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Happy Canada Day, hosers! What are you doing? I’ve been working all morning and afternoon, but am going surfing in about an hour.

Working on what? Hub shiners for starters…

Made of light brown leather and fixed with brass snaps, these hang on your hubs and shine ‘em up!

To be honest, I [...]

Can You Handle It?

Today I stitched up a pair of grips for the handlebars of Mike – the other half of Dear Edna‘s Erin.

His bike is an awesome black Raleigh with a perfectly worn Brooks saddle and I happened to have a piece of leather that matched it to a T.

Love how they turned [...]

Two things today. First off, here’s my piece on Hamilton’s vintage signs. Do have a look at the similar stories on all the other OpenFile city sites because there are interesting reads across the country. Or maybe I’m biassed by my love of old signs?

Secondly, one of the secret projects I was working on [...]

Hold On

Last week, Jenna asked about leather hand grips for her freshly restored Raleigh.

I was more than happy to do it because this is something I’ve been meaning to get in the shop for a while now. It was good to have the request come in and push me to action.

Made with a [...]

To The Bar

A new handlebar bag – this one is smaller than the last one I did (7 x 5.5 inches) and made of a lightweight chrome-tanned leather instead of the super thick red latigo I used previously.

An antiqued brass swing lock. Brass roller buckles on the rear. Hand-stitched with waxed linen thread.

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