Making a Rustic Leather Cloak
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2020
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Whether you're making a cloak for a costume or for a traditional armor, this video will cover the basics you need to construct it! Chuck shows how to make this cloak out of a piece of whole hide upholstery leather, but you can also cut panels out of smaller hides and stitch them together. This cloak also features a collar and faux hood. We hope this video inspires you to make your own version of a cloak! 
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Definitely like this video. I prefer a hood. This looks like it would be perfect for cycling.
I never would have guessed Chuck was so in with the capes. This was a fun watch!
Can we as a society, bring back wearing cloaks? I like having my shoulders and head covered, but not my forearms...so a cloak would be amazing.
If you like them wear one. Why does society have to change?
Reptile Nexus what are waiting for
Do it I think it looks great
My wife has been known to wear a cloak on occasion. I like the idea of them as well. I think the issue is cars. A cloak will either bunch up or will need to the bundle to the side when sitting in a car. Riding a horse a clock would work much better. In general though, I agree that cloaks should be a more common occurrence.
Ponchos also a good option.
Just wear it.
I would love to see a western duster, I have been trying to find out how to make one, ain't no good tutorials!
Even at 76 chuck I still wear my grand dad's cloak on horse back but not leather canvas . I re-treat every few years. Happy trails
That is great! Thank you, Mike!
I wish you would have put it on Chuck to see how it looked while wearing it. It would make nice rain cloak for any event outside if it starts to rain.
And one made with Camo Print would be good for sitting in your blind, giving you snow, rain and wind protection waiting for that big Buck to come by.
Those cheap plastic ponchos really suck if there is any kind of wind. Pretty much a use once and they are shot.
And if you don't remember to get another one you end up getting wet or going home.
I wish he had worn the cloak at the end! But excellent video, very informative and as always an amazing energy!
28:27 for a good laugh
Holy* moly need a Love button for this one. Answered a question I have had but never fully formulated so therefore could not ask. Thanks Love this project. Reminds me to go with your creative impulse. Really enjoy your passion for this project.
I've watched videos from just about every leather channel on youtube. You're the only one who's made a cloak like this and it is super cool. Definitely going on my list of projects!
Thanks so much, Vasco!
Yep awesome ! Will definitely be making my son and I one each - but all Heathened up with furs, little skulls and bird feet etc.
How would you measure up a hood if you wanted to add an actual hood ?
@@rakucrease8030 That sounds top notch! How did they turn out?
FYI, If you do the studs before you glue the collar together, and only put the tines through the one half you won't have to worry about the tines loosening over time. Also if you have a stud setter or a rounded end setter of some kind (I used different sized steel bearings welded to steel pipe and that welded to a steel plate) to pich the times in more, making the tines turn in onto themselves slightly instead of just overlapping themselves. This only works with hollow backed studs.
I could watch these all day cool project
Thanks for a great tutorial Chuck, the older leather gets the better it looks and that cloak you made is just fabulous. You sir, are a Master Craftsman.
Thank you for the kind words, John!
Wow, genius tip with the tape measure!!
I wish I could watch you work every day!!
Thanks!
Thank you, Derek!
Can we see him wearing the suit of armor?
Your enthusiasm and love for your craft makes all your videos so enjoyable to watch. Not only do I learn valuable tips but I find myself smiling whilst watching! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much!
