Leather wrapped gas tank / stitching?

[neke]

I'm planning to wrap an old gas tank in tooled leather, and looking for some help.

In the following pic there's a seam running round the tank. The question is:

Is the stitching only for decoration, or are those pieces stitched together somehow? Or only wet formed and then glued? Similar seam visible in both pics. It makes sense to make the tank in more than one piece to ease the forming, but how to join the pieces?

One might lace the pieces together, but I'd like to keep it smooth and sleek...

[Halitech]

not exactly a box stitch as you have a butt joint, not a 90 but same idea

 

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41233

[9tpi]

This is a pretty rad look

[TrackVW]

On 11/25/2016 at 5:02 AM, neke said:

I'm planning to wrap an old gas tank in tooled leather, and looking for some help.....

looks cool....but what happens when fuel spills on it ?

or water gets between the cover and tan ?

[neke]

On 1.12.2016 at 1:03 AM, TrackVW said:

looks cool....but what happens when fuel spills on it ?

or water gets between the cover and tan ?

I guess you just need to be careful at the pump and ride it only when it doesn't rain

 

Joking aside, to me that kind of tank is a showpiece, and I'm doing it as a demonstration of endless possibilities on leather. Speaking of fuel, I have  some friends with top class show bikes , and they are always, always extra careful with their special paint jobs as well.

In Finland, when it rains for 40 days and 40 nights we just call it summer, so it could be more practical piece in sunny climates...