thanks to jeff for the inspiration (and some tooling <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />) I made the pants from belly leather:








My hands are black and everything in my shop is covered with a fine layer of leather dust. I'm hoping to make one for my waki too - that will take a long time. Stitching takes forever. I gotta learn how to do that faster. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />