Custom Hand-Carved Leather Guitar Strap - Whiskey Dick

Fritz and his band, "Whiskey Dick", are QUITE unique.  This tatted-up, Rockabilly band is wild, crazy, creative and just plain COOL!

Fritz is loaded with personality and Keisha wanted his guitar strap to match his crazy style.  Her idea was to create something that resembled a "Tattoo Sleeve" but also had a bit of familiar flare included to match Fritz unique personality. 

Fritz is an artist in the truest sense of the word.  He expresses himself through singing, playing guitar, and through drawing and wood carving.  

Keisha wanted this custom leather guitar strap to convey Fritz's style and pay homage to some of his genuine artwork.  So, you'll see snippets and hints of Fritz' flair peppered throughout this hand-carved leather piece. 

We made this custom leather guitar strap using #1 Grade Hermann Oak leather.  

The design was sketched out using ideas provided by Keisha.  She said that Fritz liked Jim Beam, Flames, and all things music.  

He also has some artwork that she wanted met to include as a surprise for Fritz.  So, we found a piece the Keisha liked and traced it onto the leather.  

Next, we got to work on hand-tooling all of these designs into Fritz's custom leather guitar strap and let the strap dry. 

With the leather dry, we hand-dyed the black areas, using Fiebings Pro Oil Dye, getting it into all of the recesses.  We then applied  Saddle-Tan antique glaze from Tandy Leather to give it that "antiqued" look.  

The back of this custom leather guitar strap is lined with supple and soft black pigskin leather suede and stitched in natural #277 bonded nylon thread. As you know... this is my favorite!

Keisha liked this custom guitar strap she had commissioned.  

We like it!  

We think Fritz does, too!