I have been put upon a really weird quest. I am dabbling around with options, and pig skin came up as one. It's a little more durable than deer, more...
... If this is for a jock strap I'd use elastic and hide it. If elastic isn't an option I'd use fabric. If it's for armour straps I'd use a heavily waxed...
I am forced to admit that yes... thats more or less what it's for - only a ladies' cupholder. I was put to a rather bizarre request to make a lacy Jill. My the...
I recommend this page out http://swordmaiden.com/armor/jills/ Anna T ... "So many books, so little time" "Anna's Crafts Links Page" http://annat.net/ac...
THANK YOU! You've just saved me a whole lot of bewildered wandering! I SOOOO don't know a thing about this stuff! Okay, NOW I know where I am going with this....
I can't agree with you enough on this Al. If they used linnen for their armour for 300+ years, it's the right stuff to use. One thing to bear in mind, though...
I'm looking for someone willing to bring a memorial stone to Pennsic. Sue ran S&M Leather at Pennsic, for many years, and we'd like to present it to her...
Greetings, A shire mate is doing Spanish research, and we came across a reference that when translated comes out to "beaten leather". Is there a technique ...
I read a book a couple of years ago about making leather commedia masks. It described a technique of using a small-faced hammer on the leather and beating it...
... Well, prior to the modern roller compression technique, sole leather was made by beating the leather with a hammer to compress it. In this case, context...
That would be the horn-hammer, made from a slightly blunted cow horn on a hammer handle. The books I've read on mask making refer to it as pecking the...
Hello, Were you ever able to download those photos? I am still very interested if you have the time. Thank you in advance! Eulalia ... University, and guess ...
Oh, er, hi! ... I shall....there's a reason I haven't..... About a month ago, right after that trip to the library, my computer went "splody" - and every...
Greetings again, To whet your appetite, take a look at this lovely stuff - there are some leather book covers, so you can see what styles and designs were...
Greetings All, Just a quick question for the list. I've seen several people in the past use olive oil for the oiling stage of finishing a leather piece, in...
The described method is not entirely bad, however you will just need to be careful of over oiling. Personally I mix my dies with NF oil to make my own oil dye...
Whoaaaaa ------ Sweeeeeeet.. ty ty ty ty -- Lucy Rose Falconer "You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you planned in order to have the...
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/archive/publications/makingasaddle.asp I found it didn't download quite right. But it worked well on Retry after I stopped ...
Greetings! I should be able to post the leather rose stamping on the book binding tomorrow - I have the CD with the pics on it, and since I took the pics, ...
... Do you know which edition that is, and when it was last bound? The condition of that binding, the fact that you could handle it without gloves, and the...
... up ... as ... ... I've just finished my second jack using the frame and realised the slope on the back seam that I was using as incontrovertible proof of ...
Okay, I'm curious about the radius tools. What are they for? They don't show up in any of my tool references. Herluin mmagnusol <MMagnusOL@...> wrote:...
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