The Armour Archive

Charles Alexander

A buddy of mine is liquidating his collection to cover his rising mortgage. Local people are selling their homes at a lower rate decreasing the value of his so it's not worthwhile for him to sell. http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=1375197&kwd=&zip=17055&category=0 Pictures here -...

Charles Alexander

If Destichado or anyone is willing to give this a shot, I'd be interested in having some aluminum maille anodized.

Charles Alexander

Glaukos the Athenian wrote:Isn't it ironic.

I hope we can try to give him business to allow him justifying making some armor on the side from time to time, so his skill and knowledge are not completely lost.

Glaukos

+1

Keeping the demand ahead of the supply. Doesn't that business model work for Harley Davidson?

Charles Alexander

http://www.thefintels.com/aer/homealuminumanodizing.htm

Anyone ever try this?

Charles Alexander

How many layers of linen?

Charles Alexander

Yep, I'll still take the strips, chausses, brass rings, and one bag of the stainless rings.

I'll pass on the coif.

Thanks

Charles Alexander

I'll take the pliers and loose rings.

Charles Alexander

I'm interested in the chainmail strips, and some of the brass and stainless rings.

Maybe the chausses and coif too depending on price.

Charles Alexander

This concept would probably work very, very well for torso armor, maybe with a little reinforcement inside that still allows the bands to slide and bend at the same time. If each strand is elastic enough and allowed freedom to both flex AND slide a bit at the same time. this could be quite interest...

Charles Alexander

Haven't used it as a seller either, but Google Checkout is probably a good alternative.

Charles Alexander

Deepeeka's products are not made by people who understand what we do, and thus are unsuitable for SCA combat. I've handled several pairs of these, and THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT I WOULD USE THESE FOR ANY TYPE OF SPORT COMBAT. If you wanted something as a conversation piece in your office, that's ...

Charles Alexander

I rather like the design. Would help to see it worn. Does it offer full forearm coverage?

18 gauge? Stainless?

Might be interested.

Charles Alexander

OMG

I'd offer them $100. And that's being generous.

Charles Alexander

Higher tensile strength than regular low carbon steel? At that price, probably not. A higher temper, such as full hard or spring temper, would make for stronger chain. Not as strong as riveted or welded, but definitely better than the bend n stay wire that most steel jump rings are made from. Befor...

Charles Alexander

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Charles Alexander

Not part of his regular inventory, but Cet had a pattern for it when I asked him about it.

Charles Alexander

A great pauldron kit made by Cet from Rough from the Hammer that I never got around to assembling.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6756 ... 76a6_b.jpg

Three lower lames and one upper. Some surface rust.

Asking $45 plus shipping costs.

Charles Alexander

i do believe the stuff for fencing has to be all welded to pass a punch test. I could be wrong, havent looked into it too much since i dont have the money to buy the maile yet I do not know anything about fencing regulations, but the split ring seam is tiny and only in a few places. These split rin...

Charles Alexander

Charles pieced together a nice aventail for my cervelliere. His work was very good and I received many comments on how nice it looked. A lot of guys could not believe it was pieced together. Charles is good people. Unfortunately, the mail doesn't hold up well when rattan hits mail-mail hits helmet ...

Charles Alexander

Because I charge half of what they charge for a shirt in that material. And as I said the rings I use are better.

Charles Alexander

Chris Gilman wrote:If your interested or do not have this source, this material is made by 2 or 3 companies around the world, one of them is in Mass. Whiting & Davis. http://www.whitinganddavis.com/home.htm

Thanks, it's rather hard to find an affordable source. Whiting & Davis charges high on scraps alone.

Charles Alexander

Also, keep in mind this maille is the smallest welded ring size commercially available.

Wire Diameter

.021" .53mm

Ring Size

.150" 3.81mm

Charles Alexander

Ok, here's a less terrible photo. It's a hole I patched with another piece. You can see the patch has rings that are slightly smaller. The seam this time is a little less perfect on the right side as I left the extra welded rings in the connection. The bottom side has some gaps that are not yet join...

Charles Alexander

Do you have a scanner on your printer? You can take surprisingly good pics of flattish objects that way? That's an idea, I'll see if I can borrow one. Here's a poor photo, but it's a start. It's of the seam of two pieces joined together. The red arrows points to gaps left open intentionally. The re...

Charles Alexander

Russ Mitchell wrote:I think sample pictures would be needed, honestly.

Easier said then done with my camera(close-ups are hard to do in-focus), but I will try and get a decent picture.

Charles Alexander

I've made a shirt of maille by fashioning bits of micro-mail together. The same kind of welded material that Atlanta armory sells, and is also used in butcher protection and shark suits. I do this not using welding, but with small high-quality split rings made by the Worth Company(fishing strong). T...

Charles Alexander

Charles Alexander

This brass scale vest was designed to cover the abdomen, similar to the ring of scales seen on some ancient greek armor - http://www.militaryfactory.com/ancient-warfare/imgs/hoplite.jpg Made by a guy on eBay who was making scale suits and vambraces. He's no longer in business apparently. He riveted ...

Charles Alexander

I have several pounds of 16 gauge 3/8 quality solid yellow brass rings. Made by the ring lord, at 1/2 temper, these are fairly strong for brass. I have a half-vest worth of material assembled so far. I should have enough to complete a vest for a medium to large shirt size. I could complete it and eB...

Charles Alexander

Ckanite wrote:spray wd40 onto some steel wool, scour the blade, wipe it down very well, repolish with some oil and enjoy!

I would need a quality grinder. I currently have a made in china piece of junk that has very little power and effectiveness.

Charles Alexander

Konstantin the Red wrote:Try scouring on it with a Pink Pearl eraser.

No luck? Move to Soft Scrub or Bon Ami cleansers. These critters feature soft abrasives that lift gunk and don't scratch stuff, along with cleansing chemistry.

Good suggestions. Thanks

Charles Alexander

I got a gladius, but it was shipped in a styrofoam tube that left black stain marks on both sides...

Not removable with a rag unfortunately.

Any suggestions?

Charles Alexander

Steel mastery does scale work like that.

http://steel-mastery.com/en/scale-and-m ... ale-armour#

The darkened scales look better.

Charles Alexander

I've been buying the punched rings from the Ring Lord for a few years. I've been pleased with the quality of stainless 1/4 size, but as Oddvarr said, they are small. The newer 3/8 size is probably more to the size you would like, however the quality is ok, not great. Even with a small edge, there is...

Charles Alexander

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FS: Auction of collectibles, comics, action figures, etc

Re: Anodizing aluminum

Re: FS Merctailor Steel Buckler and Espauliers

Anodizing aluminum

Re: SCA Greek Hoplite Linothorax Armor

Re: FS: Full(ish) stainless mail kit plus parts and a heavy

Re: FS: Full(ish) stainless mail kit plus parts and a heavy

Re: FS: Full(ish) stainless mail kit plus parts and a heavy

Re: FS Fishbone bazubands

Re: Opinions on Amazon payments?

Re: Deepeeka SCA gauntlets

Re: FS Fishbone bazubands

Re: Seen on E-bay

Re: "high tensile" steel

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: FS: Rough from the Hammer Great pauldrons

FS: Rough from the Hammer Great pauldrons - SOLD

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Making a suit with micro-mail - gauging interest

Re: FS: Brass scale belt - SOLD

FS: Brass scale belt - SOLD

Gauging interest - butted brass maille

Re: Removing stains from blade

Re: Removing stains from blade

Removing stains from blade

Re: Looking for sources for scales.

Re: Review requested of The Ring Lord's solid punched rings

Re: Misc stuff for sale