What piece of armour do you want to see a video of next? Vambraces? Gorget?
@stingraybob8933
5 жыл бұрын
Vambraces/bazubands would be top of the list for me
@ThatBassistK
5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a leather and plate brigandine or a leather and riveted mail cuirass but both of those would be quite a bit of work. Somewhere down the line, perhaps.
@1mrinus
5 жыл бұрын
would love to see your take on some shoulder armor. everything you make is amazing
@musicallucidity
5 жыл бұрын
Gorget all the way.
@eco.3977
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely vambraces 😁
@BudgetGunsandGearReviews
Жыл бұрын
I used to make elbows similar to this back in the late 90s and early 2000's. I used to get my leather wet and dish it in a stump depression with a hammer before I sewed the two halves together. Then I'd wax harden or glue harden the piece like you do. Although I do like the idea of using the roaster oven instead of a roaster pan on a hot plate. Your method for the wax is a heck of a lot safer than mine!
@DarkHorseWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
Ya I did the hot plate with a pan full of wax awkwardly balanced for quite some time. Amazed I didn't absolutely destroy myself at all with it.
@taxidrivercarl6074
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad your channel just popped up! Been trying to learn to make my own leather armour for a while now. I appreciate that you include your mistakes and comment on them, helps me learn better
@jessetucker1854
2 жыл бұрын
I've been using a pair of these elbows for hema since 2013. Incredible quality. 👍
@DarkHorseWorkshop
2 жыл бұрын
Damn... For Hema? They have to be thrashed.
@jessetucker1854
2 жыл бұрын
@@DarkHorseWorkshop Aside from being a little scored up, the brass goes a little green and that's it. 👌 Easily the most durable piece of equipment I've bought in my career.
@petecolone5125
4 жыл бұрын
Don't do any leather work but oddly enough I find your videos very entertaining and soothing. Great work
@rngriff1
Жыл бұрын
Great video and beautiful leatherwork! Thanks!
@DrawbridgeProps
5 жыл бұрын
Great Job Richard!
@erikzorger3311
3 жыл бұрын
I noticed the washers you use on your rivets are loos on the stud. the rivets I use actually requires a tool to hammer the washer on before you ping the end over.
@DarkHorseWorkshop
3 жыл бұрын
I never found any dome head brass rivets that taper. I've certainly used copper peening rivets in the past with a taper, Tandy carries lots of them. I just have a certain aesthetic appeal I go for and that involves those round rivets
@cheytac989
5 жыл бұрын
This is the first of your video's I have seen. Very impressive. I subscribed and will be enjoying many of your other video's. Thank you!
@menasadek9398
5 жыл бұрын
the background pattern still comes through even after the black dye. looking good sir, keep it up.
@jasleather4394
4 жыл бұрын
I love your work
@StuffUCanMake
5 жыл бұрын
This is super cool!!
@emilylindstrom724
5 жыл бұрын
You can burnish the edges with just water, it takes a little bit longer but then no issues with resists.
@robronin1969
5 жыл бұрын
Magnus snaps his fingers.......a second elbow appears. Rob says, "Oh! Magic" lol. That was great :D
@budzillasohoski9858
5 жыл бұрын
Dude, you are amazing!
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Why thank you.
@markabrian1925
11 ай бұрын
Im trying to find great videos on hardening leather. Projects will shrink if put in hot water. Do your projects shrink when putting them in the wax? Also, i saw you put the complete peice into the wax, so you can top kote it or resolene and have acrylic paint and it doesnt mess it up?
@scottrose2504
3 жыл бұрын
I have looked around and I could not find where you addressed adjusting patterns for size. If I need to make a larger pattern, what is the technique to upsize? I am assuming the spacing between the punches will change, then you have to make sure they match up again?
@carlosojeda6795
3 жыл бұрын
How do you harden the leather? In oil? Como endureces el cuero, en aceite?
@beardedgremlin8117
5 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. I vote for the vambraces
@JonathanTaulbee
5 жыл бұрын
GREAT Look! Love your work, just found your channel and am quite happy I did!
Ha, I love it, not a chance you made it wrong at first and used it as a teaching tool. Thank you for that, I do that quite regular myself, so it is nice to see someone else does it for educational purposes as well. :) This is a super cool video and tutorial my friend. Thank you for sharing and have a blessed week. Dale
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Some of my favorite videos are when people are honest about the mistakes they make. It makes your own mistakes seem like less of a big deal and enables you to push through them knowing other people screw up as well.
