bustedlifter

Oh, boo ,hoo, hoo, the bib ruined my paint. Tell em to man up and grow a pair. Wear marks add to the character of a scoot.

Put it on your scooter and ride the crap out of it. Let it get weathered because it looks better that way and once in a while rub some Aussie conditioner on it.

Don't be discouraged. I usually make a tool bag of some sort for charity auctions that doesn't have the amount of work in it that a seat would have.

There's beauty in the imperfections. Nice job, looks GREAT!

When the sun is out I like to put it on the Blazer dashboard for a bit depending on how warm it is. In winter it's either in the oven on low or in the windows of our enclosed porch depending on how cold it is. A heat gun should work well, too. I'm not too specific on times and stuff as I think that it isn't rocket science and I do what works for me. I once made a practice seat and left it outside, unintentionally at the start, for about 6 months in all sorts of weather and it looks pretty cool.

If someone wants 7" spacing then that's what I'll do.

I've used Snowproof, too, good stuff.

All the time. I make my own pans and set them 6" apart. Oh, nice work on the seat!

Haha,yup! The upside to not putting stuff on it too much is that weathered leather looks really cool. I've been using Aussie with horsebutt lately and been happy with the results.

I'm not the best when it comes to putting stuff on my leather. I might put something on it once in awhile but that's about it. The only thing under the Aussie is black dye or on a very rare occasion, BIC permanent marker. After I tool and dye the piece, I like to throw it on the dash of our Blazer in the sun to get it good and warmed up. Then I put a pretty good amount of Aussie on a rag and work it in a bit. After that it's back on the dash until it's soaked in. In winter i do the same only in the oven on low.

I use Fiebing's Aussie conditioner and like it. Cyber is right nothing is waterproof. If my scooter is out in the rain, my butt gets wet. There are worse things in life than that.

Others on here might have had better success than me but I've found that with veg tanned you can get it somewhat water repellent but not water proof. I've been using horse butt lately and it seems to be better at repelling water.

Sometimes I use little 280/250x4 inner tubes for padding. Riding on air is quite comfy.

I usually get 1/2 up front and the rest on delivery.

It looks like a cylinder to me, too. Nice Work, very clean!

Looks great!

I get it from Springfield Leather. I like the grain pattern on it and think it looks really cool on motorcycles. I'll have to check out that link TwinOaks, thanks.

I've sent seats to Canada, South America and Europe but this is the first one going to Japan. Made from horse butt.

Don't know, never made any masks, maybe 5-6 or 6-7? I make seats with 8-9 oz. Herman Oak but lately I've been using horse butt.

I have tooled some. The first time i tried it it didn't work so well but that was a couple of years ago. This batch is a lot more receptive to tooling. I bought all pieces from Springfield Leather Company. Andrew, I didn't know that. This stuff works pretty well, though. Maybe I need to hoard it.

Mess around with it a bit. You could carve and tool and maybe make something out of some. It might surprise you.

Try out some of that horse butt yet?

Better than I expected. I bought some just to use for a frame mounted seat bottom as I didn't want to waste good tooling leather on something that was not going to be seen. I welded together a pan from scrap and all I had left to cover it was horse butt. At first I was just going to cover it without tooling it because an attempt I made awhile back didn't turn out. I decided, what the hey, I'll give it another go. It tools up a bit differently than cowhide but I like it. This has no other finish on it other than some Aussie conditioner.

Used some horse butt for this.

Thank you!