The Armour Archive

Browin Auld

Perfect symmetry is overrated. You'd be hard pressed to find a period piece of armour that is as meticulously labored over to the degree that many modern makers do in terms of making a true mirror image on either side.

Browin Auld

Try this link:
https://plus.google.com/photos/10985328 ... uGy_rTI0gE

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Hello Marcos, If you have a gmail account, you should be able to access the pictures by just clicking on the link I posted. You should be able to look at the pictures as they are, but apparently there is some setting that requires my permission to "share" the album? I'm not sure why that is, but I'l...

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Tom B. - You're welcome! The only thanks I need are for you not to be shy with what you do with the pictures.

coreythompsonhm - Did you see the link I put up on your thread? If you have a google account you can check out the pictures of that suit I put in it's own album. Is that work still going?

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Ok, I'm getting the itch again to head down to the Met. I just uploaded some photos of a previous trip and it makes me wanna go back... I'm headed down specifically to get some close-ups of the heavily chased and repousse'd pieces. I've taken a bunch of shots of what they had on other trips but I th...

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I was going through my many pictures of the trips I've taken over to the Met (I live about a 2-hour train ride away) and I came across a bunch I'd taken of this very suit you're going for. I've uploaded them to my Google+ account, unfortunately you need a google account yourself to be able to view t...

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This is a very dryly presented yet thoroughly informative tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzDYorK8i38

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wcallen wrote: It appears that they cared... when they cared.

That's got to be one of the best "Wade-isms" I've heard yet

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Yup, Matt summed it up pretty nicely there

The reason I asked if it was for SCA was for that same reason. It seemed like a perfectly fine design compromise for the clearance requirements, but if that wasn't a concern then some tucking was needed. Good luck!

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My one criticism would be that I think it looks super tall compared to the originals, especially the distance from the lip down to the chin. Most of the Japanese face protection I've seen have a shorter span from those points and tend to jut out quite a bit more. It looks like you should have enough...

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Is this for a SCAdian?

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Do you have any pictures of the sort of pieces you had in mind? I work in a shop that does a lot of custom cutlery and we'd be happy to check out a project with historical influence.
http://www.dragonsbreathforge.com

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I may be interested in the linen "gown". What sort of measurements does HE consider a small?

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Where can one go to get the data on the thicknesses of different parts of historical pieces like this? Is there a fairly uniform thickness throughout or do they also have varying telltale areas?

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One of the best pieces of advice I've been given in terms of holding chisels / punches / little fiddly tools is to be mindful of how firmly you're holding them. The ideal I've found is to hold them only as firmly as necessary to keep them at the appropriate angle. There's a tendency to want to keep ...

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I second Mac's request, I gave the benefit of the doubt that you were using it as shorthand but it can come across as having a very different tone.

Edit - and ditto his offer to delete this comment if changed.

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As with armour from any culture from any time period, the best thing you can do for yourself is spend a lot of time looking at pictures of the originals you're trying to emulate. These three here are probably a bit intense as examples but if nothing else you can see pretty clearly the ways the separ...

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Normally I wouldn't pass up an opportunity to lie on the floor of a well-trafficked New York City building, but I already have plans for tomorrow. I do, however, take frequent train trips into the city for the express purpose of spending as much of the day my feet will allow wandering the Met. I'll ...

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Sevastian - Yup, $900 USD, plus shipping. Unless you guys hold out long enough and Jamie gets desperate enough to pay to ship it

MJBlazek - that's weird, did it give a reason for filtering? I thought we nixed the dirty pictures a while back...

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My shopmate Jamie Lundell just finished this guy up recently, it was made with SCA folks in mind, this thing is a beast: http://dragonsbreathforge.com/images/store/armorstore/spangen1.jpg All stainless, 14 ga. (yes, even the "brassy" parts, that was done with a super-secret technique ;) ) Unfortunat...

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Well for starters, quick rivets (or sometimes I hear them called Jiffy rivets) are NFG for anything other than cheapo costume-grade stuff. If these rivets are going to be put on gear that is meant for SCA combat, I'd recommend either you or your friend download a copy of the Marshal's Handbook. Ther...

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Clip the edges! Gawd, it's so simple. I've always wrestled with patterns that need to compress or expand in certain areas and, well... they just can't in a single sheet. I don't know why it never occurred to me to snip along edges to allow it to do just that. Thanks Mac, this little tidbit is going...

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Personally, I think you made the right aesthetic choice. Having three large lames that are at least visually identical in size just seems.. clunky to me. Little to no variation in dimensions among those lames comes off as somewhat mechanical to me. I really like the revised version.

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Damascening, from what I understand, doesn't require any channels to be carved deeply into the surface. Simple scoring the surface with a very hard blade-like tool provides enough texture for the soft metals like gold and fine silver to "grab" onto. India has their own version - koftgari. The proces...

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I think Slank's got it, I think it's pretty safe to say we've got some great bascinets here.

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I second everything Kyndir said.

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I would just like to take a moment to point out the stroke of genius that is using castings of poker chips for the texture and high degree of adjustability.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/301140668438?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 I have an approximately 24" circ. head and this fits me with ample room for 1/2" padding. Skull is two 12 ga. halves welded down the center, lower pieces are 14 ga. Cross is 1/8" phosphor-bronze with brass rive...

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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8lyGdxusoco/UzNCEqiligI/AAAAAAAADH4/fCvW6HHczvY/s800/cullet%2520from%2520below.jpg I, personally, am a fan of both the idea and term "arsette". :lol: Also - the flute count on the backplate is asymmetrical. 3 on the left, 4 on the right. Wasn't sure if that was an...

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I am very interested in a number of details on this suit, as well as those gauntlets. Watching this one.

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In my ongoing quest to make armor that betrays my fighting skill level :lol: This is looking great, I'll be watching this thread. One question I have is the vambrace with the pattern side up has 2 "missing" rivets - is this for future straps? If so, then why only one on the other set? Or was that a...

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Well, I just finished my first of what I'm sure will be many read-throughs of this thread, and all I can say is that this has been a real joy to spend the morning taking it all in. Some of my first thoughts have been of putting this on the list of "required reading" for newbies. Despite the fact tha...

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I made a metal one a few months back when a couple large commissions were threatening to come my way... All these links here show different views. All the frame members were made from stainless bits we had left over from different railing jobs and the wooden blocks down below came with the casters a...

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Hal's got it down pat. If you keep your heat source right on it until the color you want shows, you've gone too far. Also, I can't understate the importance of NO FINGERPRINTS or oil of ANY kind on the surface. It will stick out like a sore thumb and there's nothing to be done about it except refini...

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I saw this and was just about to make a post about it. It seemed REAAALLLY shady to me. The stuff is clearly meant for SCA combat and yet the description makes no mention of it.

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