Akribis leather

Home
Canada
Summerland, BC
Akribis leather

Handmade premium leather tool belts made by tradespeople for tradespeople.
(1)

10/31/2026

10/30/2026

The Japanese pocket boy outback edition.
Arbor composite handle for a great grip in cold and wet weather, black nickel/tin plated blade for added durability and blade performance.
Available at akribisleather.com
R1HBmini shown in this clip.

10/27/2026

There are several ways to create a “level” floor with outside grades. To achieve this finished product (correctly), you need to have the floor system mounted inside your foundation, not on top of it. This enables you to run your backfill up the wall as high as possible without having any soil come in contact with lumber.

There are typically three common methods used to get a flush mount floor.
1) bolting/fastening a ledger against the inside of the foundation wall to mount hangers on that carry the joists.
(Can also be done on icf)
2)using a full width sill plate that will accommodate top mount hangers. (Can also be done on icf with lvl)
3)forming a corbel / rabbit into the top of the wall to set joist directly on top of.

All these methods have their pros and cons..

The primary benefits of a corbel/rabbit is the minimized wall thickness which aids in better insulation, added thermal separation, and simple vertical bearing requiring no extra hardware.

The corbel / rabbit detail is what was chosen (by the builder and engineer) for this job so I endeavoured to design an assembly that would be multi functional and cater to easy floor install for the framers that followed us.

By building the corbel to be cast in place with pressure treaded material, I removed the need to drill and blot in a treaded bearing plate, as well as a barrier to keep separation between untreated joists and the concrete.

This is a labour intensive method but gives a stellar final product.

10/25/2026

Prepping a bunch of offset bars for our grid that needs to bend around a corbel we’ll be building into our foundation walls.

And yes I know, the Metabo HPT 36V Portable Rebar Bender/Cutter also cuts.. however, when large volumes of identical pieces need to be cut, gang cutting is much quicker. Hence the use of the DeWalt FLEXVOLT 60V MAX 9” Brushless Cut-off Saw.

After years of cutting and bending with a manual sheer/bender and corded cut off saws, I certainly do not take for granted how slick these new tools are! I know how spoiled I am.😅👌

10/20/2026

M80 heads and some new handle and M1 colours. Available now at akribisleather.com

Address

9800 Lenzi Street
Summerland, BC
V0H1Z2

Website

https://www.akribisleather.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Akribis leather posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.