“Canik” Guitar Strap
The "Canik" guitar strap was commissioned as a Christmas gift in 2008. It features tooled and painted skull and crossbones with stars arching above. Between them is the guitarist's name, "Canik", in a bold western font. "VM" and a scorpion silhouette are tooled into the back, which was the signature carving I was using at the time. →
“Sarah Blackwood” Guitar Strap
I first talked to Sarah Blackwood, aka Sarah Sin of the Canadian psychobilly band The Creepshow, about creating a custom leather guitar strap for her at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood back in 2007. We talked about it at every show I saw her at after but, due to both of our inabilities to not lose the other's contact →