Girth Belt Interest Thread - Still At It! Update:12/15/04

[E2K13]

12/05/04
Ok, just an update to this thread.
I am still offering these and will continue to do so as long as we have a consistant interest.

NOTE:
These are 14 strand English Mohair Girths exactly like the ones used in the films. The coloration is correct due to a dying process I have been using. I also make and attach the screen acurate nylon straps to the one side of the buckles as seen in the Reference CD photos of the AOSW and MOM pictures.
I have had a lot of positive feedback from the customers that have purchased the girths from me and hope the interest continues.
Thank You,


1-MARROW_SUN Arrived
2-Rimshot Ready To Ship
3-TK409 Arrived
4-Laan Arrived
5-tksdad Arrived
6-soilman Arrived
7-dcwheaton Arrived
8-dengar99 Arrived
9-Fett2210 (2 belts) Arrived
10-Geo Arrived
11-Jango_Wes Arrived
12-BFett88 Arrived
13-bigkidbiggertoys Arrived
14-Duh Arrived
15-Maniacman7 Arrived
16-boba_fett Arrived
17-Slave2112 Arrived
18-darthmaul Arrived
19-BigaboyFett
20-TRIP³
21-Jodo_Kast Arrived
22-Thanot Arrived
23-Ull Dar Borealis Arrived
24-outtacontrol108 Arrived
25-Sean Arrived
26-MM Arrived
27-Prymer13 Arrived
28-Postmortem01Arrived
29-Fosterkeri Shipped 1/11/05
30-SEEKER Arrived
31-Jango Fett Jr. Arrived
32-Defiler Arrived
33-Evil Benius Arrived
34-TK-409 Shipped 1/11/05
35-Bobamaker Arrived
36-Jodo_Kast (White) Arrived
37-mlcallanta Arrived
38-shortimer52 Arrived
39-DarthFett_79 Arrived
40-MM Arrived
41-Master-Jedi-Allma Arrived
42-AFettFullofDollars Arrived
43-Skywkvader Arrived
44-Gorman Arrived
45-Arn-Ma Brlou Arrived
46-Imaclone? Arrived
47-almosttk 04/11/2005
48-Darksaber212 Arrived
49-Webchief Shipped Overnight 03/18/2005
50-Slowmo
51-Cal196 Arrived
52-Howlingwind13 Arrived
53-Got Maul Arrived
54-BOUNTYS HUNTED 04/11/2005
55-mbmcfarland 04/11/2005
56-Oppi Arrived
56-Loranar_Fett Arrived
57-TK172 04/11/2005
58-predatormv (Pre Pro Brown) Arrived
59-jediteddy (Pre Pro Brown) Arrived
60-Dark Shadow Shipped 04/12/2005
61-Tim H Arrived
62-

~Eddie
PM me for pricing and questions.

[MARROW SUN]

Hey buddy, if I'm not already on the list sign me up. The pics look great! Good Job.

[E2K13]

Thanks Marrow!. I will probably finish up on the first 3 tonight and they will be ready to ship by Saturday. I attached the nylon straps to the first one last night as I was doing the first color of the dye. They look great. I hope you like it.

[E2K13]

I have had a few questions from people wondering if the color would work for ESB as well as ROTJ.
This picture told me that it was perfect!

Picture Not Available

[dengar99]

PM sent

[StarChild]

PM sent.

David

[E2K13]

I responded to your PM's Dengar99 and dcwheaton.

[soilman]

Payment Sent

[E2K13]

I will be working on the 2nd run of these this weekend. The first ones I sent out should be making their way to their respective houses as we speak. I can't wait to get the feedback on how they look in person.

[Trooper TK409]

Got mine today - these are outstanding girth belts. The color is excellent. I love it, thanks for doing these! Very nice work Eddie.
- Chris

[E2K13]

Thanks for the great feedback Chris. I was hoping you would like it!

[Loranar_Fett]

You have PM

Loranar

[E2K13]

Got ya Lorinar and I responded!

