Anyone here into Leather?

I know there are a lot of crafty types here and I thought maybe someone could point me in the right direction.

I badly need to install a leather 'strap' like the one pictured here (random image) on my instrument:

I have one on a beater horn and it's proven to be a wonder-cure for some pretty bad wrist tendonitis that started when I began practicing regularly again.

Unfortunately the tubing on my "good" horn does not allow the part that wraps around the large tubing to fit (will try to find an image to illustrate). So it seems my options are to buy another strap and try to cut it and restitch it, or to start from scratch.

So my questions:
-would I find this sort of really thick leather in a normal everyday fabric store?

-would any "laypeople" be likely to have a sewing machine that would actually get the sticthes through?

-anyone think this might be easy work for them and want to earn some $$?

Thx...

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Permalink Reply by Sol on January 15, 2013 at 11:20pm

Howard, If you don't find any other help, the guys at the leather shop next to Jackhammer (on Clark just North of Devon) could probably custom make the piece you want fairly easily.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 16, 2013 at 1:03am

Thanks for the additional tips. I think my first line of attack will be to try to visit a shoe repair of two near home and see if anyone's up to the job. Wish I had the tools and the skills.

FWIW here's an actual picture of my beater horn and my "good" horn showing the disparity.

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Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on January 16, 2013 at 6:58am

I'm proud of the Chicago cycling community for NOT suggesting bar tape!

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 16, 2013 at 9:21am

Actually, part of the benefit of the strap is that the surface against my palm is a bit tacky rather than smooth, meaning I can use a little less force to keep the horn from slipping.... so there actually would be some benefit from bar tape-- just probably not as much as I really need. In the short term I probably will try to wrap with something.

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