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Double thanks hon the edger works like a dream and the knot brings me luck!

IMHO as long as the rider cares for it ... mine got bone soaking wet the other day no adverse effects thank you Montana pitch blend!

Ok so your photography is as good as mine!! Lol yea it helped a little I get the meat of what you did, now about the contour give it up man!!

Yea the fire set me back a little but lessons learned were worth it.thank you for the kind words comming from you they are more encouraging your work is outstanding. I am pleased to report I have been commissioned to do a similar seat for a 1954 Pan . Also matching saddle bags. Cool!

I only use fiebiengs and airbrush it on in layers till I get the effect i want then I go back and fade in with black. Thank you for the kind words!

Ok Busted you got me wanting to unlace mine and put the innertube in but I wanna see some shots of your seat pan and the contours needed to accommodate the tube!

Yup gotta love the cone hehe this is like I said on my scooter 74 FLH bobber. Thanks for the kind words.

ALSO I want to thank Mr David Theobald I followed your steps on this seat and found your process it worked well for me hopefully one day I will get to your level!

Thanks for the kind words she's comfortable too!

Ok so few of you know my shop had a fire but I'm back from the ash with a renewed sense of things here's the first thing off the bench this one is for me enjoy and as always comments welcome ...stealf... Added a couple more pix.

Nice bag clean lines and great idea!

Fine looking work! Ditto on the pebblers I like em!

Thanks to all for the kind words! I am happy to report that the shop is comming on really well the walls are up and painted so is the ceiling! Both insulated and painted! The floor got 3 coats of slate grey and most of everything is saved! Cept for needing a stitching awl im good to go need to clean out smaller things but good to go!!!

KRUDCUTTER! and good ol white vinegar! Some magic erasers! Things are looking up the shop walls are now white! Bright white!

The reason the fire didn't get any worse was the r19 pink insulation between the joists that and I caught it and put it out myself with a extinguisher!

Here are a few pix during the cleanup and during the new walls going in. And some progress!

no offense taken at all and some pix will be forthcoming me and the family have been busy as all hell and its looking better already! please do not misunderstand I was not looking for any kind of hand out period. I just wanted to talk about it with people who have the same passion. by far I'd rather eat cat litter than be any sort of leach....stealf

Kman and Winterbear, first off I want to say you are both fine people with huge hearts you dont know me from ADAM and yet you put out a hand to help Thank you both so much!!! There are some dang fine people on this forum and you are both among them. I would like to report that all is looking better, the fire seems to have caused more cosmetic damage to the shop than anything (no structure damage) so I have been pretty busy and the wife has been amazing she has helped mend everything both in the shop and my frazzled self! I can smile about it now and say that I am a better man for it. No loss of life or limb. also I am happy to report that most of my hand made tools are salvagable! my mauls, my boning tools and a couple of my 1st awls (which I use as lacing fids) were all saved! The other things like stiching groovers and edge bevelers may be a loss but its ok they were purchased and hobby quality (which goes to say alot) hobby quality tools are good its all I could afford and have had great results with them so they should never be scoffed at! In any case I am rebounding and stumbling both but am moving forward!!Thanks to all who took the time to encourage and offer a hand!!!!!by no means am I down and out and it may be a while before I start producing again but I feel better knowing I can come here and get a boot to the pants to get going when the losses show their ugly face...stealf..

I had to stop working on my shop rebuild to thank everyone here on the forum for the knowledge and time shared freely, the critiques, the advice everything that I have learned about this art up to this point has been from the resources and knowledge here on this forum Thank you all. My shop has to be rebuilt and tools have to be replaced, the day after my parents left back to NM a freak fire took me to a dead halt. I managed to save quite alot and am very blessed in that it didnt burn to the ground. Needless to say its pretty rough to finally find what feels like a good solid nich and have it go up in smoke. Once again thank you all for the time shared, to the ADMINS, AND MODERATORS great place and superb job thanks guys and gals! now I gotta get after it the shop aint gonna heal itself!!!

Thank you all for the kind words, this will be my last work for a while the day after I gave this to dad my shop burned in a bit of a freak fire. I am finding out how much of a loss I have on my hands. But above all else I have had a very humbleing expierience that taught me some very obvious lessons about myself and my shop setup. I was very blessed that I was able to get the fire out in time to save my 1974 FLH HD and my mechanics tools sadly I am looking at replacing my leatherworing tools my awls, stitching groovers, etc..etc are a loss. I am happy to report that my stamping tools were protected in a case. sorry to rant and sob..