My friend Sierra has gone through two Fitbit Charge’s now. Each time the strap game unglued from the FitBit itself. There’s really nothing you can do to fix it at that point except for try to glue it back together. She asked me if I could try making a leather strap for her old one and I gladly accepted the challenge. I didn’t take any progress photos since this was a pretty small project.

The last phone and wallet holster I made was designed to be super simple and inexpensive to make. I did modify it a little bit by adding some extra holes for adjustments as well as adding a Chicago screw on the back to hold the two straps together. That helped keep the whole thing from shifting around too much. Two days ago I suddenly was inspired to make a more decorative back piece for the holster and was heavily inspired by Uncharted 2.

I build a holster for my everyday carry items last year. I love the thing, but it’s a bit bulky, heavy, and flashy. I’ve been wanting to make a much more simple holster for some time now, but I wasn’t sure how I wanted to design it. Then last week, a redditor contacted me asking if I could build them a simple phone and wallet holster. Also, Uncharted 4 was finally released!

I have been pretty lazy ever since I moved into my new house last November and took a three week vacation. I haven’t had many projects lately, but after going to SOAK last May, I was finally inspired to do something. SOAK is the regional Burning Man event for the Pacific Northwest. I had never been before, but I had a blast while I was there. I noticed that some people had some nifty leather pouches they were using to carry stuff around.

To finish off my Drake costume I also ended up making a belt and a leather cuff. It’s going to be a mishmash of Uncharted 1 Drake and Uncharted 2 Drake. I was able to buy the belt buckles from Uncharted 1 and 3, but the Uncharted 2 buckle doesn’t actually exist in real-life and I didn’t have time to make something. So I went with the Uncharted 1 buckle and made the belt look the same as the Uncharted 2 belt.