Shovelheadscott69

Thanks for the encouraging words benlily! Good to hear from a fellow Hoosier! I grew tired of all the trends like the chopper and bagger craze and bought the Shovel in an attempt to be anti-trend while still getting the much needed wind-therapy (and to satiate my love of American v-twins). The Shovel is an '81 FLH that I've done some extra things to. Thinking of selling the '04 FLHTI and going with a Knuckle or Pan! The pix of the bike with the hard bags is how it looked for awhile, but I've removed the bags, swapped the pipes, and tried to clean up the profile a bit!

The pic were in no particular order...just posted as I could find them on my computer. Not sure what casing is of why I might need it yet, but have already sold all of the pieces to several guys I ride with. Anyhow thanks for the comment and I plan on keeping at it until I get it all figured out! Persistence pays off!

Hello and greetings from North-Eastern Indiana! I am a biker for twenty-plus years now and hate trends and fads. The bagger trend turned me off to full-dress bikes (which seem to be all the rave these days) and I recently sold my brand new Harley-Davidson Street Glide for a thirty-one year old Shovelhead (always dug that legendary sound). My taste in retro-nostalgia and the need for something different amidst a sea of cookie-cutter dealership-boutique over-the-counter patches sent me looking for a few unique leather patches to sew on my leather jacket. Imagine my surprise when I searched the internet and came up pretty much empty handed! A few old threads on some tired old forum advertising a couple of patches posted years ago were all I found. I was quite disappointed! Having seen a few pathetic examples online and having tooled a bit of leather in middle school in the 70’s got me to thinking about doing my own patches! I am an artist and enjoying air brushing, tattooing, pin-striping, pen & ink, water color and acrylic painting. I also indulge in wood-working and have been a musician for twenty-five years, so arts and crafts and creativity are in abundance! It got me to thinking about trying my own hand at leather-crafting! If I can tattoo, airbrush and paint and draw, why couldn’t I do leather-craft? A trip to Tandy Leather provided me with a beginners kit and a few pieces of cheap scrap leather to practice on. My wife scoffed at me for indulging in yet another random and fleeting interest, but I dumped the cash anyhow, and to be honest with you, found myself quickly becoming addicted to the craft! Included are a few examples of some patches I designed from the single piece of scrap leather I purchased about a month ago! Granted my skill-level and technique leave a bit to be desired at the moment, but much like every other interest I have, practice makes perfect and I will persevere until I get it “perfect”! http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/577.jpg http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/453.jpg http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/5665.jpg http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/978967.jpg http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/4545667.jpg http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/6467787.jpg http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/47467567.jpg http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad299/thenotoriousbassman/get-attachmentaspx.jpg