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AThousandRasps In reply to PracticalApplication [2014-09-27 01:32:53 +0000 UTC]

Most of them come from Tandy Leather.

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PracticalApplication In reply to AThousandRasps [2014-09-27 01:48:24 +0000 UTC]

that good, I get most of mine from there too, I just wondered how you did your tooling, Im just starting out making leather armor for LARP

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AThousandRasps In reply to PracticalApplication [2014-09-27 03:32:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure you can ask the folks at your local Tandy for tooling demonstrations, but the basic concept is pretty simple. Just moisten a sponge and use it to wet the leather on both sides, then let it sink in for a while. Then just hammer away. Having an anvil underneath the leather works WONDERS for your tooling, and try to have your workbench set up on a hard floor, not a carpeted one. I use a piece of gardening stone for an anvil... it was like $2 at a Home Depot.

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PracticalApplication In reply to AThousandRasps [2014-09-27 04:14:34 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks but my local tandy is about a 4 hour car ride away, and I picked up an anvil right at the start, learned the sponge method a bit after that

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AThousandRasps In reply to PracticalApplication [2014-09-27 04:27:12 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like you're well on your way, then!

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PracticalApplication In reply to AThousandRasps [2014-09-27 04:28:25 +0000 UTC]

I still need to learn a lot about it but I think I am !

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AThousandRasps In reply to pyrodice [2014-09-26 15:31:55 +0000 UTC]

And then some!

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pyrodice In reply to AThousandRasps [2014-09-27 19:45:55 +0000 UTC]

I can't write in a Popeye accent, but you'll have to picture it...

"uck-uck-uck-uck-uck!"

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