The Armour Archive

Daniel S

Here is an updated version of the plates I shared in the other thread that I might actually finish now seven years later. I mashed together pieces for a Kussnach COP that I'll never finish and a cut-up breastplate (plus a bunch of tape and rust). I arranged this with the plates overlapping downwards...

Daniel S

tiredWeasel -- Well that's the best response I could muster to your poetic lamentation ;) I've been slightly damaged from reciting lists of German ackusativ and dativ pronomen in school, so well versed in producing Germanic sounding nonsense! On topic, it is so great to see that there are more writt...

Daniel S

tiredWeasel -- Die Vergebung fließen! If you are able to migrate over something that is useful for this thread that would be great.

/Daniel

Daniel S

Well, if Otto's plates overlap downwards, so that the plate above overlaps the outside of the plate below, then movement would mainly be restricted to the extent that the rivets would restrict movement (except for the lame that is immediately below the breastplate which would be completely fixed). I...

Daniel S

I have an electrical kiln (Rhode I think) with a controller that I've been using for sintering/casting experiments. Of interest to you: The guy I bought it from said I needed to make sure that the kiln has cooled before opening it. Apparently the heating coils can crack if they are cooled too quickl...

Daniel S

Ambrogio -- I might contact you in June to see if you have some C45 left by then (1, 1.5, and 2), and ideally if I can get it in smaller pieces (like 1*1 meter). I'm in Texas now but normally live in Uppsala. It's about time I make the move from mild steel.

Daniel S

I love seeing work on armour from this period. Really nice that you went with internal hinges! About the outer part of the vambrace: How close to the tip of the elbow does it come? Maybe its the angle of the photos that makes it look a tad short? I need to go back and re-read this thread, but the so...

Daniel S

Galleron -- That is an interesting piece of information. Will need to look into that further.

Jester -- I know that leaders of lances could be called caporales but I hadn't seen that the term could be used for leaders of other troops as well. Another lead to follow, thanks!

Daniel S

Chef-de-chambre: So are you saying that there could have been permanent low-level units that were organized as a row/line? By "permanent low-level units" I mean something like a modern squad or an ancient file, set up by a higher commander then the guy leading the "squad". I might not have been enti...

Daniel S

So it seems that whenever there were some form of permanent low-level unit it was organized as a file and not a row/line. Galleron, would the English vintenar be of the more ad-hoc variety that Chef-de-chambre mentioned? Jester -- Yeah, I guess there is more truth to that statement than I'd like to ...

Daniel S

And that's a shame! Although, honestly, getting to a town close to the west coast or east coast archipelago should be any visitors top priority, and Uppsala is just too far off the coast. But hey, we've got Old Upsala and the grave hills!

Daniel S

Thanks Chef, I appreciate it! Its at least good to know that there would be ad-hoc groupings and leadership at a lower level. That fluidity of groupings makes it easier to understand how some components of a lance could be organized in various ways based on what the situation called for.

Daniel S

Thanks for the link. Ok, in some cases guilds or districs might be the smallest unit. And in other cases it seems that the troops just had to know where in the formation they were positioned. But, if it was the commander's duty to make sure they knew where to stand, wouldn't there be lower level com...

Daniel S

During the 15th century the main organizational (and sometimes battlefield) unit was the lance. The lance, however, seems to be centred around the mounted men-at-arms. But sometimes there were off course infantry components that operated separately from the cavalry. And sometimes there seems to be i...

Daniel S

Congrats! And I hope it won't take too long for you to get the article published.

Daniel S

That was beautiful! The high production value really multiplies the inspirational value of that video -- thanks!

Daniel S

Konstantin -- Your attention to new and intermittent visitors is one of the things that helps make the armourarchive one of the friendliest forums I visit :) Alec -- I love the manuscript portrayals so that's a comment I take to heart! Since the helmet is a tad thin it might not be completely out of...

Daniel S

So -- three years later I have finally gotten some verveilles in place, fastened the lining and attached the mail. I still need to fasten the front of the mail. I built this from parts of a hauberk so that's why there is a gap between the rings in the front. I also want to fasten the mail to the out...

Daniel S

Well, there is similar fluting in helmets somewhat earlier than these types of poleyns so I can't see why they wouldn't be able to do it in metal (assuming that the helmets are metal off course). Judging by the time and place you see these poleyns I would doubt that they are made of leather.

/Daniel

Daniel S

Having extra metal to work with is really great but you need to know when you have reached the final shape. I have learnt by others here to use profiles. Like for a helmet you can have one flat profile of how the helmet looks like from the front, one from the side, and one (or more) with the cross s...

Daniel S

And the last patterns. Forgot to add measurements though

Daniel S

Here are pictures of the patterns. Note that there is no seam-allowance added. I basically added up to an inch around most seams to make sure I had enough left after quilting and fitting. I have also left out the skirt section because it needs the most rework. See some more notes under "lessons lear...

Daniel S

Thanks for sharing these resources -- they are incredibly valuable for those of us who really can't put in the amount of time needed to finding proper sources ourselves.

Daniel S

I'm glad to hear that the results are convincing enough! Konstantin -- My plan is to go the knee-cop plus gamboised cuisse and/or tooled leather cuisse route. And like you say -- making some changes to the pourpoint would be easy enough if the legs end up being too heavy. For what its worth I'll try...

Daniel S

Well the reason for the narrow 'shoulder-straps' was that I wanted to make sure that I could lift my arms without lifting the pourpoint. So I essentially went with the aketon pattern without the grandes assiettes. Perhaps it works just as well with broader shoulder-straps but I figured I wanted to s...

Daniel S

Thanks for the encouraging words and the link -- I had missed that update, looks like a good read!

Daniel S

And the last picture showing arms lifted from the back

Daniel S

And here are the pictures of the aketon

Daniel S

Introduction So I got fed up with the bulk and ill fit of my GDFB gambeson under armour and decided I needed a slimmer option with greater range of movement. In the end I settled for a sleeveless pourpoint, to which I will point the leg armour, and a sleeved, long, aketon that provides the foundati...

Daniel S

Please note that in my post I said nothing of behaviour in actual combat, I only talked about martial sports. Neither will I will say anything of it now -- I will just comment on how we can gain knowledge of behaviour and emotions during battle. David - I get the impression that you believe that the...

Daniel S

Ah, ok -- thanks for the clarification

/Daniel

Daniel S

Gregory and others - Are you criticising the game or the players (or both)? If its the players you don't like then I'm sure that better teams and players will develop over time as more people get involved. That seems to be what happens with all new sports. And in addition, I agree with previous spea...

Daniel S

Well considering that there apparently existed "plates without covers"/"plates sans couvriers"(spelling?) according to Claude Blair it wouldn't be too strange if they popped up in illustrations. Edge and Paddock proposes that there were examples of those in the Romance of Alexander but in that case ...

Daniel S

Just to clarify what Ambrogio said: Sweden and Switzerland are two different countries. The first is the one with the Vikings and the second is the one with the big mountains.

Swedes and Swiss are also different: Swedes are blond and Swiss wear lÃ¤derhosen.

/Daniel

Daniel S

Wade -- Yeah, I guess that getting a feel for the thickness of the material is more crucial with "squash raising" then with regular raising, where placing the hammer in the right spot is so important (at least in my limited experience). Aaron -- I received the PM, I'll try not to derail the thread f...

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