I'm new at this leather craft, I did do it over 40 years ago in school back when they really taught kids an let them make different type of stuff. But now I'm disabled veteran and retired and found your videos about 3 weeks ago and started thinking, wow I forgot how much fun that was an bought tools and leather to do it. I am going to teach my 3 grand babies to make things from leather because they all love making crafts. But you Mr Chuck, you sir are a true leather craftsman in every thing you have made on here. An this cloak, wow I love it and never seen anyone make one before. How much does a thin hide of leather cost like you started out with that huge piece. What thickness is it and what animal did it come from. I don't think you said in this awesome video. An a huge Thank You to Everyone who helped video record an edit all these great videos because I know that's alot of hard work. Thank you all from Mr Chuck and his video staff because you all make such great videos and my grand daughters told me this guy (Mr Chuck) reminds then of the fun teachers at their school, always having that positive attitude and reminds us of Bob Ross the painter who never maked mistakes just happy accidents. Staying positive is best way to be. I've noticed if I'm not feeling well, I grab my phone get on RUclips and find my buddy Mr Chuck, and before long I can forget about the pain and want to keep watching more videos until I fall asleep. Here it is after 5am in the morning and I'm going to watch two more, then go to sleep, maybe. But I've said that same thing every hour since 2am this morning. Again, simply love your videos and craftsmanship and yes I save them for later to let my grand babies watch so can pick out what they want to make and we do. I still need to find a few more hand tools, I'll check out your website. Thank You and God Bless You All.
Hi Terry,
Thank you so much for the kind words! The leather used in the video is cowhide, it's a whole hide upholstery piece. You can find the leather and all the materials with cost at the link below:
www.weaverleathersupply.com/catalog/cp_/shop-by-project/costumes/rustic-leather-cloak
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Love it!!
I did similar with a canvas tarp. Feels good
Nice!
nice! but would have been perfect if you'd have shown how to do a proper hood :)
what do you think about a blood knot on the hood part?
making a surprise gift for my son for his suit of amour
I had no interest in a cloak but Chuck does such awesome videos, now I want to make a cloak.
Chuck YOU THE BEST......
As always love the videos your the only one that I've seen that teaches while crafting ty
Beautiful!
Thank you, Dan!
This is one awesome guy! Thanks for this! Absolutely in love with it and wanting to make one for my guys armor kit!
Can't wait to try this out!! Thanks Chuck!
Thank you, Jason!
HUmmmm nice cloak. Too bad you didn't show off by wearing it, or is that another video?
Making the cloak ties slightly wider and attaching them to the D's with a blood knot would look really nice as well!
That would look great!
This project is so innovative compared to other project on the internet. I just missed a real hood so it can we wore under rainy weather... Good job anyway!
I'm so excited you're still doing these videos. I was under the impression that you stopped doing these in 2018. Now I have a few more I haven't already seen!
Thanks so much for watching - we've done quite a few since then!
Looks sharp Chuck thanks
Thank you, Ty!
I'd also like to know how to make soft and hard soled shoes/boots
Beautiful Job Chuck! Now how about a video and pattern to make one out of panels?
Great looking cloak, great video.
I like the cloak. I have want a cloak for a long time. Thanks Chuck and Weaver Leather Supply.
Thank you for watching!
In case anyone else is trying to find the leather he's using on their website, the image at 3:55 is incorrect. The product # is actually 09-1030W, not the 09-130W shown. Hope this helps. :-)
Thank you, Keith and so sorry about that! I also noticed we are out of stock on the Cooper color but it should be back in stock next week!
Great Video Chuck . I always do LARGE projects sitting on the floor . Good to know a Master does it too . Your Channel is my favorite leather channel . I've learned tons from you :-):-):-):-)
Sometimes a table just isn't big enough! Thank you so much for watching, so glad the videos are helpful!
I couldn't believe someone my age could still sit with their legs crossed up like that. Besides the Japanese that is. I haven't stretched enough in a few years I guess
Awesome work! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thank you, Fred!
I wonder if my finished edge drawstring trick would work on leather? -
I've made a few cloth capes from curtain cloth and ran a chord through the bottom. To keep it from getting lost I used big clover knots. At first it was for weight, (I wanted it to billow, not fly.) but I also found that I could fold the end up to my neck and create a shoulder shroud effect that handled well indoors.
Awesome. I've been waiting for this one for a while.
This is the first video I've seen of yours and it's an immediate subscription from me. Love the project and it's fantastically well done. Can't wait to see more from you, hopefully soon a video on the panel cloak with lining, pockets, and a hood. Really gets me motivated to start making my own stuff as well.
