A crafty lifestyle blog
Another shoe repair! This one had some serious damage to one of the heels. As you can see, the right heel was completely worn through. Not only that, but it was worn through where it touched the ground. This required more than a simple patch. I added patches of strong black leather to the back,
I’ve been using these as my rapier gloves for over four years now. In fact, these gloves are the very first piece of rapier gear I made. I didn’t realize that making your own gloves was odd until I showed up with them and everyone started oohing and aahing – it just seemed like a
I designed and made a custom-fit heavy weapons dagger sheath for a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, the medieval reenactment group I’m in. Heavy fighting weapons are typically made out of rattan, which is similar to bamboo, that is wrapped in padding and tape. It’s often useful for those that fight long-range weapons,
One of the joys of Pennsic (medieval camping event) is getting a unique medallion every year. While at Pennsic, one wears the medallion as a site token. The question is often what to do with the medallions afterwards. They are unique pieces of metal art, tied up with lots of memories, so discarding them isn’t
This is my first knife sheath and my first piece of tooled leather that I ever made! I made it about four years ago, and I’ve learned a lot since then. The design was made to mimic the wolf and trees pattern from the knife itself. The tooling was done with the super-quick cheating method
Today I’m going to go through how I resoled my custom Catskill Mountain Moccasins, and show you up-close pictures of their construction (because I was curious and I figured others might be, too). Catskill Mountain makes truly amazing footwear – they are custom shaped to your feet, and are incredibly comfortable. To be clear: I
I made the handle of my fencing dagger over a campfire at Pennsic, a two-week medieval camping event I go to every year. My campmates were thoroughly entertained. 🙂 The handle was made of many compressed leather discs. The first step was to soak leather scraps in beeswax. I bought beeswax at the Pennsic marketplace,
I am very hard on my electronics. My first three iPods died, two of them within warranty, but the last one not. Upon buying my fourth iPod, I decided to do something about this: I designed my own custom iPod case. I’ve had this iPod for 5 years, and it’s still going strong. I purchased
Sheepskin is amazing. These mittens stay warm even when sopping wet from playing in the snow for hours! As you can tell by the darker color of the fingers, I’ve gotten a lot of use out of these mittens the last two winters, since I made them. These were fairly easy to make, and are