Belt buckle and pouch updates
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:26 am
Things do pile up when you don't have the capabilities to upload pictures. Thankfully I now have that ability again!
Earlier this year I collaborated on yet another project with Elleth, this time a custom belt buckle from her shapeways store. Sadly it took me this long to get a pic of it up due to having no computer. Needless to say the buckle is awesome like all of her work! Design wise it is very Middle Earth. It's small details like this where I like to branch off of what's available via history and the market there in to add character to my persona. I went with the bronze steel option with the intent to go back for a solid bronze at a later date. Thanks again Elleth!
Moving on I've also greatly downsized my belt pouch to less than half the size of my old one. This is made from heavy goatskin and has had a long soak in walnut dye and been heavily rubbed with dubbin. Size wise it is just big enough to hold my oiler from Backwoods Tin and Copper wrapped in a swatch of sheep skin, my Viking style whetstone, and the greased leather bag that contains my fire kit.
In The Fellowship of the Ring chapter XII The Flight To The Ford it mentions of Aragorn "From the pouch at his belt he drew out the long leaves of a plant." It says nothing else regarding the pouch but I imagine it would be just large enough to hold a few essentials.
Earlier this year I collaborated on yet another project with Elleth, this time a custom belt buckle from her shapeways store. Sadly it took me this long to get a pic of it up due to having no computer. Needless to say the buckle is awesome like all of her work! Design wise it is very Middle Earth. It's small details like this where I like to branch off of what's available via history and the market there in to add character to my persona. I went with the bronze steel option with the intent to go back for a solid bronze at a later date. Thanks again Elleth!
Moving on I've also greatly downsized my belt pouch to less than half the size of my old one. This is made from heavy goatskin and has had a long soak in walnut dye and been heavily rubbed with dubbin. Size wise it is just big enough to hold my oiler from Backwoods Tin and Copper wrapped in a swatch of sheep skin, my Viking style whetstone, and the greased leather bag that contains my fire kit.
In The Fellowship of the Ring chapter XII The Flight To The Ford it mentions of Aragorn "From the pouch at his belt he drew out the long leaves of a plant." It says nothing else regarding the pouch but I imagine it would be just large enough to hold a few essentials.