Hi Noah,
So glad the video was helpful - and thank you for the video suggestion!
You are so delightfully enthusiastic... I wasn't excited about leather cloaks before clicking on this video (in fact, I was wondering why RUclips decided to recommend this to me), but now? I want to make one!
Thanks so much, glad the video got you interested!
You make it look so easy. Thanks for the lesson and video. I was hoping you would put it on so I could see how it looked.
Hi Stephen,
We'll link a photo for you! Just click the link: www.weaverleathersupply.com/images/default-source/lp-images/img_1361.jpg?Status=Temp&sfvrsn=df6a0f61_2
@@WeaverLeatherSupply link did not work.
Now I just have to find the leather...I'd like to do this in something that ranges from olive to a woodland green. Gotta think about a hood too...Fantastic video as always!
Thank you so much!
Oh, what a great video. I love that you sit cross legged -I always do. I buy chairs/ furniture based on whether they’re comfortable sitting cross legged in.... I know I’m a little left of center, but ain’t we all 🥴🤪 Thank you for making this video. Like you always say “the sky’s the limit” and my mind is racing with ideas!
Thanks so much, Choya! 🙌
your the best chuck "BUT LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!!"
would have loved to see it on you... great tutorial
Thank you, Debbie! Here's a pic of the finished cloak over the leather armor: www.weaverleathersupply.com/images/default-source/lp-images/img_1361.jpg?Status=Temp&sfvrsn=df6a0f61_2
Should of thrown it on at the end to show the finished look
We had Chuck throw it on for the thumbnail picture. We'll link them below for you.
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Weaver Leathercraft That looks great!! Thanks for sharing the photo. 👍🏻
Looks great. Good work
@@WeaverLeatherSupply NICE!
Hi Chuck, old LEATHER SMITH here, suggestion I have used this 4 years, I fill a 20 oz bottle with contact cement or rubber cement drill a 1/8" hole in the center and use a piece of Sheep skin 2 close the hole, turn upside down and hold the cap against the project and squeeze, you have a straight line with no mess and quickly done, thanks 4 an excellent video GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
No idea what the utility of a cloak is, but now I want to make one.
Would live to see the cloak being worn with armour please
Great video Chuck, as always! Your videos inspired me to get started in leather work, and I am addicted now! For a future project idea, would you give us your take on a historic sporran? As a costumer I'm sure you've made them before, and I'd like to see your version. Thanks again, and keep up the awesome work!
Thank you, Jason! We can definitely add that to the list!
@@WeaverLeatherSupply Awesome! Thank you!
With all the fasteners you have, you could make a detachable hood.
I like this guys energy. definitely makes the video funner to watch.
Where's the footage of you trying it on?
This is great! One thing I was wondering is how would one make a leather vest from scratch?
There are patterns for vests, Google them. I made a vest out of suede and it was a royal pain making sure it fit the person I made it for. Before you try you might want to consult a seamstress. Joann's sewing and cloth store and also Hobby Lobby has them too. You might want to try it with cloth before leather. Sewing suede was harder than I thought as it was like trying to punch and sew rubber.
Hw cool is this?!
Laura Weiss that would look great on the back of a Weaver Leather logo'd T-shirt. Do it Chuck
I'm unsure how to custom size the half circle for the neck.
Hi wil. I measure a jacket that has a collar I like. If you dont have a coat you like, just cut the hole smaller than you think and you can trim it in small increments until it is the size you want it.
Any chance of getting some photos of the cloak and armor together?
Hey Chuck, you've helped to inspire me alot with your videos. If you're still answering questions on this, do you have a pattern that can be found either on weaver leather or online to print out and use for making the same leather cloak you did? Would it work the exact same if I used a cloth costume pattern and just used leather instead of cloth?
Words I've never spoken, "let me cut right across my neck".
