Main Discussion Area > Primitive Skills

Can't Shoot - Leather Projects

(1/3) > >>

cantshoot:
Been making some leather archery supplies, mostly out of scrap, to save a little bit of cash and for some fun projects.

Here's the first one, almost done in these photos is a leather archery glove. I did spring for a piece of glove tan leather for this one and I don't regret it. After making this one the wife liked it so much she needed one too, so we spent saturday morning sewing another one before we went out shooting.
 


I couldn't reall be bothered with working out a pattern in advance, so I made each finger individually so I could adjust and fit the lengths when I attached them to the glove.



I made the buckle strap and the back and laced them together, and then used a bit of glue to fit each finger in place while I sewed them up. Since then I added some rivets for extra reinforcement and to make it look more badass. The wife's has way more rivets because she was getting impatient to hit the range/bored of sewing.



End result is well fitted to our hands, and pretty comfy! The fingers have a single piece of leather looped around the inside and sewn at the base, so as they stretch/wear or heavier bows are used we should be able to easily add additional layers of padding to them.



Definitely learned a lot doing this one, and there is 2/3 of a piece of glove tan in the project box for future crafting. :)

Pat B:
Nice job.  8)

Mounter:
Looks good man!! And will only fit better as you break it in.

cantshoot:
Does anyone have tips for a good way to apply a finish to them? I was thinking about using some paste wax and a heat gun on low... Never tried it though.

---GUTSHOT--->:
Mink oil on leather is what I use. Or go to a local sporting goods and look for baseball glove break in oil. It's awesome but skittle more expensive.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page