Re: [CR]Donate your old leather to a starving artist!

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:26:31 -0500
From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Donate your old leather to a starving artist!
To: "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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I found two a Brooks team pro and a Belt made in Japan Brooks copy you can have but Ray Homiski said you should show up here on a Friday and pick them up and have a beer. Don't tell bur Friday is beer night for some of the local riders. Steven Willis The Bike Stand 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com


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From: devotion finesse
To: smwillis@verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:25 AM
Subject: RE: [CR]Donate your old leather to a starving artist!


Sounds good. Keep me posted! Thanks for the reply, Matthew ----------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:31:03 -0600
> From: smwillis@verizon.net
> Subject: Re: [CR]Donate your old leather to a starving artist!
> To: devotion_finesse@hotmail.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> I should have a few I will check in the AM. but I want pictures.
>>From: devotion finesse
>>Date: 2008/01/08 Tue PM 08:51:37 CST
>>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>Subject: [CR]Donate your old leather to a starving artist!
>
>>
>>Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>With neither the time, space nor money for any winter projects of a larger
>>scale or significance, I have turned my attention (obsession) to the rich
>>t
>>radition of leather saddle modification and personalization. (Think
>>Ottusi
>>, Bettini and Tony Colgrave.)
>>I have experimented by trimming down the profiles of a couple of Brooks
>>sad
>>dles that I have...But I am looking to get a little dirtier and try my
>>hand
>> at more severe modifications (bending cantleplates, drilling,
>> re-stretchin
>>g, refinishing, tying, etc.) and am running out of leather to remove.
>>This is a shot in the dark, I know...but it never hurts to ask:
>>If any of you have any beat up/trashed/old/unwanted/unloved/uncomfortable
>>l
>>eather saddles that you would like to donate to aid in a young man's
>>develo
>>ping creative/educational/exploratory process, please let me know!
>>I would gladly pay for shipping and would love to offer anything I can in
>>t
>>rade.
>>
>>Muchas gracias,
>>Matthew Bowne
>>Trying to keep busy for another few months until ALL of the days are 65
>>deg
>>rees in
>>Brooklyn, New York
>>
>>
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>
>
> Stevn Willis
> The Bike Stand
> 1778 East 2nd Street
> Scotch Plains NJ 07076
> thebikestand.com
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