bustedlifter

Now that my new shop is done I can't wait for summer weather! I love working when it's good and warm even hot. As far as listening pleasure, I do a lot while the EIB network is on, other than that my musical tastes are pretty varied.

I agree! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Saddle makers blow me away but so do a lot of other "makers". A lot of my inspiration comes from non-leather areas.

Cool, didn't know that about Fred. There was a character actor, Bob Tessier, usually played the biker or "heavy" ,who also was a leatherworker. An in old Easyrider magazine interview he said it was to have a skill to fall back on when acting became slow. He also had over 100 meatloaf recipes!

Super! I like the closure device Tom.

Sounds like me.I like the first one,too.

For solo seats I use the U.S.Postal Service large flat rate box. It's like 13.95 anywhere in the country and I usually throw delivery confirmation on it for under a buck.

That's really cool! I would leave it just the way it is. Maybe a bit of oil.

WOW!

He's been in the business for 30 years and I think he's had the light for about 1/2 that time. It's currently been up for almost 3 years. I think the company has more urgent concerns than some independent shop's neon sign.

Coo well!

The local independent bike shop I frequent has a neon light fixture with the bar and shield and an eagle. The owner displays it in the front window until he gets a cease and desist letter from H-D's mouthpieces. Then it goes into his office for a couple of months only to return to the front window when the furor dies down.He specializes in H-D and is a big fan of their bikes but he isn't "officially" licensed.

Thanks! I'm currently working on another seat for my tattoo artist friend ,Big Will. I'll see if I can scrounge up some batteries for the camera and post some pictures.

Cool! Very "Grizzly Adams" ish.

Looks good. I like that you left the face blank. Is it part of something or a piece onto itself?

Niiice!

Thanks for the good words, everyone. Hushnel, that's the reason I like to make my own pans. If it's a local job I can make the pan and make sure it fits the bike to the customers satisfaction. I made a seat for a dude in Texas that I sent the pan to twice before it was right, guess I'm just a pushover, hahaha.

Thanks! I've been doing more local stuff lately. I sent a sample of my work to a shop owned by someone who's on the current "Celebrity Apprentice". I received a call from the shop manager who said he would send me a pan to cover for a try out.However, I recently read where the same shop owner is no longer going to sell parts so that explains why I never received the pan. Oh well, that's the way it goes. Paul Cox seems like a pretty cool dude, I checked out some of his work a few years ago at the U.S Nationals.

Neat-O!

Really nice stuff! Looks like you have a job in leatherwork.

Thanks! Try these. Thanks Tom. And these. I used black Sharpies and some of it lifted after I antiqued and put some Aussie stuff on it. I think it gives it a kind of worn in look right from the start. And there is an inner tube in it for padding.

I've been working on a few projects lately but I haven't finished anything until today. Well I did make a belt for a tattoo artist friend but I forgot to take pics of it. At any rate, here's a new seat for my bike. I'm keeping the old one and probably going to make another one later and swap them out when I get the itch. The big design was drawn by the old Iron Horse magazine editor David Snow. It was my favorite bike rag and during Snow's time in the editor's seat it set a standard that most publications cannot equal, even today, imho. The smaller one was drawn by the tattoo artist ,who did my wife's back piece ,for some work I did for him. It depicts an H-D lifter coming from together,hence, bustedlifter. There's still some Aussie conditioner visible in the tooling that has to wear in.

I'm really diggin' that box!

Hey, Luke, what kind of wrestling belt are you talking about and can you post some pics of it when you're finished?

Neato! And thanks for your service to our country.

Seat looks great Dave but I wasn't aware of any 20" wheels. Sure it's not 21"?