Suntailhawk

Just curious, what do you put the the light bulbs on? like a desk lamp? Oh, this essay is amazing! Looks like Stearic acid is the way to go

Might take some time to get all that stuff, but that's a clever trick. Thank you That's just the rules they got, they are pretty strict with armors. I am going to do a number of of changes to make it more comfortable. especially that shoulder piece. but you made some good points. Perhaps I should revise the design a bit more.

It's more like anime/fantasy armor. the plan was to water harden, die the pieces black, and do a antique metallic finish with metallic paint

If it wasn't for that random successful piece, I would have given up already. I am still very close to just move on to plate armor. But yes, all the pieces are from the same side. though I did not keep track which part of the cow it was. Any chance the PH level, presence of rust in the water may make a difference? The leather are around 7 to 8 oz. As per my LARP group standard, leather armor needs to be minimum 5oz. Are you referring to the curing method? I did something similar. it was with 200 F, and I left a piece in there for about 40 mins, it felt dried and hardened a bit, but not hard enough for what I need. The standard I think is, unable to bend a piece past 30 degree with a single hand. I appreciate the suggestions, but I am fairly limited with what I have access to. I have a toaster oven, a couple of pots... that's about it

Hi everyone, I been trying to make water harden leather armor. but for some reason, the leather would simply shrink but not harden. I did my research and ensured the following conditions: - Water at 180 F - Veg tan leather - Pre soaking in room temp water (i tried both with and without) - wait for the bubbling to stop and for the edge to curl - making sure that there's no oil Here is the kicker - I manage to produce a single successful test piece (it was without pre soak too), but I somehow cannot recreate it with the same pot, same tap water... I tried switching up the pot/water sources too, and nothing what am I missing here? my LARP has specific requirement around harden leather armor, so I really want to get this right. Thank you in advance