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Hi Johann I'm almost done making a large rool bag and swingarm bag for my bike. You are welcome to look at what I'm making. http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/badgerpolice/Hand%20Tooled%20Leather%20work/ I'm just waiting for the kangaroo lace to finish them off. Phil

Looks great but now you have to make the seat to match.

Yes I've airbrushed the stain to build up the colour gradually light to dark. I rubbed down the sprayed area once almost coated to take off any overspray and in order to build up the overall tone. I only used three dyes to get the colours and these worked really well together. Colours used were: Light Tan, British Tan and Mahogany. The two tans blended really well and I used a reducer to blend the colours almost to dilute them as I was working the tones.

Finally I finished my first pieces of work last night, my motorcycle seat and dash panel. Until two months ago I had never done any work in leather and so I'm thrilled with how they have worked out. I have done everything myself thanks to this site giving me the confidence to have a go. A big thanks to Roger at RHD for his 'How To' article on this site and for answering a couple of simple questions I asked him by email. I used 7/8 oz tooling leather for my design and 2/3oz leather for the sides, plus 3mm Kangaroo lace for all the lacing. I couldn't belive how much lace I used just for the seat, dash and hand grips I've made...10metres in total, so now I need to order more to finish the matching pillion seat and roll bags. Anyway here are the pics of how it looks before finishing with the leather dressing.

His work is truly inspirational.

Really nice looking work. I like the design and the overall look.

David, I'm always blown away by the quality of your work. Plus the whole package looks great in this instance.

Thanks for the colour info. I'm ordering my dyes for my seat next week and I can't believe how much the colours tend to darken up once applied. I'm going to airbrush the dyes on and will start by using a reducer initially to build up the colours so they fade into each other well. I'll definitely do test samples first as none of the browns appear as you'd think from what I've seen.

Very nice work Gary. What colour Brown did you use?

Really like the lettering with the graphics moving from one side to the next. I'm going to have to try something like this in the future.

Inspirational work. Like to see it when coloured.

I really like the tooling on this and the skull looks great with good depth.

I have a double action Iwata HP-SB which I've had for 30 years and it still works as new. They still make this model. I've used it for all kinds of things from illustration to spraying bikes. It is a great allrounder for fine detail and general spray. Good luck.

I like that, it's a nice idea for a gift.

Beautiful Seat. What Brown did you use?

Looks great. I really like the tooling and braiding, well done. Hope mine looks as good when finished.

Really like the belt with the recessed background. Excuse my ignorance but Is that carved out?

That looks a wonderful piece of work.

Really love the quality of your work plus I think it's good to have ethics. Good job.

That's a nice tidy looking seat for the sporty. well done.

Looks unique and really well done.

I like the diversity and quality of your work. Very nice.

Absolutely beautifully detailed work. You must be really pleased with the final result.

I really like the tooling, it's very effective and looks like it has great detail. Did you use two tools to achieve that effect?

Thanks for the compliments. I've figured out how to do the lacing X-Braid and have made the sides for the bags. Ordered my kangaroo lace and everything is hole punched now. It will be a month before I can buy the final materials to finish everything and once finished I'll post pics. I've love looking at the variety of work on this site. There are some amazingly talented people and looking at the work gives help and confidence to do this project myself. Thanks