Members Legendary Leathercrafts Posted October 17, 2014 Members Report Posted October 17, 2014 Hello. Does anyone have any hints, tips or patterns for leather helmets? I am making a Captain America helmet for someone, but could use a bit of help getting started. Thank you in advance! Mike Quote
Members Dwight Posted October 17, 2014 Members Report Posted October 17, 2014 About 10 minutes on google caught these images: You can mold vegetable tanned leather to darn near any shape you want, . . . it just has to be made in pieces. The Captain America image shows at least 2 front to back seams, . . . If I were doing it, . . . the owner would don a thin watch cap (toboggon to some) and I would wet, cut, and mold the inside pieces to his head over the watch cap. once you get the inside pieces, . . . you can add the strengthening pieces to the outside, . . . wet the whole thing good, . . . mold it on his head, . . . make him wear it for about 3 hours, . . . until most of it was basically dry, . . . take it off, . . . sit it in front of a fan, . . . come back this time tomorrow, . . . it should be ready for a trial fit and adjustment. May God bless, Dwight Quote
Members Legendary Leathercrafts Posted October 18, 2014 Author Members Report Posted October 18, 2014 Thank you very much Dwight! I will give that a shot! I really appriciate the assistance. I may have bit off more than I can chew! Mike Quote
Members Dwight Posted October 18, 2014 Members Report Posted October 18, 2014 Actually, Mike, . . . leather working is not rocket science, . . . you just have to figure out how the other guy made his. I have a "gift" sort of, . . . I can take most anything apart in my mind, . . . and see the pieces, . . . and how they go together. I've drumrolled it for almost 70 years, . . . and it has certainly proved it's worth in the leather craft. If you do that with the two helmet pictures I posted, . . . you'll see it is not overly complicated, . . . daunting maybe, . . . but doable. May God bless, Dwight Quote
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