioner wanted here was the D-ring with integrated O-ring. I hadn’t had a chance to use them before, they jingle in a really satisfying way.
The main difference on my end was splitting the top strap into two pieces, which let it fit into my laser cutter cleanly instead of needing weird workarounds. Also, bridging the D-ring with a small separate piece actually seems to work more cleanly than bending the top strap over it. (And I got to fix a lot of fit/size and material/finishing issues from the original one. The differences are hard to see, but trust me, it’s way better.)
Main straps are 9-10 oz vegetable-tanned leather, liner is 4 oz chrome-tanned leather. Strap details are laser-cut, then they get trimmed, dyed, burnished and finished by hand. Stitching is also all hand-done. Top strap is 1″ wide, total width 2″.
I made a couple of these for Anthro New England, as a play on this year's con theme of The Nineties.
It took more effort to get the idea to work than I'd expected, but I was really happy with the result.
(For the curious: the bracelets have to be 2-layered to sandwich the metal spring core inside. It turned out the only way to make it sturdy enough was to hand-stitch it together. And since the layers have thickness to them, the inner one has to be slightly shorter than the outer one, with the stitching holes slightly compressed accordingly. That way, the natural relaxed shape of the bracelet once it's sewn together is curled up with an appropriate diameter.)
And of course they are for sale on my Etsy page!
(The Jazz design isn't on my Etsy because the last thing I made with that pattern got a takedown notice from the cup company. But if you poke me individually I can make you one.)
Leather slap bracelet! It does the thing!
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Slap stack.
Prototype strap-on harness! This has been in the works for Too Long, but it's finally done!
It's made for a friend, and we decided on this pattern with leg straps and elaborated-jock-strap style butt straps. Partly to make the whole piece super solid and unlikely to move around while in use. But also just for the aesthetics. I used a bunch of big O-rings, and went for double-layer straps on the main belt and leg straps. Plus, added in some extra D-rings where I could fit them, because you can't be a top all the time.
Made with vegetable-tanned leather and brass hardware. Every piece was measured, cut, beveled, burnished, wet-formed, oiled, conditioned, burnished again, and riveted together, all by hand.
I'm not sure if this sort of thing will make its way into my product offerings. But I do know that I want to make something similar for myself, and I have an Idea for an outfit that it would work with.