Oh, that's brilliant! Congratulations, Eric!

"You must go - and therefore we must, too. Merry and I are coming with you. Sam is an excellent fellow, and would jump down a dragon's throat to save you ... but you will need more than one companion on your dangerous adventure." Frodo and Sam get a lot of discussion, but the way Merry an...

Very fun! That's a great first project. Please forgive me if you know this and just haven't gotten that far yet. But if not - You will probably find it more comfortable if you work over the edge with an edge beveler: https://www.springfieldleather.com/Edge-Beveler-2 ... and then an edge slicker: ht...

looking good so far :P you don't necessarily need eyelets because thick leather is quite tough, if you just punch a hole it should work fine, unless you friend asked for eyelets of course I was suspecting that might be the case, that’s good to know! She didn’t specifically ask for eyelets, but I th...

Okay, having taken down all this very helpful information. The leather is veg-tanned, and the small piece I tried wet-forming appears to hold its shape well enough. I drafted a pattern for an archery armguard - for a friend, so it doesn't have to be completely period, which is good since I barely kn...

Awesome! This'll be a big help. Caedmon, thanks for the info, had no idea there was a Tandy leather that close! (usually seems like most places that are actually cool are confined to the lower 48.) That'll definitely be useful. Thanks everybody, if I don't muck it up I'll let you all know how it wor...

Alright, my parents got me this chunk of leather for Christmas because I'd mentioned wanting to learn how to work with it. I know I want to make a scabbard for my sword, but I'm not sure what else to do with it, and I don't know if it's even the proper thickness. If it is, should I save the rest for...

Hail, and well met! I’ve been a sporadic lurker for… some number of years, but I decided I may as well make an account now that I’ve started entertaining the idea of rangering as an activity instead of something to read about and say ‘wow, those people are cool’. I at least would like to hang around...