SOLD: hardened leather Persian/Turkish bazubands

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:08 pm

Up for sale is my first attempt at bazubands. They are made in the Persian/Turkish style. These are made from water hardened 13/15 ounce veg tanned leather, and have been coated inside and out with two coats of a wax based sealer that hardened them up even more.

I am asking $80 for the pair plus shipping. Money back (minus shipping) if you are not happy with them.

Here's some pics, and I will have more in a bit, along with measurements. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for looking.

Cat

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:09 pm

more pics in a minute...

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:55 pm

More pics and measurements....

Inside wrist circumference: 9.25"
Inside circumference of upper arm (at elbow end of #1): 12"
Wrist to upper end of short piece (#1 in pic, inside measurement): 5"
Wrist to end of long piece (#2 in pic, inside measurement): 12"

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:48 pm

Couple of questions here - Are these too big for most people? I used an existing pattern, and I don't know enough about typical measurements to know if these are too big.

Second, would these be more "sellable" if I added some sort of "fans" over the elbow? I have some ideas for that, so if that would help I can add them in - although it will raise the price a bit.

Just wantin' to know what I need to do to these to make them more like what people could use.

Cat

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:53 pm

Bump, and price reduction.

Oswyn_de_Wulferton · Post by **Oswyn_de_Wulferton** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:29 pm

One idea for you, Cat, is seeing an arm in them, so people who are concerned with coverage could see how much they actually do. I would do one straight-arm, one slightly bent and one +90 deg.

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:05 am

That's a good suggestion. I will attach the pics I have, but these 'bands are way too big for me so it looks kinda funny, and coverage may be different on people with larger arms.

Thanks!
Cat

EDIT: Also, this style wasn't really made to cover the sides of the elbow, judging from the museum pieces. From the description I read, they are only shallowly dished and in the pics they appear to be relatively narrow the whole way up. If these are to be used for SCA combat, maybe a floating cop underneath would take care of the coverage problem. I imagine that you could probably add steel wings to these also. I would imagine that would be pretty easy to do.

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:32 pm

These have now been sold. (Thank you!)

If you are interested in these (or a version modified for SCA use), let me know and I will see if I can figure out how to make them to your size and specifications.

I am going to leave the price at $80 for now while they are still in the development stage. Custom tooling would be extra. As always, money back if you are not happy.

Thanks everybody!
Cat