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- Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:57 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: History of the Handshake...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 806
Re: History of the Handshake...
Notice that I never tried to pass any of that off as fact. Just offered it for whatever it's worth.
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:29 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: History of the Handshake...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 806
Re: History of the Handshake...
I heard something very similar, but of course I have no documentation. Supposedly the type of handshake where two people grab eachothers' wrists instead of palms is so they can feel whether or not the other has a dagger hidden in the sleeve, and when the step in and pat eachother on the back it's to...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:12 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Making of: Ocean's Wrath (Maxamillian/Gothic/Fantasy)
- Replies: 229
- Views: 14322
Re: Making of: Ocean's Wrath (Maxamillian/Gothic/Fantasy)
At the risk of temporarily derailing your conversation, I was hoping to teach myself some 3D rendering once I save up enough for a computer upgrade -- I wanted to model the "technological" stuff for a little graphic arts project I have brewing in the back of my head. (Classic sci-fi type stuff: mech...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:56 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Wax for seals
- Replies: 30
- Views: 742
Re: Wax for seals
I found sticks of sealing wax (with a pretty good color selection) at a local candle making shop.
Grease the stamp a little before pressing it into the hot wax. Otherwise it will stick and be plenty of trouble to get out of the cooled wax without ripping the paper.
Grease the stamp a little before pressing it into the hot wax. Otherwise it will stick and be plenty of trouble to get out of the cooled wax without ripping the paper.
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:45 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Heat-treating spring stainless
- Replies: 10
- Views: 482
Re: Heat-treating spring stainless
Sorry it took me so long to get back; I've been busy with one of the few metalworking commissions I've ever gotten (which is not armour-related, incidentally), so it became priority. Gaston, thanks for the offer. I will more than likely take you up on it. Right now I'm working on a 16th century suit...
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:25 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Uses for Kevlar
- Replies: 7
- Views: 411
Re: Uses for Kevlar
I use kevlar gloves in my shop. I love the cut resistance and heat resistance, but they wear holes through in no time at all. I probably do't need to tell you that kevlar deteriorates by flexing against itself, so it would probably last a lot longer when it's flat against something (such as your ide...
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:16 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Heat-treating spring stainless
- Replies: 10
- Views: 482
Heat-treating spring stainless
I recently (and after much tribulation) managed to get my hands on some 410 stainless sheet for purpose of armouring. My question is: after I have cut, shaped, and added bells and whistles (or holes for riveting, whichever may apply), how do I heat-treat the finished piece to proper hardness, given ...
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Video of forged brim German Burgeonet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 415
Re: Video of forged brim German Burgeonet
These things are interesting, especially when what I see in the vid is so different from what I would have done.
- Tue May 31, 2011 11:02 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: I hate 11ga. steel...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 828
Re: I hate 11ga. steel...
Wait, someone in town has a forge?
Anyway, I ran into a similar problem the first time I tried 16g stainless. I can't give a perfect answer for what to do, but if it's still giving you problems I can bring what few tools I have and we can take turns trying stuff until we find a method that works.
Anyway, I ran into a similar problem the first time I tried 16g stainless. I can't give a perfect answer for what to do, but if it's still giving you problems I can bring what few tools I have and we can take turns trying stuff until we find a method that works.
- Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:30 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: What is the appeal of "Early Period?"
- Replies: 112
- Views: 2312
Re: What is the appeal of "Early Period?"
I'd say the appeal is getting at the deep roots of the modern cultures we see. Also a greater sense of freedom as people were defined by more than the station they were born to; I've heard someone more knowledgeable than me claim that among the ancient Celts it was possible for one born as a slave t...
- Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:22 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: So, explain your fascination with "Late" Period.
- Replies: 80
- Views: 1878
Re: So, explain your fascination with "Late" Period.
What comes to mind is "variety". Last time I attended a major SCA event (which was a while ago) I found myself staring across a sea of tunics and trousers, broken by the occasional odd hakama or late-period garb. And as for the battlefield, it's nice to have variety as (even just in Europe) English,...
- Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:33 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: mongolian lamellar pics?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 457
Re: mongolian lamellar pics?
I can sort of read Cyrilic.
It says "Armii Mongolo-Tatar"
It says "Armii Mongolo-Tatar"
- Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:25 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Question on Pourpoint construction
- Replies: 10
- Views: 462
Never heard of Dharma trading before. Their hemp is actually a lot cheaper than the place I go. (It looks like they don't give you nearly as many options for fabric weight, though.) I will say about hemp, from my own mistakes, that it wears though quickly if you throw it in the dryer like you would ...
- Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:10 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: engineering a cased elbow -- Now with progress pics! (Feb 8)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1669
The compression articulation
The compression joint in a test assembly. (Everything is 18g stainless, roofing nails, and sharpie marks.) Suggestions are welcome, but remember that this is the first articulated piece I've done, apart from floating articulation. It's not clean or pretty, but seems functional. Moreso than I would h...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:57 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: outsourcing swinging pin latches
- Replies: 16
- Views: 689
Glad I asked; I'm getting loads of good information. PS: Would you take down my page please. Does that mean you're not selling planishing stakes anymore? (Your own website strikes me as being a bit terse on the matter.) I was hoping to order some finger gauntlet stakes when I get together the money ...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:47 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: outsourcing swinging pin latches
- Replies: 16
- Views: 689
You can pien those things? I thought about it, but I figured that since it's not a rivet and, more to the point, doesn't have an actual head, it would probably slip right through the back of the piece to which it's piened, and most likely find a particularly inopportune time to do so, such as when I...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:11 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: outsourcing swinging pin latches
- Replies: 16
- Views: 689
That will help considerably. Thanks. The pins will be an issue; I don't have the skill or tools to weld. I guess I'll figure something out. (Maybe just cut a tab on the edge of the plate and bend it up 90 degrees....) And incidentally I think the Hal version of "not that hard to make" is my version ...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:12 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: outsourcing swinging pin latches
- Replies: 16
- Views: 689
outsourcing swinging pin latches
There's probably a technical name for these things, but I don't know what that might be. I'll post a few pics of museum pieces so you know what I'm talking about. These kinds of latches show up all over 16th century and later armour. I think I could probably craft a crude-looking one if I had to, bu...
- Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: thin titanium sheet, any uses?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1017
I can't afford it right now, but sooner or later I want to try working with titanium. What about using it for lames, like for example in an arm cannon? I hear it's a bear to shape, but most lames don't need much shaping, and if you made the bigger bits (vambrace, couter, maybe the rerebrace) from an...
- Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:04 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Has anyone here made brass armour?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 966
I made a few simple silicon bronze pieces over the summer. (16ga.) It's interesting stuff to work with. It starts off much more pliable than steel, but you can quite literally feel it work harden as you dish it. (And I was using rubber hammers.) I got out a set of spaulders with pretty deep dishing ...
- Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:10 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: The Wolf Helmet (pic heavy)
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4771
Just my opinion: Granted I'm no historian, but I'm given to understand that historical evidence for period bargrills is somewhat .....scarce. And yet they're very prevalent in the SCA. I don't generally like them as I see them as anachronisms, and in particular that most of them look like plain old ...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:18 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: engineering a cased elbow -- Now with progress pics! (Feb 8)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1669
Baby steps. I'm working up toward doing it the correct (historical) way, but not there yet. I didn't mention it, but I've since given up on the idea of pinning the center of the compression joint to the cop. The thought had occurred to me that there would need to be lateral give in the system if the...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:14 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: engineering a cased elbow -- Now with progress pics! (Feb 8)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1669
I will run those titles past the bookstore. This may sound really goofy, but why not try to make it the way the real ones were made? I find it often works best to just copy things rather than to try to make things either 'easier' or 'better' - usually when I try to, I find that the original way woul...
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:25 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: engineering a cased elbow -- Now with progress pics! (Feb 8)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1669
Sliding rivets. And unless I miss my guess, they would be held down effectively when the vambrace is closed over the end of the compression joint. Interesting, thanks. It sounds like, as with so many things in armor design, there was no single 'correct' way, but several possible solutions. Given tha...
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:12 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Gloves for Demi Gaunts
- Replies: 16
- Views: 677
Maybe I'm missing your point, but it sounds like you're overanalyzing. Medium. That fits, doesn't it. I suppose you could say "large" if you're a tight fit in a medium and plan on wearing gloves under your gauntlets with a lot of padding, thus making your hand effectively thicker under the gauntlet....
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: engineering a cased elbow -- Now with progress pics! (Feb 8)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1669
engineering a cased elbow -- Now with progress pics! (Feb 8)
I'm working on ideas for my next renfest harness (our period always falls somewhere in the 16th century) and am having a hard time figuring out how a compression articulated elbow works. I'm going off pictures of Henry VIII's golden harness, the same king's foot tourney harness, and a photo from a m...
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:40 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: BlowHornStake... "How it's made".
- Replies: 8
- Views: 678
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:28 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: happuri ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 648
Paper and/or cardboard against the face. Trace, cut, look in the mirror to see what you have. Fold in half to check for symmetry and cut again as needed. That's what I did to get the pattern for a close-fitting fantasy mask in bronze (for renfest) that's almost a dead ringer for a happari. Once you ...
- Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:46 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: How does Knotwolf get those textures?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1582
Well there goes the mystery. Now we'll have to create a new myth about you. I ran in to him completely by chance last week. (I had no idea he lived within a hundred miles of me.) You know the russet color of that helm comes from quenching it in the shed blood of inexperienced fighters and armorers,...
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:39 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: azteks/inca
- Replies: 19
- Views: 925
Mexica Eagle or Jaguar knight would probably be best the way to go for a couple reasons: better documentation (Mendoza codex), and having almost everything covered means you can do all the hidden armour you could possibly want. My hair-brained idea to go Maya means I would have to wear green plastic...
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:10 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: azteks/inca
- Replies: 19
- Views: 925
I've kicked around the idea. Reference thread: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=111272&highlight= I definitely know more about the Maya now that when I started that thread (including some conversational Kakchikel language), but the idea is on the backburner as I have other stuf...
- Wed May 26, 2010 9:31 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Fastest way to get mild steel pitted
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1169
Bleach!
And learn from my mistake: don't mix it with an acid.
more info:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=114502
The moral of this story could also be "read the labels carefully". I could have sworn I saw "HCl". I guess I just got a head start on going senile.
And learn from my mistake: don't mix it with an acid.
more info:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=114502
The moral of this story could also be "read the labels carefully". I could have sworn I saw "HCl". I guess I just got a head start on going senile.
- Fri May 07, 2010 12:08 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Planning a walk
- Replies: 83
- Views: 3049
I got a pretty good sense of that wearing 15th century armor on all day stretches for renfest. (Having worn maille a bit, and plate, I think pate does worse in the sun. At least maille breathes.) It's not as hot here, but much more humid. People thought I was nuts when I started wearing a cloak duri...
- Thu May 06, 2010 10:48 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Vegetable oil quench w. 4130 *video added*
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1669
Note UV goggles don't always protect against IR and it's IR you get from forges and kilns, (see Glassblowers' cataracts). UV is more of an Arc Welding issue. Thomas I suspect you're right, but... From the pic of that kiln, it glowed purple. I'm no expert, but I'm guessing that's a camera trick as I...
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:38 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: need latin or gaelic translation please.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 256