01-23-2008, 01:42 PM
I have a question in another direction of aspis manufacture, if that's ok.
How do you get the leather to conform to the shape of the bowl and flanged rim, especially at the point that the two meet? Leather will stretch a certain amount, but that seems like it would take some kind of specialized press or something, and considerable weight to force the leather to conform. After the shape is stable, then it would be time to glue the leather to the wood?
I've stretched and formed leather before for much smaller pieces, holsters, sheaths, etc., but never for something that is a meter in diameter. Ideas?
BTW, I'm not as concerned as to how it may have been done in ancient times, but how it could be done next month or so, using what's commonly available to 21st century humans.
How do you get the leather to conform to the shape of the bowl and flanged rim, especially at the point that the two meet? Leather will stretch a certain amount, but that seems like it would take some kind of specialized press or something, and considerable weight to force the leather to conform. After the shape is stable, then it would be time to glue the leather to the wood?
I've stretched and formed leather before for much smaller pieces, holsters, sheaths, etc., but never for something that is a meter in diameter. Ideas?
BTW, I'm not as concerned as to how it may have been done in ancient times, but how it could be done next month or so, using what's commonly available to 21st century humans.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.