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Lorenz De Thornham

Yes! I could find neither Clan nor Tower either. The McNeals were the most famous Pirates I thought and thier little Castle on a rock is still there in Castle Bay, Barra. There was however a real submarine the U999 and there are many ruins on rocks in the Hebrides and many happenings that are infreq...

Lorenz De Thornham

Anybody know anything about it, was it real or some kind of April Fool? I read about it in Ian Weekley's 'Buildings for the Military Modeller' but can only find one mention on the internet. The Submarine that allegedly blew it up existed in the second world war but not the first?

Lorenz De Thornham

They might want to do this before; http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/cultural/exp ... _licensing if they are genuine antiques and not repros.

Lorenz De Thornham

The other way of doing it - which is less accurate for 14th but is fine for later hats is to rivet a band of leather around the inside of the helm and then whipstitch the liner to that. It is an accurate method for the 14th century, the Lyle for one has this method, and this is the method used befo...

Lorenz De Thornham

Well the edge is turned so that accounts for the thickness there, but blow it up on screen to the measurements given and the edges on the dome and where the rim attaches to the dome are quite substantial.

Lorenz De Thornham

They did do riveting as decoration to and often over some fabric so not so unusual.

Lorenz De Thornham

A blacksmith could forge them out pretty quick if the order was large enough to be worth his while.

Lorenz De Thornham

Is that helm really 5 mm thick all over? 1/4 inch?

Lorenz De Thornham

This may not be European though might add to the thread; http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=112274

Lorenz De Thornham

If they are cast in brass, bronze, silver etc they should be fine as long as the metal is good to start with, casting steel is beyond normal jewellers capabilities excepting those that do platinum.

Lorenz De Thornham

I bought myself the Heroic one for myself for Christmas along with a few others, I had had a good last few months with armour and yes and certainly for that price!!

Lorenz De Thornham

I am not aware of the negative press, for all the inaccuracies he did bring out what I thought was a very successful book and bearing in mind that no one is perfect and he was researching, and others will have read his manuscript he is hardly much at fault. At least he did it, in other words and he ...

Lorenz De Thornham

dacovalu wrote:I was under the impression, doctorates were 8 years, if you include the honours and masters that precede it.

If you include all that it could take a very long time

Lorenz De Thornham

It's more than 10 years I think, different in the UK I guess where it takes 3 or 4 for part time students?

Lorenz De Thornham

His Doctorate is taking a long time, why is that, he was doing it when he was hanging round Leeds many years ago?

Lorenz De Thornham

Why not just buy it direct from Mongolia, there some guys on ---- and they do made to measure?

Lorenz De Thornham

They start Young in Italy; http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arttrav.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/davanzati_crib.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.arttrav.com/florence/palazzo-davanzati/&usg=__YVCzeYUorYG45dCP-Q3qlbD3fJ0=&h=1260&w=1800&sz=479&hl=lv&start=8&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=APscq4MYYXH_OM:&...

Lorenz De Thornham

Are you in a Church, people used other means than just candles?
Here is another method as well as a wick for a candle that was cheap; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushlight

Lorenz De Thornham

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/r ... 000.66.asp

Hope this helps, a rare survivor!

Lorenz De Thornham

I'm thinking; http://www.karlrobinson.co.uk/images/All%20products/Other%20stuff/Gloves/RAM%20Scaled%20Gauntlet.jpg http://www.schmitthenner.com/images/Eurasian%20Scale.jpg http://ranistorum.midhedava.net/site_eng/Images/arta_06.jpg There is a better piece at the Ashmolean but I cannot find a photogr...

Lorenz De Thornham

I agree with you on that, I hope Karen is helpful.

Lorenz De Thornham

He can build anything he puts his hands to, the man is skilled!!

Lorenz De Thornham

They were going Frogmouth a lot earlier than that, the Tomb the Famous Pembridge used to hang above has a helm going that way from circa 1375. I wouldn't call the Pembridge greathelm a frogmouth at all. Its ocularium arrangment is very conventionally helm-ish -- two slots and a riveted nasal tab. T...

Lorenz De Thornham

aj, just gave the best advice I think, I certainly wouldn't pay that much for that book, check out the same lister and you might find a better deal aswell as some other things..............

Lorenz De Thornham

I seem to think there is a book that discusses this armour and suggests that many of the plates were leather and as Karen Watts was telling me the other day at this time much that was described as plate armour was leather. I would be extremely interested in any documentation for that assertion. I'v...

Lorenz De Thornham

It would have to be a very good price I think. It will depend which period you are looking at as it really only deals with later stuff, both books have inaccuracies and the way armour was made is still debated hotly, both will show you techniques likely to have been used from the Victorian era up ti...

Lorenz De Thornham

They were going Frogmouth a lot earlier than that, the Tomb the Famous Pembridge used to hang above has a helm going that way from circa 1375.

Lorenz De Thornham

I think he is legit also and believe I have seen him post finds elsewhere due to some of the comments he received here no doubt.

Lorenz De Thornham

I must be looking at some different picture to you, I am looking at Mac's link.
The things on the chest are both damaged and used to have chains attached to the weapons, so I was told.

Lorenz De Thornham

I seem to think there is a book that discusses this armour and suggests that many of the plates were leather and as Karen Watts was telling me the other day at this time much that was described as plate armour was leather.

Lorenz De Thornham

They used to make bows and crossbows out of it over here until it was band after they found some shattered after so many stresses, so it might be a good idea to be careful?

Lorenz De Thornham

Think of it another way, think of it from a blacksmiths perspective and not from a sheetworkers, take a lump of iron (plasticene will show you how) and work it down to the required thickness and shape. and do any forge welds earlier in the process if you want a good finish, the later they are done, ...

Lorenz De Thornham

There are examples of forge welds on armour.

Lorenz De Thornham

I seem to recall there are covers that go over the vervelles that had script on them and I believe the best person to ask would be Tobias Capwell.

Lorenz De Thornham

Norman, I like what you say!

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