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  Topic: Patterns
amuckart

Replies: 16
Views: 30375

PostForum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery   Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:53 pm   Subject: Patterns

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 ...
  Topic: Patterns
amuckart

Replies: 16
Views: 30375

PostForum: 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
amuckart

Replies: 16
Views: 30375

PostForum: 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 ...
  Topic: Anyone worked with canvas companies?
amuckart

Replies: 14
Views: 22848

PostForum: 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
amuckart

Replies: 2
Views: 8434

PostForum: 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
amuckart

Replies: 3
Views: 9221

PostForum: 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
amuckart

Replies: 8
Views: 16434

PostForum: 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 ...
  Topic: Splitting horn into flat panels
amuckart

Replies: 27
Views: 37865

PostForum: 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
amuckart

Replies: 4
Views: 8906

PostForum: 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 ...
  Topic: where are the elves
amuckart

Replies: 4
Views: 8906

PostForum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:34 am   Subject: where are the elves
Heh, thanks for the pointer Smile

If any of you have questions about anything on there, or shoes in general, I'm happy to field them.
  Topic: Linden wood
amuckart

Replies: 1
Views: 7893

PostForum: 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 ...
  Topic: Splitting horn into flat panels
amuckart

Replies: 27
Views: 37865

PostForum: 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
amuckart

Replies: 11
Views: 18029

PostForum: 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 ...
  Topic: Anyone worked with canvas companies?
amuckart

Replies: 14
Views: 22848

PostForum: 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 ...
  Topic: Anyone worked with canvas companies?
amuckart

Replies: 14
Views: 22848

PostForum: Encampment and Displays   Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:02 am   Subject: Anyone worked with canvas companies?

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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