Corporate Branding Opportunity - Creativity a must

We are a small Graphic and Web design firm located in Minneapolis Minnesota, but our 2 designers are swamped, and we keep getting new projects. We are looking to develop relationships with freelance designers who can provide fast, but more importantly, astonishingly good work at the drop of a hat. For this particular project, we are creating a corporate identity for a company that has been in business for about 4 years, and has nowhere to go but up. We will start by designing a logo, and then incorporate that into business cards, flyers, letterhead, envelopes, and most imporantly a new website. The current website is at www.theleatherviper.com. This project is only for the Logo, but we will be looking for designers to do everything else. When responding, please provide a concept logo so that we can better judge your abilities to work with our design consultants based on a description given. The instructions for this logo are as follows: The customer desires something professional and sharp, but that still has a rugged feel to it. The current image of a snake is not very much to their liking, and they want something that may better symbolize their efforts to sell leather motorcycle accessories. Color is not an issue because the logo will be the start to building an identity for the company from the ground up. Please be creative as possible, without being too abstract. For any guidance feel free to ask. Please PM with questions, examples, comments and questions.