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Such diligent and beautiful work. Praise to the steadfast leatherworker!

I am so absolutely proud of you, really outstanding work. I love the armour of the Rohirrim, and now I am so curious to see yours come together. Modern History TV is indeed an excellent resource to understand armour, but Jason Kingsley is also a joy to watch and listen to.

Small tip, get a marble slab to do your tooling. I was given this tip by a more experience leatherworker and it honestly helped. I don't know how much a small marble slab goes for around your parts, but I bought it at an artist shop for 10 euros. Do not hammer on the marble tho! Also, you gotta widen the cuts from your swivel knife with one of those leather awls with a ball end (I don't know what they're called in English, sorry). Apart from that, it came out looking great!

Good stuff man. Helpful tip: Tool on a stone slab or whatever your hardest surface can be, rather than your punch pad. The more rigid and unyielding the surface you tool on, the more crisp your tooling will be. More of the force of the hammer blow will be transfered into the leather than into whatever is underneath. Looking forward to seeing more leather!

all LotR behind the scenes with production and designing are sucha great inspiration

I love the tooling, and the attention to detail. Rohan is my favourite culture in Lord of the Rings and I'd love to wear an armour like Theoden's one day. If you ever need more close ups of a medieval armour then let me know: my channel is very armour focussed, especially 15th century.

I am incredibly happy that you are moving forward and clearly making a lot of progress. You have come a long way from just making your outfits from scavenging clothes from thrift shops, cutting them apart and stitching them together to make costumes. Our boy is growing up so fast!

I too shout into the void, "Are you proud of me Richard Taylor!?" when I am mailing and embroidering.

It almost looks like a giant prehistoric beetle. Like a mega-doodle-bug! Take a blow with it from an enemy, then sic your rolley-poley familiar on him! 😁 🤣 This vid marks continued inspiring craftsmanship and perseverance from you, brother. It was another joy to watch.

1. Commenting for the algorithm. 2. Thanks for the leather working link, I’ve been thinking about getting into leather working and this might be what pushes me towards learning it.

Given your recent cooking videos, I honestly thought I was looking at a lovely oven baked loaf of bread 😂 Both look good enough to eat!

Great overview of making the pauldrons. However, after hearing your explanations on some of your building processes: - Easy Way: (exists) - Living Anachronism: Let's not do it that way ...

I love the philosophy of making it the best you possibly can. Because if don't, in the long run, you won't be happy with it and you'll want to make another to make it better. I believe that's the definition of craftsmanship. Taking the time to do it right, the 1st time. I hand make our midevil costumes for Renfest and we get so many compliments. It really gives you a true sense of accomplishment when people find out you didn't just buy it. I'm looking forward to the completion of your costume and the reveal video. 👁😀

Oh that pauldron is BEAUTIFUL. All that care and work is worth it. Love seeing you put all the passion and focus into each piece you make, every costume, every bit of armor, and every video. This is just a lovely channel that I'm always so happy to see a new video from. Your work matters and inspires. Thanks for doing what you do with all the care you take to do it.

It’s so great to hear about you and Shad teaming up! Two of my favorite creators. That’s a huge move for you; I know how much you look up to Shad. Congratulations!

That was some beautiful leatherworking, im really amazed at how good you have become.

Regardless, it looks amazing, and I wish I had the capacity to make leather armor. You really should be proud of how it came out!

Really impressive work! And I agree, Black Raven has some great patterns Just some tips from my experience doing similar projects for the last couple of years: 1. To make transferring the patterns less tedious, rather than copying them to tracing paper, I print to regular paper, then cover it with a layer of brown masking tape, which doesn't hide the pattern but does stop the paper from tearing. I then use a round-tipped stylus to transfer the pattern to slightly damp leather 2. To have cleaner bevels, I like to rub the beveller across the indentation at the end. Not using too much force, but enough to smooth out any inconsistent depressions 3. To get cleaner cuts when doing delicate work like in 10:35, it's generally best to do it in several passes - first lightly score the whole line with a knife, then repeat with a bit more force until you get all the way through. This way you get a single curve without any jagged edges or loose fibers 4. I really like the idea of not dyeing straps that aren't meant to be seen when it fits the character, but I would still consider at least waxing/top coating them so they'll last longer, especially in wet conditions But overall it looks great, and it's always fun to see how a craftsman's skills evolve from project to project

This was great. I've done a very little amount of leatherwork, but my next project is a set of leather armor, so I'm trying to absorb all the knowledge I can about leatherwork in the meantime.

