silkfatblues

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...

tnx mcJeep!! the roundness is a result of puting some rubbery spunge (very hard) under leather (between the leather and anvil)... that gives a slight roundness and 3d... after stamping that peice of spunge was remuved... in fact I used it only under the leathers and the skellet... the seat is now about a year old, I saw it today and it kept the shape very well... cheers, Silk

that is some prime leatherwork youre doin'!!!! I'd like to learn about those laces one day... best regards, Silk

another bike, another seat... average seat but the bike is awsome

here's the other belt @ramrod: the inlay on the hunters bag are the dear hoofs (is that the right word?) thanx all! realy glad you like this!!! @wvcraftsman: photography is my obsession lately :D if I could live of that beleive me I would... who knows greetings all! Silvio

few things for hunters... I got myself a new lens for canon so I'm shootin whole day like mad... :D

Donkey rules!!!

thanx Rohn! @woodandsteel this peice of wood that you see beneeth the revolver is what I use for shaping... After years of practise I found ways how to loose that tipical line and shape holsters in this plastic like way... The leather I use is very very hard to shape but once its shaped and dryed it lasts decades... thanx for the interest, don't hesetate asking anything, glad to share... cheers, Silk

thanx!!! it is all the same leather but the shaping of a holster (hand pressing and lining with a peice of wood) is done while the holster is wet (warm water) and that results slite discoloration.... after some time on the sun exposure the colour difference will become less noticable... I don't think much about it, that is just the way it is... the same thing is this gloss... the pressing and lining makes the leather slicker... water based polish used for finish... stitching is by old adler 205... waxed thread 0,8 mm next time I'll make a video cheers, Silvio

fresh from the workshop cheers, Silk

another one from me... I made this one almost two years ago... still looks cool to me... the one above is the first seat I ever made and this was the second one... the plate and taking mesures... one layer of thin rubbery spunge, one layer of softer spunge and again thin and dense rubbery stuff (not sure how to call it) the cool thing is when you use the neophrene glue on the edges (you must make the middle spunge thicker and softer and SMALLER) the air gets stuck in the mid part... I like it like that, the whole seat looks thin but is much more confortable than it looks... (the driver said so) engraving before glueing... stamp of my workshop hidden from the eyes of public... (I just didnt want someone to sit on my logo ) softening the edge part with water and shaping it to the plate... graphic (from a bikers arm actualy) graphic transfered to the main peice of nice cow shoulder... few pictures missing... simplest way not to use the sewing machine :D finitoooo!!! nice contrast with green in the back... cheers, Silk

no problem!! btw. I baught a new camera so there will be a short movie next time I make a seat...

I make the top piece of leather larger than the bottom one, get it wet in a warm water (put some glue on the edges and try not to get that wet), bond the upper and lower part just enough to keep in place during hand pressing the shape... at first I was a bit scared that leather wouldn't agree for that kind of action but after a hour of sweat and tooth crunching it turned just fine, looks to me like the top of the dr. martens boot... then I dried the top leather (took it of and dried the inside part also), glued it even better, cut the extra edges, sew it on an old pfaff machine, did the edges, lacquered it, polished and that is it...

thanx pellegrino! another seat from me... cheers, Silvio

a new luggage bag that I've been working on last week... cheers, Silk

Thanx guys!!! I can see this is a great learning playground here

more than 60 year old seat (the owner said so...) some fresh paint and plenty of rust... don't know what this is... more rust and something hairy trying to get the rust off... first layer of some special kind of rubbery spunge (don't know how to explain in english) here I put 2 more layers of spunge and that rubber type of thing... don't have the photo of the inside but it is like sandwich with two thiner layers (water resistant) on the outside and one 1" softer spunge in the middle... nice peice of cow shoulder (vegetabile) pfaff 335 sewing machine painted and polished edges, nice round and slicky... lacquered and polished all over... a days work but should last for another 50 years cheers, Silk

Hi! I am working as a craftman for over 15 years and I own a small workshop in Zagreb. here are some pics, maybe that is the easyest way of endtroducing myselfe and nice video of assembling a bobber... I just made the seat... http://vimeo.com/24954199