The Armour Archive

Alexander of Derlington

38 hours to produce that pot is incredible. What a guy.

Alexander of Derlington

planish

120 grit flap disk mounted on grinder

240 grit sanding disk lastly medium and fine 8" satinising wheels.

YIS

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Hi Yojimbo
I use a GDFB aventail on my Bascinet. It fits mine ok. They sell rings too if you need to do an expansion. Pic of me at Raglan castle 2010 attached

Alexander of Derlington

from looking at the two pics I reckon that the blank is marked a couple of inches narrower at the base than your original. This might be perspective tho. I would draw it out again (or use tape to mark it) with the base about 1" wider on each side then check to see how it looks. It is not too far off...

Alexander of Derlington

Can't really comment on authenticity (cos i am iggerant

) but they look really nice. What is the extra bit round the cuff for?

Alexander of Derlington

Hi All
Visited the met a couple of weeks ago and saw this little beauty! What a lovely piece for a functioning tool.

Alexander of Derlington

Hi
It is more to do with how the helmet interacts with your Gorget/aventail/whatever else you might have rather than the distance below your chin. As long as you can't get a stick in there you will be fine.

Alexander of Derlington

I thought that they used copper and Aluminium sandwiches to account for the much lower thermal conductivity of the stainless vs carbon steel and the decreased absorbance of the silver vs black surface?

Alexander of Derlington

Raglan is an amazing experience. I would reccommend it to anyone. Fighting Thomas under torchlight on the bridge over a 30ft drop into the moat was a highlight of the weekend and that kit is even better close up than on pics. A brief summary of Raglan A Castle Tournaments Pas D'armes Sieges through ...

Alexander of Derlington

That is a top class outfit Galfrid!

Alexander of Derlington

Sorry
had some trouble attaching the images.

I might not be too bright but I can carry heavy things

Alexander of Derlington

Hi All Made these elbows for a mate of mine. Inspired by a couple of the leg harnesses out of the Churburg Armouries book. Personally I reckon its the best bit of metalwork that I have done so far. Planning to match them up with some Tuliped vambraces and a Canon some time in the next few weeks. Any...

Alexander of Derlington

Thanks Konstantin

Appreciate the advice.

Been playing around with masking tape straps and set of dickies gloves. Seems to work well, just a bit of mouse mat behind needed in a couple of places.

Hopefully I will get over my typing dyslexia soon

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Alexander of Derlington

Hi all Just taken delivery of a new pair of icefalcon gauntlets which are absolutely fantastic looking. I haven't strapped any of these up before so am a bit hesitant to start punching holes in my nice shiny gauntlets. Has anybody got any pics of the strapping arrangements that they would be willing...

Alexander of Derlington

Hi Eldgrimr
We met at Battle of brothers over the weekend (whilst washing up). That Lamellar is sweet, can't wait to face you on the field!

I can confirm that the beard is even more impressive in real life!

YIS

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

I feel your pain. It bit me too.

Now when I finish a piece in my hobby shop I look at my poor efforts and am just mainly disappointed that they are not quite right!

At least we have beer

Alexander of Derlington

Leather all the way!

More durable than canvas which cuts down on rebuild frequency and time.

I have used either a decent quality suede or any 2-3 mm flexible leather.

What are you using for plates?

Rgds

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Make yourself some Vams mate. We have dented Wills vams already, would prefer not to do the same to your arms.

Alexander of Derlington

I had always thought he killed a gecko whilst out drinking with his mates. you know how these drinking stories can grow legs, wings, breathe fire etc

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Alexander of Derlington

I have made a few wisby COP's now and I agree with Garreth that 18g mild is the way to go.

Or thinner if you get some better steel

Rgds

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

I don't have anyhing really constructive to add except that is a very nice kit indeed.

Hope to see more of your work in the future

Alexander of Derlington

Hi Vigmund I have been browsing hte second hand industrial tool places like: http://www.rileysurfaceworld.co.uk Might find something here or from similar suppliers. The key word for the UK (not to sure about Germany) is Linishing. Looking for belt sanders just gets you the hand held types. Rgds Alex

Alexander of Derlington

That stake in the back of the pic reminds me of Halberds Sabaton stake.

Andrew
When forge welding cones I assume you would support it on a stake like that one and hit it from the outside?

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Hi Andrew
I had a look in a couple of Gas forges owned by a pro Blacksmith at the weekend. The fire bricks were not lined.

Rgds

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Joaquin

That is a lovely harness. Who made it?

Always nice to see decent SCA spec kit.

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Question for Andrew Not disputing you at all, more of a technique question. how do you keep it hot for long enough to get a weld on thin plate? I have just been doing some damascus work and you only have a few seconds to make your weld even with a decent thickness billet and good flux. Obviously a w...

Alexander of Derlington

Very nice.

The edge finish on the faulds is a great detail. Did you do it by hand or have you set up a jig?

Rgds

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

oh well
Thanks anyway.

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Hi Jiri
do you have a link?

Rgds

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Hi Tim what are you planning on using it for? I would go with the B+Q 1/2" galvanised roofing nails and a set of bolt cutters to trim them as end nippers can be a bit hard on the hands after the first 100 or so. I think it has been mentioned here before that tinned armyng nayls were in use in the pe...

Alexander of Derlington

I normally go over what ever is round the upper arm but I am only a hobbyist dealing with low end newbie SCA armour.

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

What Aaron said in the steel gauge. Mine is 16g and hence about 40% heavier than it needs to be.

The ones I make now are 18g and the lads have a lot easier time getting them on and off.

Alexander of Derlington

Assuming your straps are not over stressed, caring for and feeding the leather is the key to long strap life. There are lots of leather care products on the market.

Rgds

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

I have only ever handled one pair of authentic gauntlets and they were english civil war issue kit. All the articulating lames were domed, at least at the point of overlap. The gap between the lames was tiny.

hope that helps

Alex

Alexander of Derlington

Looking very good Fred

Whats the side to side motion like in them?

Rgds

Alex

Re: a wonderful video and a queston on rouge

Re: sanding, finishing, polishing etc.

Re: GDFB Aventails / Coifs for SCA Helms ?

Cool Armourers vice from the NY MMA museum

Raglan

wot I made earlier

Srapping mitten gauntlets

George the dragon slayer

Nice

Linishing

keeping it hot

Niceq

Hi

Nice