Great stuff. I really enjoy your channel and seeing the cool stuff you make. It's an inspiration to creating my character and my outfit.

Absolutely beautiful! This is fabulous work, and I can’t wait to see the full fit!

I’d like to think that in fantasy settings with monsters, that the prevalence of carnivorous or even man-eating monsters leads to a larger supply of hide, which makes leather armor cheaper, and therefore a clearly viable option for adventurers. Given that people don’t typically eat carnivorous animals and especially don’t eat man-eating animals, hides would probably be the most valuable part of those, save for those used for magical or medicinal components.

If your tools do not have handles, then make handles for them. I have seen all manner of improvised handles for tools. Bits of dowel rod, golf balls, knobs and pulls meant for drawers. Duct tape, epoxy, wire even rawhide. It doesn't have to win a beauty contest. But it does have to be comfortable in your hand.

I can see why you like Black Raven Armory. Wow!

You are tenacious. That is a good thing, it is pleasing to see in a young man. I wish there were more young men like you in the trades. But you're silly. That's not a bad thing, it makes for some amusing side stories to your adventures. Now I wish to impart some advise upon and those who would listen. Went you commit to cutting corners to "save steps/time" you commit to doubling your time. 1 - It will take you longer to do it adequately improperly. Often you could find that standing around for half-an-hour thinking about exactly what you need to smooth the process, will save you at least that time in effort and frustration. 2 - You increase your chance of screwing up. This usually happens because idiots focus on "faster is gooder" rather than why they're actually doing it this way, which is cuzz they're fools. This rushing mindset leads to a mistake, and because you're already in the mindset of "get it done quicker" you panic, and come up with dumb ways to fix it, and rush to do that too, especially if you don't want anyone to see that you fucked it up. This is a vicious circle that goes nowhere but down.

damn those look good

Outstanding job. Most excellent video. Thank you! :)

Really nice work. They look absolutely beautiful.

Looks amazing!

Nice work. Cheers!

Nice work!

Looking forward to you and shad working together 👍

11:53 cool tip with the lighter 👍🏻

Big fan of helpful rambles 😀

Great video! I've been following black Raven armory for years

Impressive dedication.

Your videos are inspiring to the highest degree. When you put your heart and soul into a project like that, you will end up with an object, that has a story to it and that is what this whole community is all about, telling awesome and epic stories. Big, strong and fluffy dragon hug for all of you.

Very cool!

stumbled on your videos a few days ago. Well Done! I have been a Face Painter at the Bristol Renaissance Faire for 40 yrs, also 30 yrs Rendezvous re-enactment, been doing my own garb etc.

I think you made a great choice. quite a few good choices. I've personally never worried about the stringy bits, before burnishing. I can't say it's better because I've never compared.

"The tool was in the other room" - a very focused worker

Those are really nice work :) I haven't attempted a leather-work project that complex for years because quite simply I run out of patience, and you have some serious dedication to work on those non stop instead of one or two hours at a time spread over a month or so (my preferred approach to big time taking projects), very well done and I can't wait to see it finished 20:08 you have it the correct way, if you have it the other way up the strap tails catch on everything

That is a magnificent piece, well done!

Looks really good.

Not bad! Look at you man improving your craft 👌🏻 I just made my 1st breastplate out of leather and I'm going for a like ranger roherin kind of style and it is no joke vary difficult lot of blood and meny hours pretty pricey too. Much respect men

Thank you for the video! You do amazing work! It looks so hard to do!

