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belmtho

Hello, I've made some of these and they are easy to make any it is just a case of getting the measurements right and also remembering that your arms will swell up when you fight and get hot, more so than just a normal flex so what fits fine at the beginning of the day is really uncomfortable after s...

belmtho

Out of interest who actually cuts out a blank that ends up the same byt eh time the piece is finished? I have 'patterns' but they all get cut down and trimmed all the way through the shaping process. What I have found as well is that no two people are the same shape or size and so a pattern that fit...

belmtho

if i was going to build them i would start with big rectangles of card and see how much shape they need to try and work out if the plates need to be cut round or shaped(dished, raise) then i would start with the plate on the very point of the shoulder and re work each lame fom that central one. hope...

belmtho

Hi This is a great thread and one that has been very interesting to se develope. with regards to rasing stakes from teh period, didn't some one post a picture of a state that was supposibly for raising the tops of basinets? Also would it be quicker to form a helmet using a large stake that was alrea...

belmtho

That Rocks!
It looks awesome painted up with the stars!

belmtho

i've done this more times than i care to remember plug something in to the wall getting geared up, turning it on and it not work, i'll check the plug end up replacing the fuse and it still not work. only to find out that i haven't turned it on at the wall.......

belmtho

So would the fauld have actually gone down to the edge of the jupon, asssuming that it is a breast plate under the jupon?

Or could it have been a mail fauld beneath the breast plate?

Tom

belmtho

hi guys, I'm working on a breastplate at the moment for my new 14th century kit, and I'm trying to base it on the effigy of John Cray http://www.themcs.org/armour/knights/2007%20MCS%20Chinnor%20St%20Andrews%20John%20Cray%201392%2099.jpg It's working out okay, and the shape I've got on the breastplat...

belmtho

have you tried william hurt?
www.ageofarmour.com
check out his in stock or gallery pages, he does good stuff, don't know if he is taking commissions at the moment though
cheers
tom

belmtho

is it dished and planished or is it done with little cuts on each half and welded?
tom

belmtho

these two are my favorite!

belmtho

yes well rebated steel. i love some of those pictures there is one where it looks like i'm going to hit one of the kids in the face with an axe!

belmtho

okay due to my in ablity to use any sort of image software and resize pictures of my new legs i'' just post a link to the site they are on. the pictures are taken at an educational day that we did i am the young one with the white surcoat and the sexy gothic legs. http://www.claremontschool.co.uk/ne...

belmtho

well, i order a stake from hal it was the massive one that he posted about a month or two ago. from those ofyou that don't know or haven't order from him in the past he is excellent to deal with, from start to finish a class act. the stake is great it was made to fit in my anvils hardy which it does...

belmtho

i have tried and to be honest, it is something that doesn't seem to work for me, although i haven't tried with a strap cutter does it make it much easier (and straighter?).
cheers
tom

belmtho

yeah sorry missed that bit out, 3/4 inch wide.
tom

belmtho

hi guys
i'm looking to buy some straps and usually i would go with le prevo but i was just wondering if anyone had another cheaper supplier?, i have tried searching on google but nothing useful came up cheers
tom

belmtho

looks cool it looks like your crest has some bald patches though

tom

belmtho

i've done it cold as long as you are careful and go slow it works fine although you might need to periodically re fold the folded bit or even start with it abit over folded as it will probably open out abit.
cheers
tom

belmtho

here is a very very simple paint drawing.

belmtho

if you fold it in hlf first then hammering on the inside of the fold against the tip of the anvil, using a flat facesd hammer (a raising hammer or such)if you hammer more at the outside half the metal will curve round keeping the folded shape, make sure you do a couple of blows and flip the peice ov...

belmtho

hahahahaha it's all mine! the stake is mine! it is great dealing with Hal top notch all the way!
tom

belmtho

steve do the tongs punch holes aswell or do they just set the rivits?
cheers
tom

belmtho

hi, i've been working on a gothic sigismund inspired harness, and some thing got me thinking, the tiny peakson the fauld there are about four on each lame on the fauld. would they have been cut out or would they have been hammer out pulling the metal into small points? also is there a good level to ...

belmtho

hey guys,
i have got loads of close up pictures of the vambraces and rerebraces, and there are articultions towards the elbow on both parts, they are hard articulations, but i can work out how they would work, as they face into the arm, anyone any clues?
cheers
tom

belmtho

it's intersting that the heads of the hammers haven't got the shaft in the middle of the head, would this be to increase the power of the blow, more japanese stlye?
tom

belmtho

i've used a pattern simialr to the one from B in in theory it would work well, use the idea and make your own pattern don't just use the one from that site.
tom

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if i bid and win is there anyone that would want to buy bit's separtly as i would have some duplicates?

belmtho

no not paradise, just for a mate, his wife has this disease, basically'womens problems to do with hormones and things in extreme cases it cause organs in the bowls to start dissolving and often leads to infertily and in some cases death she is in constant pain. and the diagnosis time has gone up the...

belmtho

we will be walking august september time next year, with that guy doing the london marathon i would guess that he was very very unfit, anyone that wears full armour who has been fighting for a few years woul d have been able to do itin a day and a half at the most, also i think the dragn was quite h...

belmtho

that is the tryol harness isn't it? thats what i've started to make

will post picture of the first leg piece in progress
cheers
tom

belmtho

yep no sollerets, not completly insane!
i know that the orignal is a riding suit but mine is going to be like the tyrol suit not a copy, it was just so that everyone reading the tread would hve some sort of idea of the actual parts and the way they go together.
tom

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