Knucklehead seat

[Eero]

Thanks again, all! Very nice to get so positive response!

The concave shape of the seatpan makes the challenge with this. You can´t just pull the leather tight, but work it into shape.

Btw, in the seventh picture in this post, the one of the complete seat without oil, you can see radial dents from my knuckles, when I was not careful and tried to do it easy way. Happily they disappeared quite well after finishing.

So, use only and only your palms, and gentle pressure to press the wet leather as you shape it!   I also used clean pair of cheap, suede-like gloves, when working the leather; bare hands had too much friction.

Top skin is about 2-2,5 mm, rim-leathers about 3,5-4 mm thick.

 

[ComputerDoctor]

Beautiful work and good luck on your restoration!

It is amazing to me that when I 'tool' my projects, I have to make sure that my fingernails are cut very short or those little half-moon markings show up.

Below is a good start for a restoration:) Notice that the only thing that looks to have partially survived is part of the real leather seat:)

Sam

[Tugadude]

Now that is going to take a little more than an oxalic acid bath...