You are definitely one of my favorite creators to watch! I love your enthusiasm when it comes to bringing the past into modern day. Thanks for everything you do! If I may add my two cents, though: obviously you put a lot of work into these and they look amazing! Black Raven has awesome designs and it was great to see your take on one of their patterns, and the result is lovely! But in trying to save time by not properly attach your beveler to the handle and other such shortcuts, you're actually adding a lot of work for yourself instead of saving work. Beveling for pieces of that size should only take a matter of seconds in one pass per edge, but you aren't getting the proper force and angle without the handle and having to take more time and do several tiny passes. To me, this seems to be in conflict with your aspiration. If it's worth doing, it's worth taking the extra few seconds to properly prepare your tool for the job. All this I say as a beginner leatherworker myself, and I relate to the temptation of skipping steps, so I am also saying this from what I've been learning and what I struggle with at times too. I actually love knowing that you and I are in a similar skill level with leather, because it feels like we're learning together! Can't wait to see what you do next with this Rohan build and I'm excited to see you grow in your craft! Keep up the great work.

Just saw Shad's video. Grats dude! You deserve it.

Hey awesome news that you are going to be collaborating with Shad! I look forward to seeing what you produce.

Hey, since I found you out by your response to Shad and just now I've been told by him that you might actually work together in the future, I'd like to both congratulate and wish the best on the endeavor to everyone involved. Really looking forward to you guys forming a team, expectations are high!

Nice work, mate. Always good to see what projects you're working on. Only problem I see with the Rohirrim costume is where are you going to get the horse?

Thousand roots to a single flower, yet the fruit is it's to own. Modest by the hillside went, our wonder is it's alone.

I remember making maile, I think I made the first bit back in '77, no later than anyway. It was a 12 gauge corselet I used to go run in. Marine days. I made a lot of maile. Nowadays my hands go into spasms if I so much as think about it. *laughs* I moved over to scale armor, which is tedious, yes, though easier on the hands. Or it was before I decided to make it from period construction. Yeah, self abuse seems to be a thing with me where these kinds of projects are concerned. Adventure on!

Awe yeah

I know the struggle even if ifs fun! :) ...first project; made a hard leather pouch. Second Project; right away made a helmet (viking helmet by DieselpunkRo). Helmet came out awesome but it took me about 40hours of work. (Mimimum...)

That's cool. Are your going for the whole leather faxed Plate armor or just the pauldrons?

Wicked!

I'm not Richard Taylor, but I'm proud of you. Very nice result!

Really?! That is gorgeous!

6:17 that's a great moment to cut, if you ever want to make qn april fool's video.

"I need to do it right otherwise it's not really worth doing at all" - everyone, you want to apply these wise words to life!

I wonder if the buckles are around the opposite way to put them on is because if they were easy to put on they may get in the way or be used against you somehow... For instance, catcher shin guards for baseball have the buckles on the outside so when you run you dont knock them together and make them fall off =).

Man... I wish I was in a place where I could just try things I wanna do. Or have the resources... Or.. I'd love to be able to do this for someone... Making things for others.

Were matching Kramer My wife is the poster shield maiden for black raven and she made me the odinson armour set

Nice

It's cool when someone asks "Where did you buy that?" and you answer "I didn't buy it, I made it." It's cooler when they say "I could never do anything like that" and you answer "That's what I used to think, but if I can do it, so can you". It's coolest when you later see them with something beautiful and you ask "Where did you buy that?" and they answer "I didn't buy it, I made it".

Refusing to grab the Dremel, halding the tiny bevel blade in your fingers for the WHOLE PROJECT. You are a certified psycho. Greath project though, looks amazing!

How important do you think the decorations are for armor, in your opinion? Does a heroic character need decorated armor or is it more of an aesthetic choice? I'm assuming the latter, but I'd like to hear your opinion on it.

Great video. I might have missed it but what weight leather did you use?

Will you be making a video on how you made the helmet?

Cool

Are you going to show how you made the helmet?

If I recall correctly, Theoden and Eomer's armors were actually metal with leather decoration glued to the surface. Of course that would have been far more expensive to make.

Black raven armory is actually really good and there affordable for what your getting. Can't wait to start some diy from them.

there is a glitch at 13:50

16:50 because....*sighs* it's easier looks really nice, now i want to make my own armor too

Will you be using a horse to go with your Rohirrim look? 🐎

Dude.. I would have at least did a protective Stain... On the naked leather

50 years ago, my big sister's boyfriend worked leather for his belts and lashes etc, for "bulldogging" aka, steer wrestling. He had a couple thousand dollars worth of tools and leathers, work table, etc set up in my parent's basement. He taught me to make a belt, Keychain and wallet. I think little sister still has her wallet.

