these long breaks have given each coat of finish a long dry time. I received the shafts in the mail so I can now start the arrows for the bow. In the mean time, I had a little time to make Josh an arm guard to go with the new bow.
I used 5 Oz. tooling leather for the face and 4 Oz. Buffalo for the backer.
I added a little tooling with his initials.
And made some antler buttons.
I used a dark red/brown stain and attached elastic/bungee material to hold in in place,
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