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Bill finally succumbed to the temptation and commissioned an arm guard from me. He wanted me to post some pictures of it when I got it finished in hopes of making the rest of you all jealous. Well, I don't know about all that but here are the photos anyway. Maybe Bill can post one of him wearing...

This arm guard is made from ostrich leg skin and is backed with vegetable-tanned cowhide. The trim is lambskin and I carved the lace hooks from deer antler. Everything was sewn together by hand using artificial sinew. A five foot piece of shock cord accompanies the guard to strap it to your arm...