# Makeshift Leather Armor

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [October 20, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586 "2013-10-20T02:49:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![EkarusRyndren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ekarusryndren/32/80_2.png) [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586/1 "2013-10-20T02:49:45Z")

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Low End (1 to 3? Somewhere in there) Tailoring skill, jury rig leather coats, pants, etc into armor with a little bit of scrap metal. Better than just a leather jacket but not as good as regular armor, however more flexible, something akin to the early-game archer armor in Western-Style Fantasy RPGs but more apocalypse-ifyed

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Luissen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/luissen/32/1025_2.png) [@Luissen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Luissen)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586/2 "2013-10-20T15:35:04Z")

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I know people in my area who have reinforced their jackets with bits of metal. I see no reason why not.

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**Author:** ![Vronkio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vronkio/32/55_2.png) [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586/3 "2013-10-20T20:03:14Z")

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Sounds good and would make sense in a survivalistic way.

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586/4 "2013-10-20T21:58:08Z")

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[PR’ed!](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/3774)