The Armour Archive

Ckanite

It all depends. What's the material and how much does he want etched? I only do small things with heavish detail and I WILL NOT touch stainless. A B&B is kinda large for me personally, but if it's only a small bit... maybe.

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Best place to start.

And please provide pictures!!

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Oils like goo gone and the like.

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WOOT!

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Not sure what to do with it, BUT I do know how to get that stupid poly stuff off. Clear packing tape, hard roller, rip tape off. Works great and doesn't ruin the leather with scraping. I had the same problem a few months before my Grandma died. One of the many gems she passed on to me. No idea how, ...

Ckanite

It looks like it has some sort of a ring mount on it on the far left side.

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Oh I wish I could afford the trip down there!

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I have to partially disagree with KRed at my own peril. While the threads he suggested are good beginner threads, I believe the best to be Mac's thread, though that is much more advanced. Also, for beginners, a welder is a HUGE tool. It is our ductape. Can't figure out how to raise, stretch and comp...

Ckanite

I'd say $150.00. Just because of how much resurfacing you're going to have to do to get it nice again. Damn good find though!

Ckanite

Here's a 14thC men's purse which I finished recently as a present for my brother. I'ts a composite of 3 extant purses. It's entirely hand sewn using historic tools & techniques, and at some stage when I find time I'll do a scan of the patterns and release a how-to PDF for it. https://lh3.googleuser...

Ckanite

Ckanite...Same here! I'm going to join the SCA really soon. The main reason is so I can find an armor shop. I have dishing stumps, some hammers and other various tools for leather and plate, but I don't have a stake plate, and I need hands on learning... Make one. And keep at it! It's how I've lear...

Ckanite

I'm actually not in the SCA yet. I just really love building things and I can't get enough.

ETA: Welcome and Well come!

Ckanite

Sean, that sounds like a very good assessment of things. And you need you're manufactures just as in practice as your warriors for when you need to ramp up for war.

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Halberds wrote:Watch out for the political section it has nothing to do with armour making and study.

Welcome aboard.

Hal

Yes, but if the OT forum is a good place to let off some steam, then the PC forum is a great place to build it back up.

Ckanite

~psst~ Mac, don't tell that to my brother who takes his Camaro camping with a canoe strapped on the top...

Ckanite

Well the Eagle helm is pretty sweet, and I really like the crest on the chicken helm, but it kinda lends itself to a joke or two... ;) Any way you could get us more shots or that Eagle helm? Your pricing is way outta my range, but or the amount of work that you put into that beauty, it seems more th...

Ckanite

James Arlen Gillaspie wrote:She's wearing a surprising amount of clothing, too. I wonder if there is anything to the fact that our 'Mars' is wearing a cuirass but no gorget? Sometimes such paintings carry subtle messages, for those who can read them.

Well, please help us unlock them! Help us read and understand!

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Very slick!

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Well....That isn't a very attractive Venus either...

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I call dibs on the one with the chickens!

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Ahh okay

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I'm not quite sure that I get it either...

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Yeah, when this was originally brought up I though that the material would bind...

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Out of the position I guess the left bracket may have something to do with the attachment of a targe... see here: gallery_266_99302.jpg Blair(1972).jpg The bracket in the middle may be for the attachment of the grande guard or/and the bevor. I made once a hook inside the bevor so you don't have to ...

Ckanite

Those are cool, particularly the compression articulation. I wonder if you could make a form to press the elbow cops in so they would have a deeper profile which would make the articulations on the outer part of the arm work even better? Have to be careful not to thin the cops too much though. I do...

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Wouldn't that more depend on the angles and spacing of the bumps?

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Actually, never mind Mac, As I was thinking it out on paper I figured out that I was completely false on my thinking...

It's been one hell of a week

Ckanite

Actually, that's just about what I had in mind. I know that you want to keep it as tight as possible, and having the box catch even a hair high could be disastrous. What I was getting as was that the thickness of the ears themselves might throw off your careful calculations just a hair too much and ...

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I really like the first set of flutes that you had drawn on. I also like the dog ears one the catch. Would you be able to work those into a seamless part of the motif? Maybe cut out a section and weld them in it's place and then shape the edges or raise up the center high enough? The reason I said c...

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Solution, make some 16g plate, heavily fluted (as many glancing angles as possible) as a base layer, then a dense cushion like high density foam, and then an outer layer of glassed Kevlar. Actually, if I could get my hands on some Kevlar, I would love to try this experiment...

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Wow. Very well done!

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Hand tools hurt Machines maim Measure twice, cut once, if you even think about hurrying take a break or you will botch it and have to do it again anyway When using power tools ensure that the item is clamped down, tool parts/drill bits etc are secured properly lest they become missiles or helicopte...

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Very well done! I may have to do a new sallet now... That way you did yours, makes mine look like an unimaginative turd :lol: Just so that we're on the same page, by keel, you mean the top ridge? I've always heard it referred to as a comb or a ridge... Also, that's one hell of a shine you put on it!...

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Does the Eezox still have an odor did that disapate when it dried? Thanks again for doing this; who knew watching rust form would be entertaining! 1911 Forum has some interesting comments on that subject, considering some of it's from guys using Hoppes #9 as cologne. :wink: Solvent evaporates in a ...

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I ALWAYS wear my leather apron. I have the chest area reinforces a bit. Really helps. Plus, it's much much much less likely to catch fire than my shirt and it helps to direct sparks and filings away from me... ETA: The reason I've reinforced the chest area is I have a small knife embed itself in my ...

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