@CorneliusCreations
5 жыл бұрын
Looks amazing bro!
@sousalarson6858
Жыл бұрын
The handbook (my Kingdom's not sure about the Society) says that elbows and knees have to be "covered by a rigid material underlain by at least .25 inch (6 mm) of closed-cell foam or equivalent padding". I am entirely new to heavy combat, looking for patterns to begin making armor and fell in love with your work. But do your elbow guards as you have made them follow this rule? Is the 12mm of leather thick enough to be considered rigid material?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
As long as you use the right thickness everything is legal, yes. These are anywhere from 12 to 18 ounches of leather which is plenty.
@braydenlangham5154
5 жыл бұрын
I would love to have both the vambraces and the gorget, but the vambraces take priority. Maybe even a way to attach these to them?
@philw8049
5 жыл бұрын
Where do i buy that ability to make 2 out of 1?!
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Can't be purchased, maybe I'll share it eventually!
@grimwurks
5 жыл бұрын
Nice video . . . couple of suggestions . . . I use artificial waxed sinew so that I can melt the tied ends and they don't ever work free . . . I didn't see you doing anything to yours, maybe some superglue to set the knots . . . aslo, I like the peening rivets and washers as well, but I have a collection of different sized rivet sets that give a true rounded head on the peened end . . . nice to see someone who knows what a peening hammer is for, except the broad end is for upseting the cut end first before peening with the peening end . . . I enjoy that you share your techniques with everyone freely, something that in my early years of SCA was sadly lacking . . . keep up the great work!
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
I don't hand stitch anything. So good call on the thread ends. Just something I never thought of. As for the broad end I've seen people do it but it's just never something I did.
@rickcales38
5 жыл бұрын
Would you happen to know of a good book with leather binding that is actually good quality? Great videos btw, very beautiful work.
@Eldormen
5 жыл бұрын
Greetings from the kingdom of Drachenwald, can you teach me that snap your fingers move? would love to know it ;)
@stingraybob8933
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial. Just getting into leather armor pieces, so this is great timing. Glad to see a prolific number of videos coming from your channel lately!
@michaelahnotlob-iksrepok6572
5 жыл бұрын
Aw man. I have never done anything like this, armour or leather work, but I feel like apprenticing for someone like you would be the most amazing experience.
@ryanmcewen9364
5 жыл бұрын
Check out your local chapter of the society for creative Anacronism. I am sure there are many wonderful artists there who would be thrilled at the chance of having an enthusiastic student!
@nemesisbreakz
5 жыл бұрын
I would like to see some cool spaulders, like something from world of warcraft.
@EricRtheModFather
5 жыл бұрын
Stupid comment to make you mad. (just kidding) Keep up the awesome videos and forget about the idiots.
@luissarabia6643
4 жыл бұрын
Venda sus cubre bocas yo quisiera uno de esos aqui en ciudad juarez chihuahua mexico en la frontera el paso texas
@СтасКосмос-ы3л
2 жыл бұрын
🤔 2 года и до сих пор актуально)) 💯 👍
@eaudeciel7435
4 жыл бұрын
I wish it's for sale
@MichaelMaysLeatherworks
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. Looking forward to the rest of the armor series.
@davepelfrey3958
4 жыл бұрын
I'm new to your channel. Beautiful and heavy duty craft. What kind of thread is that? Must be stout, looks like you're putting some mojo stress tightening it.
@flexkuntsmash3053
4 жыл бұрын
waxed thread
@ItarulWatanabe
5 жыл бұрын
I'm eternally grateful for the tips on leatherwork, Dark Horse Workshop. And shout-out to the Barbarian Freehold Alliance in California, for making my adult life as entertaining and challenging as my childhood.
@JelMain
Жыл бұрын
Saddle stitching - put one needle through, don't tighten. Put the other needle through, then pass it downwards through the loop you left. That ensures the slope's constant. The loop tightens on the next stitch,
@joasdecotalca4766
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, can you tell me what liquid it is, where you put the leather that liquid is and is hot? 'How long? i don't understand english i use translator thanks nice job
@DarkHorseWorkshop
4 жыл бұрын
paraffin wax
@joasdecotalca4766
4 жыл бұрын
@@DarkHorseWorkshop thanks friend
@shadow_crne1030
3 жыл бұрын
Love your work, mate ............ copied A FEW of your ideas already.
