Bracer Help

[RuehlLeatherWorks]

Hivemind, no eyelets? I've been putting them in. They're probably not very "period" but I figured it would make them last longer. I'm wondering what your take on them is.

Mark Charke

He's using 12oz leather. The lacing will snap looooong before the leather on the bracer would tear.

[hivemind]

RLW is correct. Most of what I do is for game systems that require 12oz+ to be armor. No need for eyelets in that kind of leather.When I work in lighter stuff I still use eyelets for durability. Here's a pair on feast bracers in 6oz where I used eyelets:

Edited April 3, 2011 by hivemind

[Charke]

He's using 12oz leather. The lacing will snap looooong before the leather on the bracer would tear.

So I could stop putting eyelets in my 16oz bracers....

After watching some leather wear like a rock and other leather collapse and become soft, it's a little confusing what to think. I am starting to think it's really important where in the shoulder you cut your peice.

Mark Charke

[Dmitri]

I used eyelets on my latest archery bracers for SCA target and combat. They are in a 7oz. Even at that i have built them without and there never seems to be a problem. I just like eyelets I like the finished look. I am thinking of trying them in the next fighting armour I make. I think I will just purchase the coloured ones to blend in with the dye work.

[hivemind]

After watching some leather wear like a rock and other leather collapse and become soft, it's a little confusing what to think. I am starting to think it's really important where in the shoulder you cut your peice.

Oh absolutely. If you're cutting from down near the belly it's going to be a lot softer and more "stretchy". I'd probably use eyelets in leather like that even in the 12-13oz stuff I normally work in. Honestly, I just avoid those parts and save them for pouches and such.

[yan]

I do not use eyelet either, Usually work 15 oz.

I usualy try tu use the more ''maleable'' part of the leather near the wrist, it is easier ''bend out''

. (By the ways Hivemind thank for the answer you give on many armor post, they realy help my first pieces to be confortable to wear)

[Charke]

Thanks Yan. It never occured to me to create a bracer with a soft wrist. Bending them is always a pain. I really want the thickest leather for the bracer. Arms tend to get hit a fair amount. I'll have to play around with it.

Mark Charke