History
My guilty past caught up with me today; I got an email from a SCAdian in Arizona who made a gorget based on the pattern I made a few years back when I was in the SCA.
There are some pictures of his effort here if you care to look (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Success being it's own punishment he's been told to put it in an Arts and Sciences Competition. Unfortunately the best suggestion I could make was that he document the designs on the leather-work, because the original gorget is a rip-off of a late-period metal gorget style. I have no idea of whether any actually like that in leather was ever used during the medieval period, I just wanted something that was practical and not completely ugly. If you know of anything like it, let me know and I'll pass it on.
There are some pictures of his effort here if you care to look (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Success being it's own punishment he's been told to put it in an Arts and Sciences Competition. Unfortunately the best suggestion I could make was that he document the designs on the leather-work, because the original gorget is a rip-off of a late-period metal gorget style. I have no idea of whether any actually like that in leather was ever used during the medieval period, I just wanted something that was practical and not completely ugly. If you know of anything like it, let me know and I'll pass it on.