The Armour Archive

GodfryWarinsin

Does the jar have to be stone (as in part of the chemical proccess), or can it be glass and still get the same effect?

Also, how wide is the belt? Do you have a pattern you would be willing to share?

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Thanks. That was the first time I've seen pics of hardening leather. A couple of questions though. 1. What kind of wax do you use? 2. What does the stearic acid do for it? 3. Will this armor soften in the hot summer sun? 4. It looks like the die runs into the wax, if your doing different colors, say...

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I have a conical helm that I would like to make a period liner for. The helmet will be for SCA use and the helmet is almost complete except for the grill for the front. I'm asking if anyone has recommendations for making a pattern for this. The padding needs to protect the back and sides as well as ...

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Wow!! So...you going to use that for a letter opener or what? Because, that's what I would do. As a supervisor at my work I find that people tend to work better when you have ominously sharp looking things like that laying around. Not weapons per say, but "Office supplies" and other "Tools of the Tr...

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Pretty darn good prices to!! So... it says "The tool is made of tough 60/45 ductile iron" on his other stuff so I can only assume that includes this as well. Just how durable is 60/45 iron and will it hold up to armoring? His other dishing forms look like they can be mounted into any old stump with ...

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I purchased a pretty awesome leather mallet that I have yet to use from these guys but then I found these on their amazon store. http://www.amazon.com/Bon-Tool-Knee-Pads-Ultra-Flex/dp/B0007V7PSC/sr=1-24/qid=1164815470/ref=sr_1_24/002-6980466-0604811?ie=UTF8&s=hi I thought the design looked pretty fa...

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Don't never mind these guys's armorjon if they don't have anything better to do than pick apart a new guys gramar then I suppose that means theyve already picked everything else butt nose etc one comment about it is ok but lets not highjack this thred by turning it into some sort of spelling grammar...

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According to my Doc, one benefit if ADD is that people in general with ADD are better at seeing the big picture and are better at making the smaller pieces to fit the bigger picture. ie. in lab rats that portray symptoms similar to people with ADD can find their way through a maze better than those ...

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Things Not to do while working around a heavy duty metal lathe 1. Do Not leave the key in the chuck as this becomes a wicked flying projectile of if it stay's in the chuck it can easily break fingers/hands or anything in it's path. Had it happen to me...Once - tuned one of my fingers into hamburger ...

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Or this one for an easily recognizable heraldic depiction.
[img]http://i13.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/64/97/19_1_b.JPG[/img]

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I am in favor of some kind of standard but I think to limit it to metric or American is in error. I think since in the US we are on one system and that's what our customers know, and the rest of the world knows the metric system we should use both and make our standard translates. And on the more co...

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So, to get back to the topic...

Egfroth, Does that mean that a four panel spangen helm with a pointy top without the little circular pointed disk, just bands shaped with a point at the top, is historically plausible? Cause I have one like that but I thought it looked a little comic ish...

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I'm in Minneapolis for a couple of days and I'm looking for some places where I can find some supplies. ie, leather, rivets, rattan, tools etc... Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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Silly Japs. Maybe your supposed to "pound the piss" out of that thing.

I know, lame joke

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I just called McNeilus this morning about cold rolled 14 gage and it's about $70.00 for a 4x8 sheet. The person I talked to asked if I needed full sheets and I told him I needed it for armour and he told me that I could get seconds or the peices that they sheer off the ends fo the rolls for a lot le...

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What do you do with the muriatic acid when your done with it? How do you dispose of it safely?

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What is photo number 10 of? it looks like a motorcycle gas tank from this angle. Or maybe a helm...

Then there is part of a breast plate inn the corner of the picture in number 17. How about a pic of that?

More Pics! More Pics! More Pics!

...Gota have something to do while I'm at work.

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Cat, I love the shape of these. Nice work. I would have to agree with Schreiber about wearing them tight. This is esentially an over sized vambrace and personally I wouldn't change anything but rather make one side hinged with a leather strap running the length of the two pieces and use buckle and s...

