Medieval Leather Belt (Black, Studded)

Here's my first medieval leather belt!

This is my first project that's been properly burnished, polished, and dyed. This is as professional as I can get. I was wearing one of my traditional Pakistani kurtas when I discovered that it could be turned into a tunic if you wore a belt over it. So all I needed was a belt, and since I didn't want to buy one, this seemed like the best alternative.

 

Celtic Leather Knots

Here's a preview of something that will be coming soon. I learned how to style leather, and my first project was Celtic knots. In the near future, they will be put into a medieval belt.



 

 

Right now, it's about the size of my neck, so I guess it's a choker.

 





Scarecrow

Ever wonder what I do with all the old leather scraps I collect? Well, here's your answer: I put them into a mask! This was made with old pieces of leather sewn together with thick thread.

 

 

 

 

Here is some close-ups of the stitching

 

 

Dagoth

Here's a new design - Dagoth. It's made from 4 main pieces of leather, has 4 buckles that buckle onto a piece in the back. The name comes from the antagonist in Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (even though they look nothing alike). I am the model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assassin Mask

Here's another new design - Assassin Mask (in red). This was made by sewing a piece of tooling leather onto some upholestry leather.

 

Those are some Nepalese Kukris, the same used by the Ghurkas.

 

 

 

Feral leather mask

Here's a new leather mask - Feral. This one goes back to my simple designs without any buckles or lenses or sewing.

 

 

 

 

 

It was made specifically with this sword in mind

 

Leather Armor - Bracers

The first part of my leather armor is complete! Finally, something was ACTUALLY accomplished!

Now, I give you - Leather Bracers!

I took measurements of my forearms, and then made a cardstock template which was the size I wanted. Once the template was ready, I drew the shape on some 10oz leather and cut it out. I then soaked it in hot water and shaped it to my forearm.

Here, you can see the shaped, undyed bracers next to their cardstock template.

Once the bracers were shaped, I dyed them with simple leather dye. These ones are plain brown with no symbols on them. Once I complete my full armor, I'll start making different colors, symbols, etc.

Here, you can see a dyed bracer next to the undyed.

And here you can see them both dyed

The next step (which turned out to be the longest) was to cut out the buckles. The bracers use six in total, three on each bracer. I used some 6oz buffalo leather I got in Pakistan, which is just as hard as my regular 10oz. Once they were cut out, I soaked them in hot water, allowed them to air dry (which leads to some interesting effects with dying), and then dyed and assembled them.

Here, you can see the cut-out buckles, undyed and unassembled.

Here, you can see them after having been soaked

Here are the final buckles, dyed and assembled.

Then, I attached the buckles to the bracers, and voila! Here they are, complete!