The Armour Archive

shinyhalo

I made a skirt that is about 1 foot long and divided into four sections for mobility. It needs to be longer because the flaps bounce up when I move and wrap shots can get under the armor that way.
That's all.

shinyhalo

The brow band is a little too wide, top to bottom.

Welding the bar grill instead of riveting seems like it would be much faster.

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I just used .25" oiled leather drape at Gatalop. It's not as long as an aventail but it seemed to work great

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Good work on your first helm, hope you enjoyed it enough to try more. The topper you show is just one of my standard finials that I cast here at my shop. I think the original master was worked up from some odd lamp fitting with some file work & a large knob rivet set in the top. Wish I had pics of ...

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Thanks for the grit breakdown. I now have an idea where to start. I did gunk up my metal grinding wheel with aluminum, but it still "works." Probably because the aluminum is so soft. Shiny, what Patternweld said about covers it. Abrasive belts for the belt sander are very much like using carborundum...

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Konstantin the Red wrote:Maybe Raymond's Quiet Press has something for a topknot knob thing?.

I looked all over Raymond's site, but found nothing.
Anyone know where to get these or similar toppers or what they are?
Thanks

shinyhalo

Grimbah wrote:I don't have a big anvil, so to anvil my copper rivets I had to jerry rig this...
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Crikes. All this time I've been jury rigging... 8/

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PatternWeld, I did use bolts and nuts and the fit is excellent. I made a template of my skull with flashing and then taped padding to it so I could size the helm quickly. I would like to sand now that I have a belt sander. I don't know which grits/types to start/end with. I don't know what to attach...

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Konstantin, I didn't have a belt sander when I made this and I am guessing that would have made nice rounded smooth edges. losthelm, I left the leather edges undyed in the photos to show thickness. They are dyed now along with all natural leather showing through holes. Odd, conical from the front on...

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I'd scrap the whole "artistic interpretation" image and replace it with actual real life photo collage of the parts.
It will allow newbs to form a more accurate vision of what they will look like.

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So...I bought a stainless Hjalmar helm to start with. Awesome price to quality ratio, but the skull wasn't dished enough for my tastes. I paid full price for a helm by Otto during his "sale" to help him out and got axx raped instead. So next I tried making my own helm. Here is the result: http://mem...

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http://livinghistory.cz/sites/default/files/oldlh/sidney2006_10_03/006.jpg Oddvarr That would be a sweet kit. I see a lot of potential in looks and functionality for the skirt in the original picture. It hangs low enough that it might reach the tops of the kneed cops. I hope someone figures out how...

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A no plastic movement would actually decrease participation in the SCA (hard to believe it could get any lower, but it could). Implement "Inclusion policies/rules", not "Exclusion policies/rules" SCA.org. If the organization/members want less ugly kits then the REAL solution is for the SCA.org to ta...

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Another vote for .25" bar grill. It's so awesome that you can flatten the ends and rivet the bars in place. I used stainless nails, but I forget what size...I think 8d

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We need a police will all this irresponsible behavior.

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WTH !!!

If all weapons looked like this it would take sca videos to a new level.
Youtube tutorial would earn a lot of respect.

shinyhalo

I've got a great idea! Why don't you go off and start your own group where you can all run around with checklists! You can have Checklist Envy Wars! Who swings the biggest Checklist? "I hit thirty Dukes five times each...make me a knight!" "I served at feast a gabillion times and I'm not a Pelican ...

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I would be interested to see what you would propose as objective means of evaluating people for awards. Remember, the awards are not recognition for simply making x number of scrolls - or whatever - the quality of the work is an aspect of what is judged. An important aspect. Critical. Defining. If ...

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Well, thanks for not stooping to insults. However, it is my understanding that the awards like Pelican, Laurels, Knight ignore things like letters of recommendations from commoners like myself. I know this because I tried once and got told so. For the "Knight" award I don't really have much to compl...

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Configure your phone to keep the contacts and SMS on the SIM cardYou've got an absolutely idyllic concept of how pure democracy would result in good decisions, because you have no clue how people actually make decisions and what kind of totally screwed up crap people will vote for, or why. Hey you'...

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What needs to happen NOW is a change to a true democratic rule. The SCA should make a forum. Only paying members get to register on it. Anyone can make a poll on a new/old policy/rule. If, after a year, if 75% of the votes go one way then it gets made into an official rule. That will help steer the...

shinyhalo

What needs to happen NOW is a change to a true democratic rule. The SCA should make a forum. Only paying members get to register on it. Anyone can make a poll on a new/old policy/rule. If, after a year, if 75% of the votes go one way then it gets made into an official rule. That will help steer the...

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No, I'm serious. Why should a small group of entrenched people get to make the rules of this game? Why not the paying members? I mean, it's not like the sca "leaders" have done such a great job that new people are flocking to participate. What needs to happen NOW is a change to a true democratic rul...

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What needs to happen NOW is a change to a true democratic rule. The SCA should make a forum. Only paying members get to register on it. Anyone can make a poll on a new/old policy/rule. If, after a year, if 75% of the votes go one way then it gets made into an official rule. That will help steer the ...

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I need 1 inch skin-on rattan too. (not shaved). 36" length

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very good work

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I like the rule. Anything that helps remove the lame: "wristy-no power-wrap shot-flat of the blade shot" ...is good by me.

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I favor increasing participation, policies that offer broad inclusion foremost, and official tutorials. As do the majority of us. #1 However, the SCA org also has a very steep obstacle for most newcomers, Good functioning armor. Sure some people are naturals(hjalmr,varukh), some people just fight w...

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I believe this a real and significant choice — and that we will either make it actively — with intention, forethought, discussion, debate, and commitment — or passively — avoiding having to actively make the decision and address the issue and thus leave the decision to current trends and forces. I ...

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Well I guess my side of the debate can be rude as well. First, saying we can't be excluded from any scenario. I don't believe forcing CA down everybody's throat is going to make them any happier to have us around. I honestly think not allowing us in all scenarios is a big thing in our favor. Second...

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What I have been suggesting are some pretty simple but solid ideas to standardize it and solidify it's place on the field so that it could be used pretty much all the time with far less resistance to it from most of the heavy fighters. I think it is pretty fair of me to suggest such things to help ...

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omg just make everything Large size then draw dotted lines where the customer can cut if they want it Medium or Small.

For helms it's a little trickier but you can still do things like cut the brow and sagittal bands Large and have the customer custom size it with a jig saw.

shinyhalo

As I have decided to slow down my armor making, I have decided to start making "how to" armouring books for the items that I make and I was wondering what you think should be in such a book that isn't, or must be. I already plan to add plenty of step by step pictures, along with the step by step st...

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Zweihammer has a computer controlled cutting system to crank out kits, I would imagine Knotwolf like myself and others relies on much more simple cutting tools. Yes, but the Zweihammer pattern has tons of little curved pieces. Take Knotwolf's Carolingian for example: 1. Brow band 2. Sagittal band 3...

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@Knotwolf

Sell kits. Stop wasting your time on the low-skill aspects of helm making. Zweihammer has buyers do lots of the work.

Use the same pricing and offer it in stainless since you won't be doing the dishing and voila, whole new customer base with no trauma to the arm.

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