The Armour Archive

RandallMoffett

Lovely wedding Mac! So neat to see this. 85. Dang you guys were trailblazers!

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Sean, I am working on this using records from London. I have about a dozen examples of linen being colored, yellow, brown, green, blue and red. I have mostly found finished goods that are linen dyed. Why we don't see it in the pre finished garment or item is something I notices as well. That said I ...

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I get what you mean. The more one does this and goes at it with a desire to improve there is that pattern of improvement. You pick up things that work better than others as well making things more efficient. I wish we had a more comprehensive work on armour thickness. It's one of the things that we ...

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Wow lovely work!

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I was off line most of Thursday and Friday. Did these sell?

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Are your buckles flat stock filed a ton? Those are lovely!

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Scott, That is an excellent lesson to teach us. I think sometimes we just get to a project and miss the details like this that might be obvious but perhaps miss for some reason. Mac once said in a post to slow down and I have tried to do this (mostly). I spend a ton of time looking at stupid little ...

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Wow. That is really a lovely work of art! You have done an exceptional job on this!

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Bummer I missed all of these! Some of them looked like good reads.

Guess I'll have to see if they do it again later.

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I'm with Gustovic! Those are turning out awesome and as Mac said I see a nice one piece sallet with integral visor starting there on the left and a bascinet. You really are starting to make good time one these!

I love the hammers name! very fitting!

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Some great work in the making! Looks like you have some good attempts in that pile! I wish you the best in your armouring!

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Very nice work. Those turned out amazing sir!

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Those are looking very promising! In fact they get a bit of planishing and grinding and I bet these could be good to go. A bit of modification and such you could make several interesting helmet types.

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James,

Yes this looks very wrong in several ways.

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For sure. I have an strong interest in the gear for the more common soldier. I feel like its something that largely gets lost in the mix so to speak. When I read Capwell's Fighting Stuff book some years ago I thought right away that this was something living history needed more of. Best of luck with...

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A very interesting device! I would love to see some videos of this.

I hope paradise lasts for you sir!

Best,

Randall

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Tom and Bertus, Yes that is the one. There is some good general info in that book the RA put out, Springalds and Great Crossbows I think. https://www.amazon.com/Springalds-Great-Crossbows-Armouries-Monograph/dp/0948092319 I will have to reread this later when I can take it slower but I'm with Mac. R...

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Signo,

That is funny. Well remembered!

Albert is an amazing armourer. I always impressed what he is up to.

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What an interesting experiment! I think you are right. It could be a bascient still. Look at the first half of the 14th to mid century and you get things rather close. Perhaps like this one? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=254230679274478&set=gm.1905344772935388&type=3&theater&ifg=1 or Hugh ...

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I really believe the two foot version are bigger in scale and size. We actually have a few remaining that are big to insanely big crossbows. IN this case it is logical that they used longer bolts and had a bigger power stroke and possibly heavier bolts. I found evidence of them all the way into the ...

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I'm still not sure that one and two foot crossbows actually mean they use one or two feet to span. I suspect you have the lighter ones that you can span with your hand but after that they are all belts until you get to the windlasses and such. I think it has to do with bolt size. I have found severa...

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This has been a most interesting read for the finer ways that these items are made and function.

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Thank you all for the thoughts on this. Some excellent ideas here. I'm really thinking tradition might be a major feature in this. I can absolutely see the difficulty in working such large pieces and time investment as a point as well. I'm not sure we should discount technology and economics. It mak...

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Very cool! Thanks Scott!

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Mac, This is a very interesting new tool. I might have to try this out. I made a body double for myself (actually my wife did the hard work of wrapping me up) so I am fairly happy with the fit so far but I can see how helpful this would be. So I know Wade and Josh W. has heard me going on about this...

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How thick did the last one end up?

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That is very nice Hal. I like the contrast as well.

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Broadswordx,

You still looking to sell these?

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I'm doing some faulds right now. I've been looking at mid and third quarter of the fifteenth Italian style and it's interesting as so many features of the cuirass are designed so that with minimal deviation the faulds don't sit right. Much of what I have been doing is just staring at photos. I think...

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Well Mac this is really is amazing work. I feel like you are one upping your self here in a major way.

I think it is broccoli if we are voting on what it is representing....

I think most of the brass work I've seen looks to be sheet worked into various shapes as well.

Best,

RPM

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Any general size info on the breastplate?

Best,

RPM

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Wow that is awesome to see how this came out!

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That is rather interesting. I always wonder why things like that work out the way they do.

I found it on the Hathi trust site. Super interesting. I like how Scandinavian kings are expected to be a bit devious and clever. Fun stories.

Thanks!

RPM

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I've looked on MS miniatures and found a number of examples that are useful. I found some European scale gaunts from the 16th. A bit late but interesting. I believe you on the translation I just am not sure it will work and very much feel restoration is a very likely situation. I saw a few original ...

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I'm not super happy with wire for sewing these one. They are very stiff and behave sort of odd.

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