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    I am back... :))

    So, last year was too crazy...

    I made 1100 pieces of gun holsters, all handshaped, vege tanned leather... A year before that I made 700 pieces...

    Most of the shaping I do myself. But I did have some help. In the end my hands needed 2 months of recovery...

    The problem is always a timeframe. I had to shape 25-30 holsters a day... I really do not wish this type of job to anyone...

    So, slowly recovering, doing some smaller orders and riding my bike around...

     

    Cheers,

    S

     

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    Hi all,

    sorry for being away for so long.

    Had a couple floods in my workshop and home, some larger orders to handle, I had put a lot of custom work aside...

    I am kind of getting back at it...

    Now I see again most of the pics from this new thread are gone again... any cure for that? any suggestions? 

    What is better, links from flick, fb, or uploading here?

    Any advice helps, tnx!

     

    just a few pics from a simple seat I made yesterday...

     

    Cheers!!!

    Silvio

     

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    On May 14, 2016 at 2:24 AM, plinkercases said:

    I am also impressed and would like to know where you source you retention hardware?

    Thank you :)

    If you wonder about snaps and that stuff it is all YKK

    I really love their quality and durability!

     

    So, the screws are made here, local firm. 

    Lower parts for screws are solid brass and we darken them in my workshop.

    Those also custom made here by our friend... Can't really find that type nowhere...

     

    Plastic buckles are from Austrian company CLIX. Plastic triple release buckles, adjusters, all sorts of things...

    Awesome company, great products, fast and reliable! 

     

     

    cheers,

    S

     

     

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    On June 6, 2016 at 5:42 PM, bikermutt07 said:

    Your work is out of this world.

    Thank you :D

    On June 6, 2016 at 9:46 PM, JMWendt said:

    So I'm wondering about your technique on the corner of your attached front pockets.  Can you describe how you do this?  I don't understand the fold and stitching and would like to know more about the method.

     

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    Ok, i will try to explain but I think photos would work better :)

    So, this small piece from the corner to the back is 1,5 cm wide piece of leather.

    You stitch that in to the corner and the stitches are obviously from the inside...

    Than you turn it upside down and use a hammer to flatten it a bit...

    Latter you can use water to reshape it and lacquering for water resistant stuff and so on...

     

    Hope I helped 

     

    cheers,

    S

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    On March 14, 2016 at 6:01 AM, jrny4wrd said:

    What weight tooling leather would you use on the double seat? I shortly have my first badlander to do. They want black so I am concidering buying the drum dyed black from w&c to tool on fearing that if I dye black it will check too much and vinegaroon is probably too dangerous to put on a bike. Feedback?

    Hi :)

    I really don't know how to answer this. When I use leather for tooling I go for something 3mm or thicker. But sometimes the shape of the seat demands stretching and then I might thin the leather a bit, just to loosen it slightly... I use only leather produced in Italy and I have noticed that it is not as rigid as what you would usually find in USA... talking about vege tanned... it is nicer for shaping and edges are more easy to work with...

    I still live and work in Croatia so my geography is what dictates where I will buy... but a year ago I was looking for a new tannery to work with (cause the old one started to deliver something unusable, after more than 15 years of great collaboration) and I really had to dig deep to find the factory that is able to produce leather that would produce 100% what we need... So lucky to have found them... but this was something i needed for a specific product in large quantity... when I work on designs and small projects i go to the local shop and improvise with what's at hand...

    Back to the question... I really do a lot of improvisation. I don't think to much about technical detail. I really just go to the shop and look and touch the leather until I find what feels like something that might work for me. But I guess it has something to do with experience... But somehow I think I have done it like that since ever... 

    Good thing is to study the seat you are rebuilding. Try copying it all and then adding something of yours. Measure the thickness of the old leather where it is least worn out or stretched, and so...

     

    Hope I helped, sorry for not seeing the message before, I am just berried in work...

     

    cheers,

    s

     

     

  16. Posted · Edited by silkfatblues · Report reply

    thank you guys! 

     

    here is something I've been planing for two weeks and today I decided to finish it like this...

    a bit strange design but I couldn't resist playing a bit...

     

    Working on some designs

     

     

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    Working on some designs

     

     

     

     

     

     

    It can be mounted on a belt in two positions, all vege tanned leather, hand shaped, waxed thread... 

    Cool pouch for a cool knife :D

     

     

    cheers,

    Silvio

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    WOW!! You do some awesome pieces!!!

    Thanks for posting all those. Awesome work. Helps to give me some ideas on my ongoing bike restoration.

    Aaron

    I was gifted a motorcycle from my father-in-law. I need to get it cleaned/fixed up and running good. It needs all new leather an i plan to make some bags for it. The pics have provided a lot of inspiration to get the project started! Thanks for posting!

    Thank you guys!!

    As I have found this forum in search for new inspiration I am really happy to hear someone finds inspiration in my pics.

    cheers guys!

    Silk

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    Side bags... I really don't like engraving on black leather, the only way you can see the image is with some help of reflections... But people mostly desire black leather stuff...

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    This one went to Canada for an old Triumph :)

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    A pair of sidebars just like the ones on top of the page but black...

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    That is it for now...

    Fresh stuff soon ;)

    Cheers,

    Silvio

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