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 Topic: Patterns |
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| amuckart Replies: 16 Views: 38073 |
 Forum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:53 pm Subject: Patterns |
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also pester jeremy (dawson) at taupo if you get this thread on time before taupo as he is one of the few shoe/boot GURUS we have in our community Is he on this forum? Can you PM me his email ... |
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| Topic: Patterns |
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| amuckart Replies: 16 Views: 38073 |
Forum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:01 am Subject: Patterns |
| The needles you want are "harness needles". Start with sizes 4-6 (those are at the smaller end of the scale), and go up from there if you need to. I don't think I've ever used anything bigger than a 3 ... | |
| Topic: Patterns |
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| amuckart Replies: 16 Views: 38073 |
Forum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:37 pm Subject: Patterns |
| Where are you based? If you're in Wellington I can help with shoe patterns but it's a bit harder remotely.
Start by looking at Marc Carlson's site Be aware that you can not just blow up the li ... |
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| Topic: Anyone worked with canvas companies? |
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| amuckart Replies: 14 Views: 28650 |
Forum: Encampment and Displays Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:01 am Subject: Anyone worked with canvas companies? |
| Their stuff looks nice but I emailed a couple of times them some months ago and never got a response. | |
| Topic: Leather needles |
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| amuckart Replies: 2 Views: 10512 |
Forum: Other Crafts Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:14 pm Subject: Leather needles |
| What size, and what sort of thread are you using? | |
| Topic: Medieval Tailors Assistant - Online |
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| amuckart Replies: 3 Views: 11684 |
Forum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:44 pm Subject: Medieval Tailors Assistant - Online |
| Be aware thought that this is a book still in print so this is most likely illegal. That and pirating the works of authors who publish books relating to our hobby may end up discouraging others from p ... | |
| Topic: Tanning |
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| amuckart Replies: 8 Views: 20553 |
Forum: Other Crafts Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:13 am Subject: Tanning |
| There have been three different, and slightly contradictory, processes described in this thread so far so I'll try and disentangle them a little.
Discounting chrome tanning, which is a large scale ... |
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| Topic: Splitting horn into flat panels |
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| amuckart Replies: 27 Views: 45546 |
Forum: Metal, Wood, Bone, Glass Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:46 pm Subject: Splitting horn into flat panels |
| From what I've read of these in the context of making rivets for armouring it pays to put a shim between the two faces of the rivet vice before you drill the hole. It doesn't need to be thick 0.5mm or ... | |
| Topic: where are the elves |
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| amuckart Replies: 4 Views: 11441 |
Forum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:02 pm Subject: where are the elves |
| G'day Grizz,
I do occasionally make shoes for other people, but I'm not going to be in a position to take on any more work until March next year at the earliest. I'm just coming out of a period of ... |
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| Topic: where are the elves |
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| amuckart Replies: 4 Views: 11441 |
Forum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:34 am Subject: where are the elves |
Heh, thanks for the pointer 
If any of you have questions about anything on there, or shoes in general, I'm happy to field them. |
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| Topic: Linden wood |
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| amuckart Replies: 1 Views: 9710 |
Forum: Metal, Wood, Bone, Glass Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:10 pm Subject: Re: Linden wood |
| Hi Inigo,
Limewood is what they call it in New Zealand. It grows all over the place but I'm not sure where you'd get it unless you got in touch with tree surgeons or the local parks people and tol ... |
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| Topic: Splitting horn into flat panels |
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| amuckart Replies: 27 Views: 45546 |
Forum: Metal, Wood, Bone, Glass Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:07 pm Subject: Splitting horn into flat panels |
| Nice work. I have a bag of horn in the garage and a bunch of brass sheet waiting to be turned into a lantern. One day, too much to do in the meantime and I've been totally unable to make anything for ... | |
| Topic: Ash wanted |
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| amuckart Replies: 11 Views: 22066 |
Forum: Metal, Wood, Bone, Glass Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:58 pm Subject: Ash wanted |
| Are you looking for it for tent poles?
I'm looking for big tent pole wood as well, I'm getting quartersawn ash from City Timber in Wellington that'll be perfect for spokes, but I haven't found any ... |
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| Topic: Anyone worked with canvas companies? |
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| amuckart Replies: 14 Views: 28650 |
Forum: Encampment and Displays Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:03 am Subject: Anyone worked with canvas companies? |
| "we now have a order in with Talisien from Blue Draco in Aussie.
"http://bluedraco.com.au/dragon1/index.php top notch tents you wont be disapointed Thanks for the pointer. I've sent them an ... |
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| Topic: Anyone worked with canvas companies? |
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| amuckart Replies: 14 Views: 28650 |
Forum: Encampment and Displays Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:02 am Subject: Anyone worked with canvas companies? |
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The cheapest and easiest option was to buy one pre-made. We got our tent from www.tentsmiths.com they were GREAT! The lady we dealt with, Deborah, was fantastic. We love our tent so much that we are ... |
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