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Sir Eamonn MacCampbell wrote:
Hell, I'd have called in sick And stayed home to play with it....Congrats on it.

Just use the eye sickness excuse! "Eye" just can't see my self comming to work today because I got this new Beverly shears!

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One popular thing around here is to coat the entire face and edges and over to the back for about an inch or two with fiber glass. This is only done only on plywood shields.You can get the cloth and resin from just about any auto parts store. It will make the entire shield last for a really really l...

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This is my first helm. It was supposed to be a spangen helm. I didnâ€™t have a pattern of my own so I borrowed from the Spangenhelm by Alan Bauldree in the pattern archive. I say borrowed from because there is no pic of what the finished product is supposed to look like and I could not get the patte...

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WOW!! And here I thought he was only some euphemism used to describe armor that only slightly resembles anything historically accurate, functional or even acceptably not ugly. But according to all this, he is Real... Next thing you know dragons, lepperchans and peace in the middle east will be real ...

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Hal,
What is the little brass plate you have in your kit for?
And do you still sell those kits? can I just get the dishing doughnut? How much?

That looks like it would be great for my armour repair kit for going to events as well as for regular use in my shop.

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I wouldn't feel bad about selling them for fighting so long as you made sure to tell the customer about the potential problem with the heads ripping through and that when they replace the rivet to use one with a larger head and/or washers and explain that this is one of your earlier pieces. Price th...

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For heads that small I would deffenitly want them. If you had bigger rivets then probably not. I'm a SCA fighter and I started out in loaner gear. I had the displeasure of watching pieces of my Coat of Plates go fling off my body my first time on the field. That's how I came down with this whole arm...

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I know this is just an after thought, but what if you put brass rivets under the head of the rivet to give not only more surface area for the head to hold onto the leather, but that would make a pretty cool contrast. Red leather to brass to steel. It's probably not period, but it would look pretty c...

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Erik,

I'm wondering if your still looking for apprentices? And how far is too far away. I live just south of Rochester, so only about 3 hours away. And what kind of commitment are you looking for, (time wise)?

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This is my first helmet and let's just say I've learned a lot making it. This my take on a viking helm and it's based on the Vendel XIV. What I'm looking for is advice. The peak is pushed back, that's an accident that was realized to late to correct. Even though I measured twice before I cut I came ...

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Try this one out. You'll need to scroll to the bottom. gives a pretty good explanation too.

http://www.navaching.com/forge/heat.html

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Hey Hal, I'm just getting into forging too and one good free source of information is http://www.navaching.com/forge/forgeindex.html ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s been a pretty good source for getting the concepts but he does get pretty technical at times. He has good illustrations of what to look for and how to do t...

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On the two of the spahgen helms it looks like the top and cross straps are a single piece, am I seeing this correct? Or were they cut our separately and welded together polished so that just looks like a single piece of metal. I guess if it was all one piece I would think that would increase the amo...

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Question on the paint you use. What holds up better to SCA fighting, latex based, oil based or other enamel? I know oil based takes a lot longer to dry and harden but is it worth it? Also, on the spahgen helms it looks like the top and cross straps are a single piece, am I seeing this correct? Or we...

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Knuut, Thanks for the info. Unfortunately when I told my wife what she was going to be getting me for our anniversary she told me that if that was so I was going to be single again. :shock: She thinks all this fighting stuff is too expensive, too dangerous, too Bla Bla Bla... which only means I'll h...

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OK, so how much, how long was the wait, and how do I get a hold of this Master Knut guy so I can order one? Oh yeah, I really like it, drooooool, etc., etc...Here take my money. Last time I said "Here, take my money" to a stranger I was in a nudie bar and had a few too many shots of Makers Mark bour...

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Nice Rack there CAD

How do I make a Patern for a helmet liner

Modern product borrows from old - neat

looking for armouring supplies in Minneapolis area

First helm...Help Please!!

My first helm, looking for advice/comments