Greetings Rowena. My name is Amarie and I am also fairly new to this group. I know that the Marlborough Bucket is in a museum located in Devizes. I have not...
I haven't found pictures of the Marlborough bucket but I do know that it is in a museum located in Devizes. I would be intrested in seeing it myself if...
Hi again. Maybe if you contacted the museum they could tell you if there are any books that have pictures of the bucket or even send you a picture of it. the...
... Greetings, You'd better start now about contacting someone, since they're currently under construction and the item may not even be out on display right...
I'll jump in with this one too. I have been in contact with the following curator for my mether cup research: Peter Kaellgren, Ph.D. Curator of Decorative Arts...
Hi folks I've just joined the group (or rather rejoined since I lurked on it a while back) after a period of no leather work due to family illness. I live in...
Plans for my leatherworking project move along. I would now like to know if anyone has any web links or book titles/author information to hand that has good...
Have you tried brewer's pitch? This is a composite resin that is available in the USA from James Townsend & Sons. Although birch resin would probably work,...
I was just wondering what references (pref. with images and text etc.) might have of archaeological finds of late medieval leather vessels such as costrels,...
Hi Tim, Great to hear you had such a good time around here :) Yeah I like the A'dam City Museum myself as well. I still need to return there WITH a camera. On...
... Well, let's start with what you already have, in the interest of not reinventing the wheel. If you can access the files section of the yahoo groups site...
Check the bibliography in the Files section of the website for this group. The MoL books have lots of excellent details about stitching. I have several photos...
Hi Bertus, ... Fun but expensive! ... Hey, I LIKED those displays! Especially the ones where one end was medieval, the other end modern, and all stages in...
I have a question regarding coating the inside of items. I just acquired a WONDERFUL leather tankard. However it is lined with beeswax (parafin?) and I would...
I'm intrested in brewers pitch. is it period? what else might have been used? Is it toxic, and /or does it leave a taste. I think I might have also read...
Greetings Tim if you could post as many of these as possible. There is some good reference material out there for purse/pouches but there is no substitute for...
The only substance that I know that can stand up to boiling hot beverages, high proof alcohols, acidic liquids, and the usual abuses of medievalists is DELF...
I don't have ANYTHING, Ron. I'm normally a cook and seamstress who is doing a pentathalon. While I'm willing to invest in books (I do need several leather...
Amarie, Brewer's pitch is not toxic. It is used in small brewery operations to line containers and has been used for several centuries although the formula...
Thanks for the info. When I decided to try my hand leatherworking I had no idea just how much I needed to learn. All the advice helps. Amarie Patrick Owen...
... been used? Is it toxic, and /or does it leave a taste. I think I might have also read something about pine pitch, but maybe i'm making that up. ... ...
... Let me put on my professional ILL librarian hat (which, for those who didn't know, is what I get paid to do when I'm not doing research)... Pretty much...
One whay of getting around the rpoblem of hor bevarge in leather tankard is cheating a little and trying to find a plastic or metal cup that will fit inside...
Hello ye all, I am a craftsman of leathergoods. I started a few years ago when I was very active in the scouting program. Since my sons are now about though...
I am looking for documentation on a Pilgams pouch. I am making one for a friend. ans when I told my laurel about it what was the first thing our of her...
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