08-06-2013, 09:50 PM
Thanks David, the wife has had me using beeswax when I've help her prepare thread, so I'm familiar with it. I also remember someone in here talking about rubbing some sort of oil and wax mixture on outer garments for water repelling.
I know I don't want to coat anything I've got to wear with something that will rub off on everything and then stink when it gets ripe. I've worn modern leather coats and jackets in the rain and noticed that they will repel water fairly well if they are waxed and it help preserve the leather to boot.
I'm still perplexed as to exactly how I'm going to put all of the pieces of leather together without using a sewing machine and exposing the finished product to "it's not accurate". To top that off, I don't want to spend a year putting it together either and I'm not fond of using a sewing awl. I doubt the ancients had solid hides large enough for a complete outer garment, so they must have had to assemble them to some degree. So I'm still open to suggestions.
I know I don't want to coat anything I've got to wear with something that will rub off on everything and then stink when it gets ripe. I've worn modern leather coats and jackets in the rain and noticed that they will repel water fairly well if they are waxed and it help preserve the leather to boot.
I'm still perplexed as to exactly how I'm going to put all of the pieces of leather together without using a sewing machine and exposing the finished product to "it's not accurate". To top that off, I don't want to spend a year putting it together either and I'm not fond of using a sewing awl. I doubt the ancients had solid hides large enough for a complete outer garment, so they must have had to assemble them to some degree. So I'm still open to suggestions.
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