Well making things with bits of leather to be more precise. When you’ve seen the work of a master leather worker like Ben Loder the things I do really are not worthy 
I have a belt and a pair of wristbands made by Ben and know a few people who have armour that he has made.
I’ve made an armour tunic in the past which considering my lack of skill, came out fairly well.
Leather armour tunic
It is starting to look a bit tatty these days mainly because to save money I made bits of it with old leather coats that cost me £5 each. The rest of the leather came from Ebay and is of a reasonable quality.
My new project is to make a leather tunic, bracers an greaves from thicker leather.
The leather I chose was a special offer from Le Prevo who I throughly recommend for all leather working supplies. Buying cheaper leather seemed like the best plan as this was a first attempt. The first step was to make a template/pattern out of cardboard to get the shape of the greaves (armour for the lower leg). Then cut out the basic shape from the leather.
The first stage will be to try and remove the waxy finish that is on the leather at the moment so that I can change the colour.
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