Plastic Material For Inside Of Saddlebags

[Desert Moon]

I have a customer who wants to have some saddlebags made this winter,. He want carving so I will be using veg-tanned at least for the flap. They will be bolted onto the bike. I am trying to find out what the semi hard plastic inserts are made of and where to get them in sheets that I I can cut myself. I am looking for the stuff that is a little softer that I can sew through with my cobra, not the stuff that is really hard like kidex. If anyone has name and supplier tat would be great, Thanks

Mike

[mhester]

Reply might be too late, but Tandy's sells kydex sheets in 12x12 and 12x24 for holsters that can be heat formed.

[zeroflight]

This is an old thread but not very far down so I'm bringing it up to add another option for future reference.  A sheet of bag stiffener.  They're ultra cheap, sold at Tandy (and other places), and are intended for this soft of thing.  I believe you typically sandwich them between your regular leather and a thin lining layer.  Consistency kind of reminds me of a VERY thin rawhide.