Dom

Really awsome ! Il like the center part.

The customer didn't want decorations on the back - because it would have been too long (I still added a small one) The backround tools are A105 and A104

The borders are hand sewn - I don't know the total time it tooks to do the whole armour but it's between 30 and 50 hours.

I designed the motives myself to fit in the different areas. My Idea is to have a main motive that can be seen from a distance, and other ones that you can appreciate when your near. The customer showed me a simple design for the round panel (he had it on a belt bucke) but I found it was too plain so I added a thin line. The rest was inspired by celtic and viking examples but not copies (you won't find a pattern that fits so you have to design your own). An example of a self designed pattern for a spaulder (7-8 hours of design). and the result :

Here is the last armour I made (God, make this one be the last one!)

This Book is "The reference" : Celtic Art : The Methods of Construction on amazon.com > Link (the same book with two different covers)

It's riveted in the middle and on the sides (not flexible at all, but it's only a torso armour) another picture and another from a spaulder The design took me 8 hours - It always seems so simple when it's done...

You can tell that your policy is that you'll only consider a written proposition, you won't discuss it on the phone - end of the conversation. Make it short, be kind and polite, just make the other part fine with it, but remember the policy. A friend of mine told me his method : " in NO, which part do you not understand ? " - funny, but I thinks it's too rude. Personnaly I often orient the conversation about my products with a lot of enthousiasm - maybe I could sell something to the person who calls (then I don't make it short). Afterall, this phone line is here for your customers, then use it in this way.

And (a long time after ) the pictures of the finished project

Really impressive !!!

Thank you answers to the questions : I will color the whole armour with antique finish (Tan) and then add red and brown It is 3 and 3-4 mm leather The work took 30 hours (and it's not finished) I made all the tooling before I mold the pieces on a dummy. The guy is the same size (and circumference) as me... so I modified the pattern of an armour I've made for me (the one below).

Oh ! I like it very much ...especially the dragons