Recommeded thickness for Renactment Armor

[ELAD]

Thanks for visiting the website guys, which is my wife's handywork. Nobody would know about ELAD if it weren't for her.

Actually, one of the main reasons I have so many different pieces is because I'm a jack-of-all trades and a master of none. Everyday is a learning experience.

I tried the oven baking thing, and yes, you do have to be very careful otherwise your leather gets brittle. Sunbaking is a little more forgiving, but I've actually had my leather get overbaked in the sun. Its pretty sunny here in Colorado.

ELAD

[Tangent Creations]

We do hardened armour. We have a totally different method than most, and definitely NOT period...LOL!

First it depends on what type you're going for...SCA, Dag, Renfaire, etc. They do have different guidelines for thickness and period/fantasy. We wetform all of our pieces. We completely soak the leather in hot tap water (not boiled etc.) then shape it to what we want. We then dip the entire piece in acrylic floor wax. This sounds funny but really works! It hardens the leather, gives it a gloss and makes it completely water proof! Plus, it won't unshape or soften. It will mould somewhat to your body but won't lose it's shape. The only reason to use an oven with this method is if you are in a hurry, to give the acrylic a 'boost' in drying. But alot of the time we just let the pieces sit and drip dry It doesn't take but 24 hours or so and the finished piece is awesome!

As far as leather weight, we no longer use saddle skirting because of the variance in thickness. We use the solebends as mentioned above. For the price they are a great deal and are beautiful for leather armour, hardened or not!

[Tangent Creations]

Oh, and Elad, AWESOME WORK!!