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Update:

The bottom is done! All holes have been punched and will be permanently attached today!

The top of the seat is 99% done! All I have to do is add his logo, size it and touch-up the edges once it's sized. Here's a pic of the 99% finished seat top...

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If I've overlooked something, please let me know!

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Update:

The bottom is done! All holes have been punched and will be permanently attached today!

The top of the seat is 99% done! All I have to do is add his logo, size it and touch-up the edges once it's sized. Here's a pic of the 99% finished seat top...

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If I've overlooked something, please let me know!

That is going to look good Troy.

keep sending us pictures

Dave

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That is going to look good Troy.

keep sending us pictures

Dave

Thanks Dave! I truly value your opinion!

Ok, here's a few pics of the seat top. I've done all of the tooling except for the logo (which I've started) and should be finished today. The seat has been fitted with a 1/2" medical grade Gel Pad by David Scott Company and covered with 1/2" closed cell memory foam.

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Here's a few more pics from this morning's work...

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Here's a few more pics from this morning's work...

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That there is a sweet ass seat!! Great design and tooling !

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Truly an awsome peice of Artwork! Cant wait to see pics of the finnished seat and pics of it on the bike! Always Love to see the progression of a peice from design to compleetion.

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Amazing master craftsman quality work, wow! That you did the bottom of the seat too shows the care you take in making something truly marvelous. Bravo!

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Thanks again for the compliments.

I had a slight problem during the finishing stage... I applied 2 coats of BlockOut to the Iron Cross. Just the cross, not the letters in the cross. I wanted the cross to POP! It turned out like it was supposed to. Then I applied 2 coats of Tan-Kote to the entire seat and let it dry overnight. It looked great. The customer saw it and decided he wanted the tree trunks to be a shade or two darker to resemble real trees. I applied a coat of TAN Gel Antique to give it that rustic look, let it dry a few hours then went back to buff it off. Here's where the :censored2: problems start! The Tan-Kote blocked so much of the color that the tree trunks looked orange. So I diluted some Briar Brown Hi-Lite stain and rubbed the whole seat to add a very light shade of hi-light to the cut lines and texture, but all of a sudden, the whole :censored2: seat turned Pecan Shell Brown!

Personally, the seat color looks awesome! It was a totally unexpected color, but, it does look great! I know every piece of leather is different and accepts color differently, but this is first time the leather ever turned so DARK so fast! I planned on the Tan-Kote blocking most of the color and just allowing a little bit to set in.

My only real concern is the customer liked the seat natural colored but wanted the trunks a shade darker. All I can do is give him this seat, and if he complains about the color, I'll do it for him again.

Any thoughts??

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Okie Dokie! All finished...

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Okie Dokie! All finished...

Looks good Troy,

That was an ambitious project. Lots of tooling nice job. I would probably have taken one look at the back of that pan and said "No thanks"

Keep up the good work.

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