Greetings I have often wonder about the same thing. The plaster mold sounds good to me. Hammering on wet leather may create undesirable marks that will be there forever. However I have done a bit of wax hardening. First make sure the leather is dry dry dry before applying the hot wax. if there is an...

Edward First let me answer you question directly. To the best of my knowledge Panther Primitives oil cloath is a modern petrolium base water proofing on cotten fabric. It is the same stuff the Aussy Outback coats are made of. So in a strict sense NO its is not correct for 14th entury. It is a darn g...

Hey Oh we are all so damned old! I returned o SCA fighting after a 13 yrs absents. Well I recall how 20's eveyone looked that first day back on the field. I had just turned 40! To make a long story short things have gone well and them young felles keep there distance. But my point. Now dont get all ...

Oh yes and another thing. Dont leave your waxed leather in the car at Pensic on a hot day. And Gaston Have you worn yours in the rain yet?

Greetings I have done scale and a set of arms and legs in bees wax. A few bracers and other articules. I too used oak tan as the base material, about 8 oc. I first heated the leather peices slowly in the oven then submerged them in the bees wax. The hot leather seemd to suck up more of the wax makei...