Arm gaurds

[Vroomvroom]

Looking for a nice longer styled leather, rustic looking arm gaurd. Who makes them?

[Longrifleman]

Thunderhorn makes excellent arm guards. If you give Duane a call, he'd probably make a guard as long as you want! Search for Thunderhorn Mfg. on the web. Good luck!

[Alexander Traditional]

I made one for the reasons you talk about,and it came out pretty good. It's long and I can cinch it up with a coat or without. I ended up not wanting all of the grommets.

[Alexander Traditional]

I forgot to mention I really made it for full coverage on my big coat,and being able to pull it in tight. I took it on a recent hunt,and it worked well. I used different round type things for a pattern. I found some of those spring cord things from amazon,and they are heavy duty springs.

[Vroomvroom]

Interesting. What did you use? Is that leather.   Yes, it's often cold here or I wear wool jacket but it's bulky

[Alexander Traditional]

It is leather and I doubled it where the grommets are. I have a heavy wool mix coat that it worked really well on.

[Arctic Hunter]

I guess cutting the toe end off a dress sock isn't rustic enough?

You might check out EW Bateman.

[2wfstlhunting]

It only works if they are argyle and you are hunting/shooting at deer that are already "dressed"

[Vroomvroom]

I have to wear tights to become a better archer?

Sure Robin Hood wore tights.

[Archie]

Is there anyone else doing fancy custom leather armguards these days?  I remember seeing some beauties by Scott Teaschner/Wyoming Wildlife Artistry many years ago. 

[Bowsey Wails]

DWF Leather Artistry in Pennsylvania

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Not that I'd call them fancy, but it's fun to doll up some armguards with some stamping and tooling. I need to get around to some more fancy carvings at some point but can never get a good picture in my head of what to carve.
If you decide to make your own. These screw on buttton studs and 1/8" shock cord work well for attachment. Quick and easy on and off. These style studs don't catch brush and clothes as bad as hooks do. 1 square foot of 8oz veg tan would make you a good armguard with some leftovers. The last picture is how the stud and shock cord look when hooked up.

Kyle

[Vroomvroom]

Very nice.  Great job.  I have thought about trying it.  But it would be just to say I did. Or to try some leatherwork myself as it wouldn't be any cheaper .  I have to buy few of the tools and leather first. But also thought of making a quiver as well. 

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Depending on what you're wanting to make it doesn't take many specialized tools. And you could probably get away with things you already have. A straight edge, exacto knife, if you have a pair of calipers they're great for marking stitch line from edge,  ruler for marking spacing and a stitching awl will go a long ways. The stitching awl can be made from a nail driven into a block of wood for a handle and ground into shape then sharpened. For needles use saddle needles that are blunt so they're easier to guide through the punched holes. The more specialized tools make it easier, faster and more reproducible results. But for a couple one offs that's no big deal. And before you mark the leather, make a paper template to make sure it'll fit what you want before going to the leather. And a pencil works fine as the graphite can be wiped off and smudged covered over with stain if you stain the piece.

I hope that helps some.

Kyle

[Vroomvroom]

What threading do you use?

[Vroomvroom]

I've thought of making a hill style quiver but then cover with seal skin. The leather holds shape, but the skin do not.   

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I use rhino thread, which is a braided poly thread. Artificial sinew works well too. Sometimes I'll use lace when the mold strikes me and that's the look I want.

Something I did with a fox skin that would work for the seal is to make the quiver body from veg tan splits then either glue the fur skin over the top or stitch it around it. The split is from when the leather companies split the full thickness leather into thinner pieces. It's just the flesh side so isn't as strong as the grain side, but is significantly sharper and works just fine if it's just stiffening up a pelt.

Here's a few more pictures to give you some ideas

Kyle

[Vroomvroom]

What kind of glue would that be.   Yes, I'd definently like to try this.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Wood weld contact cement works well. You can get it at the hardware store. Either green or red can work fine. The red is a solvent base and the green is a water base though they're both water resistant once set.

Kyle

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Here's that veg tan split I'm talking about. It has no grain so isn't toolable and isn't as strong but will be great to practice with and being veg tan can be wet formed and molded.

Kyle