Nighthawk Report post Posted August 18, 2010 I'm looking to make myself a pair of gauntlets. Anyone have a line on patterns for them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtclod Report post Posted August 18, 2010 I think if you hold a piece of poster board around your arm where ever you want them to go to then mark it. Make the pattern a little bigger than you really need to allow for thickness of the leather and you have your pattern. Ought to work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtclod Report post Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) I think if you hold a piece of poster board around your arm where ever you want them to go to then mark it. Or you could take a strip of leather and go around your arm where you want to start and end and make a mark on the leather and you have the top and bottom measurements. Make the paper pattern a little bigger than you really need to allow for thickness of the leather and you have your pattern. Ought to work. Edited August 18, 2010 by dirtclod Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferret Report post Posted August 18, 2010 Here lots of patterns. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk Report post Posted August 19, 2010 I think if you hold a piece of poster board around your arm where ever you want them to go to then mark it. Or you could take a strip of leather and go around your arm where you want to start and end and make a mark on the leather and you have the top and bottom measurements. Make the paper pattern a little bigger than you really need to allow for thickness of the leather and you have your pattern. Ought to work. I think you're thinking bracers- gauntlets are more like heavy gloves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtclod Report post Posted August 19, 2010 I did have things mixed up and i was thinking about the bracers. Sorry about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk Report post Posted August 20, 2010 Here lots of patterns. Awesome!! Thanks!! I did have things mixed up and i was thinking about the bracers. Sorry about that. No problem at all! It's pretty common. I demo basic leather working at Celtic festivals with a living history called the Renaissance Scots. People confuse the two all the time. I've actually learned to lecture about the different pieces of armor- paldrons, grieves, breastplates, etc.I'm planning a pair of grieves for my son to wear to the skate park. How cool would that be- he shows up on the half pipe one day wearing those on his legs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Ellis Report post Posted August 28, 2010 Awesome!! Thanks!! No problem at all! It's pretty common. I demo basic leather working at Celtic festivals with a living history called the Renaissance Scots. People confuse the two all the time. I've actually learned to lecture about the different pieces of armor- paldrons, grieves, breastplates, etc.I'm planning a pair of grieves for my son to wear to the skate park. How cool would that be- he shows up on the half pipe one day wearing those on his legs!! Greaves And tooled leather ones would be pretty awesome at a skate park. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk Report post Posted August 29, 2010 Greaves And tooled leather ones would be pretty awesome at a skate park. Oh for Gods sake. So I misspelled it. Everyone's a critic... ***Walks off grumbling*** And I still haven't found a reasonable pattern that I can use for leather!! They're just big gloves... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
