The Armour Archive

Jon Terris

Thank you Mac for sharing all of this with us.

It's great to see you picking up the hammers, I hope you're enjoying it again!

How are the elbows holding up this far, do you use sports type supports on them at all?

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Wait, that baby looks like it has rolled edges on every plate - you know what that means.................

Give me a B.....!

Jon Terris

That bevor is fixed to the front of the breastplate with a catch, it should be fine. If this is a custom armet then the lowest plates can be made to better match the breastplate.

They should go fine together, nice choice on the armet.

Jon Terris

I can't believe the Grenwich armouries would have supplied a client with such a badly made piece of harness. The detail lines up the front of the plate are misaligned towards the top, the side ones are not symetrical and the scalloped edges on the skirt are different widths. I know that perfect syme...

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I remember reading on some armor site that the reason most rolled edges changed form being rolled outside to being rolled inside was the invention of the bead roller in the 16thC. The rolling of edges to the inside is also done in the 15th century, IIRC it is one of the techniques attributed to Eng...

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A handy piece of pallet banding with a u shaped notch in one end is the key, it holds the washer down and allows you to hit the rivet until the washer can't escape. Then, slipped under the washer before peening it allows enough slack for most articulated joints too, just pull it out from under the w...

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I'd second James B. maybe you could rivet a loop onto the back of the steel plate, thereby avoiding having a rivet right through the middle of the nicely etched brass?

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Nope. The Thorsberg belt loops are there so that the hose can be held up with a belt, not to hold the belt up. They would still have allowed the belt (and consequently the hose) to drop down under gravity. If dealing with the ample figure, allow the belt to drop slightly to pass under the gut rather...

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If memory serves, that was in a tournament bout over a barrier where the leg armour was required in the rules but not likely to be hit. "..but the dukes of Berry and Bretagne were at their ease mounted on little pacers, armed only with light brigandines, or as some said, with gilt nails sown upon sa...

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It depends on what you're expecting really. It will be metal, it might look like 15th century armour (or at least look like something that was copied from something that looked like 15th century armour) but don't be surprised if it doesn't fit properly or doesn't work as it should. Then again, it's ...

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Just finished these, losely based on Austrian or South German mittens from the tail end of the 15th century.

All mild steel, either 1.2mm or 1.6mm plates. Hand filed buckles in brass.

I can't add any pictures here for some reason, so....
Pictures on Facebook

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Has anyone else who uses Buff leather found it to be worse at attracting moisture and reacting with the steel it is fixed to?

I was really pleased with myself for finding some decent pieces (or so I thought) but I'm now afraid to use it since the first bit have presented this problem!

Jon

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I used mail rings on my first petticote, unfortunately they did regular damage to the points, wearing them out very quickly. (Obviously this isn't a problem if you replace your points at every event as they possibly did). They also rusted and discoloured the material too - I just didn't think about ...

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Sigh....... Someone break out the dried frog pills for Sir Digby!

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Ironbadger wrote:Hmm...The links are asking me for a password and username?

-Badger-

Me too.

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So, I've wanted to make a pavise for ages (along with about a bazillion other things... :roll: ) Someone gave me a bent plywood blank as a starter and it sat there in the garage for a while..... I wanted a pavise with a central channel and a beak, so I cut straight through the middle of the plywood ...

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Glad you could come Earnest!

I think we'll be doing more of this in future- though I must make some new boots and also some pattens I think.

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I took a trip to St Stephens Chapel in Suffolk today to see three effigies from the DeVere family, the Earls of Oxford. Originally these effigies were at the Priory founded by The DeVeres in Earls Colne, they were moved to the tiny chapel in Bures when the empty priory was sold off by the DeVere fam...

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Nice image Sean.

you can simplify that slightly by cutting the nose square rather than cutting the extra shapes. Here's quick google searched pic:

http://flic.kr/p/5zusgQ

If you can cut a joint like that and have it work properly, you don't need "flashy".

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Look very carefully at the way you're hammering these, you're putting the twist in somewhere in the process. Are you using a wide, flat raising style hammer or just a round face? It could simply be a slight turn of the hammer or a slight change in the angle you're hitting at will make all the differ...

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The original examples I've looked at have shown properly peened nails but there were one or two individual nails that were just bent (these were all in the shoulder area where you might argue that some padding would/could have covered this area meaning the maker knew he could "cut a few corners" as ...

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Nice!

I like that you have a cloak AND a hood.

Very Frederic Lord Leighton style pictures too!

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@James, interesting picture! The guy with the pollaxe (Sorry, Bec du Corbin :roll: ) has what could be leg armour on and I would argue that he could have plate under that coat- (I'm not sure I'd rely on buckling a bevor to a fabric layer). There are historical cases of people fighting with pollaxe/b...

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http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/reenactthis/Man%20E%20Faces/3278251872_db0c85b7be_b-2.jpg http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/reenactthis/Man%20E%20Faces/DSCN2552.jpg Nice pictures Wolf, although I'd want a good bit more armour to back up that pollaxe- at least some form of torso protec...

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Try searching for CORRAZINA (or variant spellings of it) http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0HXPno9U3-7ThiyAYdnDzDabZ2QuNIuNGkw3nBjJYxbtFcFQ2 http://hermineradieuse.aceboard.fr/14766-5135-35189-0-Corrazina.htm shows an original Corrazina in Milan, which (from your description) is what I'd be ...

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Slouching!

And in the presence of a lady - disgusting behaviour!

Sit up straight young man!

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Sorry, they just look like normal canvas/gesso covered pavises to me. I know they look thin but it's very hard to get a decent guage of thickness from a photo. The other compelling arguement (for me) against cuir boille is that I can see no sign of carved or moulded decoration which, given the mediu...

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Chris, of the two harness in Paris, are either of them described as being made for king Francis? I have been told that the reason Henry VIIIs harness wasn't worn in tournament wasn't that the rules got changed, but that Francis' harness hadn't been finished in time. Henry, being a proper sportsman, ...

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If you are planing on pointing through the material make sure you "work" and sew it rather than just punch a hole (just punching a hole will tear and weaken the fibres while working the hole open with a spike is much kinder to the weave). Personally, I wouldn't pass the points through the fabric. I'...

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I've only ever seen that side of that helmet, it is low down, in a cabinet in the corner of European Armoury II which is why it often gets missed by visitors.

A big shame as it is a beautiful and interesting piece!

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Nicely written Graham, and nice work on the greaves! It does take a lot out of your day having to explain stuff to someone else and keep them on track, not to mention the extra space and tools needed when suddenly two people are working in a space organised for one! I happily help other folks where ...

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Not a wood recommendation but I have learned that to get a good fit, cut the wood smaller than your sole outline.

Good advice about soaking the wood prior to nailing, I'll try that next time!

JonT

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