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Published: 2015-09-17 15:44:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 429; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 1
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Designed by Tillograph



This massive leather collar was made for the mercenary character „Alvar Tosteson“.

He is a rough tough nordic warrior, who smokes way too much hobbit herbs to be actually rough and tough. However – his collar:


The upper leather is a unique piece with parts of scabby fur. It´s about 2 mm thick.

The lining is made of 5-6 mm thick nubuk leather.

Upper leather and lining are joined together by handsewn saddlestitch hidden under the windings of furred lace. This lace was cut out by hand from the same leather as the upper layer.

The hasp is crafted of 3-4 mm leather with handtooled celtic ornaments quoting wild boars.

The neck of the collar is fortified with genuine horn plates.



This is real leatherwork. The customer wears it and fights in it.

On the picture, the character is illustrated to set the focus on the craftsmanship, but we have done no Photoshop or other computer manipulation on the armor. It looks just like that. (Although we have to admit we have a quite good photographer).

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Comments: 9

unreal-hunter [2019-11-13 09:00:46 +0000 UTC]

very interesting locking design, and nice craftmanship on the leatherwork
is this style of lock historical, or is this something you designed yourself?

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Derle-Derer In reply to unreal-hunter [2019-11-13 11:06:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The Design is a Fantasy-Design. Derbe-Derer is two persons: Me as the craftsman and the amazing Mr. Fischer who designs the tooling-patterns and is responsible for the overall look of the products.

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unreal-hunter In reply to Derle-Derer [2019-11-14 13:05:32 +0000 UTC]

it always warms my spirit to see what combined passions can create. splendid on both design and execution.
i sometimes build costumes for myself and clasps/closings are always a problem point for me where i am hardly ever satisfied with my results. definately feeling inspired by this piece. thank you for sharing!

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Derle-Derer In reply to unreal-hunter [2019-11-17 16:48:39 +0000 UTC]

That is very kind. Thank you! I'm never satisfied with my work as well. That's the curse of the maker. 

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unreal-hunter In reply to Derle-Derer [2019-11-18 14:19:26 +0000 UTC]

hahaha curse indeed. i'm never satisfied, so i never 'finish' anything.

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Madenn [2016-01-22 21:29:31 +0000 UTC]

Amazing job!!!!!

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Derle-Derer In reply to Madenn [2016-01-25 08:34:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanx a lot. You make me happy.

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Marcusstratus [2015-10-09 22:16:45 +0000 UTC]

When I first saw this I thought it had a closure similar to the center front clasp on this bag, as if the metal  piece slipped through a leather loop
 
I see it's like a belt buckle, with the hook going into a hole.

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Derle-Derer In reply to Marcusstratus [2015-10-12 07:39:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes, you are right. it is a similar system. The buckle an the collar is a replica from scandinavia and is backdated to the iron age. I like your locking system a lot. In the moment I saw it, I thought about a guitar belt. 

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