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thanks Billio8 ...the colors are alcohol base black for the seat and Antique for the Skull, both given with BRUSH.... that is why I'm interested in airbrushing..... thanks to you all for your info about airbrush....

nice work.....silk

ok friends...here is my latest saddle...my own. Next will be with a western style cow skull....and I would like to learn to use airbrush, that arrived yesterday by mail, do you have any suggestion ? Some web site where to learn from? thanks to everyone in advance Sergio

Thanks James...No I do not use vinegaroon or similar things ( I have never seen that thing!) ...here we use alcohol based dye, made in Italy, obviously (Nero d'Inferno is the name of the product) About the how to do that work with wet-leather....it depends from many factors ...one of them is our leather tanning, other is the position of design....and - not the last reason- the way to use the hands molding the leather around the foam....look more on FACEBOOK : Sergio Falco)

Thanks...and if you like sheats, knipes.....and so on please check what is doing FRANCESCO NOVA (Facebook) we work toghether and he is very known in Italy.....

ok friends ...now is the time to realize and show my saddle... rebuilded from the scratch....the border all around is 8,5 mm thick, it is hand-painted and hand-sewed...obviously let me know your opinion....

Thanks....and now a reply: the seat is wet-hand formed + glue.... and variations of color is done using alcohol base dye diluted and different size of brushes....

Here is finished and ready for delivery

no other colors than spirit or alcohol works on bike saddles....sorry for your work....read the section about saddles and bike gear....

Just before dye black all the background....

...As usual your work is clean and sharp...showing your work in progress you proves to have strength of character and experience....Thanks David, again

It's very thin, I'm not expert in your system you use weigth ...we use milimetres it is 1,2 - 1,4 mm

nautical foam inside, veg leather for the top and calf all around

Thanks to you all, specially to David that is the artisan that realized the saddles that originated my question.... I was thinking in a double way, brown dye and black airbrush, but one thing is to be sure and another is think about ..... thanks again to every one of you....

hello, I was watching the tutorial on how Christian make a motorcycle saddle and ,at the end of the tutorial, he colored the leather in two parts (see photo attached) brown and black .... What is the technique to achieve this effect (which I find amazing) to overlay two colors? which step to do? Thank you in advance for your attention and suggestions you can give me

It's finished ...I'll hang it in a wall....70 x 50 cm...or 28' x 20' inches, just oil and the sunshine of rome....

Yes is my project and design, and many details are hand sewn, all the best material we can find in Italy and the Carving was a long meditated design. Hawk-man attack......half fantasy and half greek (sparta's king, Leonidas).. look at this other "historic bag" is like a LORICA SEGMENTATA, the armor of legendary centurions of Rome

We where at the Rome's Motorcycle Fair 2011 with our products and during the fair I was doing something that was in my mind for a long time A tribute to Mr. David Mann: "The Ghost rider" A couple of days of full tooling activity.... Greetings from Rome!!

Finally is finished and now is on my bike......

Falconry here is my first large work, 100 x 80 cm Represents two hawks "Astor" (Accipiter gentilis) As you can see the most colorful area is still drying ..... after the final touches

Thanks to you all...and now some answers... NO DYE, just oil .....and 3 days of sun on the terrace... YES it is an embossed belt all around the bag...... The bellows over the bag is against dust and some water.....made with english leather......

Here is my new saddlebag, finished and ready to go with my bike.....

this is a new skin for a LEPERA mono-seat frrely inspired to my favorite author...im a fan of Mr. Xian....

yes is an epic design that was not so easy to decide, I like horses...but also ancient rome people, and also mythology..... so I invented a mythological warrior riding a horse and a crown of ivy leaves that means eternal life or immortality.... In the front of the bag there are two more carved ivy crown of leaves around the buckles, on both sides there are tho embossed emblems of Harley's bar and shield.... You will see....I want to establish the higher standard for saddlebgs in Europe.... Top quality leather from Florence, tooling like no other (in Europe....you are the masters and we bow in front of you!) details and finishes the best we can do.... Regards from Rome! or like the centurions used to say "strenght and honor!" falco