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Wow
Nice one Hal

9 year old post...must be a record

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Hi guys =) Thanks for comments :D Yes, shape is different because you cant fit an head whithout changing it. Unless you have a wierd shape head, chin would be outside and would need to wear another helmet under or several paddings. I could have done exactly the same shape, but helm would have turn u...

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Hi and thank you guys http://grand-sud-medieval.aceboard.fr/smile/smileJap.gif I bet it was no walk in the park to make either. Yes Hal, wasnt at all, it drove me crazy http://grand-sud-medieval.aceboard.fr/smile/wobble.gif What were the trickiest parts of it? Fit the 2 parts together, rear one to g...

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Hi guys! Been a while i didnt post my work :) A few week ago i asked some info about the William Staunton helmet. And i just finished it today !! http://home.scarlet.be/~klauwaer/helm/215.gif 16ga mild steel, satin finish. A slight change in the shape to fitt the customer head. Was actually not that...

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I have one. It works fine but not very powerfull, not as much that hand planishing (or mechanical one). Last time i used it, I first made an hand pass for big dents. With a cleaned hammer it makes almost a miror finish, without hammer mark. I use it with a 100L compressor. Bad point is...it is loudy...

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Thanks

The cerveliÃ¨re was started from a 15,7inch circumference sheet (40 cm)
I used 16ga (1.5m) because this is my first raised piece that big and i want to save my wrists

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Thank you =)

Yes a closer pic is what we are looking for ^^

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Hi guys!
Iam trying to find a pic of Staunton effigy, the only one i have is very low res :/

If anyone have one and willing to share...i could use it:)

Thank you!

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Thanks guys

glad you like my work !

Little modifications on the cerveliÃ¨re, thrown away washers.
There are 2 better pics of it, with better light.
[img]http://www.adonfff.net/img/cerveliere/cerveliere019.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adonfff.net/img/cerveliere/cerveliere018.jpg[/img]

Ludo

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Hi all :) Been a while i didnt post my things ^^ There are the two last pieces i just finished: A bascinet : 14ga (welded), with visor (welded and raised) 16ga. I did put my first bascinet lining, very comfortable. [img]http://www.adonfff.net/img/bascinet2/bascinet2011.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.adon...

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Hi! I did try this a few month ago, gotta find some picture of it, its not finished yet, did a mess with my visor so its laying around in the workshop now, will soon start over. Iam pretty sure it was a used method, when you look at some surviving pieces, they really looks likes a shaped cone ^^ Its...

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There is my answer to this

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=QgXV16tu3W8

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By the way, correct spelling is cerveliÃ¨re.

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Good one for Cuirass, Russ!

And welcome on board Marcos

Finally

You are right, about "Serve-a-lee-air", sounds better.

Adonfff

Hmm
Something like:
Serv - a - lyer

The -a- sound (which is the "E" letter) have to be pronouced like "
a dog".
"LL" is "L" but have to put 2 when between 2 vowels.
"I" in french is prounouced like the "E"in english.
And the "Y sound" come from the link between the "I" and the "E"

Hope it helps

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Thank you very much Richard

Glad you like my work

Ludovic

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Some of you already know my work on armours. There it is, decision has been made! The armoury -Armurerie du Vaucluse- shall start during the first days of 2009 8) I'll offer my services as an armourer and will make at your size the pieces of your choice. Using modern and medieval techniques, I'll be...

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Wow..
This is pure beauty

Fantastic work...

Love the"weld writing"

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Fantastic work!
thanks for progress pics

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Kewl

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Mic...Key...M...O...U...S...E! lol yes exactly Text says something like: "This simple bascinet could hav equiped footman of medieval armies. Easy to build and light, it was adapted to poor soldiers. This helmet has 2 rondels at the temples, that are added protections, as it was used to be for armou...

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Wow...nice.
First legs?..hmm how many set of armours without legs did you make before that

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Not really armour - but ...very nice work! congratz:)

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Incidentally, let not even the least French-speaking of us confuse "grÃ¢ce," one of whose meanings is mercy, with "gras," a couple of whose meanings are fat, and unctuous. Greasy or slippery too. One hisses, the other doesn't. That's how you can hear if it's a mercy-stroke -- or a greasy one. And j...

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Thats was good question!
I thought it was just some kind of residues of unburned gaz/coal, like smoke or what that stick to your piece.

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Hi!
http://www.angele.de have some 1 and 2 mm
I've been looking for some for a while and its really hard to get in 1 or 2mm tick.

Only one i found here was 2mm C40, just cant get any carboned steel.

By the way, did you get my PM Duco de Klonia?

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Adonfff thats looking great so far! Did you make this thing in three parts? Two dome shells and a back wrapper? Thank you :D No actually the mark we can see on the half bottom of the helmet is result of a little vinegar bath. It is a one piece cone, dished, rolled and raised ^^ There is scale becau...

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Thank you guys, so interesting :) And thanks Enrico for the pictures!! the second one is sweet, very good view of the visor. Lawrence, I see what you mean about a secondary suspension for linings, i have seen such linings on several helmet (modern) but wasnt using another set of rivets so i didnt th...

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Thanks again Russ. I think the visor can be fitted with vervelles, Lawrence. About this "shadow"...yes it is indeed a flange. As Alcyoneus said, brass rivets migh have been added later, they look to big to me. So are the other on the skull too?not sure about the use of them, they look mysteriously p...

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Hi guys :D Iam looking for some informations about this helm: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Helm_DSC02157.JPG/450px-Helm_DSC02157.JPG What i know about it: Helmet of Duke Ernest of Austria (Northern Italy circa 1400) On display at the annex of the Kunsthistorisches Museum ...

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I was waiting for it...just like the previous ones

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Eww 22 pounds is around 10 kilos!
If yours (very nice, again) is about 5kg, the original one has an average of 3mm tick....a tank!

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Congratz!
It is very nice and has a cool shape

Yeah...might seem not that complicated....but it is surely not!

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Patrick Marshall wrote: the metal curls up downward and drags on my stand.

Hi!
If i understand, this is because your shear is on a too big stand.
Have to be on the smallest stand possible so the metal doesnt meet the stand when cutting.
At least one side have to be on the edge.

Adonfff

Very nice!
If you polish them, dont forget sunglasses !

W. Staunton helm

Looking for W.Staunton effigy pic.

Welded bascinet and raised cerveliÃ¨re

Armurerie du Vaucluse, new French armory

Duke Ernest of Austria Helmet

Re: HF throatless, question