shadowryder

Thanks Zina, At least I can work with my leather in my own time and place, looking forward to it. JJ

Hi All, Well I,ve been a member of the forum/site for a while now as a hobbyist. And I,ve been unable to find a job for a while due to health issues and figured WELL ,I love doing the leather ,it keeps me busy,Friends and family seem to like the stuff I,m making,- SO I,m going it Alone-As of 12 November 12 BatShadow Leathers is OFFICIAL. If anyone would like to see what I,m doing check out the links in my SIG, Cheers All, JJ.

Absolutely beautiful, you have amazing skills,

That is a great idea, like these very much. jj

have you tried Abbey England in Knutsford.

cool ,nice work. :thumbsup:

beautiful work indeed, you have great skill and patience,

here are a couple of sites in the UK that cater for sports/touring bikes hope this helps, http://www.caulfieldleather.co.uk/gallery.html http://www.diggerseats.co.uk/Home.html laters JJ

LIKE EM, a cool set of bags, well done

:thumbsup: Thankyou Welshcobs will look into them. regards John

thanks Guys, the ones in kent are well too far for me, Andy Bates I,M afraid I know nothing of but thanks for the tip about the saddlers shops,deffo worth looking at. cheers JJ

Hi as it says in the title, I live in the UK in the north wales area but can travel into shropshire/manchester/lancs/midlands areas without too much difficulty,and was wondering if there was anyone out there who gives classes in leatherworking,I am keen to improve on my machine sewing,and also tooling techniques, I make things for motorcycles as a hobby at the moment but would like to begin selling stuff in ernest and feel I could improve with some mentoring. Cheers JJ. samples of my work can be seen here- www.bat-shadow.jigsy.com

They all look extremely well made and finished in my eyes, I do especially like the black holster. Very well done, JJ

brilliant work,, :notworthy:

Looks CooL!

very nice work there,,

Hi Benlilly, That really is a great looking seat, can you tell me please what style of lacing is that you have used, What is it called/is it easy to do? and is there anywhere i could find a tutorial to learn it from,? Are there many good lacing techniques for seat edgings?? So for all the Questions, John

Looking Great with loads of good space, I envy you your sewing machines. laters

Joseph Segal in manchester do some 3 part buckle sets though their website doesn,t really show it all, http://www.josephsegalltd.com/

A beautiful piece of leather crafting.

SWEET SWEET SWEET, that is one real nice tank bib,love the braiding on the sides n pouch. JJ

That is one well slick job, well done

Really Great seat,well done, can you give us a side on shot so that we can see the braiding detail, Thanks JJ.

Hi, thanks for the compliments on my lacing,Because the tool roll is a fairly large item I.E. 12"long x 5" diameter I have used a 5MM{3/8ths} lace with the holes punched at the same size and the wheel i use does 6 holes to the inch so yeah they will be aprox 3/8ths apart,I use the brass Jumbo Perma Lok needle with the screw in end for the lace but i have tapered it to a point for easier access to the holes. Though i will say its a real PITA doing those end pieces n getting all the holes to line up properly LOL!! I hope this helps you in some way and look forward to seeing some of your work, laters, JJ