The Armour Archive

Croquart

beautiful!

Croquart

hey Mac, nice to see you continuing your blog

It really helps people!

Croquart

really beautiful!

Croquart

how much oxygen do you guys expend for an average working day?
I just used my new oxy propane kit and I'm really surprised on how much oxygen runs through

Croquart

very informative website!

Croquart

Wonder if we should start between us calling these German items something specific -- pauldroids, demipauldrons, super spauds? to be honest, I'm not sure what was meant back then. Could anybody please provide a picture of one of this german shoulder protection? Until sometime in the 16th century, I...

Croquart

sorry for reviving the thread, but I have another question that fits here quite well: When wearing only spaulders, did most of the guys wore some maille in the gap? It's quite difficult to see in most paintings that I found. Because I think when a blow is glancing off the helmet it could easily hit ...

Croquart

wow, Scott, thank you!

Croquart

thanks guys for your responses! I tried to implement them and began to start with the plackart. I'll post my next step after a few more hammering :) This reminds me that I need to track down photos of the breast and back armour patterns I have - apologies, I'll try to do that this week! hey Scott, t...

Croquart

Guys, thanks for your replies! I tried to roughly hammer out the upper part of the breastplate and after that I gave the pattern a second try: https://abload.de/thumb/breastplate_patternqbjxk.jpg https://abload.de/thumb/first_try_v017uj6x.jpg https://abload.de/thumb/first_try_v02m1kc6.jpg https://ab...

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Jestyr wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:29 am Finally, Fluid Film is the best product I've found for rust prevention. See the results:
http://www.customchainmail.com/2014/05/ ... n-test-v2/

approval for Fluid Film. I have very good experience with this stuff on armour and tools in general

Croquart

thank you guys for your feedback! I'd recommend starting with the lower back plate: this is the piece that needs to be snug, and the upper back plates fit *over* it with the plate nearest the neck being the "top" plate of the back assembly. This means that that the Plackart fits over the breastplate...

Croquart

Hey guys, I'm trying to hammer out some late 15th century gothic breastplate. However, I think to go on I need your precious advices :) This is what I chose as a reference (Goll Nr. 3742): https://s18.directupload.net/images/210322/temp/vq8pcnj2.jpg Today I tried to make a pattern. I started out wit...

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Ok, I think I'll get a oxy-propane torch

Should I get one of the bigger ones for armouring or is a medium sized torch also fine?

(just as reference: the medium sized torch would be able to cut material of around 1 inch thickness)

Croquart

thanks for your responses!

btw. is there any quick method to identify cast iron in opposite to steel?

Croquart

regarding Oxy-Propane: is there a problem for armouring in the cold of winter (e.g. around 23 °F (-5°C)) regarding the pressure of the propane?
I know it from my weed burner that the pressure goes down on cold days (however there is still a flame).

Croquart

Thanks for your response!

Isn't oxy-acetylene also quite dangerous?

Croquart

Hey guys, I quite a beginner, but made some experience in armouring over the last year and now I want to extend my shop with better equip for heating up the material and sooner or later for welding. Until now I used a propane weed burner for my armouring attempts. However, now after I made my first ...

Croquart

Hey guys,

do you think shoemaker's anvils like the one in the picture make useful armouring stakes (after some grinding maybe)?

Probably they are cast iron, right?

thanks and regards
C

Croquart

i like the sallet and i'm looking forward to see more from you

Croquart

Seems I've read somewhere about a mixture of linseed oil and soot. I cant remember where. I'm thinking it would be painted on and fired, but maybe just painted on and allowed to dry? Basically a lampblack oil paint. I recently blackened a part on a campfire with linseed oil.The linseed oil mixed wi...

Croquart

thanks for your responses!

yeah, the period i was thinking about was the second half of 15th c

Croquart

Hi guys,

how common was blackened Milanese armour? Somehow blackening seems more common on german armour. Or is this a false belief?

Thanks and regards
C

Croquart

both of these clothings are just a few hundred meters away from my apartment in our local museum. If you need further information I can visit it and try to get it. It's possible to get very near to it (just a glass pane between you and the objects)

Croquart

very nice insights, thank you, Wade!

Croquart

hey Scott, thank you for this nice tutorial!

Croquart

outch, Rene, i hope your toe is getting better?

btw awesome armour for the museum!

Croquart

The parcel with the rivets arrived, Scott! Thank you so much

It's a great selection!

Croquart

the armour looks fabulous, René!

Croquart

thanks for the replies! How stiff do you think would those handles be? Quite stiff or more flexible like e.g. hard rope? If you think, it's flexible to some degree. What would be the advantage? As Sean said flexible grips were commonly used on other shield types as well, where the solution lets you ...

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Hi guys, I'm just wondering how hand pavises were handled? (I'm not talking about the large crossbow men pavises rather than of the small variants) Their grip has often a Y-shape. Are they used like viking era shields? How was their weird grip held? The grip material often seems to be bull pizzle or...

Croquart

wow awesome, thank you, Scott!

This way I get an insight, what's available on the market

Croquart

thank you all!

I'll make another Milanese gauntlet soon and try to take all advices into account

Croquart

beautiful!

Croquart

ah, thank you, Signo! I see what you mean. Yeah next time I'll try to lean it a little bit towards the pinky. Should I just set the pivot points slightly diagonal for this?

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