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About Hell Bent 4 Leather
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Rank
Member
- Birthday 09/25/1969
Contact Methods
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Website URL
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Hell-Bent-For-Leather/188776704532963
Profile Information
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Gender
Male
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Location
Castor, LA
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Interests
Riding and customizing motorcycles, reenacting, hunting, fishing, camping
LW Info
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Leatherwork Specialty
motorcycle gear, or just about anything that someone will pay me to make.
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Interested in learning about
How I can improve my skills.
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How did you find leatherworker.net?
searchiing for leatherworking forums.
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Making Medieval Armor From Beer Cans
Hell Bent 4 Leather replied to chancey77's topic in Historical Reenactment
That band rocks! And the video is funny. -
I AM WORKING ON SOMETHING YOU MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE YOURSELF! I 'LLWILL SEND YOU PICS WHEN IT IS DONE!
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tattoo......midlife crisis!!!
Hell Bent 4 Leather replied to leatheroo's topic in All About Us and Off Topic
I've been a tattoo artist for over 20 years, so I have quite a few tattoos, but I never considered a makers mark.Be aware, they are addictive. We all started with the phrase, "I'm only gonna get one." , it never works that way. -
Found Grey Ghost! Disregard!
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Where can I have a maker's mark made? Currently, I'm simply stamping two 'R's resembling the Rolls Royce logo, but with different lettering, somewhere on each piece I make to represent my nick name 'Road Rash'. I'd like one that's oval and says 'Hell Bent 4 Leather, Hand Made In CSA, Made By Road Rash'. That would be awesome!
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Where is the money in leatherwork?
Hell Bent 4 Leather replied to LAPat's topic in Marketing and Advertising
If you're getting into leather work to make a living, you should stick with dog training. Leather work is an expensive hobby, and that's the way it usually starts out, doing it because it's something you enjoy. After a while of practicing and getting better, you may start seeing a little money from it. To start out with, I'd start with something to compliment your current business, custom personalized dog collars, and anything pet related that you can think of. As your projects get bigger, and more people want your leather goods, you may be able to make the transition that way. I've been doing this for about six years now, and I'm just now starting to see a little money come in occasionally from it. It would be great to do it for a living, but it's just not realistic for me to think that is a possibility right now. -
I've sold several items by posting my work on FB. I also go on certain motorcycle forums and post my work just to show it, I never post it as something for sale, and never right off the bat, this makes them think you're a spammer. I wait until I've been there for a week or so and have made several posts, then I post some of my pieces just to show them what I do, and usually, I'll start getting pms asking for pricing and such.Also, variety is good, if one item doesn't get any response, put up something else, keep trying different types of products and designs for your tooling, and eventually, something you make will appeal to someone and you'll start getting orders.
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I caught this bird last night at a New Years party! I hung out with him for a little while, then turned him loose at midnight. I don't know if that's starting the new year right, but he was in the hand, which made him worth two in the bush! LOL!
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Great looking mask! I have a question, how do you wear something like this? I mean, what holds it on your face? I didn't see where you added any straps or anything, or is this simply meant to hang on a wall?
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This is awesome! I can't wait to try it! I think I will use cheese makers wax to coat it with, though, it stays flexible and doesn't crack.
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Please Don't Tell Anybody!
Hell Bent 4 Leather replied to Jimbob's topic in Motorcycles and Biker Gear
That's a cool Honda chop! I love it! And let's hope that guy doesn't ride through AZ with that seat. What MC is it? -
Please Don't Tell Anybody!
Hell Bent 4 Leather replied to Jimbob's topic in Motorcycles and Biker Gear
I've owned a Hardley Everruns before too, left me stranded more times than I could count. If that's the best the U.S. has to offer, I'll take Japanese any day! But again, nice work on the seat. -
clearest explanations for making Turksheads
Hell Bent 4 Leather replied to Johanna's topic in Braiding
Here's another video for making a turks head knot that I found. I couldn't get the other two vids in this thread to play, probably my compter, takes forever just to load one of these mesage boards. (no I don't have dial up, so that's not the problem)