@Eldormen
3 жыл бұрын
It turns out finding a Roaster Oven in Sweden is harder then I thought, any other ideas to melt your wax. was thinking fire but then I realized how bad that could be. don't think a hotplate kan make it to 250F and if I put it in the oven I need to move the container and we don't want that do we :/
@DarkHorseWorkshop
3 жыл бұрын
I got the longest time used a double hotplate with a pan. This was an absolutely horrificly dangerous idea and I'm amazed I never burnt my house down.
@Eldormen
3 жыл бұрын
@@DarkHorseWorkshop sorry late reply. Then you think hot plate do you think gas? because I must be overlooking something obvious as I can't see the danger with an electric hotplate.
@DarkHorseWorkshop
3 жыл бұрын
The danger is awkwardly balancing a giant pan full of wax across a hot plate and skilling it all over the place and yourself. I would highly recommend ordering a roaster and converting the power if you have to. I do not recommend the hotplate, it'll work... but I have no idea how I managed to get away with it for so long. Haha.
@Eldormen
3 жыл бұрын
@@DarkHorseWorkshop oh no I hade even thought about the power needs converting. As it doesn't look like there will be fight practise or pensic this year ether I got time to think and see if anyone of my friends has had anything shipped from Canada lately.
@Firebirddna
5 жыл бұрын
This was quite informative. Thanks for sharing.
@YodaMan-420
2 жыл бұрын
prob the pandemic talking, but that thumbnail had me thinking it was a leather face mask. now i kinda want one.
@sirpunhan2790
4 жыл бұрын
is it for sale?
@drewrandall8161
5 жыл бұрын
Does the wax step make this “boiled leather” armor?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Na, I'd look up cuir bouilli
@ZennithMT
5 жыл бұрын
How thick is this leather and what do you recommend for SCA equipment?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
14+ on the base elbow part. 8 - 10oz on the smaller upper parts
@bigrockets1
5 жыл бұрын
I love your work and art. That's cool they're SCA approved as well.
@flappytaco
5 жыл бұрын
Can you say more about the waxing? Like what kind of wax, why you’re doing it this way, is there a name for this?
@ruben-wb7bt
5 жыл бұрын
Hi, when you wax your thread it's '' stiffer '' and don't make a knot every time you stitch with a long length of thread. It also melt insides the holes and more or less seal these, and it's easy to hammering your stitch. Friction is increase and hold better when you tight your stitch. But of course you can stitch without waxing.. ! You can wax with beeswax. I use parrafin sometimes (candle wax), it does the job but don't tell that to a traditionnal leather crafter lol (Sorry if my english isn't perfect i'm french)
@flappytaco
5 жыл бұрын
lenny lewis Merci! I was more referring to his full piece dunk into the cooker filled with wax
@HyBrithe
5 жыл бұрын
It depends on "how much" you want to spend really. When I make cakes for burnishing, I use a 50:50 mix of bees wax and paraffin wax. However, bees wax is expensive and harder to find where as paraffin is plentiful and cheap. You can use just straight up paraffin if you wish. As an extra tip, if you can tell, that turkey cooker he's using is OLD and not the best of shape. Wax of any kind sticks even to non-stick surfaces and plastics. Your best bet is to find a used one at a rummage sale or thrift store. I was using a double boiler when I first started and it took HOURS and multiple reheatings to eventually make it usable again for regular cooking.
@flappytaco
5 жыл бұрын
HyBrithe Resurgam Thx! Yes, I would definitely buy one dedicated for just that. However, what is the general reason for dipping the whole piece in to wax? What type of leather work requires this process?
@HyBrithe
5 жыл бұрын
@Cinematic Mirror Waxing does 2 things really. Leather is still pourous even after tanning. That's why is still absorbs water when it gets wet. In the old days, they would use boiling oil to harden the leather by "filling and sealing" those pours in the leather. Kind of reinforcing by filling in the matrix of the empty spaces with more material like a cement. Secondly, it makes it wareproof and way easier to clean up with a damp sponge and soap. Not to mention you can get pretty sweaty in your armor and unprotected leather will soak up the sweat. Besides smelling like B.O., you can get mold and mildew that will ruin all of the hard work you put into making your armor.
@luissimongonzalez7433
4 жыл бұрын
Saludos y hola por favor me VENDES una máscara igual para lo del CORONAVIRUS, TE la pago CONTRAREEMBOLSO, SOY de VIGO.Gracias ,es PRECIOSA, sólo le falta poner una tela por dentro de filtro y durará más la máscara que nosotros a éste paso.SALUDOS Y GRACIAS. LUIS
@alphanumeric1529
5 жыл бұрын
What brand of leather are you using for these projects?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
I don't even know. I just look at some hides and pick what I like.
