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Looks great!

I just bought a piece tonight to do one for myself. Your's looks outstanding. What did you use to treat it with?

Well, this will be a long ongoing thread. Figured I would post progress here and keep you up to date with my learning curve as I'm sure this will probably turn into "First three attempts at the same seat" before it's all said and done. Cut the leather, then started doodling. Trying to keep with a 60s/70s concert poster style.

Awesome, thanks for the info. Pretty crafty stuff.

Ultra clean. Do you use some sort of a buck to get the "molded" look to it?

Not sure about treatments, but I've had lots of experience with combat boots being submerged in saltwater for long periods of time. The boots were standard G.I. black boots that were around since the 60s. When they would dry, the salt would come to the top of the boot and crackle. It looked like the salt and water were merely messing up the last coating of kiwi and not really affecting the leather. We would just clean them with warm water and a soft bristle brush and re-apply a sturdy coat of black kiwi polish. They actually held up great with very little care and I still wear them sometimes with no issues. I think you'll find less is more, let the pores breathe and the leather should somewhat care for itself.

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Amazing. And WAY to time consuming! But, worth it I'm sure.

Outstanding! The possibilities are endless.

Beautiful!

Sign I did a couple years ago. Helmet I recently did that was full of flaws. My Yamaha chop (being redone now) 1996 Harley

Name's Scott. 34 Married with 3 babies (2 daughters 7&8. 1 son 18months) Into hot rods, choppers, tattoos, and art in general. Trying my hand at leather tooling. Some of my old paint work from years ago. Misc old art from years ago.