TheBoltons Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 Just wondered, does anyone know anywhere that does decent, but cheap custom leathers? like the idea of having fully customised leathers, but only found one or two sites that do that and one of them is UBER expensive. I know you pay for quality etc, but this was slightly over that. Cheers guys
Moderator drewpy Posted July 23, 2012 Moderator Posted July 23, 2012 kev swears by race leathers.co.uk even though he don't wear any
Ttaskmaster Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 decent, cheap custom leathers You either have decent custom leathers, or cheap custom leathers... but never decent *and* cheap. Anyway, please explain how you define 'custom'. Do you mean a set for a Custom type of bike, do you mean with a picture painted on, do you mean tailor-altered to fit you with a better cut... or do you mean a completely unique, custom, bespoke, 100% original design from a completely unique, custom, bespoke, 100% original pattern made to your own concept? If you mean the very long last one, I know a woman who can do this, as she makes things for me. Her prices are VERY reasonable... but you still have to pay someone to sit and conceive the pattern, calculate and draw it out so it fits you, cut the leather, stitch it all up (bike leather should be at least double, if not triple-stitched) and finally pay for the leather and any other bits you want, like armour. Bear in mind, you'll likely want it lined and possibly insulated too, which is even more complex.
TheBoltons Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 I do mean the very long last one, but I am able to provide templates for each part of the leathers, and a full design with all relevant measurements.
TheBoltons Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 Basically I would just need someone to cut, stitch, line and insert armour. The rest I can do myself.
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