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Talbot

RenJunkie wrote:Sweet, I'll have to look into that. Should I mention you when I see him? lol

Thanks,
Christopher

Feel free to tell him how we connected.

Doug

Talbot

Here is a picture to illustrate my point. [img]http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/armour/super%20closeup.JPG[/img] This is a super closeup of the inside of an excavated German bascinet circa 1370 showing the vervelle from the inside. Those holes you see are the lining holes and are smaller than an pe...

Talbot

Revival does some excellent work. Wait till you see what is coming next!!!!

Talbot

If I were choosing I would go with A&C. I have dealt with them in the past and they are easy to work with and open to changes in design. Also just because they don't have something listed as an option, ask. They tend to only put things up on their website that customers have asked for in the past. ...

Talbot

If you are looking at the Leather Factory you might want to know tat Terry Tindall, who works there, is in the SCA. He has made armour and lots of leather stuff. Maybe he can open a door for you.

Talbot

Could you post a pic or two? I'm assuming these are in the Rhodes book, which I don't have. (I can probably look at it next weekend if I go to Coronation, though) These are not published in the Rhodes book. They came out of Chalcis. They are not often published but there are quite a few of them. Fi...

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You are welcome to come join us when we wok on Fridays. The only difficulty is my schedule. I am working on my doctorate so I cannot work every week.

Where in Chicagoland will you be living?

Talbot

Definitely a segmented bp. The cuirass armors I wouldn't consider split in the middle, since there is overlap. Do any of the cop that open in the center have a reinforcing plate underneath? Any evidence of them via rivet holes, if no plates survive? Some cloth garments have fabric to cover the gaps...

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Durasteel Corporation wrote:picture is very similar to some of the cuirasses with the parallel lines running down them....

So are those parallel lines....the equivalent to a spangenhelm band.

Spangencuirass?

I see the lines as possibly representing applied borders like the ones on Churburg #13

Talbot

Alcyoneus wrote: You really don't want a split in the center of your torso

While I agree this is not optimal there are plenty of examples of armour that is split in the center of the torso. look at the so-called waistcoat cuirasses of the 16th century or even the roughly contemporary corrazinas.

Talbot

For me this is the most convincing picture of a segmented breastplate like Churburg #13.

[img]http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/armour/1393_Conrad_von_Bickenbach-Germany2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/armour/1393_Conrad_von_Bickenbach-Germany.jpg[/img]

Talbot

I believe the suit was made in the early 20th century by Ernst Schmidt of Germany.

Talbot

Interestingly, there is a helmet which was excavated from the field of the battle of Sempach where he died in 1386. It is a typical conical snouted, side pivoted "international-style" bascinet.

Talbot

Belt mounts... not strap ends and buckles, they are easily obtained. The mounts, on the other hand (the wee decorative things spaced around the belt, 1" or less in size) are extremely hard to find outside of Europe. I have two new ones in the works right now. What sorts of thing would you like to s...

Talbot

Contact the Archive member "Jon" at Jon@armlann.com and he can make you anything you need with any ammount of support desired.
You can check out his work at http://www.armlann.com

He does great custom work as well.

Talbot

I need to correct something. My gautlets are actually thicker than I thought. They are closer to 18 than 20. They are spring though. The gauntlets I made are 20 spring. I was remembering wrong. The point is the same because I have not had any problems with my gauntlets either.

Talbot

My gauntlets are properly hardened 20 gauge (1050) spring steel. They have been hit HARD by some of the toughest, meanest, bad-assed guys out there. I have NO dents after ten years . I do have a lame that has popped but that is the mild steel rivet shearing after being hit in the hand by Duke Edmund...

Talbot

There is no reason to add a washer to a vervelle. I have handled many orignal bascinets and none ever had washers. The only reasons I can think of to so this would be aesthetics (Alcyoneus prefers the look) or because you do not want to cut down the shank so you need to build up the thickness of the...

Talbot

Here is another vervelle update. I did a small batch of the larger vervelles in both brass and stainless steel. I tested them today. The stainless ones worked flawlessly. I will be adding these to the line right away. The brass ones worked much better but there was still some flaking on the rivet sh...

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Guy Dawkins wrote:What is the thing under the stump for?

http://www.karlofgermany.com/section1.htm

It is a bead rolling jenny.

fFoulkes discusses this particular piece in the Armourer and his Craft.

Talbot

Here is a vervelle update. I just wanted you all to know I have not forgotten about your vervelle needs. I have plenty of the smaller vervelles in stock right now. I am working on softening the larger vervells so they are not brittle. I will be doing destructive testing on a new little batch in the ...

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My bad!

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I would be depending on the video quality (link not working right now). For instance I have HWMA videos, the German produced "The Ochs Present The Longsword of Johannes Liechtenauer, Part I" is fantastic, filmed with in a studio with a pro camera man. The DVD Brian Price put out of a seminar he hos...

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Laurie Wise wrote:Here is a Viking Age Eagle/Raven "spanne" (pin) from the Kalmar Museum. Look closely at the decoration on its' back.

Very nice!
Very Norse!

What is the date?

Talbot

What is the source for "Dyeing veg tan leather black"? It would be very helpful to me if you had a 14th century (or slightly earlier) source for this. It would end an argument I have been having over black leather.

Talbot

As many of you know I have had trouble with the turned vervelles. I am working on the issue right now. I hope to have softer prototypes done in the next week or two and then I will try to break them. If they hold up I will begin production again. I will also have the smaller ones back in stock in ab...

Talbot

accdntprone wrote:Talbot, long time no hear from. Nice to see your still alive. Try to make the Aurora fighter practice on tuesday?
Oh, hello to you too Vitus. Sorry to co op your thread.

I cannot make tuesday practices. My doctoral classes are on Tuesdays.

Talbot

email sent. Sorry I missed this thread. I have been really sick off and on from Novermber through January. It has sucked/.

Talbot

Al little more info about what aspect you woudl like to learn about would be helpful. Here are some different directions you could go: Four Gohic Kings and The Wars of the Roses (Yes this one covers the late 14th century and into the 15th) are both large-format, splashy, visually-ornieted histories ...

Talbot

Here is a pic. The chalcis suit in the met also uses this motif on its few original brass elements.

Talbot

I have made two of the helmets like you describe. They are not common items among armourer's though. You may have to find an armourer willing to do custom work. Unfortunatley that does not usually come cheap. I will have the instructional booklet on how to make it done sometime this spring if all go...

Talbot

Any evidence of wigglework on the brass? I put it on my buckle plates and strap ends. The goal of my current suit/ project is just to get the shapes right and working together. I've not been looking into the brass edging. Wigglework is by far the most common form of ornamentation on the brass edgin...

Talbot

My books are in storage for a possible move and I hate to ask such a blonde question, but... In period (and period for me being the mid~late 14th Century in and around Woodstock Castle in England) was armour actually trimmed in brass or latten (sp?) for well to do knights or is it more a royal thin...

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I can hardly wait!

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Re: 14th C Armour Question... 'Brass Trim'