looking for inexpensive leather or aluminum bazubands

[mewnknight]

Anyone have info on where to get a pair? I'd love stainless, but they're way out my price range. Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all!

[Oswyn_de_Wulferton]

How cheap are you looking for? Willing Pell usually ebays a few sets every so often, Beathan at A&C has some (both stainless) and Torvaldr and HotW have leather ones.

[losthelm]

What Game? SCA NERO LARP living history costume party lost a bet at work promotional advertisment for nobel cause?

I can bang out pair from an old street sign I Got from the scrap yard. But it will look like an Old Street sign.

[mewnknight]

I have some street sign ones that I've been using for a few years. I made them myself, and they look like crap. I like Torvaldr's, but they are more than I can afford at this time.

[Corby de la Flamme]

Can you make them yourself out of leather? I can send a pattern.

[Brian de Lorne]

Can you make them yourself out of leather? I can send a pattern.

Sir Corby,
Would it be ok if I could get a copy of that pattern? My bazubands are a tad to small for me, they work, but I would like to try making another pair that is slightly larger to allow some padding on the forearms.

[mewnknight]

Your Excellency Corby,

I'd appreciate the pattern. Maybe I could do it myself as you suggested. I've never worked leather before, but this could be fun.

[mewnknight]

Here's a pic from GW XI.

[Corby de la Flamme]

Several things about this pattern:

PDF, two pages. print both out and tape together.
sized for ME. I'm 6'3" 200 lbs with loooong thin arms. 12" elbow to wrist, 7" wrist circumference. This is noted on the pattern.
It is a LEFT. Flip it over for the right.
I did not include the top plate. It's a simple trapezoid that you should use to size the whole piece to your arm.
these come further around on the sides of your arm than White mountain's do. Though his look nice, if you like that steel stuff.
Use at least 10 ounce leather, water or wax hardened. But not sole bend.
The indicated gores require adjustment based on how you size it up or down. Cut them out in un-corrugated cardboard first and experiment. Try shoe box cardboard for your first fit tries.
I think the asymmetric outside elbow rise is not period. But I like my elbows. If you want a perfectly period pattern, change the outside profile to match the inside profile by folding the pattern in half longwise and cutting off the extra that doesn't match the inside.

Yes, three buckles. get the one closest to your elbow as close as you can.
Anyone who covers their bauzbands with steel octofoils as shown, before I manage to get mine done, will earn my wrath.

Admins, feel free to add this to the pattern archive. I checked there and didn't see any kind of "submit" link.