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u/EquinoxActual · 3 pointsr/ArmsandArmor

To make leather armour, you will definitely need:

  • A good knife; either break-away box cutter or rotary cutter
  • A ruler or straight edge for cutting
  • a set of harness needles. You'll need at least 2 (the link is to a 10-pack) and they have to be the thick kind with rounded point, normal sewing needles won't do.
  • a diamond awl

    Plus of course materials: vegtan leather, wax thread.

    That's literally all you need to make leather armour; there's nothing to it but cut the pieces, pierce the holes where you want to sew it together and sew it using the wax thread. If you want it to be stiff, boil it in a big pot. All steps of the process are described in various tutorials on the web (check out Armitage Leather on YT).

    Things that you don't strictly need, but make the product nicer:

  • edge beveler to take the edge off
  • groover lets you inset your stitch lines, which looks much neater
  • slicker for burnishing the edges. You soak them in gum tragacanth or some other solution (I use saddle lotion) and rub away to make them neat and shiny

    Things that you don't need, but that make your work easier:

  • stitching pony is the leatherworker's vise
  • marking wheels take the guesswork out of spacing your stitch holes. Or you can use a Wartenberg wheel like I do
  • chisel punches let you do several holes at a time
  • dremel with a burnishing bit will save you from tennis elbow if you have a lot of edge to burnish.

    Things that you need for the advanced stuff:

  • Hole punches for installing rivets, eyelets, pop buttons and other hardware
  • Sets and anvils for installing rivets, eyelets, pop buttons, and other hardware
  • skiving knife for fine thickness control
  • and many others, depending on what exactly you're after

    Things you might need for finishing:

  • Alcohol-based dye and acrylic finish coat for the basic version (works perfectly well for me)
  • Water-based dyes or acrylic paint if you want to actually paint stuff on top of the leather

    Tooling is yet another discipline, which requires a stylus, a swivel knife, a stone slab (don't try to replace this, they're cheap but make a big difference) and however many stamps you fancy.

    But all you really need are the first four items, and those will set you back like $50 total. Plus maybe a gel pen for marking.

    For more info, visit /r/Leathercraft
u/wotan_weevil · 3 pointsr/ArmsandArmor

Treated with acid, yes. Don't know about colours. Here is an early Medieval example. Some discussion of this sword can be seen here. There are also pre-Medieval (e.g., Celtic) examples that appear to have been etched.

I don't know of any stained examples. Some blades were made with steel/iron with varying phosphorus content, which would give enhanced contrast similar to that obtained with nickel alloys. The right choice of acid would stain as well as etch.

Medieval Islamic swords were often etched/stained. The process is described by al-Kindi. I don't know of any Medieval examples with the original surface intact.

I don't know what the bluish modern Pakistani/Indian 15N20 blades are stained with. Indonesian keris blades are traditionally stained with an arsenic compound.

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/ArmsandArmor

Here's a book called By The Sword. It's a history about swords. :) http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0812969669

u/IronDyno · 2 pointsr/ArmsandArmor

Greenleaf workshop on YouTube does some very nice tutorials, a book that comes to mind is Techniquies of Medieval Armour Reproduction: The 14th Century" by Brian Price (https://www.amazon.com/Techniques-Medieval-Armour-Reproduction-Century/dp/1581605366). I haven't read it myself, but I understand that it is very informative.

u/Joyboy15 · 1 pointr/ArmsandArmor

These are based of contemporary accounts arab soldiers described the Nubians as such having cone shap helmets.

Also heres a news pic showing the conical helmets http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bullet-Proof-Armour-Skirmish-Abyssinia-Goldsmith/dp/B004LS2ZGE

Here's a bigger picture

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=142006&stc=1 ignore the arab part it was common for the time to claim ancestry from the middle east for prestige

u/Svorty · 2 pointsr/ArmsandArmor

So the book I was referring to is called Flowers of Battle (precisely the one which you have literally in the title....) (https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Fiore-Liberi-Master-At-Arms/dp/1937439186)

That indeed is the exact same book you were talking about and I'm a bamboo head for not checking the title first before making any comments ... it's just that I simply did not put together the books cover with its name.

Also I have (for reasons unknown) assumed Fiore would not put info on polearm and longswords into one manuscript - pair that with absence of knowledge that he wrote just one thing and you have the ressult you've witnessed.