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Rene K.

Basically it works like this. But every craftsman has his own techniques and skills.

Rene K.

Thank you guys!

Rene K.

Mac wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:33 am Splendid work!

Mac

Thank you, o grandmaster !

Rene K.

Any idea how you would avoid scorching the wood on the handle when you brazed the discs together? Maybe wrap it in wet rags? Toby might be able to have the dagger X-rayed. I like the idea that the brass appliques are hiding something. If the disc is brazed together after peening the lower plate to ...

Rene K.

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Rene K.

Finally it's done ! Yesterday i deliverd the suit and mannequin to the customers, after working the whole last day and night i had to finish. Now all is in the museums depot and waits for the move to the exhibition, where i will mount all in its propper way and add the last details like the feathers...

Rene K.

over time it becomes its face: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b0/65/9b/b0659b30d3830feab992bddaf230eaa8.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/72/39/d7/7239d7d9f24b4ac076397d8bfe14a97e.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8d/73/bd/8d73bd6567e897cd97d3baf9aaba9474.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0b/cf/62/0bcf62b1b26b7c4a74...

Rene K.

Rene K.

Christian Wiedner wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:53 am I wouldnt even think about the time you spent on them...

Unexpected long....

Rene K.

some little treasures... https://i.pinimg.com/564x/7f/7e/15/7f7e15c76a4965c36aeacca9f547ad03.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/564x/48/74/4b/48744bbe82aadb585703deaf6bb70628.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/564x/07/d9/66/07d9664287f891c39c018d0b9fc6b08d.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/564x/f6/02/c3/f602c36b2f28b365c593295f...

Rene K.

I saw it, very god informations. Sadly they had the chance to show the backside and didn't .

Rene K.

This from churburg castle for example. But this shape is very rare to find.

Rene K.

Something new from the Stechzeug-project: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/77/b5/d8/77b5d8fe81ed0e735bc0ead0c6bcdb49.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/41/d7/01/41d701a29ca453fc16f19f28ff2abc20.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/32/0f/37/320f378f6dbfc7657f50885761f3e13e.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e6/36/ba/e636bac...

Rene K.

Take notice that a cement mixer can generate damages in the mail when it is only butted mail.
Another method is to brush the mail with a soft wirebrush several times from both sides. this is also possible to do in a larger bucket with soapwater. Fore shure you must dry and oil it directly after this.

Rene K.

I wonder how thin the lower breastplate must be, when it should be hardened carbon-steel, and then dents so easy from a handheld weapon. Alternitive i wonder how scary careless the hit must be done.

Rene K.

@Mac: to come back to the pauldron size and the belonging suits. Have you noticed that both left pauldrons have nearly the same size ? Ich thought about that and took a caliper to make a quick check up on the photo where both suits are standing nearby. With a bigger picture it would be more exactly....

Rene K.

do you have a better photo for us that shows all the beauty ?

Rene K.

Back from the "timetravel".event at Veste Coburg last weekend. It was a very nice event with many of the best artisans for historic stuff, fencing and blackpowder fortress warfare, 15.th and 17.th. It is the only event i go with my "workshop", but the guys of the Kunstsammlung Veste Coburg are worth...

Rene K.

Now my own suit and helmet is in a wareable status, i will try to start with changing parts and a sallet with rotating bevor for try out its benefits and function. I noticed that a well shaped collar with a thin springy leathering is standing by itself, filling it with your body and textile garment...

Rene K.

Sorry, but i have no grabbable documents in the moment, but i got this information many times over the years in combination with antiques weapons. Last time in the Bladesmith-museum at Klingental. Has anyone actually revealed any specifics about the sand bluing process? Is it the sort of thing wher...

Rene K.

Do you have some documentation for the use of sand in weapons bluing?

Sorry, but i have no grabbable documents in the moment, but i got this information many times over the years in combination with antiques weapons. Last time in the Bladesmith-museum at Klingental.

Rene K.

I have seen with my own eyes that the inside of the Avant armor is a more or less uniform blue-grey color. In addition, there have recently been pics of the Milanese cuirasse from Luzern where that same color is on the inside in places where it has not rusted. I had presumed that these inside color...

Rene K.

The finish is looking very nice. My question would be how well it is holding up, because if I hold a test piece with the entire colour spectrum on a polishing wheel, this grey area is loosing its oxide layer first even before the thinner iridescent layers. This said I had some incident in the harde...

Rene K.

That is a nice color you made. The oil is making a bit of a difference. It is also very important to get no fingerprints on ist before heating and after it cools down, so covering in oil is needed. It is also a very big difference what kind of light you have around. In my workshop it is always a dif...

Rene K.

That's a fine looking armor, Rene'! The shapes are bold and it all fits and works well together. I'm struck by the evenness of your blue finish. Can you tell us something about your technique? Mac Thank you Mac, The dark blue is my little secret ;-P Joking apart, My blueing is technically grey oxid...

Rene K.

Now my own suit and helmet is in a wareable status, i will try to start with changing parts and a sallet with rotating bevor for try out its benefits and function. I noticed that a well shaped collar with a thin springy leathering is standing by itself, filling it with your body and textile garment,...

Rene K.

ThomasD wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:02 pm at least I hope that there will be another one.

for shure

Rene K.

Gordon Thompson wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:27 am I bet most of the folk being there have not a slightest idea how much in terms of money, skill and work are walking past them

I bet they mostly know... ;-P

Rene K.

Thats my actual favorite

Rene K.

Hi folks, Last weekend we celebrated our fifth "tournament of the unicorn", a LARP-event with a high level and kind of spirit from "a knights tale". Luckily i got my cuirass and helmet finished in the first night the eventwas running, even though the legs are still in work for now. https://i.pinimg....

Rene K.

Very cool inside-views, tom made. The collapsing problem is what i think about the whole time. Sadly i have to much to do, but i will try out another rotating bevor in this style, when i finished the bunch ob work i must get finished. A visit in Vieanna would also be a good idea for Summer. Maybe it...

Rene K.

working on the stechhelm in the moment and have to wait till it cools down a bit, so it is time for some new progress pictures. I started with the front piece, which i built from 3 pieces. First i formed the collarplate in rough shape, then i added the faceplates. This is all made from 3mm and it is...

Rene K.

The whole project is only for display, so i*m allowed to also use modern techniques and thinner material in some parts. Because i have the opinion, that making it simply with thin sheets, it would give a more rubbish looking thing, so i mostly use the material-thickness i measured on the original su...

Rene K.

Nice hinge work. They will be robust! Will the neck side of the top straps be pushed up? I had to spend a bunch of time massaging mine to fit the arc of the gorget. That style with the extended lance rest area has always fascinated me. Luckily the shoulderstraps on a Stechzeug are nearly flat in th...

Rene K.

The Breast- and Backplate became a couple of trimming cutts and then i roughly formed and attached the shoulderbars and the hinged sideplates. That holds everything in place now, so i can start with the helmet and finish the shaping of the pauldrons. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c5/f4/a0/c5f4a0b1d85228...

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