[E2K13]

I have been receiving a few questions about the straps. I will post what the belt looks like with the straps attached.

[E2K13]

I just wanted to give an update to those that have put their orders in. The first batch came out absolutely perfect with no problems what so ever. The second run did not take the dye at all and I dyed the girths twice. I am working diligently to resolve this issue. Come hell or high water, I will get these out to all of you as soon as possible. Thank you all for being so patient. The test one is currently soaking in acetone to strip off whatever it is treated with.

~Eddie

[SEEKER]

Trooper TK409 - could you post some pics of yours?

E2K123 - GREAT JOB MAN!! Also how tall are these girth belts? I would like to be in this and wanna make sure thats what I'm looking for

[batninja]

Are there any issues with the dye 'bleeding' during extended wear? In other words, is the dye locked in so that it won't leave a stain on the jumpsuit?

[E2K13]

SEEKER wrote:
Trooper TK409 - could you post some pics of yours?

E2K123 - GREAT JOB MAN!! Also how tall are these girth belts? I would like to be in this and wanna make sure thats what I'm looking for

They range from 36 in to 58 I think. I know the smallest I can get is a 36 though.

Quote:
Are there any issues with the dye 'bleeding' during extended wear? In other words, is the dye locked in so that it won't leave a stain on the jumpsuit?

The first batch of 4 that I did will never bleed. Now, the 4 that I am currently working on appear to be treated and did not take the first 2 dye baths. I took one and soaked it in acetone for 24 hours, washed it and it is in a dye bath right now. I am praying that it takes the dye. If it does, then all is good. I will let you know how it turns out.

[E2K13]

Ok,
Last night I finished up dying the first one that I soaked and it looks like it took that color pretty good. Now all I have to do is the other color to see if it takes and we will be back on track. I have 3 of them floating in acetone right now, waiting to be sent through the dye. I will probably dye them tomorrow morning.

[MARROW SUN]

Hey Eddie, just got my belt and I've gotta hand it to man, it looks AWESOME! I couldn't be happier. Great work!

[E2K13]

Thank you for the kind words Marrow. I am glad it arrived ok.
Don't forget to post pictures of it on!

[Trooper TK409]

Really nice. I need to weather mine up to get the color to a dirtier red. It measures 4.5" tall

[E2K13]

Just a quick update,
Those of you that are waiting on size 36, they are still on back order from the manufactorer. I will keep on their rear till I get them in. The good thing is that they have about 20 of them arriving and I have 11 on order. The bad thing is that they are done for the year as far as producing more of these girths. Now the size 36 is only a special order item so that is why they have minimal stock.
I was able to do the first dye process on the 4 girths that were soaked in acetone and they took quite well. I will be dying them in the other color tonight and put the straps on and ship those out.
Another good thing I also realized is that when I was at the store picking up the girths, the ones that were deep on the rack were the stiffer treated ones. All the newer stock was the soft untreated that really take the dye well. THe special order ones have been coming in untreated so I thing that the manufactorer might have treated them in the past but has since stopped. In the future, I will not buy the treated ones as they aer way too much hassle! LOL
So, the light is ahead and keep your ears open cause the girths are rollin out very soon.

~Eddie

[E2K13]

Well, I tried and I tried to make these treated ones work. The acetone bath didn't really work. They took some dye but just enough to make them look quite faded. I am going to order 4 more directly from the company cause it appears that the newer stock is untreated.
I really feel bad that this order has taken so long. As soon as I get the untreated girths, I will have these out in no time.
Again. I cannot apologise enough and I have already put about 15 hours of work into trying to resolve the issue with the treated girths.

[E2K13]

Ok, I just got off the phone. I placed an order for all new belts. I will be getting them in a few days. I also received confirmation that the size 36 belts will be arriving at my house in a couple days. I have 11 of the 36 coming. I am just going to make a production line! LOL

[Ull Dar Borealis]

PM sent

[E2K13]

Ull Dar Borealis wrote:
PM sent

Your response has been sent

[E2K13]

All orders aer ready to ship. I have them all dyed and straps attached except Soilman cause his size was an untreated belt so I called the company and they are shipping me a new one. I will have it this week and out by the weekend. I am shippint all of them on Monday and Tuesday.

