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:...
I'm new here, and I have a few questions that hopefully someone can help me with. I was wondering if there is a place that someone might be able to point me to...
Hi, First question...what type of armour are you trying to make? One approach is to wrap your hubbie in plastic trash bags...well not his head...then wrap...
Here is a great place to get patterns. http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/ ... From: "Lori" <lrletourneau@...> To: <medieval-leather@yahoogroups.com> ...
Well, depending on where you live, I could always make it for you. ;) Definitely use the Armour Archive patterns. It will help if you describe the armour. What...
I am also new here but I am interested in leather patterns for Viking period reenactment. Does anyone have some links? My wife vends simple leather products...
At 05:49 PM 8/11/2007, Lori ... Someone has already mentioned using tape and an old t-shirt to create a basic pattern. The trick is, you are asking a pretty...
I'm not very experienced with leather, but I am with sewing. I have found that interfacing is a good material for making patterns since you can get it in...
The simplest way to make scale armor is to make a sleeveless coat in heavy canvas for a backing, then, starting at the bottom, rivet the scales onto the...
Thanks much for the info – and the links! These will be very useful to some young fellas just joining up who want to make armor. -- Lucy Rose Falconer Shire...
Bjorn, Thanks for the link it shows the plate armor I am thinking of making for the Viking group I am in. I noticed that my friend Ulf is in this group. If...
Hi all, I have a friend in Cambridge who can't find a local supplier of good leathers and tools. There are a couple of Tandy Leather Factory outlets in the ...
Hate being new and having to introduce myself, so I'll be brief. Been doing Ren Faires for many years now and picked up leatherworking as a side line and moved...
... Not as far as I know; the last known "in-town" place - Berman Leather - got out of the business at least five years ago. The closest place I know of is...
I use Tandy out of West Hartford CT and I live in central Maine. There are a few mill outlets up here but the prices are higher that I can get stuff through...
There is also www.brettunsvillage.com/leather/ They are out of Maine if I remember correctly. I personally have not ordered any thing from them but it did come...
I've purchased online from Brettuns Village (in Maine) and have been very pleased with both their response to e-mail inquiries and the leathers that I have...
I believe it was used primarily for applying gold leafing to book covers. Gregory G. Stapleton _____ Subject: [medieval-leather] Earlier Knurling Tool w/ Many...