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I started doing chainmail a few months ago, and my friend (now housemate) started leatherworking under the tutelage of another friend who had been doing it for a few years. Along with a few other people we're in the process of forming a leatherworking guild for the mid-Atlantic region (more info when we have it, but it will hopefully cover Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia for now). Anyway, I got pulled into it as well as first an associated member who could help with anyone's chainmail needs, but then I was given a starter kit and told to go wild. I went to the work room and made a few things with no pattern or plan to get a feel, and my housemate gave me some instruction on a number of other techniques. Here's the first thing I've made that isn't so terrible  The leather quality isn't that great because I made it with a piece from a pile of scrap they gave me, but it feels pretty solid. We don't have any snaps nor buckles so I'm going to put in an order to Tandy so I can finish this. I also managed to do the coloring without any gloves on since we have none and my drat fingers are still black. But hey, I think it was a good start. I'm going to replace the handle on that knife because it doesn't look right. My next project is a gun holster for a muzzleloading pistol I'm building. edit: Also, I am horrifically bad at tooling. I just can't get anything to turn out how I want. I know I'm new but I can at least get things to look correct, but tooling has never, ever worked out for me. edit2: Holy crap, looking through this thread I feel like such a shitter. There's serious talent here. Adult Sword Owner fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Jul 16, 2012 |
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