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From what I had read of the smell of cooked leather I thought outdoors was the best, and it is very Australian.
Everything has gone as hoped, but that came after months of searching the internet in all the obscure forums. It appears that making new leather covers is rare. The results I have seen to date on other forums were poor.
Some of the results for googling leatherworking were enlightening, and the US leatherworkers forums were predominately about making bible covers or gun holsters. The idea for posting this was to provide a resource for others.
Yesterday it was installing the cloth tape with whipped ends on the new handlebar. Today I start shellacing.