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per lillelund jensen

Hi Chef
I dont surpose you might have some bette images of those pair of splints from the Higgins??

Per L

per lillelund jensen

Thanks guys those threads were helpfull.

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Per

per lillelund jensen

Hi all

I am looking for images of Almain rivet armour, mainly the arms or splints is of interest. Any help will apreciated.

Thanks
Per Lillelund

per lillelund jensen

I belive both Gerry Embleton and Ian Ashdown worked on Grandson castle in the 1980ties setting up the display.

P

per lillelund jensen

Hi There
Many of the suits in Grandson are fakes or reproductions if you like not all though, the gothic armour in question i belive is 19th.c. Many real pices are there too but coppled togheter in the 1970-80ties to make the display.

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Per L

per lillelund jensen

Funny enough the Claude Vaudrey suit in Vienna has also been one of my favorites suits for years, someday i will try and make it.

Per

per lillelund jensen

Hi there, i belive you will find quite many photos of it from different angels, front and back and detail shots on the AAF site, but you have to search old post nearly a year back, Le Landeron.

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Per

per lillelund jensen

Hi Andrew, I belive its my photos taken from AAF site. Its the italian composit suit in The village of Le Landeron.

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Per L

per lillelund jensen

I do belive he is not wearing a mail collar but a steel gorget.

Per L

per lillelund jensen

Hi
I would say anyday that a sallet is more dificult to do than a basinet by far.

Per lillelund

per lillelund jensen

Good call Jiri, and congratulation with the baby

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Per

per lillelund jensen

Hi Jiri you are getting better and better. I like the fact that you have specialized in german gauntlets, very medieval in fact. When are you going to make a pair of german mittens?

Per L

per lillelund jensen

Hi Chef yes i know what you meant, it just got me thinking that i actually couldenr remember one specific, so i checked in my image base, and i actually couldent find one out of about 60. It was not to be picky on you at all.

Per

per lillelund jensen

Hey Chef i dont surpose you have a pic of an 15th.c armet with a lower edge of brass?? I was going through my folder with armets and i counted some 61 different armets from around the world and not one of them had any brass edges attached to them(unless some of the B&W images where), all in steel. D...

per lillelund jensen

One pointer is not to use to thin material. The thinner material the more difficult it becomes, and the more careful you have to be.

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Per L

per lillelund jensen

Borrie next to st. Herrestad. Midway between Ystad and Tomelilla

Phone nr:0411-552162

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Per

per lillelund jensen

Hey Ralph

Yes 10km north of Ystad

. i forgot where your farm are located? i do rember to have visited you quite some years ago.

You would be very welcome to come and stay and make something fun.

Per

per lillelund jensen

Hi Jiri I had exatly the same problem with the smoke. Ive been using the coal forge for 10 years but now i hardly ever use it anymore, i use propane and hope to live longer. Ralphs i do admire you for sticking to the coal forge, its a fantastic tool and it gives quite some amosfere in the shop but a...

per lillelund jensen

Hi Jiri

Like Chef said on the A&AF the holes at the bottom edge is most likely for a mail drape rather than liner.

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Per

per lillelund jensen

Hey Bob are you having cast a culverin or Kartoven??

Per L

per lillelund jensen

What do you think of he book and the scenario with the charge and pikeblock?

Per

per lillelund jensen

Hi Chef, does your account of the battle not show the older view on the battle and how and where the battle was fought, before Michael K. Jones book Psychology of a Battle BOSWORTH 1485 came out in 2002?

Not that it alters with the fact that Richards standart bearer was killed.

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Per

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Sorry couldent help it. It does actually sound strange that a fully armoured man has both legs chopped of. Plate armour was very effective. Another royal standart bearer Duarte de Almeida fought at the battle of Toro in 1476 between the spanish and the portugese. Duarte de almeida was standart beare...

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Perhaps he met a Jedi?

Per

per lillelund jensen

Hi Juan, no that is likely for the lancerest. Huge hinges do occur in 15th.c armour, like this one from Stockholm dated 1489.

Per

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Hi Randal and others. I am qurious in what features of the armour you guys find 16th.c ish besides the known date of death 1515?. I am not argueing that its not 16th.c just wondering what makes you date it so late. :D I know that a lot of english 16th.c brasses show knights in almost 15th.c armour w...

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Hey Young Knight, what fantastic images you got there :D . The larst 2 years ive become more and more interested in spanish 15th.c armour, as a consequense of my obsession of the italian/spanish armour of Duarte de Almeida in Toledo Cathedral. The breastplate on the effigy has the same kind of flat ...

per lillelund jensen

Hi Jiri, it looks as you are running out of material for the arms for the hinges?? cant you pen some more material towards the hinges?

Per L

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Oohh... hi Ian, yes it was a blast, hope to see you somewhere in europe this summer.

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Per

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Hi Peter It might be just as much work?? I thought it was a good idear at the time, and i still do, and worked very well. The most anoying thing and hardest work with forging helmets from flat plate, is all the material you have to move around and compress before you can actually start shaping the h...

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Annddd...BUMP, this one deserves it.

Per L

per lillelund jensen

Damit i confused Jiri Lucius with Jiri Klepac, sorry both Jiri.

Per

per lillelund jensen

Jiri you maniac

Its looks great, and i thought you only did gauntlets.

When raising a great basinet like this, it can be a help to forge it from the neck, and towards the faceopening, with the helmet horisontal. Instead of from the top of the skull and down. Less material to move.

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Per L

per lillelund jensen

Very nice Jiri

Klaus is one of my best friends, so i will probably see them quite soon.

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Per Lillelund

per lillelund jensen

Extremely well done Patrick, those small imperfections are what makes it so convincing. Beautiful profile.

What is the total weigt?

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Per Lillelund

Images of Almain rivet armour