Chris Goodwin Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 While this is not strictly Fantasy Hero, and is maybe not even strictly fantasy, it is certainly fantasy related! And I would imagine, of interest to Fantasy Hero players. Jason Timmermans documents his build of a leather gauntlet, here (his leather hardening technique published separately on his page here). It is beautiful, functional, and badass! I believe he intends to, at some point, build a full suit of leather armor; his testing of samples (photo included in the page) shows a broadhead hunting arrow that would normally go through a deer, including bone, mostly stopped by several layers of his hardened leather. Not completely, mind you; slightly over an inch of the arrowhead penetrated through the armor, but as he says, it's going to hurt but it won't kill you. The arrow was shot from a recurve bow made from modern composite materials, with a 48 pound draw weight at 29 inches draw length, from 15 feet away. I kinda want one, even though I absolutely have no practical need for one. Here's what it looks like: tkdguy, Duke Bushido, L. Marcus and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 I'd quite like to see how a lamellar armor built with this method stands up to a battle-worthy longbow. Those suckers had a draw of over 100 pounds. Chris Goodwin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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