Hell Bent 4 Leather

That band rocks! And the video is funny.

Thanks guys!

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!

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!

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.

Thank you! And I will, soon!

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!

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?

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.

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?

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.

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)

Cool! Just thought I'd throw that in there in case you fellas hadn't seen that forum before!

And just what, exactly, is wrong with a Yamaha? The seat and wallet look very nice, but the attitude against metric bikes needs work. It doesn't matter what name is on the bike, it's the rider that makes the bike, not the bike that makes the rider. Some people either don't want to, or can't afford to take out a second morgage to buy a motorcycle.At least the guy's got two wheels to ride on, and that's what matters. In the wind is in the wind. Doesn't matter what name is on the tank.

Nice job! Inside and out! I like the card holders in the front, I can redesign the inside of the wallets I make now! Good idea!

I'm now considering wrapping my whole bike in leather rather than doing a paint job, how is this attached to the tank?

I gotta give you props on that skull, bro! Did you do the texturing of the bones with a pear shader, or beveler? Great job!

This is an awsome edge braid! What about videos? I do better watching someone in action, rather than looking at still pictures or illustrations, know of any good videos on the subject? I'd love to learn how this is done!

I'd like to learn to make these for my bike too! I have a '97 VLX. Also,I've cosidered doing a full tank cover, but how do you attach this to the tank? Mine doesn't have a tank dash to hold it down at the top, and how are you attaching it at the bottom? And if your interested,here's a forum dedicated soley to people who ride and customize Shadows, they're a little rough on noobies, but it's all done in fun, kind of a hazing in of new members and there's tons of great info on customizing and tricking out your Shadows! http://www.shadowrid...orums/index.php A little advice that'll help them warm up to you a bit quicker, fill out your profile and post pics of your bike in your gallery when you sign up. Over there, they like to say no pics = no bike. In spite of the rough introductions, most of them are really good people who will help you out with advice on just about anything Shadow related. Nice bikes, and trike btw!

Thank you!

Maybe so, but that one broke my Harley fever. I ride Honda Shadows and Kawasaki Vulcans now.

Just thought that I would add that this is the second motorcycle seat I've ever done.

Here's a pic of a carving thet I did that will soon be a seat. I carved this a few years ago, probably my third or fourth carving, I have now finally learned enough to finally turn it into a seat for a motorcycle.