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Camera Releather - Stingray

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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:

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

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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.

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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.

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Lookin' good! Is that an M3??

Bill

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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 :)

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

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