skull seat & chop hill

[Roger]

here are a couple i've been working on.

[BruceGibson]

Awesome work! The tooling on the skulls/borders is incredible.

[Guest]

Great stuff Beeze.

I like them both. Cool carving and tooling on the first one and a really unique look to the second. Nice work buddy!

Dave Theobald

[The Major]

Very nice work. The one you posted that is finished, is that the pan that is laced or did you cover it with a metalic leather? Can't quite tell. Nice look either way.

Did have a question, does anyone know of a good resource for identifying OEM seats and matching bikes to them. I had a friend pick up a couple seats he saw at a garage sale for me to recover. The original owner knew nothing about them. I have identified one of them as a seat off a Ducatti SS750 for sure, because I have recovered a few of them in the past. Now this one has got me stumped. I think I have narrowed it down to either a Boss, or a sportster, but it seems to large for a sportster.

Any thoughts?

[Roger]

thanks for the comments guys!!!

i have the first one about finished up and will post a pic of it in the next day or so. i have also installed a polymer insert to give the rider a bit more comfort

the second seat is a brushed aluminum pan. it was left bare with a triple loop stitch done around the edge. it was the look the customer wanted.

i am also finishing up a set of leather covered grips to go with it.

the major...

i can't really help with id-ing old seats. most of what i work on are custom pans. if you think it's a harley pan and too large for a sporty, it may be for an fxr or fxd

[The Major]

thanks for the comments guys!!!

i have the first one about finished up and will post a pic of it in the next day or so. i have also installed a polymer insert to give the rider a bit more comfort

the second seat is a brushed aluminum pan. it was left bare with a triple loop stitch done around the edge. it was the look the customer wanted.

i am also finishing up a set of leather covered grips to go with it.

the major...

i can't really help with id-ing old seats. most of what i work on are custom pans. if you think it's a harley pan and too large for a sporty, it may be for an fxr or fxd

Thanks for the thoughts. I am really just thinking of recovering it and using it as a sample when I do shows. Pictures don't do things justice sometimes.

[Roger]

Thanks for the thoughts. I am really just thinking of recovering it and using it as a sample when I do shows. Pictures don't do things justice sometimes.

any time!

pics never do them justice. i always get emails after customers receive thier seat back about how much better it looks in thier hands.

samples..... i don't have the time for them and don't do any shows.

i haven't had time to make a seat for myself till last year and it was very simple. i hope to have the time to rewok it this spring. i was just telling someone... i still wear a store bought belt cause i just don't have the time to make on for myself

[Art]

Nice tribute to Larry Desmedt too, you got him permanently riding, where he'd want to be.

Art

here are a couple i've been working on.

[The Major]

i was just telling someone... i still wear a store bought belt cause i just don't have the time to make on for myself

I thought I was the only one. Its funny. I finally got around to making a cell phone case for myself, had it for about a week, and someone made me an offer above my normal selling price for it, so I sold it. LOL

[abn]

i was just telling someone... i still wear a store bought belt cause i just don't have the time to make on for myself

Funny you fellas should mention this... I set aside this past month of January to build myself a wallet, keycase, key fob and belt. I was always hesitant to mention to folks that I was a leatherworker for fear that they would point at my Wal-Mart belt and ask, "Is that one of yours?"

Now that I'm wearing my own stuff, I feel a little bit better about talking leather, especially since I always have a sample around my waist or in my pocket. Plus, it's good to treat ourselves to something nice every once in a while, right?

p.s. Really nice work, Beez. Spectacular.

[Roger]

thanks for the compliment abn.

i guess it's a matter of priorities... any time i have for leather, i pretty much spend on customer's stuff.

i will have to break down and make myself a belt soon. i want to make a linned belt and saddle stitch it so, it will take quite a bit of time. i did have my father make a new jaw for my stitching pony. he made it about 20 years ago and the original jaws were small and shallow. i had him add quite a bit of depth and the clamping area is now about 6" instead of the 3.5". anyway.... i need to make a new strap it before i can use it.

here is the skull seat finished up.

[ClayB]

I really like the way that seat turned out. I like the pattern, how the leather looks ripped open with the carving inside. I also like how you colored it, leaving the more natural colored leather showing. I think the contrast with the black really makes it stand out.

All you seat makers continue to impress me each time you share pictures.

Clay

[Roger]

thanks clay!

it was originally going to be all black and i think that would of been ashame. i talked him into leaving natural.

i try to improve somewhere with each project i do. i have a couple tool bags to work on and then it's back to seats!