It’ll almost buy me three quarters of an 8 heddle loom, or buy me a nice benchtop milling machine to make said loom (and many other things).
It’ll buy a really great larp outfit, a barely acceptable reenactment outfit, or half of a suit of plate armor for either.
1000 bucks will get you a pretty awesome larp outfit, as long as you’re not looking for plate armor.
I know both, but I still went with “Duke Nukem isn’t a game” as my first thought
I’m working on an 8 heddle (the things that make the string go up and down, it determines how complex your pattern can be), 80cm wide loom. They’re about 1200 euros to buy, and I really really want one.
It’s not really working well, tolerances are pretty tight, but I’m pretty motivated.
Best succesful project is probably an armor stand, handmade for husband’s larp armor. Not technically complex, but with a lot of cool hand carving
Well, when you’re used to privilege…
I’m a woman and the manliest thing I do is woodworking, the husband sews clothes (occasionally from fabrics I weave).
I also do bodybuilding, but that’s hardly masculine anymore, yay!
Yeah ok, if you want good shoes, it gets expensive fast.
Cheap? Mytholon. Cheap and good? Sorry, not really. I mean, Mytholon has great fabrics, but they’re not exactly sewn straight or neatly.
But a thousand bucks will get you there easily, depending on admission cost and food of course.
Edit: depending on what you want, Burgschneider is pretty great. Not super cheap, but definitely good and not crazy expensive