The Armour Archive

So wanna see why on occasion I get behind on both materials and time? Take a look at a set of shovel greaves that got warped in the oven during the pre waxing baking stage. Pretty aren't they?

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/torvaldr/warped3.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/torvaldr/warped2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/torvaldr/warped1.jpg[/img]

Leather is an imperfect medium. It is skin, and can have hidden flaws that I do not see or catch until too late. Normally this seems to happen during the waxing or post wax bake. Luckily this time I am not out the wax too. But that is about $60 to $70 of leather up in smoke. Almost literally. And there is nothing I can do about it. Except cry.

Can these pieces be used for something else? like replacement lames, or something where it is not just a loss?

I might be able to salvage the greave part and make them a pair of flat bottom greaves. The type without the ankle bone covers. Cut off the bottoms and cut off the knee sections. I will see what I can do with them tomorrow.