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weegee3

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I'm looking for a tip or two on hiding the seam on a leather warp.
There are no spaces on my seam but I can still see thee seam (with my glasses on) and I've heard that in some cue builders can do it and leave the seam almost invisible. Yes I dye the edges of the leather seam before closing them together and yes the seam is straight
I've heard that there is a way of cutting them together both edges at once in a crooked line that will make it more difficult to see. Is that the answer?
Anyone want to share any trade secrets?
Just askin'
Weegee
 


I read quite a few times here, you can't hide a seam on a smooth leather wrap. This was with a Macro lens on my Nikon. Guess where the seam is? BTW, the seam is not in the darker areas of the photo.:thumbup:
 
I agree with Robin, that's a well-done seam. :thumbup:
However, I would argue that a good seam is easier to hide on smooth leather than on rough leather (like a gator or ostrich), though I've never worked with leather quite THAT smooth.

Gary
 
weegee3 said:
I'm looking for a tip or two on hiding the seam on a leather warp.
There are no spaces on my seam but I can still see thee seam (with my glasses on) and I've heard that in some cue builders can do it and leave the seam almost invisible. Yes I dye the edges of the leather seam before closing them together and yes the seam is straight
I've heard that there is a way of cutting them together both edges at once in a crooked line that will make it more difficult to see. Is that the answer?
Anyone want to share any trade secrets?
Just askin'
Weegee
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Secrets??? Ok... I am going to tell you how's done... Get a pencil and paper write it down. Ready>>>>>>>>>>PRACTICE...PRACTICE.... PRACTICE.... PRACTICE... PRACTICE.... learn from your mistake and you will get there. This is a honest suggestion.
 
flyvirginiaguy said:


I read quite a few times here, you can't hide a seam on a smooth leather wrap. This was with a Macro lens on my Nikon. Guess where the seam is? BTW, the seam is not in the darker areas of the photo.:thumbup:
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I think this picture is kind of misleading to the OP because I am quite certain that the leather was FINISHED after is was put on. It is allot harder to hide the seam if you are retaining the original finish. If I am wrong then my apologies to this poster.
 
Canadian cue said:
I think this picture is kind of misleading to the OP because I am quite certain that the leather was FINISHED after is was put on. It is allot harder to hide the seam if you are retaining the original finish. If I am wrong then my apologies to this poster.
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I also think the wrap has been finished with something , Jim
 
Everybody has their own way of doing the leather wraps.
New double sided shop blade, assortment of Sharpies that match leather wrap colors, black in particular. Be careful with contact cement glue. I have replaced a few leather wraps just due to bad glue that other people installed, it can happen to anyone but it is a small detail to look at.
Here is a word of advice, don't put glue on any seam area of the leather wrap, not even where the wrap contacts the beginning of the wrap groove. Put glue only on the leather wrap and on the handle. When you put glue on the seam area you are adding 2 to 3 thousands to the leather, so it won't be nice and tight.
Yeah practice a ton, I mean a ton like others said here.
Quite a few cuemakers might not like my method but that's what works for me, believe me you will have one thousand different opinions.
 
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Hey! I practice a lot of things...including sex;alone and sometimes with those of the opposite sex. They say the same thing.... you need more practice..
In the meantime I'm also practicing cue wraps. Not quite as much fun. Not even a close second.
All seriousness aside, there have been some things that have been shared by p'm's and in these posts. Thanks as usual.
Practice..practice.... I've got to write that down before I forget it.
Thanks all
weegee
 
With a smooth leather wrap, especially black, a small amount of epoxy can be mixed up with black coloring and the seam filled. Later, a little sanding and re-dying for a seamless wrap.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
With a smooth leather wrap, especially black, a small amount of epoxy can be mixed up with black coloring and the seam filled. Later, a little sanding and re-dying for a seamless wrap.

Dick
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While that probably is a great way to do it, I can assure you nothing was put into the seam of the cue I posted to cover anything up. Just a lotta work.
 
rhncue said:
With a smooth leather wrap, especially black, a small amount of epoxy can be mixed up with black coloring and the seam filled. Later, a little sanding and re-dying for a seamless wrap.

Dick
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Bingo!! That sounds like a great tip. Thanks very much
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The splitting of the leather to be installed has a great deal to do with the outcome. Being the same thickness on both sides makes the job easier.
 
stevel said:
The splitting of the leather to be installed has a great deal to do with the outcome. Being the same thickness on both sides makes the job easier.
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You mean they don't come even thickness all over?
Leather buying is almost as bad as shaft dowel buying.
I received a new batch from Atlas.
Really shocked they all came really consistent.
Nice pieces. Non-exotics though.

About the glue, I quit using contact cement.
Thanks Mike.
 
The exotics are all over the board with thickness! The worst I have gotten is the ring tail lizard. The standard leather is just about perfect, its mainly the exotics.
 
JoeyInCali said:
You mean they don't come even thickness all over?
Leather buying is almost as bad as shaft dowel buying.
I received a new batch from Atlas.
Really shocked they all came really consistent.
Nice pieces. Non-exotics though.

About the glue, I quit using contact cement.
Thanks Mike.
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What are you using for glue instead of contact Joey?
 
Canadian cue said:
I think this picture is kind of misleading to the OP because I am quite certain that the leather was FINISHED after is was put on. It is allot harder to hide the seam if you are retaining the original finish. If I am wrong then my apologies to this poster.
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All leather is finished and tanned in some way. Why would it matter at what stage it was finished if you have the know how? Why is working leather misleading? There is nothing squirt down into that seam to hide anything on that cue. Would not shooting dye and glue down in a seam be more misleading? As, after time, it will eventually work itself out and show an even larger seam.
 
The only wrap's which can be done that way are smooth leather wraps. So I guess if you do only one style of wrap then all the power to you. Telling the OP that you are finishing the entire wrap and not just the seam would have been less misleading, that is why I pointed it out. I understood the question to be asking how to better finish the seam. I did not intend to to start anything, your technique is a legitimate one, just not what I thought was being asked.
 
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