February 28, 2017

Collar and leash for Jack Russell terrrier

Leather collar with brass diamond studs made on measure for a Jack Russell terrier

This is a size S custom collar made for a Jack Russell terrier using London tan leather with soft caramel padding, with 16 mm half moon brass buckle and 15 diamond shaped brass studs.
Padded leather collar with brass half moon buckle and studs made for a Jack Russell Terrier


In the picture below there is the matching adjustable training leash, made using the same London tan leather cut 12 mm wide and solid brass light snap-hooks:
Adjustable training leash handmade using london tan bridle leather suitable for size small and medium dogs

February 20, 2017

Saddle seat for a Piaggio Vespa scooter

Handstitched custom leather saddle seat for Vespa scooter


This is a saddle seat for a 1978 Piaggio Vespa Primavera 125. The original cover of this saddle (the exact model is Giuliani Yankee) was made in white leatherette, but my friend Luca wanted a black leather one, more suitable for his gunmetal Vespa.
Handstitched custom leather saddle seat for Piaggio Vespa scooter


After removing the original saddle cover from its frame I unstitched the parts that composed it and made cardboard models out of them. Then, I used the models to cut the new parts from sturdy black bovine leather 1.6 mm thick and started assembling them together. 
Handstitched custom black leather saddle seat for vintage Piaggio Vespa


Everything have been hand stitched with black linen thread, and every stitching line is in fact two parallel lines: one "inside", made on the flesh side of leather, and one outside, 4 mm away from the first line, to reinforce it and to keep in the correct place the leather abundances below. The seat part has been lined with closed cell neoprene, to keep as much as possible the rain away from the foam rubber below.
Handstitched custom leather saddle seat for Piaggio Vespa scooter


I will post more pictures of the making process in the next weeks.

February 13, 2017

One inch soft leather bracelet

Custom made bracelet made in black leather with stainless steel fastening entirely hand made and hand stitched

This is a new leather jewel I have made in the past weeks: one inch wide, soft saddle seat leather on the outside and firmer vegetable tanned leather on the inside, in order to keep it in shape. It's custom made as it uses a stainless steel Chicago screw as fastening method and it's entirely handmade as every other item posted here.
Custom made bracelet one inch wide made in black leather with stainless steel fastening, entirely hand made and hand stitched

February 7, 2017

Black leather belt for man

Black leather belt for man with stainless steel buckle made to measure.

This is a belt for man made in black leather mounting a 1" 1/4 wide stainless steel buckle with roller, entirely handmade as every other item I post here and made to measure for a friend who developed a nickel allergy in his forties.

Some details of the buckle and the oblique cut of the leather at the buckle end:
Belt made in black leather with stainless steel, nickel-free, buckle

Black leather belt for man with hypoallergenic stainless steel buckle, handmade and made to measure