Love these forearm protectors

[Poindexter]

I was bucking a pretty significant pile of logs down in North Cakalacky about 2007 or so. Rolled a log off the pile and uncovered a good sized cotton mouth snake. Pretty upset snake by the look of her, but she was at the other end of the log and headed for the woods instead of towards me.

I went home and made these up for myself before dinner. Since then I still wear them while cutting and find them to be really really nice for stacking wood too. There is no pattern for these. I used my own forearms, while wearing a flannel shirt with the sleeves rollled down plus a little extra on the circumference. I did make them a little too long and then trimmed so they wouldn't chafe with my arm bent. Construction is plain old vegetable tanned cow hide, the thick part around the shoulders- the leather will be very very pale yellow/white when new. Sewn with typical waxed linen thread like a lot of classic leather work. Finish treatment is plain old sweat, though I do spray them down real good with Lexol conditioner when they get stiff.

if you sew the cone too far shut you won't be able to get your hand through...finish closing the tighter part of the cone around your wrist with the snap after you have it on.

I was going to sew these to a pair of gloves, but made a thumb strap instead. Hopefully a picture will be worth a thousand words...

 

[zogger]

Those look pretty decent actually, nice job man!

 

[srb08]

Nice workmanship!

 

[Nuzzy]

Crafty! Nicely done

 

[farmer steve]

i met a guy about a month ago that could have used those. seems he was cutting up tops after a logging job and when he reached down to pull some limbs back there was a not to happy rattlesnake. he was going in for one last surgery to fix some nerve damage on his forearm.

 

[Whitespider]

Nice work.
You can buy something near identical from welding supply outlets... made from a variety of materials, including leather and Kevlar
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[woodchuck357]

I used a pair of leggings to make similar arm guards for use when climbing in rough barked trees. They had laces that I left on to snug them up.

 

[Milkweed Seed]

Nice work! I'll take a large pair

 

[mainewoods]

Nothing to worry about now - no cotton mouths in Alaska.

 

[mainewoods]

Another reason I like it here in Maine, no poisonous anything to worry about when you are in the woods.

 

[zogger]

Another reason I like it here in Maine, no poisonous anything to worry about when you are in the woods.

I've seen some blackfly swarms up there could just about kik chuck norris azz.....

 

[MasterBlaster]

I bet they smell funky.

 

[mainewoods]

The black fly is the Maine State bird! They were bad last year, cut myself shaving and nothing but air came out.

 

[513yj]

Another reason I like it here in Maine, no poisonous anything to worry about when you are in the woods.

Its the same here which is pretty nice. Only problem is deer ticks with lyme disease and there is a lot of em here.