The Armour Archive

Uilleag

Good gentles all, I have been blessed to have been approached by two stout men of coat arms to act on my behalf for this Deed at Arms between myself and Lord Lachlann. As a humble squire, I am forbidden by my sire to have a man in my service or sworn to me, for that is a mark above my station accord...

Uilleag

Nothing about the product I will be subcontracting to GAA will change, unless he requests it. The one piece, double loabed design for the bauzuband will remain the same, as will the 3-piece shovel greave. The greave is an upper greave, the outter knee portion, (or shovel) and the integral articulati...

Uilleag

Doesn't sound bad. I'm sure the lack of trouble those particular items will now give you will help you and your employee's focus on more intricate (and historic) orders, now! Please, just, don't do the same thing for many more pieces! Custom tooling, sizing, etc... Is very important for all of the ...

Uilleag

What about custom tooling? can we have that done by you via GAA? Thanks Wulfgar I do not offer any customization stuff in my contract to GAA. Unfortunately, that would take entirely too much time from my customers and it would be very hard to figure out pricing with the sub-contractor rates. Sorry,...

Uilleag

Does this mean more time spent making the european stuff like the georgeous rerbrace you made? Brian Yes, that's what it means. For my work, I want to focus on more historically accurate, less repitition styled armouring. As a full-time job, making the eact same thing 500 times a year or so gets ol...

Uilleag

Correct. I will not take orders for these product lines any longer. Massa G will still offer Brown and Black, Small and Large, for both products. Other than what I sub contract to GAA, I will not be making them any more.

Uilleag

As of this Gulf Wars, House of the Wolf Leather will no longer be making Bauzubands and Shovel greaves. We supply these items to GAA Armouries as a sub contract deal and in order to be able to fulfill our committment to GAA, we are no longer going to be offering these items. Please visit GAA for you...

Uilleag

Because "L" is the client's intial and that's what he wanted on his demi gauntlet. Silly!

Uilleag

Animal Weretiger wrote:Dan I just started spraying the dye on. It's like fookin butter! Amazing finish! I'm never gonna daub again! Totally reccomend it!

Animal,

We will have to work out a day for a demonstration. Lets look at trying to get together after Gulf Wars.

Uilleag

Hi dan, Wonderful work as always. Quick question for you. the shoulder strap areas of the breast and back seems very wide. Is that a client request? style you were going for ? whim?? just curious. --kiyohara Kiyohara, Yes the shoulder areas do seem large, they were at the customers request. It may ...

Uilleag

Woo hoo!!! <does happy dance>. I'm getting better!....lol Neutral shoe polish? How often-ish do you need to re apply that? Thanks, Christopher Did I mention that the harness was gorgeous? Thank you, I'm very happy with the harness myself. I hope the client share all of your enthusiasm. As for re-ap...

Uilleag

They are surface cracks that accured while shaping, they do not extend into the leather at all.

Uilleag

Your Grace, and Good Sir Johannes, It does my heart good indeed to have garnered the interest of such fine men as yourselves, for this is what these great deeds of arms are for. Should I have any fight left in me after my joyus match with Lord Lachlann, I would be honored to cross blades with you an...

Uilleag

I can hook you up. Shoot me an email and we can get that taken care of. Unless you will be at Gulf Wars, and we can discuss it there.

Uilleag

Got your measurements....couldn't resist, started playing with patterns....I think I figured out the hourglass shape, its in the angles you cut the sewn ends at. When you sew them together they will pull the leather into an hourglass shape, then its just a matter of shapping the metacarple with the ...

Uilleag

Y'all guessed it, it's oxblood dye, sealed with neutral shoe polish.

Uilleag

If you email me the measurements for the demi's that I have on the measurement charts' section I can work on developing the pattern to fit you, and then I will have a working pattern to develop other sizes off of. Also please send me the v-brace/rerebrace and greave measurements. You can find all of...

Uilleag

Actually they are a little small on my hands, but the bells are made to fit over vambraces, so they are overlarge and won't interfere with wrist movement.

Uilleag

Here is a variation of my demi gauntlet pattern with full articulating thumbs. I set the thumb up on a slot rivet, so that it could articulate in and around, like a thumb moves. <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/sldemi1.jpg"> <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/sldemi2.jpg"...

Uilleag

Tim,

Do you mind if I use pictures of this piece to work on developing a pattern?

Uilleag

I order the armour bend from the Leather Factory. It is between 12 - 16 oz, depending on how it comes from the dealer who sells to my distributor.

The average is 14 oz which equates with about 3/16" thick.

Uilleag

PM sent to Sulla. Guy, I dye everything while it is still damp, this allows a more even coating. If you look closely, you will see that the dye isn't completely even, but I am getting better with my technique. I am considering buying an air compressor so that I can spray my dyes on, I hear that that...

Uilleag

Pad, the client is a little taller than me, so everything is just a hair too long for me to try on and model.

Wulfe,

The entire harness weighs between 6 - 8 lbs, roughly.

Uilleag

DeaconGestion wrote:Regarding the gauntlets, is the leather on the inner lames the same thickness as the outer lames?

Yes, it is.

Uilleag

Here is a picture of the entire order: <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/csfullorder2.jpg"> Here is just the cuirass and gorget: <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/cscuirassandgorget.jpg"> A close up of the gorget: <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/csgorget1....

Uilleag

Thank you, gentlemen. Actually the leather is 14 - 16 oz armour bend from the leather factory. That's what I make all of my armours from, it is very protective, sturdy and hardenes very readily with water and heat.

Uilleag

Uilleag

These pauldrons are made to match the legs that I posted earlier. I hope to have the entire harness finished before this weekend so I can ship it out on Saturday. <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/cspauldrons1.jpg"> <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/cspauldrons2.jpg"> <IM...

Uilleag

DeaconGestion wrote:Wow

And you inspired me earlier today with your idea for the hourglass gauntlets. Keep practicing, this is what you can do with leather!

Uilleag

PM Sent.

Uilleag

Actually, no, I do not use a spacer at all. I use a rivet setter that I bought at the Leather Factory, set the rivet fairly snug, then snip it it as close to flush to the washer as I can. Then I use the rivet setter to begin the peen and finish it up with a ball peen hammer.

Uilleag

Greetings all, I just finished up a pair of legs, these are the pair that will go with the greaves that I showed last week. <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/cslegs1.jpg"> <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/cslegs2.jpg"> <IMG src="http://www.houseofthewolf.com/gallery/csle...

Uilleag

madmailer wrote:I'm looking for a good set of bazubands for SCA combat. However, being 6'5", they would need to be long enough for my arms(13" from tip of elbo to my wrist).

I custom make bauzubands in leather. Please email me if you are interested in ordering. I take 2 - 3 months for delivery.

Uilleag

Beautiful! That's beautiful!

I think I have been inspired to make a new pattern! That shape as a cuir bouilli hourglass gauntlet! I think it can be done!

Decon Gestion, between you and Juhani you have inspired what I hope will be a great creation!

As I work on it, I will post pics.

Uilleag

I agree. I was going to attempt drawing that out on my pc this evening after I got done in the shop. Thank you!

Discontinuing bauzubands and shovel greave line

New Leather demi gauntlets with full thumb

Cuir Bouilli Pauldrons and articulated arms

Entire Harness Finished!!

Re: Anyone have Bazubands to sell?