Jimbob

Second seat from left reminds me of my old pair of dancing shoes...hehehee.... Good work!! A

Uhhhh-ahhh love the scooter!!! Love the seat!!! Love the color of sheet metal......now all you need is some gold leaf on that orange....I can see it clear and sharp....right smack in the middle of that beautiful candy mandarin orange.....nice!! Just got into gold leaf myself latly....love it...need more praktice...haha... Ohhh and back to the seat!!>>>> you do some real sick work there, awesome....rich colors and a tad of Xiang? leather style....sort of bold and such!! Very nice my friend....must be the clear fresh air in Helsinki!! Aloha and greetings please keep up the gud work!! Jimbob

Hohooho.... Another alien....me not from SW-Virginia either, born in the southern part of Germany! Strange how this happened....I would love to see Finnland...so beautiful what I have seen in pictures. now we are talking, pinstripe desing....cool I bet these panels will be killer!! I just got into pinstriping and gold leaf....also on leather. well, have fun with the panels and keep us posted!!! Aloha Jimbob

yeahhh, these customers....I hate to do flames and skulls all the time and then they want it in black...grrr....wish I could do some flowers, I love flowers....#$%^&&^%$#$ But the info on the "birds" was interesting, did not know that. I dig old shool tattoos, but also the more artsy new age stuff.....but I know by seeing some of your stuff that these panels are in good hands....when u sit down in your snow covered shack ( it snows all the time in Finnland...?) then you will come up with a super cool idea....have some Espresso...wait ( that's a different country...haha...) and than go for it!!! We all here want to see them finished panels....and who knows, maybe I do my wife's Chevy Tahoe panelsl one day ( with flowers...hoohuhahahaaa....) Good having you on here....me enjoy to talk to some one from "over there" Be gud and have fun Greetings from SW Virginia... Jimbob

Really....birds...???!!! Ohhh, come on, birds??....neehhh...needs flames and skulls, old time engraver style scroll border and lots of , and I mean a lot...!! of a super hot pin-up girl sitting on an old Ford sign....there where NO birds in the fifties...only hot chicks, cool cars and trucks and the high time of the bobber style....!! And I would loose the basket wave too, haha....that's for saddles and horses... OK, ok...everybody has its own style....I just got carried away..heheee...but birds...???? Ok, I better quit. please let us see the finished door panels...promise!?? Have fun, with what ever you put on it... Greetings Jimbob!!

Hey Chris... There is no way that I know making a vest out of veg tan....exept maybe the new super soft stuff from Springfields....but might not tool well at all!! So I would make my vest nicely out of chrome tan and then make me a application out of a cut-out of veg tan....about 3-4 oz max...this will tool nice and you have any desigh you want...make it black and it will match ur vest assuming your vest is black to begin with......works tan on tan or tan on black...will look very sharp...gives that vest a custom look for shure....stitching can be bold and decorative or small undetectable fine 69 thread,,, Hand sewing the outline is not that big of a deaL.....The chrome tan and the 3-4 oz veg tan....should be easy able to be sewn ob a Singer 31 or 16 something...I got an extra Singer 188 and it would sew this just fine...what "old dirt" machine u got...? Keep us posted and let us know how you tackle this vest... Greetings Jimbob

Kevin U rock, these are awesome....just as ur other work....just one PROBLEM here!!!!!!!!!! I need to hide this page from my wife, or she shure will call u and want one of them nice bags....szzzzz.... Keep it up, always enjoy looking @ ur work!! Aloha James

uhhhh my, what a wondeful rig,,,looks like it just came out of the old days.....very clean and love the color variation.... dig the knifes and sheat too....I am a knife lover...and real knives need real leather sheats.....holster is very fine too!! Show us more of ur work.. Greetings Jimbob

Well, see thats when it gets tricky...haha.... Been using lots of different stuff, still experimenting. BUT....seems like Aussie conditioner keeps water out sort'a fair....tried some neat-lac on my own seat and it did make spider webs/cracks....when flexed....now trying to rubb it on instead of brushing it on.....whiping on works great never thought it would ( sheepwool) But several layers of conditioner and some wax/shoepolish neutral, will surly do the trick....I love neat lac but need to do more testing....seats get wet like boots, if the owner knows how to take care of it the seat will last very long! Just my 2 cents.... kepp us posted, sure other people need info on that too....!! Aloha James

Got mine from Bob Kovar, has gear reduction and sews anything I can get under the foot....super slow to fast....I can go and get a sandwich and a drink inbetween stitches...haha....love this servo motor...have two of them....call Bob he will tell you. James

I do use Aussies leather conditioner on tooled and not tooled leather.....not had any problems yet.....seems if I use Aussies conditioner on any, tooled or not....it gets a almost orange darker tan when exposed to sun...(bike seats) Ordered some Montana pine pitch past....will see what that is allabout...lots of people love this product...I will keep ya all posted... Aloha James

wow....and double wow... I love your work, absolutly awesome!!!!!!!!! Great art work....I pull my hat....!!! Jimbob

Grandpa's always know well....and you did well too!! Nice start into leather hobby....till you know it you will be deeply in love with this hobby....I like your own desig and you do tool well....there is tons of different leather work to do, hats, belts....picture, boots, holsters and mask, wallets and backpacks....purses and mores....bow and arrow gear and leather floral arrangements too....a huge world where you can mix art, crafts and talent into an ocean of creativity!!! Keep it going, keep it coming and ask a lot.....there are gazillions of nice people here on this forum!! Good luck!! Greetings James

Great reply, thanks a lot.... I tend to go away from lacs now....so many good facts you mentioned! I love ot to seal my acryl paint stuff, but I think on bigger seats...main seating area....it makes me thinking about Montana Pitchstuff....done ordered 4oz....pretty expensive stuff! Shipping is a killer too....szzzzzz... So back to the bench...maybe I do the not so flexing seat area with lac and the skirts will be sealed with dressing... I keep u all posted how I progress....thanks again to all.....still open thread to hear more... Greetings to Finnland!! James

Have not used much tan kote....I will try this on a test piece.....thanks for all the input.....I love the waxy shine of neats lac and durrability.....shure works gud as sealer too... So back to the bench...tnx Aaron James

I see what you are saying....been using neat lac on my wallets too....to protect my colored carvings...rest is dyed and with some wax sealer////never had a problem there....and they get flexed a lot too....so I really dont know....I am in the progress to do a seat with natural tan and antiquening...Fiebings paste....of course I need to seal leather before antiquening....later after wipe off another coat of neat lac to seal this....now I am concerned to do that....hmmmm...any ideas....?? Thank you to all that read this.. James

how do you apply...airbrush, felt , swab...brush....I did it rather liberal with large brush... Thanks for the input!!! James