Horween natural Chromexcel men's bag. LV inspired

[panchoskywalker]

Amazing job!!

[Dun]

17 hours ago, 9tpi said:

Thanks very much. I'm not  fan of working with Chromexcel to be honest. It doesn't burnish, due to the high oil content it doesn't love edge coatings and it scratches so easily. That being said the customer was insistent on using CXL.

Definitely, we'll have to set something up in the future!

Thanks Adam!

Thnaks very much Pete!

If you don't mind, what did you do to your edges? Paint and heat and repeat?

[9tpi]

6 hours ago, Dun said:

If you don't mind, what did you do to your edges? Paint and heat and repeat?

I'll start off by saying finishing edges is my least favourite part of leather work. Some people are fanatical about, I am not. 

That being said I know they are important in creating a nice finished product.

My process can vary but my key things are making sure the edges of each piece of leather that I glue together line up exactly, or as close to exact as I can get them. Then, before I add any paint, I sand (600grit paper) and heat them with my Iron to make them become "one". Once they are smooth and uniform I sand them again with a more coarse sand paper to give the leather a bit of a "tooth" for the edge paint to hold on to. Then I paint the edge and smooth it with my iron. 

This process I usually never need more than 2 coats of edge paint. And as little sanding the paint as possible.

I'm sure that's as clear as mud but that's what I do.

Chris 

 

 

 

 

[johnv474]

9tpi,

Congratulations on a very fine job.  I,  and  obviously others, like it very much.  I know the "Show Off!" Forum is working when seeing someone's project makes my want to jump into a new project of my own.

 

If the customer had not insisted on CXL, what leather would you have preferred to use?

 

[9tpi]

27 minutes ago, johnv474 said:

9tpi,

Congratulations on a very fine job.  I,  and  obviously others, like it very much.  I know the "Show Off!" Forum is working when seeing someone's project makes my want to jump into a new project of my own.

 

If the customer had not insisted on CXL, what leather would you have preferred to use?

 

I much prefer the full veg tannage of Horweens Essex. In my opinion, it is a little more refined than the chromexcel. I feel the heavy pull-up of chromexcel is best suited to more "rustic" bags etc. 

[motocouture]

Stunning work, and love the carefully considered design aspects as well!

[Sofaspud]

Beautiful work. 

[thefanninator]

Great work. That thing is a beast!

Edited May 28, 2017 by thefanninator

[9tpi]

On 5/26/2017 at 4:18 PM, motocouture said:

Stunning work, and love the carefully considered design aspects as well!

 

On 5/27/2017 at 0:35 AM, Sofaspud said:

Beautiful work. 

 

On 5/27/2017 at 11:01 PM, thefanninator said:

Great work. That thing is a beast!

Thank you all 

[Windrider30]

Stunning work. How big of a piece of hide did you end up using?