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Romulus

The Manese codex (14ht Century) shows lots of mantles, so I am going to infere that torses may have also been involved. And then there are lots of torses illustrated in the 15th century as well.

Romulus

Thank you very much II, that pretty much has it all right there. I can get started on that tonight then.

Romulus

Thank you. Why I can never remember that word is beyond me.

Romulus

I can't for the life of me remember what the spiral colored band that wraps around the brows of helmets is called, so first I am looking for a gentle reminder in that regard. Secondly, I am wondering if folks have ideas on how to make them? Are they one solid coloured tube with a second color wrappe...

Romulus

I have to go buy some steel for my bar grill today. What is the minimum thinkness? 1/4"? "Bars used in the face guard shall be steel of not less than 3/16 inch (4.8 mm) in diameter, or equivalent. If the span between crossbars is less than 2 inches, 1/8-inch diameter bars may be used." An Tir Book o...

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I have terrible luck trying to add photos. Can someone tell me how to get the picture to appear within the actual post? I have 3 photos, I just cant get them to load. I select the photo, hit the "add the file" button, get the pop up, and it never goes any farther than that.

Romulus

I have been wanting a kettle helm for my mid 14th century Italian condottiere persona for a while now, as my sallet just doesn't work for the period. I have sought the advice of a couple very talented folks here on the archive on how to build one (Thank you MadMatt for your detailed information) but...

Romulus

Here is my new buckler. I am pretty happy with the the belt hanger/ thumb brace especially. What type of combat do you plan on using your buckler for, because if it's SCA I see a huge thumb injury in your future.... Combat archery. Its for stopping arrows in box tournaments if I run out of arrows o...

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What kind of material did you use for you CoP?

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Here is my new buckler. I am pretty happy with the the belt hanger/ thumb brace especially.

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I've seen free collar depcited with bacinets, motably in some of the movies about Aggincourt (sp?) Is anyone aware of some modern examples of those? Work has started on my kettle helm, and I would very much like to capture that look somehow.
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For those who ordered one, what is a Crecy axe, and what does it look like?

Romulus

Check the house, make sure there weren't any Lanisters hanging around. There is a strong correlation between the presence of Lanisters and falling children.

Romulus

Yeah, The rubbing I was looking at upon further inspection looks like a great bascinet with a kettle helm on top. There is still the painting from Crecy, but in my earlier question, it was pointed out that the painting from the battle of Crecy was made a little after the fact (65 ish years). It does...

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Yeah, that strikes me as being a bit later than I am thinking. What I have in mind is more of almost a bascinet back to the helm with a snow plow like lower face guard which is sometimes attached also to bascinets of the time. I'd attach picutres but am having trouble doing so at the moment. Turns o...

Romulus

Greetings, I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried to make or seen a modern recreation of a Kettle helm with a lower faceguard . I have seen them pictured in a picture painted representing the Battle of Crecy and a picture in Brian Prices Book on 14th Century armour. I am having a swanky new kettle h...

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Yeah, that palm nailer is brilliant. I assume there is some way to take it appart to suitably dish the stricking surface to dome the rivet?

Romulus

The Iron Dwarf wrote:

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Thats what I was thinking of. Thank you and the other who offered their solutions to a potential knucklebusting weekend.

Romulus

I could have sworn at some point there were hammers posted on this forum that were used to pein rivets inside of helmets. My standard hammer to not work well for this job, and I'm getting really for this stage of the process. I keep thinking the hammer I have seen has a long, curved 'neck'. What do ...

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So, I'm going to India in a couple weeks, and I wondered if it would be worth the time to try and track down any direct manufacturers to see if I could get some gear a little bit cheaper direct from the source. Has anyone ever tried this, or know of a place to get gear direct? Any advice would be we...

Romulus

Thank you for your prompt reply. I will give more involved thought then to putting some paint on my new helmet and not feel as though it is completely inaccurate.

Romulus

Greetings. I am thinking of painting my next helmet rather than going with the snazzy polish job. I have seen a number of painted examples of 'black sallets', which I quite like, but I am thinking of a slightly earlier era, say hundred year war/ crecy. How common were painted helmets in that time fr...

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How about the horse?

Kidding aside, what outer blue material did you make your coat of plates of?

Romulus

Will do. I'll get some pics up this week.

Romulus

I'm in central British Columbia, Canada.
I'm off to An Tir/ Tir Righ war this weekend and my armour smithing mentor is going to be at this event, and and going to bring a couple of my botched projects with me, and hopefully he can give me a couple pointers.

Romulus

Well, despite all the great advise, 3 hours of fussing, cursing, and sweating resulted in no more success than I have had previously. I think among my other problems is the pattern is small, and I'm going to have to make it bigger. for the amount of money I am spending on steel trying to figure this...

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yes, my helm is too late. I've been trying to build my own bascinet, but its not working out for me. I've ditched that project and going back to my spangen kettlehem that has been collecting dust for a while. Yes, I do know a fellow named William. The lacing on the prod is loose and the little brass...

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You know it

The mitten gauntlets I made wil be there too, but I've loaned those to a buddy, as I can't really use them.

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The metal in the guantlets is 18 guage stainless. On the inside of the cuffs are 4 small plates just smaller than the cuff itself, held inplace with the rivets. Its all nicely adjustable, with buckles on the cuff and metacarpal peices. Its also made for me. Both the stainless hourglass demis and the...

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Inspired by Wisby, these are the archer gauntlets I made for myself after it turned out the stainless ones were chewing up my crossbow. They work very well, helping me to my first box CA tourney win. I've also attached a couple shots of the rest of my rig. I've made everything you see. The sallet, t...

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Thank you for your clear and articulate explanations.

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Man, I know people comming and going from India all the time. I'm going to start paying attention to those kinds of deals in the future. The trick will be to convince them to squeeze that in their suit case on the way home along with the piles of sarhi's and assorted goodies that tend to get priority.

Romulus

It would appear you have made the visor from 2 peices. Is it easier to get the concave curve of the lower visor bit that way? A couple of us are looking at large, almost snowplow-esquwe bevors for various bascinetes, and doing them in 2 peices to get that kind of curve was about the fastest andeasie...

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This spring we had a ally come up and put on a helmet building workshop where I learned the fine art of trimming helmets prior to welding, which has since vastly improved my ability to make them. However, in this instance, there would have been very little left after I trimmed all the wonky stuff of...

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Well, I have an anvil, so maybe I'll give that a wirl as well. Hopefully Sunday will meet with better results. I really want to do this back point kettlehelm, but darn if this isn't a touch frustrating. The good news is my ultra saucy Wisby archer's gauntlets are complete and have exceeded my expect...

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