@michaelwillis8966
2 жыл бұрын
just bought this pattern to make for use in my HEMA class. Going to put some foam under it to absorb impacts. Will follow up to let you know how they turn out!
@andrewhays4377
4 жыл бұрын
I've bought the pattern and trying my hand at this for my SCA kit. Is that a #1 or #2 hole punch?
@ShadowlightPhotography
10 ай бұрын
Love work and consideering getting into leather arrmour making instead of buying it off the shelf, you have a new subscriber so I can figure it all out :)
@DarkHorseWorkshop
9 ай бұрын
It's a lot of fun. Glad to have you.
@oscarmadrid5233
3 жыл бұрын
Y las medidas que te las comiste que....🤮🤮🤮
@РыжийЛис-ы5э
4 жыл бұрын
Это более декоративный элемент, чем средство защиты
@armorika0512
4 жыл бұрын
Это точно
@dm666master
5 жыл бұрын
I was watching the vambraces video before this and was wonder if the SCA was considered sport fighting then i came to this episode and now im excited. Definitely subscribed and might binge a few videos
@draven3838
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like it could be modified to make a half mask
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Hilariously I've done that. Could use some slight modification. Just curve one side less.
@johnmailer2952
5 жыл бұрын
Best tip in this video is the refrigerator wire shelf. I gotta go find one now.
@gnarthdarkanen7464
5 жыл бұрын
JUST in case anyone cares (ever)... Oven racks are good, too... AND "wire cooling racks" for baked goods... (housewares/kitchen supplies) THOUGH... for certain weird, obscure pieces, I've been known to grab a chunk of "stucco mesh" to manufacture the shape I want and then let the work "settle" onto it... If you need more structure to the mesh form, you can also "Bond-O" both sides once it's formed... a layer on each side gives a fair amount of structure for "pressing" BUT you can always add layers to both sides to add to that... with the usual caveat rule of diminishing returns. ;o)
@michaelbragel34
5 жыл бұрын
I'm jealous. I can't seem to be able to peen brass rivets at all. I can do copper all day long but brass not so much. It's probably a mental thing...lol
@lordodysseus
5 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish I could break the laws of the universe. So cool. Did Odin gift you that trick?
@RCVOODOO
5 жыл бұрын
What is the wax for ànd why does it not look like wax?
@kyphilburg
5 жыл бұрын
When you not the ends of your stitches, do you have to use a particular knot or us it just a case of whatever works?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
I just wing it with random knots. I'm sure there are better options.
@HyBrithe
5 жыл бұрын
When I knot, I almost always use square knots with a surgeon's knot to start with. I haven't had a knot come undone yet in years of work.
@АндрейМедведев-к6б
3 жыл бұрын
Достаточно посмотреть на пальцы ,и сразу станет видно,что это руки мастера! Молодец,мужик!
@JDSoOR
5 жыл бұрын
Can you put up a good link to your rivet source? The nifty brass / bronze dome head guys? Thanks!! And the channel content rocks! If I can ever manage shop space again, I will be busy busy busy.
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
rivetsinstock.com these guys have them. I just get them local here.
@robynwhaley5223
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I just started taking an armor course through black raven armoury. This helped a lot. I'm trying to get ahead a little.
@mzxr6871
5 жыл бұрын
Can u do a giveaway for some of ur art 😍 And let me win something plz U doing a really epic job I wish u a good luck 🍀
@Hirodmacg
5 жыл бұрын
I like the machine burnisher, I made one for myself using my lathe and a piece of maple.
@graphguy
5 жыл бұрын
Geez, I am humbled by your skill, excellent.
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Many thanks.
@Alientraveler003
2 жыл бұрын
Awsome
@kaymuller4716
4 жыл бұрын
How to buy your pattern of armour?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
4 жыл бұрын
www.darkhorseworkshop.com/
@pokrov9740
4 жыл бұрын
классно сделал только забыл шланг зависти и кислородный баллон чтоб не задохнутся
@thetexaskidd71
5 жыл бұрын
Id like to purchase a pattern for these
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
It's on my Etsy.
@josephsebesta6790
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing,, detailed work. Thank you for sharing.
@brinwitcher21
4 жыл бұрын
No air intake tampoc air filter
@DarkHorseWorkshop
4 жыл бұрын
Not really sure what you mean. We always run a filter.