That is a nice jointers mallet may I ask why you are using it to hammer leather? A small hammer or ball peen hammer would do the same and it won’t mar the face of the jointers mallet.

Can you comment on the leather pauldron that Legolas wears in most of LotR? It’s never made sense to me.

In a world where everything feel haphazard and low effort there's a real purity to striving to produce something perfect.

What about that gap between lower panels?

Небольшой совет от ролевиков из России. Чтобы сделать изделие крепче - натри его изнутри свечным парафином или натуральным пчелиным воском, затем аккуратно прогрей его при помощи строительного фена. Когда воск впитается в кожу, она будет эластичной, пока тёплая. Ей можно будет придать форму. Потом воск застынет, излишки можно удалить тряпкой. Твоё изделие будет напоминать по прочности твёрдый пластик. Это старый способ, исторически верный. У нас так делают снаряжение для НЕМА, для LARP, некоторые детали для доспехов бойцов исторического фехтования. В идеале мазь для кожи содержит воск, скипидар и льняное масло. Воск даёт твёрдость, скипидар - эластичность, льняное масло - эластичность и водостойкость. Меняем пропорции - получаем либо крем для кожи, либо водостойкую твёрдую пропитку. ;-) С уважением из России! Крайт. A little advice from roleplayers from Russia. To make the product stronger, rub it from the inside with candle wax or natural beeswax, then gently warm it up with a construction hair dryer. When the wax is absorbed into the skin, it will be elastic while warm. It can be shaped. Then the wax will harden, the excess can be removed with a cloth. Your product will resemble hard plastic in strength. This is the old way, historically correct. This is how we make equipment for NEMA, for LARP, some details for the armor of fighters of historical fencing. Ideally, the skin ointment contains wax, turpentine and linseed oil. Wax gives hardness, turpentine - elasticity, linseed oil - elasticity and water resistance. We change the proportions - we get either a skin cream or a water-resistant solid impregnation. ;-) Sincerely from Russia! Krait.

SOOOOO.. you and Shad huh... Nice

I know you like leather, but have you thought about building or designing a steel armor that would be good for adventures? How much steel armor is worth taking with you imagining that you will come into contact with monsters and highwaymen? Helmet and breast plate? A small shield? Is a back pack full of stuff a good enough shield in a pinch?

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The reason that the buckles are located how they are is because if you were a knight, you aren't going to be putting on your own harness, you would have at least one squire who would put it on you, thoughts for if it is an adventurer's armour or a soldier's armour, do you put it on yourself, or is someone else putting it on you.

What ever you do in your Rohirrim armour - please, don't allow your sword to fall out of the scabbard while you are mounting your horse...

DUDE YOU SUCK!!

yo nice helmet

In ancient times, Persian rugmakers used to make sure to include "errors" into their work. The reasoning was that only Allah was able to create perfectly and making (or _attempting_ to make) a perfect carpet would be unforgivable arrogance - This is still a pretty good excuse for any mistakes. That being said: Nice work. The tooling and coloring is very good....

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A comment for the algorithm

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Nooo no... The wire brush with the hand was the better move man... Wire brushes is what I use to take 1/4 inch thick rust.. off of car frames.. So yeah.. you wanna do scraping... By hand... So YOU CAN apply the pressure and speed needed

"I'm a human being .. but you don't need to know that." That sounds rather defensive, what are you hiding? :p

I enjoy watching your videos but could you try and work on your audio you have a very high pitch echo in your background when you talk and I find it difficult to listen very long to your videos. It more than likely is the location you're in because you don't have it when you're outside.

Dude.. you gotta have a handle for the bevel tool. Jesus man. Those edges area the first and main thing that everyone sees. And holding it like that. You will screw it up eventually. Also it will look sooo much nicer. It would be like.. holding a fountain pen Nib.. in your finger tips... And writing everything you write like that... Lol Stop it.. lol