Let Skully customise your leather saddle: Brooks, Wrights etc - trimming, tying, name embossing and de-hammocking.

Are you still coming to Bronxley this weekend, Skulliver's Travels?

Yep, going to a little party, probaly about 7, coming back east around 11, could find you at either time...? I can't remember where they are exactly, but PM me your address dude and I should be able to find you, I'll be (shhhhh) in the car.

Saturday, I take it.
PM on it's way.

Snowy - if you are reading - I lost your Rolls.

(just kidding - I'll bring it on Monday. many thanks)

I don't want to do loads of letters on the nose where BRMs is, might squeeze jonny on OK though. Less letters look better anyway.

Or how about in a fan/curve across the top around the back somewhere if you're after excerpts of Koranic verse, or more profane literary quotations?

I think a few letters evenly spaced out across the top would be ace, sort of BRMC style

I want the skull too! Maybe you could do a Skull as your logo/ trademark?

I'll get in touch over the weekend about it mate.

Hey Skully,

Cheers for the compliments about the conversion. I can't quite believe how much nice stuff went into the build (never go that far on my own bkes!). Anyway hope to get my hands on another saddle for you to chop at some point, she's keeping her one...well jealous!

I want the skull too! Maybe you could do a Skull as your logo/ trademark?

I'll get in touch over the weekend about it mate.

Sort it out as soon as you can Dougie, I have no saddles to work on at the moment, three are awaiting collection from their owners, its making me kind of bored!

May be an over xmas project for you mate. I won't have the actual saddle I'd like doing until next week. I have other saddles, but they're not in good enough shape for the skullychops treatment.

Don't know how long it takes you to do the work, but couldn't you advertise them on ebay and then buy one and chop it once someone orders? Means you don't need to keep any in stock, but still means you're dealing with lots of ebay stuff.

Think I'd rather keep it to Locals Only!

^ Racist

What I find wierd is that B17s have more hide on them, but cost a third of the price of a Swallow.

I chopped my B17 Narrow this evening. It looks good. While I was cutting I was trying to figure out what kind of cow has 6mm thick hide.

6mm!

Ha.
I chopped my team pro tonight too.
When I bevelled the edge with a scalpel I felt just like a surgeon.
Leather has never bothered me before but it felt very strange indeed.

Ha.
I chopped my team pro tonight too.
When I bevelled the edge with a scalpel I felt just like a surgeon.
Leather has never bothered me before but it felt very strange indeed.

Was that a sexual bothering? ;-)

Ha, more sick in the stomach strange.

Give it some proofide to stem your guilt. :)

I chopped my B17 Narrow this evening. It looks good. While I was cutting I was trying to figure out what kind of cow has 6mm thick hide.

6mm!

Perhaps it's not actually cowhide... buffalo, rhino, Aussie Bloke? They're all very thick skinned...

@JOL
I don't get it. You've done this before. Why did you feel sick? Team Pros are seriously tough aren't they, maybe it was fatigue.

PS I now have a skiving knife, if anyone wants a version of Brooks' 'chamfered' edge...

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Thats why.
Doing the chamfered edge was weird as shaving the top layer off was very skin-like.
I'll post a pic in a bit.

Whiteflower's B17 N.

It looks all scuffed on the top cos he's been roughening it with a blade a bit.

(Good luck in the 'Dam, geezer.)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dxTMXEMzQxQ/SUjrMM8o07I/AAAAAAAAAEA/AKXPr6T7SxY/s400/DSCN2597.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dxTMXEMzQxQ/SUjrMnL8QcI/AAAAAAAAAEI/tG5eIuTK2VU/s400/DSCN2595.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dxTMXEMzQxQ/SUjnMLM8eVI/AAAAAAAAADw/jLUpSs63RsA/s400/DSCN2591.JPG

Whiteflower's B17 N.

It looks all scuffed on the top cos he's been roughening it with a blade a bit.

(Good luck in the 'Dam, geezer.)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dxTMXEMzQxQ/SUjrMM8o07I/AAAAAAAAAEA/AKXPr6T7SxY/s400/DSCN2597.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dxTMXEMzQxQ/SUjrMnL8QcI/AAAAAAAAAEI/tG5eIuTK2VU/s400/DSCN2595.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dxTMXEMzQxQ/SUjnMLM8eVI/AAAAAAAAADw/jLUpSs63RsA/s400/DSCN2591.JPG

Holy sweet fuckery!!

Nice work and in rapid time pal!!!

Over the moon with that bonnie lad!

Oh yeah, forgot to say to Whiteflower^ and everyone in general, I can remove the saddlebag loops if you wish. My hacksaw is a demon!

Not trying to steal your thunder Skully, but VeLLo also has done a chop job on his own Brooks, that is very impressive. I'm hoping he might post a pic.

Still, when I buy a Brooks, I'm going to have you chop mine, as you are The Man.

:)

ok fuck it, put me on the list! what's the charge? i have a b17 to nip and tuck. won't be in the city for a few days mind...

Not trying to steal your thunder Skully, but VeLLo also has done a chop job on his own Brooks, that is very impressive. I'm hoping he might post a pic.
Still, when I buy a Brooks, I'm going to have you chop mine, as you are The Man.
:)

Hi guys...

Well I did "butchered" one of my Brooks saddle a while ago. I had heard about that kind of surgery, and wanted to give it a go on a B17 I had that was in quite a bad condition. A friend of mine sent me a link to a thread from this forum (I was not a member then) about butchering saddles. I did like it was shown on the pics, and was quite happy with the result... Also it is one of my most confortable saddle! However, I have to say that Skully's work is way more subtle that what I had done: more cuttings, more complicated tracing, nice and smart details such as the lettering and the chain link, etc... I am really impressed!
I have other brooks saddles, but as they are in a very decent condition, I have not dare trying again...

Szia all! And I hope to see one of Skully's chopped saddles for real at some drinks or ride... Or maybe I'll bump into BRM round the X so I can see his superb brooks...

Loic