BWeiss Report post Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Owner is pictured with his 1939 Indian that he rebuilt from a complete strip down. The bag was in very poor shape, the stitching was cotton based and snapped from dry rot and the leather was crumbling at the edges, so I could not stitch it back up without it just failing again. long story short, I tracked down a very special distressed pig hide made in the USA to match his leather on the bike and riding gear. I tore the bag down completely and reconstructed it right down to producing my own brass rivets and canvas liner. The bag is COMPLETELY hand stitched!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is over 1,500 single passes throughout the construction, the ends are rounded to allow the material to naturally bend inward. Bag took about 15hrs from tearing down old bag to get the pattern and closure bracket to reconstructing to what you see before you. There is also a hammered copper label inside the bend and a hand painted maple leaf on the interior canvas. Thread: Julius Koch Ritza 25 dark green 1mm Photoshoot was done by me with a Nikon D3200. [ Edited September 30, 2015 by BWeiss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itch Report post Posted September 30, 2015 Nice work and a nice old Indian .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan28 Report post Posted September 30, 2015 Pretty cool. Would like to see it strapped down to that luggage rack too. It'd probably spend 10 plus hours just on the hand stitching. Did you have anything to do with that solo bag I see? I'm interested in that too, but then I'm interested in just about all motorcycle luggage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BWeiss Report post Posted September 30, 2015 Pretty cool. Would like to see it strapped down to that luggage rack too. It'd probably spend 10 plus hours just on the hand stitching. Did you have anything to do with that solo bag I see? I'm interested in that too, but then I'm interested in just about all motorcycle luggage. That was the day he took possession of the bag, he took the bag on a weekend trip completely packed with clothing and strapped down. I am trying to track down photos of it but having a hard time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted October 19, 2015 Quite cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frederiek Report post Posted October 19, 2015 That last picture is really cool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
