The Armour Archive

Garreth

Hey, all. I’ve been away for quite a few years, but I’m interested in coming back to the SCA. Years ago, I remember Duke Gavin posting about glue hardening leather, as opposed to wax hardening it. I’m very familiar with wax hardening, but I can’t find Kilkenny’s thread. I’ve since friended him on Fa...

Garreth

You bought the Roper Whitney XX knockoff that I recommended on Facebook, correct? What diameter of rivets will you be using, 1/8” or 3/16”? Regardless, I would temper the punches and dies in an oven, before I punched anything. Cheap insurance, and it should stop the 1/8” punch breaking on the first ...

Garreth

Back from the dead! I'm thinking hard about fighting again, and I'm seriously regretting selling these. if whomever I sold them to is still active here, I'd love to buy them back! At the very least, at least the pictures still work!

Garreth

James, have a look here for pre cut helm parts and welded grills.

http://ironmongerarmory.com/parts/helm-parts

Garreth

Aesir or Clang

Garreth

Maybe Baron Conal here on the Archive.

Garreth

I've got some detail pics from the book on photobucket, I'll see what I can find.

Garreth

Chuck Davis did a tutorial on this years ago. Unfortunately, his website is long gone and he rarely posts here anymore.

Garreth

The heavy duty hand punch with stand for $60 actualy looks decent, its a copy of the XX whitney punch. The whitney version regularly go for $100-120 or so on Ebay used. The 5JR usualy goes for a little less then $45 or so after shipping. http://www.grizzly.com/products/Heavy-Duty-Hand-Punch-w-Stand...

Garreth

Ask Craig Nadler, here on the Archive. That looks like one of his ACL / BOTN helms.

Garreth

Great find!

Garreth

Thanks Hal! Got the Húrin v2 done today. I scrapped the old face and tried to make a new one but that didn't work either. So no face plate here, just the grill. Overall I'm happy how the helm turned out. This will go to the classifieds once I figure out a proper price tag. How much should I charge?...

Garreth

$100 is a steal of a deal!

Garreth

Sean, Chuck Davis (Master Cad), uses the ones from Horton Brasses all of the time and yes, you need to anneal them first.

Garreth

Rob, that is damned impressive! I have always admired your work. How did you blacken the helm?

Garreth

Caius705 wrote:http://allbeststuff.com/c-medieval-chai ... ail-Camail

Cheapest riveted ones, even with shipping (20.00 bucks to the US IIRC)

How long did it take to get your order? Also, what finish did you get on your maille?

Thanks!

Garreth

That's the one, thanks!!

Garreth

Someone posted a link to some super inexpensive mild steel round riveted maille recently. Anyone remember this or book mark it?

Thanks!

Garreth

So, I have some mild steel arms and legs that I'd like to heat blue, and I mean literally, dark blue. I need 590 degrees to achieve that and the oven only goes to 550, which gets me a purple color. I tried a test piece and let it sit in the hot oven for several hours, and I got a strange color, not ...

Garreth

Dave Rylak at RFH is the man for this job. He can weld and grind the center seam on a helm top any way you like, ridge, no ridge etc. It looks like his website is down, though. He hasn't updated his Facebook page in a while either. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rough-from-the-Hammer/362237653794369...

Garreth

Baron Eirik wrote:Vince, he does the belts for By My Hand Designs. vwoodard@comcast.net

He just told me this morning me he has a white hide in he hasn't started stripping into belts yet.

The last one of these belts i purchased was fantastic!

Garreth

There is a chance your belt tip is nickel over brass, if that's the case it should be fairly easy to strip acid, DC current, or abrasives. The other common metal used for belt fittings is steel so a magnet should give you an idea on whats beneath the nickel. Well, you were right, nickle over brass....

Garreth

For shield baskets, I like the ones Bokalo makes. Super light weight and very protective. You do need to drill two holes and add a handle. Item #625A

http://www.bokalosarmoury.com/baskethilts.htm

Garreth

Well, it is slightly magnetic, I wonder if it's just the Chicago screws on the back? I also looked at the back and it looks like it might be brass after all. Would muriatic acid strip the nickel and not hurt the brass underneath? I have a bucket that is 1 part water and 2 parts swimming pool acid.

Garreth

Garreth

I have a nickle plated belt tip that i need brass plated for my squire brother, who is getting knighted. Can anybody help me out?

Garreth

These appear to be made by Alan Bauldree (who makes armour for icefalcon). Alan's gauntlets offer great protection and range of motion. I like this newer thumb design.
$300 is a really good deal for these!

Garreth

There used to be a post on either here or on the web about a bowling ball dishing hammer. The ball is suspended from the ceiling of the shop on bungee cords and the dishing stump or form was underneath it. I made one, and it worked well. I dismantled mine because I did not use it for a while and it...

Garreth

Thomas, I was going to recommend going to tire stores for used wheel weights

Garreth

Gregoire de Lyon wrote:I've heard good things about this guys work:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Handcrafted-Eng ... 3cd3568b30

Those look nice and you can't beat the price!

Garreth

I got my newest shirt of maille from here: http://allbeststuff.com/c-medieval-chainmail-armor It is buying direct from India. It was very affordable and they will do small amounts of customization for free. So far it has proven itself to be high quality maille (for mass-produced Indian stuff). Mine...

Garreth

I'd contact Armstreet, they do a lot of etched stainless armor with some amazing detail work.

Garreth

Wax hardened leather punches and cuts super easily. For hardening, i use a combination of high heat parrafin, stearic acid and carnuba. Produces super hard armor.

Garreth

Photobucket.com is what I use to post pics. Works great.

Garreth

Damn John, that is super spiffy!

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