JEnglish Report post Posted January 15, 2008 Leather projects from this site look good; www.rexkelly.org. Here is one of the sample boot tops with inlays. http://rexkelly.org/boots.html It appears there are also lasts for sale to other bootmakers. Does anyone else know of other leather talent in New York City? John English Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveb Report post Posted January 15, 2008 I am in NYC every day for my day job. My shop is not far from the city... I dont know that I have a lot of talent, but I am a leatherworker and I am in NYC... steveb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JEnglish Report post Posted January 15, 2008 Steve, Those are nice little galleries -- from Photoshop? and I see that you work in New York City but also in Connecticut? Thanks for letting us see all your great biker designs. JE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveb Report post Posted January 18, 2008 the galleries are made by a little elf in my devil box i am worldwide... and prefer not to be defined geographically by where i spend my waking time your welcome to see my work anytime! I try and post a majority of my work, but have only been moderately successful as of late Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Report post Posted January 18, 2008 I am in NYC every day for my day job. My shop is not far from the city... I dont know that I have a lot of talent, but I am a leatherworker and I am in NYC... steveb i never knew you were close by! i work 40 minutes or so from the city Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ETW Grumpy Report post Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Nice boots if you like that style, but his idea of handstitching and mine are a little different. Across the river in Jersey: www.xianleather.com Edited January 18, 2008 by ETW Grumpy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Report post Posted January 18, 2008 Nice boots if you like that style, but his idea of handstitching and mine are a little different.Across the river in Jersey: www.xianleather.com christian is out on long island, ny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnD Report post Posted January 18, 2008 Not to Hijack, but since his name came up, I am a huge fan of Christians work. I look at his galleries all the time, I just can't get over how clean his tooling is. I dig the way he fills up his seats with skulls and such, almost like the sheridan style, but with skulls. Very cool. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JEnglish Report post Posted January 19, 2008 Sheridan style is a mix of both carving technique and skill, and the victorian era carvings from the outdoors; leaves, flowers, horses, things that filled the cowboys outdoor experience. Wouldn't the skull be a new era Goth type style? with less need for all those subtle stamps that imitate background surface textures? Nice work, still. beezachoppa. . . can you post a photo of how your topstitching is different? is it hand-stitched topstitching? John-E Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ETW Grumpy Report post Posted January 19, 2008 christian is out on long island, ny Ooops. My bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Report post Posted January 19, 2008 john, that was grumpy that said his hand stitching was different Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richclickerdies Report post Posted January 19, 2008 very nice boots Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnBarton Report post Posted February 16, 2008 Jim Murnak is located in New York. He is one of my colleagues in cue case making and he came to that from Archery quivers and holsters and general cases for things that shoot. http://www.fist-inc.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Ellis Report post Posted March 15, 2008 Leather projects from this site look good; www.rexkelly.org. Here is one of the sample boot tops with inlays. http://rexkelly.org/boots.html It appears there are also lasts for sale to other bootmakers. Does anyone else know of other leather talent in New York City? John English I'm another one who is in the city weekdays for the "day job". Live in central Jersey and do my leather there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Report post Posted March 15, 2008 Grumpy, it sounds to me that if you're not using a computer to control your sewing machine, then you are a superb artisan and "handstitching". Brings to mind a Nissan comercial where they said their leather seats were handstitched!! Kinda like bridle leather, just means whatever you want it to mean. Yesterday I did some eensie weensie inlays and I was too scared to turn the machine on, I reckon I "handstitched" 'em. Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ETW Grumpy Report post Posted March 18, 2008 (edited) All I was saying about the hand stitching aspect was that the ad says, "All tops are hand-stitched, unlike many local Texas cowboy bootmakers using an embroidery top stitcher from a factories, and then adding one row of their own sewing. But my boots are 100% hand-sewn on a traditional Singer 31-15 with a wheel foot." That, to me, means they are machine stitched. Not that there's anything wrong with machine stitching, I'm not saying that. I just think that if they are not done in the traditional saddle stitch method or some variance of that, then they are not handsewn. I was basically thinking out loud when I posted earlier. I could not reproduce the man's workmanship. He's doing some really great work. Kevin, I don't have a sewing machine, so I have to guide my stitches with the alleged brain the good Lord blessed me with. lol Edited March 18, 2008 by ETW Grumpy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
