Vito Crux Greaves is crafted with Blacksmithing in Mabinogi (boots). This page lists everything needed to make it, checked against the game as it exists today. The interactive planner lives in the Blacksmith Companion.
How to get the manual
The manual is rank B and survives 30 uses; every crafting attempt spends one use.
Giant Alligator: field-boss kill reward from raiding it at Erkey Falls in Courcle.
Sources that no longer exist: Lorna & Pan's Gift Box (2011).
Materials
Expect about 4 attempts per finished item (30% average progress per attempt). Per-attempt materials are consumed on every attempt; finishing materials once per item.
Each attempt uses
2× Iron Ingot — refine from Iron Ore (common low-rank Refining output)
4× Copper Ingot — refine from copper ore
Finishing (once per item)
2× Fine Leather — fragmentation of Fine Leather Strap (or weaving byproduct)