272 pages, soft-cover. Anyone interested in medieval blades or leatherwork will find this book both enjoyable and useful. Forged and hafted with great skill, sometimes with elaborately decorated scabbards, knives are of intrinsic fascination, besides being indicators of the popular artistic tastes of the time. All the methods needed for your own designs are provided here, including the techniques to make a highly finished product. Or, you can make the attractive items described and illustrated for all skill levels.
Beginners can fashion masks, belts or a purse.
As skill is gained, there are complete instructions for a wallet and passport holder, folding-top bag, and small briefcase. Advanced projects include a box bag, molded shoulder bag, quilted belt and large shoulder bag. Along the way, you will learn about the fittings, tools and dyes needed, and learn to finish edges, do paring, splitting and channeling, use glues and four types of hand stitching, and make gussets and pockets. 128 pages, soft-cover. From the conquest of England in 1066, through the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, Norris examines every sort of apparel, from the fur and gold of the nobility, to the simpler garb of tunic, trousers, shirts and gowns of merchants and other commoners.