[soilman]

Dang! Wouldn't you know it. LOL

[E2K13]

soilman wrote:
Dang! Wouldn't you know it. LOL

Well, at least they were really acommodating when I called them. I let them know that my horse was allergic to whatever they treated it with and they said they would ship out the untreated one immediately. I will rush it out to you as soon as it comes in.

[patiam69]

[/quote]
I let them know that my horse was allergic to whatever they treated it with and they said they would ship out the untreated one immediately. [/quote]

lol i'll have to remember that one

[Geo]

Got mine yesterday. Looks great! Now just have to get to weathering it.

Thanks again Eddie.

Geo

[E2K13]

I am glad you like it! THey are pretty fun to put together actually. Can't wait to see how it looks after you weather it.

[E2K13]

Just a quick update,
Soilman your girth is in and I will have it ready by the end of the week. I will keep you posted.

[soilman]

Thanks alot on the constant contact. Can't wait to get it.

Soilman

[bobafett669]

Cost? I see no mention of cost here.

[bobafett669]

E2K13 wrote:
I have had a few questions from people wondering if the color would work for ESB as well as ROTJ.
This picture told me that it was perfect!

OK, just noticed this. If you look at Boba's right side he has something on his back that comes down to his knee. It has a cord and a pointed end. First i thought it was something behind him but if you look at the shadow on the floor it is on him. I have never seen any reference to this before. Anyone have any idea what this is?

[E2K13]

bobafett669 wrote:
Cost? I see no mention of cost here.

Under the pictures of the girth in the initial post it does say PM me for pricing and questions. LOL


As for the cord you are seeing, you can do a search on the site. There are a few threads I have seen that show pretty good close up pics of the cords running into one of the packs on Boba's Side.

[bobafett669]

That's more than just cords. It is something pretty large on his back in addition to the jet pack.

[Geo]

Interesting observation. Is it maybe another blaster? I see a"box" shape there below his arm.

[Geo]

You should start a new thread with this observation.

[E2K13]

Let me "Hunt Down" the thread that talks about that. It shows great pics in the thread!

[Slave2112]

You got cash & a PM.

[phantom viper]

That thing on the right you see is a blaster and holster. Boba carries a blaster in ESB like the ones they have on cloud city.

[phantom viper]

I see you have opened another thread about this. oops. Sorry E2K13. Ok, we now return to the regular scheduled topic

[dengar99]

Eddie,

Recieved mine last week. It's looks great!

Excellent job,

Chad

[E2K13]

Thank You for letting me know cause I was going to send you a PM to ask if it arrived yet.
I am glad you like it.

~Eddie

[soilman]

Hey E2K13 got the girth today. Awesome work. Thanks
Alot

[Slave2112]

Great work, E2K13!

[Macantosh station 1138]

great work, I may try to make one, not sure, only cause I'm on a budget.

[soilman]

Iwas at a local country hardware stores this weekend. and I noticed that they had a tack section. They had the white soft girths. But they had only one huge buckle on them. I guess that may be the difference from english and country versions.

[E2K13]

Yep, your right soilman.
That is the main difference between the English VS the Western style girths.

[Ull Dar Borealis]

Hi payment has been sent by paypal

Thanks Richard

[MerlynNY]

PM Sent

-Dion
TK/TD/DZ 1217
NER XO

[E2K13]

PM's sent in response.

[Prymer13]

PM Sent

[E2K13]

Thanks Prymer13
You got mail!

[Defiler]

PM sent I hope im in time. Been out for a while.

[E2K13]

I PMed you back. No worries, I am definately still putting these together.

[Defiler]

Pay pal sent, please add me to the list. Thanks.

[bobamaker]

Don't forget to put me on the list mate!

[shortimer52]

I want one too what kind of price range are we looking at here?

