Libertas Seat

[billymac814]

Here is a seat I just finished up for a local guy. He made the pan and provided the artwork. He wanted it all dark at first and I talked him into the way it is now. There's not much curve to the pan but it's going to be mounted level on a drop seat frame, so he thinks it will be fine.

[dirtclod]

Nice job on the seat. I hope he has a fender on his bike because i think he will be setting on it when he slides out of the seat.

[billymac814]

Nice job on the seat. I hope he has a fender on his bike because i think he will be setting on it when he slides out of the seat.

He does, there's more of a curve in it than it looks in the pics but it's not near as much as the ones I normally use. I warned him about it when I got the pan. He said it felt fine. As long as it's mounted level it should be about as good as the curved ones are when people mount them at extreme angles. But no matter what it's not my problem, he made the pan.

[Big Steve]

Billymack, nice one mate, like the face,

Regards, Steve

[billymac814]

Billymack, nice one mate, like the face,

Regards, Steve

I actually didn't care much for the face, I didn't think it was looking right but it was his design he came up with and I used it. I did learn a lesson on this one though. He gave me his pan and I made the patterns and provided him with a piece of tracing paper with the exact size of where the tooling will go and he drew it up, I then traced it directly into the leather. From now on I'll retrace it just to learn the lines before it goes on leather. Some of them I would have changed to work into the leather better. Oh well, live and learn, that stuff doesn't usually happen that way anyway.

[TJFlora]

Nice finish man! Did you use eco-flow antique gel or fiebings paste?

[billymac814]

Nice finish man! Did you use eco-flow antique gel or fiebings paste?

Thanks, I don't use any eco-flo products, it was Fiebings paste antique, the color was tan, and it was finished with Aussie Leather conditioner, I've since switched to Montana Pitch blend though. I did some airbrushing on it as well to darken up the shadows slightly after the antique was applied. I didn't use any type of resist or anything like that prior to antiqueing it if that helps at all. I just put it on and wipe it off as soon as it's on with paper towels.