I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.

I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it away 
doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some scrap 
leather.

The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap leather I 
find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay sellers who 
sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to contain patches of 
leather that are wide, long and thick enough.

So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, or 
similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
wipeouts?

"Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
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>I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
>that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
>call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>
> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
> scrap leather.
>
> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap leather 
> I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay sellers who 
> sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to contain patches of 
> leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>
> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, 
> or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
> wipeouts?

A friend had a similar problem with the carrying strap on his Roland 
Microcube.
He took the strap into a shoe repairers (possibly Timpson's, if I remember 
rightly) and got a new piece of leather cut to match and professionally 
stitched on, for very little money. You could do worse?

George

"George Weston"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
> news:T8KdnV5r_qdTuzTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
>>that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
>>call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>
>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
>> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
>> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
>> scrap leather.
>>
>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay 
>> sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to 
>> contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>
>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, 
>> or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
>> wipeouts?
>
> A friend had a similar problem with the carrying strap on his Roland 
> Microcube.
> He took the strap into a shoe repairers (possibly Timpson's, if I remember 
> rightly) and got a new piece of leather cut to match and professionally 
> stitched on, for very little money. You could do worse?
>
> George

Thanks George, that's probably the answer.

Mark Williams wrote:
> "George Weston"  wrote in message 
> news:7gsojpF2o3vl1U1@mid.individual.net...
>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
>> news:T8KdnV5r_qdTuzTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>> I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
>>> that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
>>> call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>>
>>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
>>> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
>>> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
>>> scrap leather.
>>>
>>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay 
>>> sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to 
>>> contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>>
>>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, 
>>> or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
>>> wipeouts?
>> A friend had a similar problem with the carrying strap on his Roland 
>> Microcube.
>> He took the strap into a shoe repairers (possibly Timpson's, if I remember 
>> rightly) and got a new piece of leather cut to match and professionally 
>> stitched on, for very little money. You could do worse?
>>
>> George
> 
> Thanks George, that's probably the answer. 
> 
> 


Or a saddler - I get leather straps and bags repaired by our local 
saddler not cobbler normally.

David

"David Kilpatrick"  wrote in message 
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> Mark Williams wrote:
>> "George Weston"  wrote in message 
>> news:7gsojpF2o3vl1U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
>>> news:T8KdnV5r_qdTuzTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>>> I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a 
>>>> year that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag 
>>>> (would you call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>>>
>>>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
>>>> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
>>>> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
>>>> scrap leather.
>>>>
>>>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>>>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay 
>>>> sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to 
>>>> contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>>>
>>>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us 
>>>> website, or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting 
>>>> for biker wipeouts?
>>> A friend had a similar problem with the carrying strap on his Roland 
>>> Microcube.
>>> He took the strap into a shoe repairers (possibly Timpson's, if I 
>>> remember rightly) and got a new piece of leather cut to match and 
>>> professionally stitched on, for very little money. You could do worse?
>>>
>>> George
>>
>> Thanks George, that's probably the answer.
>
> Or a saddler - I get leather straps and bags repaired by our local saddler 
> not cobbler normally.

I suspect that this is mor a cobbler than a saddler job.  There is one a few 
miles away, but I suspect that just crosing the threshhold is going to cost 
more than a new guitar strap.

"Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
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>
> "David Kilpatrick"  wrote in message 
> news:hoSdncfDMt6JqjTXnZ2dnUVZ8t1i4p2d@bt.com...
>> Mark Williams wrote:
>>> "George Weston"  wrote in message 
>>> news:7gsojpF2o3vl1U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
>>>> news:T8KdnV5r_qdTuzTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>> I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a 
>>>>> year that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag 
>>>>> (would you call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I 
>>>>> have plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, 
>>>>> throwing it away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to 
>>>>> fix with some scrap leather.
>>>>>
>>>>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>>>>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay 
>>>>> sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to 
>>>>> contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us 
>>>>> website, or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting 
>>>>> for biker wipeouts?
>>>> A friend had a similar problem with the carrying strap on his Roland 
>>>> Microcube.
>>>> He took the strap into a shoe repairers (possibly Timpson's, if I 
>>>> remember rightly) and got a new piece of leather cut to match and 
>>>> professionally stitched on, for very little money. You could do worse?
>>>>
>>>> George
>>>
>>> Thanks George, that's probably the answer.
>>
>> Or a saddler - I get leather straps and bags repaired by our local 
>> saddler not cobbler normally.
>
> I suspect that this is mor a cobbler than a saddler job.  There is one a 
> few miles away, but I suspect that just crosing the threshhold is going to 
> cost more than a new guitar strap.

A long shot but...
Are you anywhere near Kettering or Northampton?