[E2K13]

shortimer52 wrote:
I want one too what kind of price range are we looking at here?

PM Sent with details
THanks

[alfredsson]

pm me info please

[E2K13]

PM Sent with the details.
Thanks

[The Admiral]

I'll take uno...

[ImaClone?]

I am interested, can I get some info?




Thanks!

[DarthFett_79]

I'm interested in one too. PM Sent

[jaybone9]

Who is this Eddie guy? Can he be trusted? LOL.

[E2K13]

jaybone9 wrote:
Who is this Eddie guy? Can he be trusted? LOL.

Watch it buddy!
:p

[E2K13]

I sent out a large shipment yesterday of the girths. Please check the list to see if I sent yours!

Thanks for the patients and I really appreciate your support in this project.

P.S. I will continue to offer these as long as there is a demand.

[cal196]

I dont know but I need one of these bad, I cant believe I missed it uggg!!

[Prymer13]

Don't worry, you know how the Mandalorians are: No one gets left behind, no one is forgotten.

~Darren

[E2K13]

I dont know but I need one of these bad, I cant believe I missed it uggg!!

LOL
You didn't miss it at all!
I will PM you and fill you in!

[cal196]

awesome, I tried to make my own, guess how that turned out?

[E2K13]

LOL
Its all good man! Just make sure you reply to my PM so I know what you want to do.

[gorman]

Pm Sent

[E2K13]

PM responded to!

[Arn-Ma Brlou]

PM Sent!

[E2K13]

PM Sent!

And replied to!

[Prymer13]

Strange, some guy in a FEDEX truck dropped one of these at my house today....ODD.
This thing kicks A$$! It's perfect bro! Thanks again!

~Darren

[shortimer52]

Got mine today,, this thing rocks........THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Evil Benius]

Received my belt today and it looks great! Thanks again!

[Defiler]

Received mine today too, thank you.

[E2K13]

I am glad you guys like them.
I will continue to make these while there is interest so those of you that think you have missed out, think again because I have a run of these I am putting together.

[ImaClone?]

Eddie, Payment sent!

[E2K13]

Thank you.
You will be in on this run.

[Master-Jedi-Allma]

Arrived and THE GIRTH IS AWESOME!
Thanks Eddie!

Mason...

[Slowmo]

are these the right color for the ESB setup? I know there has been some debate at to wether the ESB girth is brown or red. I can't seem to find the outcome of that discussion right now though. If it's correct I'd be very interseted in one as the one I did on my own sucked.

[E2K13]

Have no fear Slowmo because I set up a thread not too long ago to ask for ESB reference shots of the girth.
Here you go:
http://forums.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=5421

[E2K13]

Well, I am going to order up the girths for those that are on the list and get them dyed and preped for shipping by mid to late next week.

[Slowmo]

Sweet! Sorry it took me so long to get back here. PM sent!

[webchief]

PM Sent!

[AFettFullofDollars]

I got mine a few weeks ago, and it is dead on to the ESB color. Outstanding work!

[E2K13]

I am ordering all the girths for this run today and will have them ready to ship by late next week.
Sorry for the recent delay. There has been a lot of stuff going on and I am definately ordering these today.

[ImaClone?]

Hey Eddie, got any news for me?


LMK.

[E2K13]

The girths have been ordered, I am still waiting for them to arrive from the Mfg.

[webchief]

Hey Ed,

How goes the last order? I've got a parade on the 20th and was wondering if they'd be ready for it.

Thanks!

[E2K13]

I am going to do everything in my powers to get it there for you!

[E2K13]

Ok, Here is an update.
The 36s and 38s have been on backorder from the Mfg. for a while. I talked to them last night for a status update. They said they are slated to come in on Friday of Next week to be shipped to me as soon as they come in.

Now, I know that this does not make it in time for your parade Webchief but I am going to rectify the situation and overnight you the first girth I made to make sure you have it for the parade.

I am sorry it has taken so long everyone but I have no control on the back order situation. The good thing at least is the fact that they are being shipped very soon from the Mfg.