silkfatblues

Once I promised to make some videos of my workshop and so... This is not it... http://vimeo.com/38183037 cheers, Silk

some of this posts tell me that I should not have told you guys how that print can be done... heh, I'm so sory, maybe next time I'll just look the other way when someone asks how to... maybe I was wrong, it realy is a tatto and 200$ is actualy best buy... LOL just kidding... cheers, Silk

btw. I dont think it is wrong to make such a seat if someone wants it like that, but it is very wrong to present it like something it aint... i dont know if the guy that makes them used "tattoed seats" recklessly as a figure of speach or did he actualy say "hey, I tattoed this for hours and hours man!! it's worth xxx$!!!"... either way there is a market for every product...

chancey77 I agree totaly, I just wanted to share what I saw... this has nothing to doo with stuff we try to learn here and realy is wallmart aproach but far more expencivo... so, dont be angry at the mesenger please I respect Your work and advices apsolutely!! best regards, Silk

If I may... I do beleive it is a laser printer... a woman that does some of mine laser engraving had it in her workshop and I am 100% positive that is it... We tried some stuff with that and the results are as seen on these pictures... the only misadvantage of that kind of printer is that it does not print white colour, just like every ordinary printer actualy, so you need to print on leather that is light coloured as this ones are... but I have heard that printer with white dye is also available... btw. these printers can print on anything, wood, metal, leather and more... we also made a print on a plexy for my shop but we didn't put no protection so it soon was damaged by scratches and so... I can check what that laser printer brand is... best regards, Silk

I agree!! cutting the face of the leather feels so wrong to me sometimes... But this two seats that I have tooled that way are made by my ignorance and improvisation. I have never seen a single video untill few days ago when I finished this spartan seat and I wanted to learn some tricks... I wasn't much surprised by videos but I found few details of how to make it easyer to myself and realised I need to get those dyes, those thick and full color dyes... I will continue to use a bone for tooling, but if some details need cutting I have a swivel knife to... thanx for kind words, Best regards, Silvio

hi, I didn't use swivel knife... I used a bone. A knife shaped and slightly curved peice of bone... It does not cut theleather, it just makes the line... I'll post picture if I find one... cheers, Silk

this started with a sketch... started tooling the leather peice and somewhere along the line I searched the tube to find some usefull videos for tooling leather... soon find out that I was a total ignorant in this area... but it was too late... I do like what I did but after looking at some videos I realised it could be done more simple and less trouble... and the biggest problem was dying... my dyes are not water based so they stink like hell and give headache... that is not the only problem... this type of dyes are not ment for details, they tend to spill over edges... (it is more fluid and thin) in the end I am satisfied and the customer is too.. actualy he is ecstatic and I am too I'll be buying some new tools and dyes, now I know what to look for... cheers, silk

thanx all for nice words another fresh knife sheathes cheers, silk

Thanx!! on the third picture you can see the bottom peice of leather... that is how Iglued it, then came the stitches and I cut around the stitches about 1 cm all around... so, red piece is still in one piece ) but cut so it is easyer to shape the seat... cheers, Silk

my experiences tell me that whenever I finish a holster and dry it - it shrinks a little bit... so before selling it I also doublecheck and insert the gun with a peice of leather along the barrel, just to stretch the holster a bit more... when i remove the gun and leather I try putting just a gun and see how it draws... if I'm not happy i repeat but with a thicker leather peice... I also use the imbus screws and rubber spacers for additional adjusting... my gun models are mostly blue guns and aluminum casts... these aluminum peices are smaller than the original for about 1 mm on each sides... I supose it is so 'cause aluminum also shrinks a bit when cooled down... ? my guess... but the blue guns are realy close enough as the original... and I could not tell the difference 'cause even when I make holsters and use real gun it also needs represing after drying and lacquering... cheers, Silk

An improvisation from last night... I ran out of spunge so I finished it this morning... it's a birthday prezent to a friend... seat - uncut seat - cut seat polished and lacquered... cheers, silk

thank You sir. I notice some resemblence with Your profile image there

I'll be putting photos of holsters that come ot of my workshop... coments are wellcome cheers, silk

fantastic!!! how many hours of work is that?? respect!!

no problem!! ofcourse I have mentioned whos work is that... I just moved it to Motorhead topic and added jour blog and facebook... PM coming cheers! Silvio

Yust to say hello (here also)... and this galery kicks ass!!! hope it's ok I have shared these motorhead photos on a music forum cheers, silk

another seat for HD... cheers, silk

best regards reddevil, this is great stuff!!! i'll be making something like that soon and i'm sure i'll come back for this pictures as a guide... tnx!! silk

I like both styles!!! cheers, Silk

that bikers sleve is cool!! cheers s

thanx all!!! leather is vegetabil tanned, jep... the best I could find that fits my needs is made by AUSONIA, italian leather manufacturer... cheers! Silk

not sure realy... most of my stuff is pure improvisation, I never read a single leathercraft book so it is all on first strike and very impulsive in my head :brainbleach: :D this one was laser engraved... I am very lucky to meet people with such bikes... you just cant go vrong with this... ok, maybe someone can... this is a repair that I did before: and after: I wasnt to happy with result cause the engraved (the original) leather was to hard and thick... that is why the guy that made it couldnt shape it right... the owner was unhappy couse the seat was hard and it gave him but pain i guess... for me it was as much work as making a new seat but the owner wanted this engraved leather peice to remain as it was... in the end he was very pleased and ordered a side bag also... cheers, Silk

thanx Andy!!! great place youve got here, a lot to learn and share.. most of the photos are taken with mobile phone and oly e-520... but last two weeks I'm on canon 5d m2... awesome...