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Leatherist -> RE: Armor Corset (5/2/2008 9:18:53 PM)
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ORIGINAL: rosezRwild
wow didnt think it was going to cost that much BUT you get what you pay for
Reverse bends in stainless steel are an asolute bitch. They have to be hot forged over steel forms. If you use regular steel, it rusts. One of my last armoring projects was for a fit lady jouster. An articulated steel breast and back they call an "anime". Couldn't get here up here but once for a fitting..tried to go by measurements alone, damned thing was too tight once it was over her arming coat. Had to completely rebuild the back to fit properly-in less than a day.
Now if I had a STOCK pattern, it might have been different.....But steel plate is not exactly a "one size fits all" sort of thing like leather. You can't just tug some laces and have it cinch in. The fit has to be perfect. Which means drawing and fitting a pattern part by part by part. And that takes a LOT of time.
PLUS the person it is being built for needs to be acessible. If not-even more wasted time.
People need to understand something about custom. All of your regular fetish items that come in sizes were ground out on models who were a certain size. And most were designed with adjustments to fit the sizes in between those-small, meduim, large, extra large.......
You don't get to do that with sheet steel. Which is why you see so little of it-it's a waste of time to pre build it-it most certainly will not fit-unless purpose made.
Even decent leather is this way-custom will average about three times the labor hours of a stock item for a new pattern, made to measure. Unless you are dealing with MINOR modifications to an existing pattern that Almost works.
The rub is this, the craftsperson still needs to make a certain amount per hour to survive in business. If you can't pay it-they simply cannot afford to work for you.
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