The Armour Archive

Uilleag

Jason, I didn't know about the maille. Thanks. The helms are really cool too, but I knew that they had some helms, I just didn't know they had worked iron, I thought that that skill was imported. You taught me something new today, thank you very much. Could you email me your referance sources, so I ...

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Vladimir, The young man in question purposely insulted someone on the "off-topics" forum, just prior to posting his question here. Quite a few people read it and were a little put off by his unfortunate attitude. I agree that we should try to be more helpful, but...... One should avoid being an ass ...

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Now, now, Josh. I admit the young man's posts are abrasive, but no need to threaten the lad. It goes against the grain of what we are trying to portray with our fighting. Fighting in the SCA, should be for the joy of combat, not for beating up on someone without a clue. I know my remarks sound snide...

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The design I used in this tutorial is the GAA design. I am working on a 10 pair consignment for him, should have it done by tomorrow. Trying to get done a few days early, so I can get caught up on everything else.... While I was still living in GA we had a total of 2 or 3 pair of the old stiched des...

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Branmor, This is a huge question. One that can best be answered by writing up another tutorial on the process. When I'm finished with my current project I will write one up. I would start by purchasing a beginner's tooling set from the Leather Factory. (Or any other leather craft store) and a starte...

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Day three - Steps 10 - 17 Step 10 ) Marking/punching holes for assembly/shaping First to go over the tools for this step. I use my drill, block and a stylis to mark where the holes need to go. Pull the punched portion of the elbow cop over the portion that hasn't been punched yet. Line the edges up...

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My girlfriend wondered what I was laughing about so hard in the shop. Last thing she knew I was working on some armour, then I'm laughing....Then she came and read the thread.....

Back to work!

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If you are looking at before St. Patrick came to Ireland or even before Christianity spread out of Rome, circa 400 AD and before, you will find that the gaelic people didn't have armour as a culture. They wore what thier adversaries wore, or may be a iron cap with a shield. If you are looking for 40...

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Looks like your dyed the backside of your pieces as well. do you have any problems with the dye bleeding off onto clothes? Or do you seal the backside? Actually Irish, I just dyed the grain side and the edges. Some dye will bleed onto the flesh side of the leather, but not much. No, generally I do ...

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Day 2, Steps 6 - 9 Step 6) Oblong strap punching I do this step directly following the soaking process because the leather is nice and plyable and the oblong punch can go through the leather easier, hence it doesn't over work the tool. The punch can be purchased through any leather craft store. I r...

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I wear a short sleaved haubergeon. I love it. I wear a pleated wool tunnci under, with leater arm harness. Living in Atlantia, I find I have more than enough protection. I'd say go for it.

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It had been a while since I purused Frank's site. I didn't realize that he was offering steel cops with his fine leather work! Thanks Ceddie!

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Check out Ice Falcon. He usually has stuff in stock and it looks purty!

http://www.icefalcon.com

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Pictures of the Lorica can also be found on the home page of my web site.

Thanks guys for your comments, they are very humbling.

I LOVE my job!

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Gavin, If you read the second paragraph that you quoted, you will read that I soak the leather in in room temprature water. For tooling or embossing, I just "case" it, (just get it damp) For armouring purposes, I thouroughly saturate it for a couple of reasons. One it stays wet longer and all of the...

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Ask Master Talbot about drilling while holding the project in you lap.

Talk about a safety tip!

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I posted it last night. Go check it out.

I'll be working on day 2, steps 6 - whatever I finish today.....

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It'll be 3 years this coming April. And you are right, time does fly.

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The full leather gauntlets may have been purchased through GAA Armouries, but I would wager that they were made by House of the Wolf Leather. I sell a lot of my products through GAA, or I used to when I lived down the street from him. I now do his munitions grade leather work, or table stock as a co...

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Greetings all! Here is the beginning! Day 1, steps 1 - 5. Step 1) Leather selection There are no pics for this portion, because there are many different types of leather and laying them all out would be cost prohibitive. The main consideration when making armour is what hardening process are you goi...

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www.gaa-armouries.com

prenty simple now a days.....Good shopping!

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Okay, okay! I've started this run of bauzubands this morning, and looking forward to a positive response I have been taking pics as I go. I will post each step, explaining what tools I used, why. I may even discuss why I do things in the order I do them...... Look for "Bauzubands Tutorial" later thi...

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I'm working on a large run of bauzubands at the moment. Would anyone be interested in another leather armour tutorial?

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Leather armour safety tip.....NEVER cut out leather with a jig saw.....in your lap! No I haven't done this, just sayin..... Utility razors and my fingers have this thing though..... Halbreds, that's a great idea for drilling rivet holes in leather too! That and use a wood block under the piece for a...

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Just the ones that make sexy armour.....or leave sexy bruises!

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I was just purusing the AoM forum and I have to say I love the way your salt shaker helm came out! My Squire Brother is in the process of making one, I bet that he is drooling over the pics of that helm! Truly beautiful work. I love the way the bluing turned out and the brass accents the lines gorge...

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Greetings all! Quite a few of you already know me, but hardly any of you recognize the name, "House of the Wolf Leather". I've included the name of my shop into my user name here to build name recognition. Ya know ya know me! I'm that ubnoxious guy who does leather armour and is very opinionated on ...

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I'm glad you got your order! Small businesses with limited supply run into delays. I am constantly waiting for leather resupply so I can crank out more armour to get to customers.....A good product is worth waiting for, but communication is the key. For all of you waiting on armour from me, the leat...

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Hey brother! Those arms that you showed are a reproduction of early 14th century, English. That style and splinted legs / arms were very popular in Spain and Italy in the 14th - early 15th centuries. Tooled leather cuirasses were also popular in that time period. I have Chris's article, I will be br...

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Its a good thing you've stopped selling at events! Scared folks out of Talbot's/GAA that year at Pennsic!

Thanks for the word change suggestion! See you at the Armour's Guild thing in January

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That's why I asked my friends on the Archive to look at it.

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I appriciate your catching that. I reread it 3 or 4 times before I posted it, and I still didn't find it. My spelling is abysmal and my html editor doesn't have spell check. I used to type with a dictionary next to the 'puter....think I need to start doing that again. I fixed it, by the way! Thanks ...

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Greetings all! For months I have thought that there was a few things missing from my page. I spent some time looking at my colleuges web pages and noticed things like guarantees, delivery turn around, measurement charts, etc. I have added a "Commitment to Excellance" page, which includes my commitme...

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That's really nice, Uilleag. I have a question for you. How do you keep the leather armour from rotting twisting, and deforming? Every shaped leather bit I've ever had wound up getting squished, acquired a funny smell, stretched on one side more than another, etc.. Is it the way I store it? Lack of...

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Bauzuband Tutorial Finished!(steps 18-21 now posted)

Would anyone be interested?

Halbreds helm

Notice the name change

Uilleag=House of the Wolf Leather Updated!