"Dave Benj"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
> news:TuudnZXWJOm7oTTXnZ2dnUVZ8u6dnZ2d@bt.com...
>>
>> "David Kilpatrick"  wrote in message 
>> news:hoSdncfDMt6JqjTXnZ2dnUVZ8t1i4p2d@bt.com...
>>> Mark Williams wrote:
>>>> "George Weston"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:7gsojpF2o3vl1U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:T8KdnV5r_qdTuzTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>>> I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a 
>>>>>> year that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag 
>>>>>> (would you call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I 
>>>>>> have plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, 
>>>>>> throwing it away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to 
>>>>>> fix with some scrap leather.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>>>>>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or 
>>>>>> eBay sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed 
>>>>>> to contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us 
>>>>>> website, or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting 
>>>>>> for biker wipeouts?
>>>>> A friend had a similar problem with the carrying strap on his Roland 
>>>>> Microcube.
>>>>> He took the strap into a shoe repairers (possibly Timpson's, if I 
>>>>> remember rightly) and got a new piece of leather cut to match and 
>>>>> professionally stitched on, for very little money. You could do worse?
>>>>>
>>>>> George
>>>>
>>>> Thanks George, that's probably the answer.
>>>
>>> Or a saddler - I get leather straps and bags repaired by our local 
>>> saddler not cobbler normally.
>>
>> I suspect that this is mor a cobbler than a saddler job.  There is one a 
>> few miles away, but I suspect that just crosing the threshhold is going 
>> to cost more than a new guitar strap.
>
> A long shot but...
> Are you anywhere near Kettering or Northampton?
>
That would be a very long shot from here; about 100 miles.

Mark Williams wrote:
> I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
> that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
> call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
> 
> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it away 
> doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some scrap 
> leather.
> 
> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap leather I 
> find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay sellers who 
> sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to contain patches of 
> leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
> 
> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, or 
> similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
> wipeouts?

You could try your local Timpsons.

Or cultivate an acquaintance in the Arno valley area of Tuscany.

"Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
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>
> "Dave Benj"  wrote in message 
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>> A long shot but...
>> Are you anywhere near Kettering or Northampton?
>>
> That would be a very long shot from here; about 100 miles.

Ah.
As you were then.
I have a mate in that area who does leatherwork for a hobby.
Never mind - it was a thought :-)

100 miles away?
North or South?
If you're north, you are very close to my neck of the woods

"Dave Benj"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
> news:sOOdnQAD7e1W6DTXnZ2dnUVZ8uOdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>
>> "Dave Benj"  wrote in message 
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>
>>> A long shot but...
>>> Are you anywhere near Kettering or Northampton?
>>>
>> That would be a very long shot from here; about 100 miles.
>
> Ah.
> As you were then.
> I have a mate in that area who does leatherwork for a hobby.
> Never mind - it was a thought :-)
>
> 100 miles away?
> North or South?
> If you're north, you are very close to my neck of the woods
South south west.

"JNugent"  wrote in message 
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> Mark Williams wrote:
>> I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
>> that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would 
>> you call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>
>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
>> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
>> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
>> scrap leather.
>>
>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay 
>> sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to 
>> contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>
>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, 
>> or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
>> wipeouts?
>
> You could try your local Timpsons.

Got a couple of those

> Or cultivate an acquaintance in the Arno valley area of Tuscany.

and a brother in law south of Siena, but I think Timsons is easier.

"Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
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>I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
>that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
>call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>
> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
> scrap leather.
>
> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap leather 
> I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay sellers who 
> sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to contain patches of 
> leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>
> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, 
> or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
> wipeouts?

Your local habberdashery/material shop would probably have some. I had a few 
scraps of black leather until recently when I moved and chucked them out - 
it isn't all that expensive but it's damn hard stuff to stitch, so the shoe 
repairer idea sounds much better.

Bigus

"Bigus"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
> news:T8KdnV5r_qdTuzTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
>>that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
>>call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>
>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
>> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
>> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
>> scrap leather.
>>
>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay 
>> sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to 
>> contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>
>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, 
>> or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
>> wipeouts?
>
> Your local habberdashery/material shop would probably have some. I had a 
> few scraps of black leather until recently when I moved and chucked them 
> out - it isn't all that expensive but it's damn hard stuff to stitch, so 
> the shoe repairer idea sounds much better.

I think I have found somewhere with the right sort of leather scraps, so I 
will have a go at the cutting myself and try Timpsons for the stitching, 
although I have a dress making daughter who tells me she has a device for 
sewing leather.

