Members celticleather Posted October 27, 2008 Members Report Posted October 27, 2008 Sunday was pretty awful here in the UK . . . hundreds of runners trapped by floods on the Cumbrian fells (think they're all ok now), and pouring rain just about everywhere. Spent the day in the workshop, making some belt pouches for stock. Also repaired some saddlebags that I made about ten years ago . . . the owner snagged some stitches and brought them in for repair. Don't think they look bad ten years down the line! Quote
ArtS Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 Beautiful work. Love those saddlebags. Art Quote
Colman Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 Nice work on the pouches. Also on the 10 yr old saddle bags. It looks as the owner has taken good care of them and it doesn't look as if they will wear out any time soon. Maybe you need to sell him a belt pouch. Johnny Quote
TomSwede Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 Way cool purses! Love the bigger one, silver lace goes well with the black. Gotta try it sometime. Tom Quote
Ambassador leatheroo Posted October 27, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted October 27, 2008 very nice bags...loving the color and designs Quote
MADMAX22 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 Very nice looking for sure. Those bags look cool. Did you line them at all or is it mainly one piece. Those saddle bags look well taken care of. What kind of lace or clips is that on the border that looks metallic? Quote
Contributing Member UKRay Posted October 27, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted October 27, 2008 Nice pouches CL - Interesting decoration technique - are you using embossing plates? Quote
Members calanneh Posted October 27, 2008 Members Report Posted October 27, 2008 Damn good product for a little 'rainy day' work..... Nice job! William Quote
Members celticleather Posted October 27, 2008 Author Members Report Posted October 27, 2008 I was very impressed by the way the saddlebags had been cared for after ten years. The leather had softened a bit - as it always does - but showed no signs of having been allowed to dry out. The lacing was a sort of metallic-covered stuff, probably plastic, which I wasn't keen to use, but the customer's always right (sometimes!), so I just gritted my teeth and pretended it was leather! You're right, Ray; these are embossing plates that I make from a photopolymer material, using a process that I've devised. I'm able to draw the designs on computer, and make embossing plates in different sizes for different products. I can get hundreds of impressions from each plate, and I often combine them to make up more complex designs. The plate material is pretty expensive, so I use it very sparingly! Quote
Ambassador abn Posted October 28, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted October 28, 2008 Beautiful work. Congrats! Quote
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