David Posted July 15, 2015 Report Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Just finished my first seat in a while. I wanted to try lacing with brass grommets in both sides. I also wanted to try heavier leather. This seat is all 11-12 oz. leather. I normally use 8-9 oz. leather All in all, I think it turned out ok. I liked tooling the heavier leather of course. But lacing with grommets.....it may be quite a while before I do that again. The two color lacing was a lot of fun. I like the look of it, but it is time consuming. Dave Theobald Edited July 15, 2015 by David Quote
Members Rohn Posted July 15, 2015 Members Report Posted July 15, 2015 Looks like you did a great job on that one. It is very nicely done. Quote Rohn(John 8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (KJV)
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted July 15, 2015 Contributing Member Report Posted July 15, 2015 That looks good. Personally, I like lacing better when someone ELSE does it but that DOES look good. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members l2bravo Posted July 15, 2015 Members Report Posted July 15, 2015 Damn that is some nice work!!!! Wow! Now I have something to aspire to.....a long time from now. Quote
David Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Posted July 15, 2015 I guess I'm just a bit weird, I love to lace…..The bicolor stuff looks complicated but once you get started its not bad. Just takes time. And it doesn't take a huge amount of time to pick up the basics, again its just time and repetition. I was fortunate, I made my first seat and the right guy saw it……then I made about 300 seats for them in a 2-3 year span. So, now doing a seat is like …. falling down… its easy to do…. Thanks for the nice comments. Dave Quote
Members Rohn Posted July 15, 2015 Members Report Posted July 15, 2015 I also like to lace and do all my holsters with lace, although that is about to change as I have purchased a sewing machine. I still plan to do a lot of lacing because everybody likes the looks of it. Quote Rohn(John 8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (KJV)
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted July 15, 2015 Contributing Member Report Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) OH, I see where my reply could be taken wrong.... David, when i said lacing done by somebody ELSE, I meant somebody NOT ME Yours looks great! ETA: I do it, but I don't love it. Edited July 15, 2015 by JLSleather Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Petewon Posted July 30, 2015 Members Report Posted July 30, 2015 Amazing, every bit of it. I love the design. Quote
Buttons Posted July 30, 2015 Report Posted July 30, 2015 That is amazing! And those cat tails are beyond perfect. Is the lacing Mexican round braid? How do you do that? I enjoy lacing. For me that would represent many episodes of Law and Order. Quote
Members Eddie1968 Posted July 30, 2015 Members Report Posted July 30, 2015 wow almost would hate to sit on that!! Looks great! Eddie Quote
Members Frederiek Posted July 31, 2015 Members Report Posted July 31, 2015 That is so cool! I like everything of it, the eyelets and the lacing are the best. Real nice tooling as well. Quote My website My Etsy store
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