@MikeHackstadt
4 жыл бұрын
What kind of leather do you use and how thick?
@pauln2661
5 жыл бұрын
Lamellar? No one seems to have the patience to cut out hundreds of squares or rectangles.
@humbertovictorroncalmamani860
4 жыл бұрын
los patrones de confección:: @t. @t. @t. @t.
@andreasweber948
4 жыл бұрын
Wau sieht echt super aus, grüße aus Deutschland.
@DemoncatDesign
5 жыл бұрын
Oh ok when I bought this pattern it said face mask
@humbertovictorroncalmamani860
4 жыл бұрын
los patrones de confección:: @t. @t. @t. @t.
@jean-marclabonte2844
5 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Snowy Alberta. Nice Job on those elbow pads. The more of your videos I watch the more I appreciate your work. I especially like your short preambles. I despise other posters meandering intros that go on and on. Thank you for posting another terrific project. Keep up the good work.
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
I've tightened them up more lately. I hate e minutes in and the damn video hasn't started.
@reinvent_avl
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you so much, can't wait to try this out!
@griffithshandmade-knives
5 жыл бұрын
Would there be any benefit to wax treating a leather knife sheath? Not a standard one, but one that is more ornate. Great video 👍
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Not really. Water form then light oils.
@the.barbygirl
5 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, trully great leather work!
@miguelsaldiasrossello861
4 жыл бұрын
EXCELENT....WONDERFULL ALLSOME ....VERY GOOD .....
@randylee8382
5 жыл бұрын
Do you find the wax hardening to be better than other forms of hardening for SCA heavy? I've seen uses of titebond 3, straight hot water, and a mention of future floor wax before... Just curious as to the differences.
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Ive never tried anything else. My issue is baking leather with water or a water and glue mixture feels like a lot of work and babysitting. I can't compare anything. I was tempted to try the titebond water combo though
@randylee8382
5 жыл бұрын
@@DarkHorseWorkshop I guess I will give it a try with your elbow pattern then and see how it goes. I know I have an old tutorial on the glue method from Vitus on the archive stored somewhere.
@flexkuntsmash3053
4 жыл бұрын
Stearic acid is probably the best hardening option outside of epoxy. You can also try the "x1 method" but that one is indeed quite tedious
@KatyaKnightwolf
5 жыл бұрын
Very cool :) I may have missed something, and I know beeswax seals up leather... but the point of dipping it in a "cauldron" of melted wax... its to seal it And stiffen it? Or just super seal it?
@ryanmcewen9364
5 жыл бұрын
To stiffen for its protective quality. Think of leather as the rebar. The wax as the cement. They are each strong by themselves. But together they make for a super strong product that will take a blunt impact very Well!
@KatyaKnightwolf
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you :) I'll have to keep that in mind for leather sheaths
@dave5880
5 жыл бұрын
Great piece I was wondering if you have any more information on the waxing process such as what wax use
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Can't believe I didn't mention it but I use a high melt paraffin wax from a candle shop
@aullidolobopardo4610
4 жыл бұрын
IT'S BEATIFULL MAN.... THANKS
@jonathanwall5784
5 жыл бұрын
Not sure if you ever mentioned it before, but what strap cutter do you use? I cant find it listed on amazon store page or tool list I've seen
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Oops! I'll fix it..just one from Tandy.
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Fixed
@ELFASHIONISTA
4 жыл бұрын
I WOULD LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE TO GET THOSE FINGERS FOR A SERIOUS MANICURE !!!! =)
@DarkHorseWorkshop
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they'd be nice for 24 hours.
@ThatBeardedWhiteGuy
5 жыл бұрын
Great work ! What's the purpose of the hot waxing btw ?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
For the sport combat I do it makes it rigid and water resistant. There are options, I choose this one because it's pretty simple and not very time consuming.
@danhunik7949
5 жыл бұрын
What kind of wax do you have in your turkey roaster to coat the piece?
@DarkHorseWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
High melt point paraffin
@enovasilenko4227
5 жыл бұрын
Что в итоге было изготовленно? Элемент доспеха?
@CHELIOS833
4 жыл бұрын
В гробу это не понадобится.
@fsa1946
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Can that wax method be used on knife sheaths ?
@flexkuntsmash3053
4 жыл бұрын
wax is a poor choice for leather hardening, look up "the x1 method", or just substitute the wax with stearic acid
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