David Posted June 13, 2011 Report Posted June 13, 2011 (edited) This is my third one of these this year. They seem to be popular. The leather is non toolable. The surface of the leather and look of the finished product look like a perfect match to the stock Harley Davidson leather....except this is much thicker. Working with it reminds me of holding a sheet of rubber rather than leather. But the results are very nice looking. Let me know what you think. The leather is Tandy 9158-00 Dave Theobald Edited June 13, 2011 by David Quote
Scary Leatherworks Posted June 14, 2011 Report Posted June 14, 2011 well with the title I was expecting to appreciate the craftsmanship but not really dig the black seat but I actually really like it. please stop doing a good job on those black seats. They may catch on and then someone is going to take the couch off their bagger and want that same look. Scott Quote
David Posted June 14, 2011 Author Report Posted June 14, 2011 well with the title I was expecting to appreciate the craftsmanship but not really dig the black seat but I actually really like it. please stop doing a good job on those black seats. They may catch on and then someone is going to take the couch off their bagger and want that same look. Scott Thanks for the compliment Scott. They certainly are quick to put together. Thanks again, Dave Quote
Members Redd Posted June 14, 2011 Members Report Posted June 14, 2011 Nice work as always. I actually have some of that,I'll have to pull it out and start working with it. I kmow what your talking about though with it feeling like rubber. Quote
Members benlilly1 Posted June 14, 2011 Members Report Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) A real slick looking seat! Maybe a few of these will give you a break from the tooling. What is the type of leather if not toolable? Upholstery? What ounce is it also? Thanks Christie Oops, I saw you listed the leather after I posted. Thanks David Edited June 14, 2011 by benlilly1 Quote
David Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Posted June 16, 2011 A real slick looking seat! Maybe a few of these will give you a break from the tooling. What is the type of leather if not toolable? Upholstery? What ounce is it also? Thanks Christie Oops, I saw you listed the leather after I posted. Thanks David Christie, The Tandy manager here in Cincy said that it was actually Veg tanned, factory dyed. I doubt that is correct because you CAN NOT begin to tool this stuff. I tried to mark the back with my makers mark stamp and could not scratch the surface using a 16 oz maul. Wicked hard surface on the leather. The leather its self is rather stretchy and limp until you try to stamp it. It is 6 oz. Dave Quote
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