Buddahcjcc Report post Posted March 18, 2016 I made these for a friend's birthday to give as a gift (and didnt realize how much work it would be which is why its March and his birthday was in November). The first bracer (on the right) took me a solid 3 weeks to finish as I didnt really know what I was doing and I hammered out (no pun intended) the second one in a little over a day. All the metal cuts (including the logo) are the first things Ive ever cut on an 4.5" angle grinder. The store's logo is a blue flame and that was the first try of the first thing Ive ever cut involving metal. I think it came out nicely lol Minus the one drill hole I wasnt able to cover with the logo anyways And to answer the question first, I was out of 9 oz leather except for a pair of black bracers that I never finished, and the guy's favorite color is blue. So I took some excess 5 oz I had lying around and dyed it blue then rivetted that over the black 9 oz. The black plates are 22 ga steel as is the logo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grey Drakkon Report post Posted March 19, 2016 Great first try! A few things: The bracer on the right has the rivets painted on the logo, on the left they're not. I like the painted ones better, it makes the logo shape more obvious instead of breaking it up visually with the rivet heads. Is the logo a bit rough where cut, or is that just light reflecting off the edges? If possible, it would really clean it up if you could paint the edges of the logo once they're smoothed (if needed), which will help give it a cleaner look. Again, great first try, and keep working at it, you'll only get better! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
