Camera Releather - Stingray

[rirakuma]

I've spent some time away from leathercrafting but finally got to pull out some of my tools for this little project. Its an old leica camera that I wanted to releather in stingray. No stitch work but it was difficult enough getting it right to fit flush on the camera. Here's a before and after pic:

Edited August 11, 2015 by rirakuma

[MikeG]

NICE! Did you have to remove any trim or do any disassembly to do this?

[rirakuma]

NICE! Did you have to remove any trim or do any disassembly to do this?

Thanks Mike . No disassemble, you can even do it with the film loaded but its a bit easier if you take off the base plate when applying the leather and put it back on while the glue sets so it fits flush.

[DrmCa]

Looking at the old image, it seems that Leica rolled down the edges around the studs.

I wonder if they wrapped with moist leather to be able to do that and let it dry.

[billybopp]

Lookin' good! Is that an M3??

Bill

[Thor]

Looks a lot better than before.

[rirakuma]

Thanks guys. The old covering is vulcanite, I don't think they would go through the trouble in doing rolled edges for those as its quite thin. I had to skiv the stingray to the bare minimum, some areas are thicker than others but the fit is quite good. Bill this one is an MP

[Jimbob]

love the camera! and love the Stingray...nice work !!!!!!