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Leather chainmail
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 5:52 pm
by Charles Alexander
So I was thinking leather is great to work with. And you know what else is great? Chainmail.
Only thing is butted chainmail made of steel can be damn heavy.
So hey, why not make leather chainmail? It would be fun, look good, and smell great.
What'dya guys think?
did
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 5:53 pm
by matt9625
did i read that right??
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 5:54 pm
by I. Stewart
...huh?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:00 pm
by Charles Alexander
LOL.
you
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:03 pm
by matt9625
you should make a hauberk. Then we will see.... That would be to funny...
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:25 pm
by Kilkenny
mmm... There are a sort of "braided" leather vest that come about as close as one might ever hope to get to achieving "leather maille".
It would be an awful lot of work to produce something with no practical use whatsoever
Re: Leather chainmail
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:35 pm
by Eamonn MacCampbell
Charles Alexander wrote:So I was thinking leather is great to work with. And you know what else is great? Chainmail.
Only thing is butted chainmail made of steel can be damn heavy.
So hey, why not make leather chainmail? It would be fun, look good, and smell great.
What'dya guys think?
Put down the lighter and step away from the crack pipe....
Re: Leather chainmail
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:42 pm
by Charles Alexander
Eamonn MacCampbell wrote: Put down the lighter and step away from the crack pipe....
Ha HA, I missed doing a good joke on April 1st.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:50 pm
by Baron Conal
the truth is stranger than fiction....
( but it's not leather...)
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:04 pm
by LeeC
Is this like bacon cookies only less tasty?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:23 pm
by gruffudd
BaronConal wrote:the truth is stranger than fiction....
( but it's not leather...)
Hrm it's missing something. Oh I know Glue and Nickles
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:27 pm
by Charles Alexander
gruffudd wrote:
Hrm it's missing something. Oh I know Glue and Nickles
LOL
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:02 pm
by Baron Conal
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you go to kinkos
get it printed on canvas
and glue it to a round shield....
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:42 pm
by Atherbridge
Heh...get a long leather cord, wind it around a meal tube slightly longer than the ring size you want. Cut along the length, and you have your rings. Then fit it together and, I guess, tie or rivet the rings together...
Would be a very amusing gimmick.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:50 pm
by Maeryk
It'd be easier, and probably MUCh faster to get a stamp that looks like a linked ring, do that, stain the bloody thing black, and paint the rings silver.
Leather "cheap chain" (if anyone remembers that stuff)
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:00 pm
by Kilkenny
Maeryk wrote:It'd be easier, and probably MUCh faster to get a stamp that looks like a linked ring, do that, stain the bloody thing black, and paint the rings silver.
Leather "cheap chain" (if anyone remembers that stuff)
Here's a stamp that would work, after a fashion
http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/prod ... r=69007-00
Making actual leather rings would just be a huge waste and produce something kind of soggy looking
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:25 pm
by justus
The LOTR guys had a brilliant solution with the cut up plastic tubing.
-Justus
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:41 pm
by Charles Alexander
Kilkenny wrote:Making actual leather rings would just be a huge waste and produce something kind of soggy looking
Then it's a good thing I wasn't serious.
