Basketball Leather

A current job using salvaged basketball leather.

For a former basketball player who now rides bikes instead. The leather is successfully salvaged, now I need to develop the pattern and figure out how best to piece these surprisingly small patches of leather together whilst retaining a certain basketballness in the design.

San Marco Mantra: My First

My first Selle San Marco Mantra recover. The pattern was complex but with all that practice on various SMP saddles it came together nicely with the first attempt. This one's destined for Dale's new Baum and might be seen around Hong Kong.

 

 

  

Aliante: F+J Natural Kangaroo

The Saddle

With Saddle Roll Strap

Hand Stitched

Rolled but Empty

This saddle and tool roll are on their way to Baum and Stephen's new Turanti cyclo-cross bike. I love doing saddles for brand new Baums!

Simple Arione Set

A clean Fizik Arione recover for Johannes' brand new Baum which should be ready about now. Simple black with Rapha pink perforations on both saddle and bar tape. i-phone instagram picture this time.

The Whole Family: Fizik Arione

 

The Finished

The Artwork

Fizik Arione recover for Ben's brand new Kenevans.

Scratch Nack & Cross Stitch: Prologo

Difficult to catch a clear shot as the saddle speeds past

 

These perforations take a long time

A bar tape and saddle group for Danny's new Firefly due in July. The Prologo logo will be replaced with an orange Firefly logo.

Fizik CX Arione: Speedy Dots & Cross Stitch Tape

 

Here's a bunch of tape and a saddle for Duncan's dream bike build.

Busyman Facebook Page

A few days ago we (my wife Feride) set up a Busyman Facebook page. We'll be loading heaps more photos, so check them out if you're interested and choose to 'Like' the page if you would like to see updates when we load more photos.

Flanders Flemish Flandrian Feline

Prologo Scratch Nack with the lion of Flanders embossed on both flanks. White kangaroo leather, vegetable tanned and some matching stitched and perforated bar tape. Commissioned by Kevin as a momento of the Flanders ride.