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 Posted: Fri Mar 27th, 2009 01:36 pm
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novica1
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I had a 26mm Micah Dirksen strap that was laying around from a MM Homage that was sold a while back.  Figured I would try to notch it to fit the 24mm lugs on my LM-3.  Well that got botched crap.gif, so I decided lets cut it down to 22mm and use it on my JSAR.  Once done, I did not like the way the "notching" looked so I decided to blend it with rest of the strap.  After I was done with that I didn't like the the unfinished edge in the area I had just cut, so I distressed the edges on the entire strap with some sandpaper.  Since the buckle was polished I used the sandpaper to brush the finish on the the buckle.  The end product was not what I originally wanted but I guess the distressed look is OK on a big tool watch like the JSAR. 

Glad I finally got it right, otherwise this strap would have looked funny on a 16mm lug watch subtlelaugh.gif.

What kills me is that if I would have just sent the strap back to Micah, he would have done the notching for free.

Anyways, what do you think?









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 Posted: Fri Mar 27th, 2009 01:52 pm
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Skipdawg
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Yea we can't all be watch strap Pro's. I've messed up a couple 2 or 3 in my day messing around too. :cool: :D

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 Posted: Fri Mar 27th, 2009 02:10 pm
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Yeah...you screwed that one up pretty goodgoofy

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 Posted: Fri Mar 27th, 2009 07:23 pm
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