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:41:36 +0100, "Mark Williams"
<spam.me@your.peril> wrote:

>
>"Dave Benj"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
>> news:sOOdnQAD7e1W6DTXnZ2dnUVZ8uOdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>
>>> "Dave Benj"  wrote in message 
>>> news:-fudnfcVFMqG3TTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>
>>>> A long shot but...
>>>> Are you anywhere near Kettering or Northampton?
>>>>
>>> That would be a very long shot from here; about 100 miles.
>>
>> Ah.
>> As you were then.
>> I have a mate in that area who does leatherwork for a hobby.
>> Never mind - it was a thought :-)
>>
>> 100 miles away?
>> North or South?
>> If you're north, you are very close to my neck of the woods
>South south west. 
>

In that case, give Clarks a call in Street. They'll certainly be able
to put you on to whoever they flog their offcuts to.

Pete

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:31:56 +0100, "Mark Williams"
<spam.me@your.peril> wrote:

>
>"Bigus"  wrote in message 
>news:ROmqm.210900$vp.75673@newsfe12.iad...
>>
>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message 
>> news:T8KdnV5r_qdTuzTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>>I have a guitar strap that has been sitting in a drawer for about a year 
>>>that is in perfectly good condition except that the leather tag (would you 
>>>call it a fob?) at one end has worn through.
>>>
>>> I know it would only cost about £20 to replace and as it happens I have 
>>> plenty of straps so I don't need to, but on the other hand, throwing it 
>>> away doesn't seem a good option when it should be easy to fix with some 
>>> scrap leather.
>>>
>>> The trouble is that when I scour the interweb for sources of scrap 
>>> leather I find either Russian merchants who sell it by the ton or eBay 
>>> sellers who sell assorted packages none of which are guaranteed to 
>>> contain patches of leather that are wide, long and thick enough.
>>>
>>> So is there a Leather-thingies-at-the-end-of-guitar-straps'r'us website, 
>>> or similar? Or do I have to hang around my local A&E waiting for biker 
>>> wipeouts?
>>
>> Your local habberdashery/material shop would probably have some. I had a 
>> few scraps of black leather until recently when I moved and chucked them 
>> out - it isn't all that expensive but it's damn hard stuff to stitch, so 
>> the shoe repairer idea sounds much better.
>
>I think I have found somewhere with the right sort of leather scraps, so I 
>will have a go at the cutting myself and try Timpsons for the stitching, 
>although I have a dress making daughter who tells me she has a device for 
>sewing leather. 
>

Really? How much is she paying him?

Pete..:-)

wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:41:36 +0100, "Mark Williams"
> <spam.me@your.peril> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Dave Benj"  wrote in message
>>news:yNKdnTZisf9uGzTXnZ2dnUVZ8sadnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>
>>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message
>>> news:sOOdnQAD7e1W6DTXnZ2dnUVZ8uOdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>
>>>> "Dave Benj"  wrote in message
>>>> news:-fudnfcVFMqG3TTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>>
>>>>> A long shot but...
>>>>> Are you anywhere near Kettering or Northampton?
>>>>>
>>>> That would be a very long shot from here; about 100 miles.
>>>
>>> Ah.
>>> As you were then.
>>> I have a mate in that area who does leatherwork for a hobby.
>>> Never mind - it was a thought :-)
>>>
>>> 100 miles away?
>>> North or South?
>>> If you're north, you are very close to my neck of the woods
>>South south west.
>>
>
> In that case, give Clarks a call in Street. They'll certainly be able
> to put you on to whoever they flog their offcuts to.

Probably Mr Tran Van Phuong of Ho Chi Minh City.
(Most of their shoes are now made in Vietnam)

;-(

George

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:16:07 +0100, "George Weston"
 wrote:

>
> wrote in message 
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>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:41:36 +0100, "Mark Williams"
>> <spam.me@your.peril> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Dave Benj"  wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> "Mark Williams" <spam.me@your.peril> wrote in message
>>>> news:sOOdnQAD7e1W6DTXnZ2dnUVZ8uOdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dave Benj"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:-fudnfcVFMqG3TTXnZ2dnUVZ8gednZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>
>>>>>> A long shot but...
>>>>>> Are you anywhere near Kettering or Northampton?
>>>>>>
>>>>> That would be a very long shot from here; about 100 miles.
>>>>
>>>> Ah.
>>>> As you were then.
>>>> I have a mate in that area who does leatherwork for a hobby.
>>>> Never mind - it was a thought :-)
>>>>
>>>> 100 miles away?
>>>> North or South?
>>>> If you're north, you are very close to my neck of the woods
>>>South south west.
>>>
>>
>> In that case, give Clarks a call in Street. They'll certainly be able
>> to put you on to whoever they flog their offcuts to.
>
>Probably Mr Tran Van Phuong of Ho Chi Minh City.
>(Most of their shoes are now made in Vietnam)
>
>;-(
>
>George 
>

Umm...except for the very expensive ones with really tasty leather
which are still made in the west country.

I interviewed for Clarks once - turned them down because their
standards weren't high enough......:-)

Odd thing, life...

Pete