Thank you, Uilleag!

william · Post by **william** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:07 pm

Hi,

I'd like to take the opportunity to say a biiig "thank you" to Dan aka Uilleag from House of the Wolf for putting together all his tutorials. They are GREAT!

I have promised a lady from my shire to build some leather armour for her and went for the first try at hardened leather this weekend. The results are quite crappy because I was in a hurry - however, the piece is sturdy and definitely ok for our loaner gear. :wink:

[img]http://members.armourarchive.org/llanwarn/leathergauntlet3.jpg[/img]

another picture

and another one

I've used compressed sole leather as I haven't found a source for really thick veg-tan over here. It turned really, really hard in the oven.

The next step will be to find out whether this type of leather accepts any oil dye ...

Cheers,
William

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:11 am

Very nicely done! I am very happy to see that you were able to accomplish that with just the pics and instructions from my tutorial!

A suggestion for your assembly rivets, if I may. If you must use two piece speed rivets, I suggest the solid brass, nickle-plated, double end cap rivets from the leather factory. They hold together much better than the open ended cap rivets you seem to have used and they do not rust, damaging your piece as it ages.

I like the over all shape! Very well done!

Sextus Maximus · Post by **Sextus Maximus** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:39 pm

I would never even had a clue in making my bazubands if I had not that awesome tutorial you made. I changed a few things but the end result was beyond my exepectations. Light and very sturdy as well as durable. Here is a link on how they turned out.

http://madon8.tripod.com/id1.html