22/10/2026
Here's another custom project I finished in the last year or so.
These bells are an unusual variation of the "globe" bell style. The most common type of globe bells looks like a small chicken egg. In this style, the upper part of the egg was sheared off to make this flat-topped variant. All styles of globe bell were made in the late 1800s to early 1900s.
The owner asked me to only clean the bells to remove the grime, so the resulting bells have a soft oxidized brownish color. They would be golden if they were polished.
The new unlined strap is 7/8" wide, about 63" long from buckle to tip, and is made with dark brown leather. The buckle end of the original strap was intact, so I used it to design the buckle end on the new strap.
I removed the old buckle from the original strap and cleaned, adjusted, and installed this buckle on the new strap.
The billet (the end with holes for the buckle) was largely missing, so I designed a new billet based on other similar old straps.
The solid brass machine screws and finish washers I used to fasten the bells onto the new strap were darkened to blend with the leather and bell colors.
More about globe bells: https://classicbells.com/info/Egg.asp
Another strap with this style of bell: https://classicbells.com/proddetail.asp?prod=cpUnFox
