The Armour Archive

Derian le Breton

And Derian, there is obviously no value whatsoever in your observation that you haven't met these people. i haven't met you either - but that doesn't elevate you to mythic status Wholly untrue; my observation has had precisely the desired effect: 1 - Humor. Perhaps you missed the smiley. This is a ...

Derian le Breton

Nice! Congratulations!

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

The two main tricks to doing this type of chisel work is One: remove alot of material from the center with drills and Two: use special ground chisels. Alot of the lines are 1/8th inch and a few even smaller. A normal cold chisel can easly bend and distort them and they are hard to fix. Why drill? I...

Derian le Breton

The first step is adding electronic. There should always be the possibility for paper, for people who don't/won't connect. But it should be possible to considerably reduce the number of newsletters that go out. I keep hearing about these mythical people... but I've yet to meet one. Personally I str...

Derian le Breton

A hemispherical punch will give a much more appropriate look than a drill bit. I'd use a chisel shaped punch for the lines. Drills and files will leave distinctive tool marks, as well as not producing quite the right type of shape (especially the drill bit!) Make both out of steel, cutting first wit...

Derian le Breton

Adding electronic newsletters would certainly be a huge improvement!

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Already did it. Please help me on my crusade to get rid of the ridiculous waste of printed kingdom newsletters. They're consistently out of date by the time you get them, expensive, and still the sole official source of information for important announcements (such as changes to kingdom law). -Derian.

Derian le Breton

Cool stuff, any close-ups of the brass work?

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Of course!

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Whee, liked!

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Anyone ever gone bowhunting (or even hiking/camping) in medieval garb and other gear? I don't hunt, but I've gone on a couple of hikes in garb. Fun stuff. As for camping, well, duh. Camping is one of the best parts of the SCA, IMO (especially primitive sites with secluded campsites). -Derian.

Derian le Breton

I've got a slab of soapstone in my garage that you'd be welcome to cut a chunk off of if you want. I've got way more than I can use and it's dead easy to work. The tool I use the most for soapstone is one of those little wax carving tools with a triangular blade on one side and a scoop on the other....

Derian le Breton

I'm working on some simple prize medallions for the GWW XIII brewing contest, in brass, copper, pewter, and silver: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/derianlebreton/5002628327/" title="P1010045 by Derian le Breton, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5002628327_ff538b4635.jp...

Derian le Breton

We have a very similarly shaped one; roughly 14" across or so? It doesn't rust, I thought it was aluminum but a magnet sticks to it... it may be a clad alloy of some sort.

We love it.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Effingham wrote:Any of you folks apprenticized to Laurels in your area?

I'm not, though I've been asked.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Dru makes great stuff, and for fitted real turnshoes they're a steal!

http://www.medievalshoes.com/

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

If you use small diameter pins and rivet tightly, the horn will not leak.

Also, make the holes in the horn slightly undersized, so that the shank of the rivet presses up against it tightly (it will be a pain in the neck to push the rivet through, but it's worth it!)

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Rings-Jewelry-Power-Love-Loyalty/dp/0500513643">This book</A> contains a good survey of classical, medieval, and renaissance rings (plus later stuff).

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Trystyn of Anglesey wrote:I've been over this countless time but it just never seems to get old.

And many of us disagree. Life goes on.

Certainly there's a broad spectrum of folks in the SCA. If you tend more towards bunny-fur bikinis, so be it.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

The Iron Dwarf wrote:the estimated weight is 462 kg, not sure of what that is in Lbs but it will be close to 1000

About 1018: http://www.google.com/search?q=462+kg+in+lbs

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

You can do very simple tooling after assembly without too much worry, but significant tooling is better done flat since a) it's easier to work on a flat object, and b) you may need to adjust the sewing after tooling.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Trystyn of Anglesey wrote:It never ceases to amuse me when SCAdians point and call other people LARPers.

Just because you cling to an incorrect definition of LARP doesn't mean the rest of us do.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Looking good!

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Save up for riveted. It's not that expensive these days, especially if you can wait for a sale.

Decide what pieces you want, then start saving a little bit every paycheck until you have enough to buy it.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Point the elbows to a foundation garment, then the vambraces to the elbows. Works like a charm.

I have some arms from Anshelm that I love. Basically these with the crecy elbows:
http://www.anshelmarms.com/sport_armor.html
http://www.anshelmarms.com/elbows.html

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

There's a bunch of armour in my photos from my trip to Turkey in 2007:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/derianlebr ... 245951449/

There's some western European stuff in the military museum and Topkapı palace sections.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Cool! Hurray for new passions!

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Is there a way to search for pennsic (or other events) pictures without being friends with the people who put them up on FB? Depending on the person's settings you may be able to view photos without an account or without being their friend. I don't believe there's an easy search tool though. Flickr...

Derian le Breton

To this random bystander, the fighting generally looked clean. I've certainly seen thuggier crown tourneys.

Long live Skalla and Thaleia!

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

Linking pages (or parts) as images from Google books doesn't work. I get to see something totally diffferent (the top few lines of text of page 125 only). I presume this is caused because I only get a preview from Google, not the full page. In Google books, which pages from a copyrighted book are a...

Derian le Breton

Here are some late 14th century moneyers working in a half-open tent: <IMG SRC="http://books.google.com/books?id=ICILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U2M8iCLJcPBwrhonMPgtAENqtM28w&ci=25%2C776%2C710%2C362&edge=0"> From Giovanni Sercambi's <i>Chroniche</I>, 140...

Derian le Breton

It <i>could</i> be gamboised cuisses with regular decoration. We're all speculating here.

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

I was very sad at being unable to wear my hood at Pennsic (due to the heat - it's thick wool).

-Derian.

Derian le Breton

In mid-14th century England, the penny (and cut fractions thereof), generally about 0.75" diameter, 0.5mm thick (quite thin!), and sterling silver (0.925 fine) was the dominant form of money for the vast majority of people. Groats and half-groats were around, but they were far less common than ...

Derian le Breton

http://www.fishersrenfaire.com

-Derian.

Re: Period demo help needed