Sketchbook Cover

[Fire88]

Drew up this pattern and cut it out yesterday. Cut all the leather and did the gluing and sewing today. 

Edited January 27, 2018 by Fire88

[garypl]

Looks very rustic - what leather & thread did you use?

Gary

[Fire88]

45 minutes ago, garypl said:

Looks very rustic - what leather & thread did you use?

Gary

The leather is a waxed pull up from Arcadia and the liner is from Springfield(pigskin) stitching is #138 at 8 on my cb3200.

[garypl]

Nice job sewing everything together!

[motocouture]

Like the design detail for the pencils, smart. 

[bikermutt07]

That is nice, 88. Love that leather, and design.

[Fire88]

25 minutes ago, garypl said:

Nice job sewing everything together!

Thanks, first big piece on the cb3200 

10 minutes ago, motocouture said:

Like the design detail for the pencils, smart. 

Thanks, wanted to do something different than the standard vertical holders and this seemed like a good solution. 

7 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said:

That is nice, 88. Love that leather, and design.

Thank, you lots learned during this one. I’m a fan off the pull up on this leather and the feel. 

[Rockoboy]

19 hours ago, Fire88 said:

I’m a fan off the pull up on this leather

What's the "pull up" mean? I've heard the terminology, but never known what it means.

[Mattsbagger]

1 hour ago, Rockoboy said:

What's the "pull up" mean? I've heard the terminology, but never known what it means.

It's an oily leather that changes color when you bend or fold it. A lot of times a light scratch will disappear when rubbed briskly(heat and friction). Hard to glue easily because of the oils. Looks rustic usually. If you look up Maverick leather on Instagram they show the "pullup" of the leathers the are selling in 5 second videos.

Edited January 28, 2018 by Mattsbagger

[Fire88]

3 hours ago, Rockoboy said:

What's the "pull up" mean? I've heard the terminology, but never known what it means.

 

1 hour ago, Mattsbagger said:

It's an oily leather that changes color when you bend or fold it. A lot of times a light scratch will disappear when rubbed briskly(heat and friction). Hard to glue easily because of the oils. Looks rustic usually. If you look up Maverick leather on Instagram they show the "pullup" of the leathers the are selling in 5 second videos.

Mattsburger beat me to the punch. 

If you look at the folds or stress points like where the pencils are, you get that lighter(brown) look vs the darker brown/Black color. It is tricky to glue unlike veg-tan especially gluing two oiled pieces together(they like to slide). 

Arcadia has a bunch and that’s where I got this from, I also have some from Springfield Leather.