Chuck, can you offer some thoughts or even a video on making a typical hooded poncho? I would really like to make one but don't want to waste a whole hide because of missing something silly.
Hi Robert!
The hood would be an easy addition and you can attach that in several ways. The best thing here is to find a fabric pattern for a hooded cloak, go with that pattern and sew to the base of what would be your collar. Good luck with it!
So DOPE!! I wanna make this for renfaire but you're sold out of the cooper color used in the video!! :((
So sorry about this! We should have more in stock by next week!
Beautiful cloak indeed!! Do you have a pattern to make a hood for the cloak?
Hi Al,
I'm sorry I don't have a pattern but I would suggest getting a fabric pattern for a hood, making it out of leather and attaching it when you stitch on the collar!
Is he Tom merrilin?
Hey there! I too want to make one for myself. Someone wrote to use milled leather if tooling is desired. I can only find chrome-tanned milled leather though.. :/ Is there veg-tanned milled leather? TY!
I'll be calling for materials dam soon. I need a nice project. I'd like to line it with a soft red suede for my wife. THANKS. Any thing I need to know to add the lining?
You will need to find the thinnest suede you can find or it will be too heavy, try velvet cloth instead. Do you have a decent sewing machine? If not just gluing the liner isn't sufficient, you need to sew the edges. A regular sewing machine will be good enough for 2 oz upholstery leather and thin velvet cloth, but most suede is 3 oz and 5 oz of leather would be too much for a regular low end machine. You can hand sew it, but it will take forever. Talk to a seamstress about particulars.
That would be BEAUTIFUL! The only thing I would suggest is a pig lining or something really supple and thin so the weight and the body won’t jump up too much. Send a pic when it’s done. I would love to see one lined!
...All that greatness, and you didn't even try it on?
How does the leather stand up to weather?
Hi Luke,
The leather is an upholstery leather so it wouldn't be water repellent and it will fade to some degree with a lot of sun exposure. You can add a topcoat, such as RTC to help seal it from rain but it will add a gloss to your leather. You can also clean and condition the leather if it does get rained on and dirty from use. Hope that helps!
@@WeaverLeatherSupply thankyou. I was also thinking of turning a reigndeer pelt (hair on) into a cloak or tunic but concerned about the same thing happening...
Thanks for your videos, entertaining thanks to your enthusiasm and educational too.
Hey there, I know it might be a stretch to expect a response, but does anyone know what ounce of leather would work best for a cloak and would take would take well to stamping? I think it would be incredible to do a cloak like this and just have hundreds of stamping details on it, and I’m seriously considering doing it, but I have no idea what would work best for that. Thank you!
Look for the comment “will this work on veg tan”, the replies have the answer you’re looking for.
Thanks man!
Can it be made from veg tan so it could be tooled?
No, would be too stiff. You could use veg for tooled edging though.
The veg just has too much body. Something like a “Milled” leather may work and that will take some tooling and stamping but it’s a bit mushy (just in my experience). The chromes are best just because of the supple nature of the tannage. You could make the collar out of veg and tool it or the edging as Mountain Fisher said.
Use a peg loom to weave a pattern ribbon (cotton or wool, but wool will fight you trying to felt from the friction during weaving) you can sew onto the edges.
I was kinda hoping to see a hood the cloak I wish to make is for everyday use out in all weather rain sleet hail snow sun NOT A COSTUME style cloak
Check for the fabric ones and 3/4 circle, a half circle like this one doesn't close enough for such use. For fabric look for canvas (and wax it with beeswax for water repellant) or wool. The waxed canvas will most likely be better in bad weather (doesn't really need to dry), but stiffer and less warm. The wool is warmer, more supple, but heavier and will absorb water at some point, taking time to dry. In old cloak times bad weather was mostly avoided by staying home/inside rather than travelling trough it, because at some point water gets trough every fabric (or your sweat gets it wet from inside).
farm tyfarms to for that information, I still like the idea of leather and that too can be sealed, as for colder weather I could just make a 2nd one with a fur inlay. I agree that people would stay indoors to avoid bad weather, however today's society doesnt permit such a thing I would like to discuss more options and maybe figure away to combine the good ideas or come up with better options
That’s a stunning cloak! I have a few myself but they are wool. Now I wanna make a leather one.
