Leather Armor Making Tutorial for Beginners + Leather Tools you Need.
Leather Armor Basics How To Leather Craft - Basic Tips & Tools for Beginners by Prince Armory
This video is for those who are interested in some more of the fundamental leather craft aspects and need a bit of advice and basic tool suggestions on getting started with crafting leather armor. I will be mostly covering mid to advanced level guides and tutorials in the future, but I also want to make sure there is a decent foundation to anyone who may have just stumbled into my channel and want to start this craft for themselves.
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🕐 1:10 Advice For Early Tool Purchases
🕐 5:45 Advice For Diving Into The Craft
🕐 6:27 When I Got Started
🔥 MY SUGGESTED TOOLS FOR STARTING TO CRAFT LEATHER ARMOR 🔥
💲 bit.ly/ShopTandy Tandy Supplies 💲
💲 3048-00 Craftool Leather Shears - This is one of the more spendy items but I used these for every project and highly recommend them.
💲 3300-04 - Rawhide Mallet (Large) - Good starter mallet, might be a little heavy for some beginners but useful when needing to set rivets or punch holes.
💲 3300-03 - Rawhide Mallet (Medium) - Also a good starter mallet, will make it easier to do repetitive tooling and stamping
💲 3302-00 - Craftool Poly Maul - I prefer mauls myself these days, but mallets are easy to recommend to beginners since they feel more like using a regular hammer.
💲 8002-01 - Easy Comfort Swivel Knife - Very cheap starter swivel knife, it'll get the job done, once you get the hang of it and learn blade maintenance of course.
💲 32228-00 - Deluxe Quartz Tooling Slab 12" x 12" - Great starter slab, I still use these in my shop to this day.
💲 3003-00 Mini Leather Punch Set - For punching holes of various sizes.
You will also need small quantities of dyes, finishes, hardware along the way but there are a lot of projects you can do, and get a lot of solid practice, using just leather and the tools listed here.
🔥 Other:
💲 PATTERN FOR FANTASY HELMET: bit.ly/PAA-FantasyHelmet 💲
💲 Gingher Scissors amzn.to/2GD9iit - Favorite scissors for cutting patterns/paper
The next tutorial has been recorded and should be available within the next two weeks
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About the narrator: Hi! 🙋‍♂️I'm Samuel Lee, and I am an artisan specializing in Custom Fantasy Leather Armor who has been crafting arms and armour under the Prince Armory banner for more than a decade. I focus on crafting one of a kind extravagant custom projects with intricate leather tooling for my clients who use them for larp, Renaissance Festivals, Cosplay, Costume Contests, and Private Collections.
I'm just now getting into producing content for larger audiences so bear with me as I gradually divide my time more evenly between custom work and making videos and other content for everyone.