DreadPirateRedbeard Report post Posted May 7, 2009 I do SCA reenactment and provide armour for some of the fighters in chain maille. I want to expand my products to include curboli hardened leather armour. I was shown years ago before I got into leather at all, by Scott Milbrandt before he died. Can anyone help me? I searched through pages and pages of this forum and didn't find anything. Thanks much in advance. Dirkin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted May 7, 2009 Try searching for " cuir bouli ". It means "boiled leather", but not that you should actually put boiling water on the leather, or the leather in the boiling water. The term (it is supposed) comes from wetting leather to the point that little air bubbles start escaping from it- aka soppin' wet. Once it's that wet, it is formed and then allowed to dry. There is a method for 'heat treated' leather, and I'm sure you'll come across it in the search results, but as far as I can tell, it's best used for 'scales' or other ultra hard pieces, where there will be little or no flex. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoahL Report post Posted May 7, 2009 Greetings fellow leatherwork new guy in Arizona! Granted, you're much better than I am . Aaaanyway, a few weeks ago I had found some interesting stuff on cuir bouli at these links, in addition to the threads on this forum: http://www.armourarchive.org/essays/thorgr...ir_bollei.shtml http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Art...or_Improved.htm http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/leather/hl.html http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=94793 Hope that helps! ~Noah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hivemind Report post Posted May 8, 2009 Step one is probably to get comfortable with water forming stuff like elbow cops, bracers and lames for articulated spaulders, archer's knees, etc. Once you've got a good technique down for waterforming 12-15 oz leather (and decided that that's not making stuff hard enough), you get to delve into the potentially explosive fun of melted paraffin, vats of melted beeswax, etc. Seriously, though, try waterforming some sole bends and see if that's making stuff hard enough for you. Stuff like this: is pretty damned heavy-duty when you're done. Good luck man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DreadPirateRedbeard Report post Posted May 8, 2009 I gotta say that everyone here so far has been friendly and helpful. I ran into problems as a newbie on different forums (no leather forums). I was discouraged as a newbie to the art of chain maille and told not to do certain projects as they were too difficult for a beginner to do. I did them anyway and they came out OK, not great but OK. You great people will be seeing a lot of me and my numerous questions. Thanks you everyone for your fast responses and for being downright cool. Well, I'm off to post another question. Dirkin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DG Leather Report post Posted May 8, 2009 I gotta say that everyone here so far has been friendly and helpful. I ran into problems as a newbie on different forums (no leather forums). I was discouraged as a newbie to the art of chain maille and told not to do certain projects as they were too difficult for a beginner to do. I did them anyway and they came out OK, not great but OK. You great people will be seeing a lot of me and my numerous questions. Thanks you everyone for your fast responses and for being downright cool. Well, I'm off to post another question. Dirkin dreadfull sea scavenger with the affluent mars facial fur..... This website is amazing ...these people have been more than helpful to me....even with my repeated questions and small details that would seem silly to a well versed leatehrworker......I love it here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
