Now that looks great.. Good work..
was the leather for the backing already treated? or did you put something on it to give it that look?
I ask because i have rolls of Elk Hide that are tanned and dyed to a similar color, but all the research i have found says to use neats foot oils on it to give it that finish..
That looks like a very serious sewing machine, did you have it already or did you get it to do this kind of stuff? Did you feel like you need that kind of machine? Did you try using a heavy duty machine first?
Sorry for all the questions, i like what you did, and might try something like that.
OK, last one.. When you sew the hide to the leather, did you trim the fur back from the edge of the hide to give you a hair free strip to sew along? I heard that you would have to do that to get the hair to lay right. If you did how big of an edge did you do that worked?
Thx
was the leather for the backing already treated? or did you put something on it to give it that look?
I ask because i have rolls of Elk Hide that are tanned and dyed to a similar color, but all the research i have found says to use neats foot oils on it to give it that finish..
That looks like a very serious sewing machine, did you have it already or did you get it to do this kind of stuff? Did you feel like you need that kind of machine? Did you try using a heavy duty machine first?
Sorry for all the questions, i like what you did, and might try something like that.
OK, last one.. When you sew the hide to the leather, did you trim the fur back from the edge of the hide to give you a hair free strip to sew along? I heard that you would have to do that to get the hair to lay right. If you did how big of an edge did you do that worked?
Thx