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Tag: Armor

— 16th Century, Costumes, Elizabethan, Leather Jerkin, Research —

Making a 16th-Century Leather Jerkin: Research

April 13, 2016

Long have I coveted Scott Perkin’s leather jerkin, which is based off the jerkin at the Museum of London and written about in Janet Arnold’s “Pattern of Fashion”. But I am not a leather worker*, I didn’t want to get a very nice hide and ruin it with my amateur attempts. So I filed the… Read More Making a 16th-Century Leather Jerkin: Research

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