Armguard... my first attempt (I finished the black one...)

[Tsalt]

My first attempt at building my own arm guard...

[Tsalt]

I started a second on with black leather... haven't done any stitching on it yet...



So back to the brown one.  When I added the back piece of leather it was to thick to punch with a nail.  I ended up drilling these holes and it worked great (thanks James 'sockersblur' !)



I got some shed alters from my buddy who killed the snakes and used them to cut antler buttons.  



Put some elastic bands on it... they don't look real traditional but they are so functional.  Soaked it in warm water and shaped it overnight.  Final product turned out pretty cool I think.  









I did notice that some of the snake scales are flaking off when I started bending the armguard. I put some polyurethane sealer on it and hope that will stop the flaking.   Any tips you veterans can give me I'm all ears.  This was a lot of fun. I already know some changes I will make to the black one.  

Thanks for looking.

[KSshrewman]

really nice.  Snake looks great.

[Bernie B.]

You do great work!  They look really nice.  I'm glad I wasn't the one reaching into that tool bag!    

Bernie

[non-typical]

That's very cool!

[T-Bowhunter]

That looks great!

[kevsuperg]

thats really nice !!
feels good to do things yourself...

[KyStickbow]

Looks great!

[TradBrewSC]

That's awesome! I want one!

[Wannabe1]

Wow, what a great thread and arm guard! Well done my friend and glad to see others have a sense of humor like myself!  

[Sockrsblur]

Well done Tim, I like it a lot! That was.a.big old snake! Yikes...

[Wandering Archer]

Hey, that came out great! Pretty respectable job on the stitching too, considering the tools you had and the fact you didn't recess them.

If you like the look better, PM me your address, I'll send you some round shock cord(elastic cord) to replace the ribbon stuff.

[Dan White]

Like it, you did a good job.

[Matty]

Awesome creation!

[Pheonixarcher]

Looks good!

[Bladepeek]

Not sure I want a snake crawling up my arm, but that looks really good. Nice work.

[ron w]

Nice job......it looks classy!!

[chall]

those look great !

[Stump73]

Very nice craftsmanship. Post the black one when you get done.

[guspup]

That looks absolutely beautiful, nice work!!