Hand carved bicycle saddles

Here's an interview with leather artisan Kara Ginther, who carves Brook's leather bike saddles.

"I'll never forget how nervous I was to make that first cut into the gorgeous seat. Carving leather leaves little room for error; not only can you ruin the design, but with one slip of the blade you can render an object useless!"

To Be, Inspired: Interview with leather artisan Kara Ginther

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Anonymous

Ow! My perineum!
Anonymous

reminds me of my buddies sparrow he did around the time london was hosting the euro’s bike polo tourney – http://matthewbibby.blogspot.com/2009/04/custom-brooks-skull-saddle.html – although less masculine, and less afraid of ‘the accident’.
MichaelRN

Sheldon would approve.
Anonymous

i cant wait to see one of those designs embossed on my taint.
eustace

Beautiful! Another entry in the I Wish I Had Thought Of It First file.
Toby

Who is this Brook? Perhaps you mean Brooks saddles. And yes, they will kick your butt, by design. After years of being stylishly tenderized, I’m much happier on my dowdy Terry Fly.
Anonymous

Doesn’t look like it would hold a scent very well…