Froghunter Report post Posted April 6, 2008 Hey all, Just wanted to show off one of my Scrap pieces. I have recently joined the bespeckled ranks and am for the first time in life having to wear glasses for distance vision. Since I also ride a motorcycle almost daily I spent the extra coin and got two pairs of Oakley frames done with my Rx for riding. One sunglasses and the other yellow for nighttime riding. Because I have limited carying space on my bike my old sunglasses would get scratch and were fairly inexpensive to replace. This is no longer the case, so I threw together something that I could store my glasses in whilst they are in my saddle bags and have much more protection that the little rag bags they came with. The design is straight forward, a box with a flap, a divider to keep the pairs from rubbing one another and some sheeps wool scrap for padding. Nothing fancy, not even the tooling or finish, but a nice functional piece that is also pleasing to the eye. The design is a take off of the old Flying eyeball from the 60's, along with some inverse tribal "pinstriping" I left the leather natural (#2 8/9 oz double shoulder scrap) and finished with a couple of coats of Leather Sheen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myriam Report post Posted April 6, 2008 Good idea there. I wouldn't call it one of your "scrap pieces", it turned out well! I like it when I see other images than Sheridan being tooled. It's giving me ideas on how I could achieve this too one day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted April 6, 2008 Cool box and the eyeball design looks great! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Froghunter Report post Posted April 10, 2008 Thanks guys....I like the way it turned out too! And now I know my shades are protected!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pip Report post Posted April 10, 2008 cool way to protect those sunspecs.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badLoveLeather Report post Posted April 10, 2008 I like your idea. I know the pain. I've had several pair of clears and sunglasses get eaten by the constant vibration of the saddlebag. One suggestion to your spec's box: It would look cool if you tooled the flap identically like the box so when its closed it looks complete. Make Sense? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Froghunter Report post Posted April 11, 2008 I like your idea. I know the pain. I've had several pair of clears and sunglasses get eaten by the constant vibration of the saddlebag. One suggestion to your spec's box: It would look cool if you tooled the flap identically like the box so when its closed it looks complete. Make Sense? Yeah I thought of that too AFTER I had sealed it. It was a quick afternoon project, so this one is done....but the next, oh yeah! Plus, this flap wasn't gonna be there, it was a design change when I figured out the first Idea was a bust!!! You know how THAT happens!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
