[milkpowder]

IMO, it's on par with the Headphile leather headband. In fact, it looks more professional.

 

[eduj]

Wow they look really good!Nice job

 

[jcn3]

very nice job -- i'm impressed!

 

[ricmat]

great great work! i think i'll try smt like that with mine!

 

[captainzoli]

That is nice work.

 

[eduj]

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Originally Posted by carlosgp /img/forum/go_quote.gif You could make serious cash selling this headband

second that:With all those HF-1 owners we have here

 

[SONGsanmanwah]

It's so sexy. I need to get myself one.

 

[jamato8]

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Originally Posted by kontai69 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for the feedback guys. If I only had a sewing machine and the know how to use one. It actually holds together quite well as is. With my luck, the person I "hire" to do the stitching will do a sloppy job after I made everything "perfect." LOL. Took me a while to figure what you were referring to. I didn't even see the shoes in the pic in the other thread. The secret is to wear latex gloves when spiffing up all my shoes.

If you do have it done, have someone that makes quality belts or bags do it. They should do a good stitching job as they are or should be used to stiching along the edge. I used to make belts, bags and saddles professionally and with what you need it should take no time at all but they will need a machine with an arm because of the curved headband.

 

[milkpowder]

How bout we set up a small business. kontai69 will fabricate the premade headbands and outsource the stitching to jamato8. Then I buy them for wholesale price and sell them off for a small profit. I'll be the UK authorised dealer

 

[kontai69]

Here is a pic that I took in which you can see the difference between the OEM Grado headband (on MS-Pro) vs. the one that I made (on MS-1)...

My MS-Pro headband is an older version made of VERY thin leather with a wide stitch (which tends to unravel). The padding is also very thin. The headband on newer Grados are now made of a thicker and shinier leather with a tighter stitch and thicker padding.

I've noticed that the foam (from Grado packaging) that I used in my homemade headband tends to compress too much. I'm looking to find a more dense foam.

 

[swt61]

Beautiful job! Very tastefully executed.

 

[Hi-Finthen]

Oh, yeah...Fine job indeed, thanx for sharing kontai69

 

[Satan on a stick]

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Originally Posted by kontai69 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Yours is far superior, very nice.

 

[M0T0XGUY]

Wow, that's simply amazing. The only thing I'd say about it is that you should try to create that sort of "ruffle" effect, where the leather doesn't stay perfectly flat throughout the headband. For some reason, your version is almost too clean and professional; the original one looks somehow more fitting on the MS-Pro.

But that's just me being extreme nit-picky, as I could never make such a thing and have it look as good as you did. Overall great work.

 

[kontai69]

I got around to making another headband this past weekend. This time I used thick velvet as padding instead of foam I cut from the Grado packaging. Here is a pic...

I managed to recreate a slight ruffle effect as mentioned above. It is also more comfy than my older foam padded version.