HaloJones

I too would take one, as long as you ship to the uk

Nice, just rember not to store your portable hole in there

I have allways been slightly arty, mostly in painting minis & scenery making, many of my friends are crafty, I wanted a new hobby where I could make things that I could share, so had to pick a skill that none of my friends did (or how else can I trade), the construction nature of LW appealed, the whole measure twice cut once & the process of deconstructing an object mentally to work out the pattern was a mental challenge that I needed to distract me at that point in life. I had some capital from an inheritance so after some research I decided leatherwork. i went to Tandy & pretty much brought one of everything, my 1st project was some Mocs that’s fell apart, the 2nd was a top hat that is so solid it could be a dangerous weapon, but I was hooked and have tried a few various things, each project teaches something new. and yes I swap / trade with friends, my current project is a suit of armour! My mum would have approved.

Nice & tidy

My perverse sense of humour would have reversed the pelt so the arrows come out of the butt, but that’s just me: looks good tho

On a side; do you name your tools? i have some craft friends & one evening (alcohol may have been involved) we had a very lengthy discussion and ended up naming our hammers i have a nice 1lb poly hammer that is now referred to as Henry my cheap rawhide hammer, that could not get on with has a rude name that I won’t post here

Ohh i have looked at that exact laser before, do you use an extract system with it, does it smell when cutting leather, what software do you use?

Thanks for the response, he will be wearing clothes underneath; it was more to stop the leather dye from staining the clothes, external aging & wear will just add to the character of the armour a lining is an option. thanks

Some advice please; I am in the process of making a set of armour for a friend who does Hema Sword Fighting, I am a total amateur at this but I like a challenge so we have designed & made the pattern and he has got the leather a 9oz veg tan side My question is as the leather is died on both side what would be the best product to seal the dye - this will be worn during intensive activity & it will get sweaty, I am worried about the sweat causing the dye to bleed out & I want to protect the leather. Thanks for any advice.

Thanks

Where in the uk do you get your leather?

Very nice

+1 for tattoo books, great practice for tracing and tooling

Ohhh nice, that's what you call advertising!

I am currently working on a new train station, every time I go on site I am nowlooking for rail off cuts

Very nice, love the pattern & colours

Love the concept, only comment I would say is that the stitching should follow the curve at the corners rather than be a straight line

Very nice

Very nice, can I ask what laser cutter you have? the learning curve on the software is not so much of a concern for me, as I have dabbled with it in the past also do you have a ventilation system for the cutter?

Thanks for the response, Are my blades sharp enough? probably not, sharpening is a skill I need to improve I mostly just lightweight veg tan & suede but was wanting to do some filigree work which my hand cutting skill is not up to yet

Ok so some advice please: I am considering buying a cutting machine to do intricate lace / filigree work, just wondered what peoples experience is? A laser looks very cool & would cut / score / engrave Something like this <link> But the downside is the cost, smell, space, ventilation Then I came across the Cricut Maker <link> Which is a lot cheaper, but will it do the job, I can't seem to find many reviews on using leather with it. I am a hobbyist so this is not for mass production, my knife work is poor as is my drawing / tracing so this would help greatly, any comments welcome.

Beautiful work, one question: has the deerskin part a drawstring or some such? I ask as it looks quite open at the top & an invite to pick pockets. but this could be paranoia on my part from commuting in London

Nice, I hope your etsy goes well for you

Well I assume that as he wrote the comment he has a GSOH /fingers crossed

/hug lol