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looking for a good leather worker for an interesting garment
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:23 pm
by MJBlazek
As the title says...
This is for a garment, not for hardened armor.
Any ideas?
MJ
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:01 pm
by Sasha_Khan
We really need more info on what type of garment before we can make anu helpful suggestions...
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:59 am
by MJBlazek
A buff coat...
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:46 am
by Thomas H
I WAS going to recommend Mark Beaby but i think he has gone out of business. I tried contacting him several times over the last year to no avail, his site is down too.
His really are the best, pricey, but the best.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:51 am
by MJBlazek
I wish I could say that i could afford the best.. but at most I can afford quite good...
I am trying to decide whether I need the full coat, or just a sleeveless one.
If I had access to a leather sewing machine I would attempt to make one myself.
here are a couple of pics of what I might be looking for:
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:54 am
by Thomas H
I think they ran in the £1000 plus range
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:11 am
by MJBlazek
yeah that's a bit out of my price range.... that's like $2000 US or something.
I can supply the leather too...and pattern.. I really just need somebody to sew it.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:26 am
by Beeman
you might want to try searching some of the 18th century forums and the "buckskinning" / mountain man forums...Muzzleloader magazine also has a good links page. They tend to deal more with historical leather clothing than we do.