The Armour Archive

I got bored today and thought I might mess around with an idea I had for some splinted leather cuisses for the high youth combat divisions. Here's the result:

[img]http://www.by-battell.com/ebay/cuises1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.by-battell.com/ebay/cuises2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.by-battell.com/ebay/cuises3.jpg[/img]

The main plate is 8-10oz leather with 14-16oz splints

I like those!! What did you do to trim the edges around the front side? It looks like a rolled edge on a plate piece. Did you use a channel making tool to make it look like that?

Good job!
Cat

It looks like he used a saddle stitch groover. Uilleag shows what it looks like in his shovel greave tutorial. Its adjustable so you can set the distance you want from the edge to the groove.

I forgot to add, they look very nice. What kind of rivets did you use? They look like some sort of jiffy or speed rivet. Will these be used with some sort of knee cop? If so, how will you suspend the cop?

I don't know if i like the Battell Logo or the cuisses more, Great Job!!!

Cost?