06-27-2006, 10:23 AM
Yes, it's incredibly easy and simple to fasten it on my own. All I need to do is pull the lace down and tighten it and it's done! As I said, leave a long enough lace so that you can loosen it enough to put on and take off like a mail shirt.
I did have to drill some of the holes for the edging around the arm holes, but the collar I didn't need to because of the alignment of the scales own holes.
Due to overlap of the scales at the collar (from the curve) I did have to snip off the corners of the scales, otherwise they overlapped the stitching holes. Like this..
[url:f6cmm0sg]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b242/peronis/collar.jpg[/url]
The leather is 2.5 - 3.0mm vegetable tanned calf leather. Very sturdy! I had to oil it well and pre-punch the holes before I stitched it to the armour.
I did have to drill some of the holes for the edging around the arm holes, but the collar I didn't need to because of the alignment of the scales own holes.
Due to overlap of the scales at the collar (from the curve) I did have to snip off the corners of the scales, otherwise they overlapped the stitching holes. Like this..
[url:f6cmm0sg]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b242/peronis/collar.jpg[/url]
The leather is 2.5 - 3.0mm vegetable tanned calf leather. Very sturdy! I had to oil it well and pre-punch the holes before I stitched it to the armour.