For starters, hi, I'm Corey from the Seattle area. I've been involved in making 14th century armor for a few years now and have gotten to the point of really...
Hi, Corey from the Seattle area, There is not a lot known about medieval high boots because there are not a lot of finds. The large pieces of leather used in...
In addition to what NB wrote, you might also check out the Medieval Shoemaking Yahoo! group. It's not got a lot of mail volume these days, but it does have...
Alum tawing is called tawing not tanning for a reason: a true tanning produces chemical changes to the hide which are not reversable. Alum tawing, on the other...
I have deleted the questionable messages from the group. It looks like someone's email may have been hacked and their address book used for questionable...
Does anyone know where I can find a stitching clam for sale? I have searched a dozen antique stores in my area and can't find one. Can't find any for sale on...
Le Prevo lists them. http://www.leprevo.co.uk/photos/sewing-clam.htm ... From: warbow67 To: medieval-leather@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012...
Well that one from Le Prevo is exactly what I am looking for, but I do not know how difficult it would be to ship such a large package overseas. SO maybe I...
Why thank you very much. It will come in handy for my historical demonstrations (I do 18th century leatherworking and I have collected many period tools). You...
Hello to this list. I am starting to work on a tooling project, and am hoping that any of you might have a information source for period tooling tools....
Hey there, Forrester- Just a quick tip for making wooden punches: While I am assuming that you're using hardwood for them, wooden tools can be hardened by...
I have disabled this member's account. It appears that his email has been hacked. I have notified him of this and when he has a chance to get it cleared up...
Hello, All you (medieval leather experts and fans..), probably, know the instruction to create a bellows in the third book of "On divers arts" of Theophilus...
Well, I don't know what kind of leather the good Master Presbyter used - or would recommend - but I have a wonderful, decorative bellows (which works great)...
... For those not well-versed in Theophilus' De diversis artibus, here is the relevant chapter, in Latin and English. Please note that this is not my...
This sounds like a bag bellows, a larger version of the type used on bagpipes. Bag bellows were still in use at a local [to me] farrier's until he died in the...
... If that's the case, what would be the purpose of the fingerloops described in the text? The way they're described seems to imply to me using one hand...
Its not a subject I have great knowledge on - but as I understand: the goat skin is taken off in one piece. Sealed, having been filled with a conncoction of...
AVE ATQUE VALE. Look at the photo i put in the album (theophilus 1) I had found this reconstruction in Theophilus, The various arts, New Jork (1963) traduced...
... This would be my issue as well. Perhaps the four pieces of wood are meant to be some kind of scissor or lever? "But behind, in the width of the bellows,...
AVE OMNES Here are two photos (I put in the same album of Theophilus) from archeological digging in a lake (Lac Paladrù) in french alpes. (Archeologie...
Hi, Folks, I know that there has been discussion here on the use of vinegaroon/vinegar black in the middle ages. Does anyone have good documentation for it. I...