Would love to see pictures of it on, like how it falls. Especially together with the armor you mentioned.
Thanks so much! If you click the links below you can see the back view of it on.
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Can you do a cloak with a liner
You would have to use a cloth liner, two layers of leather would be pretty heavy. Also you'd need a sewing machine or spend forever hand sewing the edges.
Silk liner would work
@@christophermcculley8318 A piece of silk that big would cost more than suede. Silk is sold by the square foot not yard. Very expensive if you can find some that big in a pattern you like. I used it for lining wallets.
Must be missing something, or it's not that long of a cloak. With the hide dimensions listed on the website it's not big enough. If your 6' tall or over a reasonable drop would be tall 52"- 58" length makes the top side to side 104" at minimum. Largest listed dimension is 84".
Hopefully im wrong this would be great for a ren faire in the fall.
Hi John,
The dimensions listed on the website are average sizes but you're welcome to give us a call and we can see if we have something in the size you're looking for! 800-932-8371 and just ask to speak to one of our leather guys 👍
I cant believe i watched this whole video to see an on body and he didnt put it on -_-
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How would you do that cloak with a hood?
Hi Mike,
The hood would be an easy addition and you can attach that in several ways. The best thing here is to find a fabric pattern for a hooded cloak, go with that pattern and sew to the base of what would be your collar. Good luck with it! I hope it’s beautiful!
In fabric yardage, would this be 2 or 3 yards of material?
It took up about 2/3 of a side of leather which runs 18 to 22 sq. feet, figure it from there.
2 yards will give you a 36" cloak so it will be just a little bit shorter than the one Chuck made. I would measure and see where that falls on you and if you feel it's a little short, go with 3 yards and you'll have plenty!
@@WeaverLeatherSupply Thank you!
you used a Saddlers stitch which is what I use almost exclusively with leather. For the collar could you of also used a running stitch that came back on itself.
how storm proof is this if i want to use it for real life NOT as some costume
We would recommend putting a protective top coat on the cape if you'll be out in the elements with it a lot!
@@WeaverLeatherSupply like what
you dont even show it worn?!?!?? wtf
Loved everything about that cloak except for the false hood which just looked tacky and awful. Make a hood or don’t make a hood. Making a TV prop is not where it’s at. Following the logic of that false hood why even bother carrying a sword? Just stick a hilt directly onto a scabbard, right?
Thank you for the feedback - the beauty of leatherwork is you can customize the projects to fit your specific needs or style! We are just teaching a method and our hope is that you take those basic steps and create your own variations of the projects.
Exquisite! How much you would charge for this Sir? I've always adore medieval costumes and style, though by that, for my ideation it just ends up in sketching and illustrations, and only few makes for realization. Love it!
Hi Augh!
Thank you so much!
Below is a video we did on calculating cost, etc. that might help!
ruclips.net/video/0vHEs0hVr6Y/видео.html
Most calculations on sale price for work i see start at 3x the cost of the materials, could be more depending on hours of labour.
"I wear spurs when I put on my armor" Am I correct in assuming that you are a fellow SCAdian, and as such, a knight? If so, well met, good sir!
He costumes up for Renaissance Fairs. He had an amazing Leather Armor suit. It is beautiful workmanship.
Well met sir! I hate to say it but I haven’t been active in the SCA in years (don’t want to say how many!) but I miss it, and the folks, badly!
@@WeaverLeatherSupply you should totally come back!! We're still going strong!! Draco Invictus!!!
Huh, I just realized that I have never seen a leatherwork vid made by any demographic other than white dudes.
Nice cape but thumbs down for calling it a cloak
your the best chuck "BUT LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!!"