The Armour Archive

Ckanite

IMHO I would roll out of the eye slot to have a sort of a stop rib as opposed to rolling inwards to give a clean and finished look.

Ckanite

Very cool! It looks like it would be great for rattan combat, but that visor looks mighty dangerous to me. It does look like it is a very confused time/place type thing.

Ckanite

Here's what I have. I'm sorry the picture's so blurry. The shop was real dusty at the time

Ckanite

Ahh I'm glad that clears things up a bit. For needle files I have a series of holes drilled into a small board and that it screwed into the supports for my bench, tucked nicely out of the way but still handy. As to the Larger files, I made a stand for them. I made it look like a "moon man" standing ...

Ckanite

:lol: Centuries from now, someone on a board like this one will exclaim, "Oh, I had no idea the word 'file' also meant THAT back then!" :lol: Yeah, Like why don't you just download the file from the cloud to a jump chip if you are afraid of loosing it? Not like anything on the cloud is ever really ...

Ckanite

Hold on a sec. What kind of file are we talking about? Keegan and KtR both have great ideas, but one doesn't suit your needs me thinks.

Ckanite

It looks like you have a pretty good handle on that mini-fort. As to the tube, I like the fourth iteration the best. Jest seems to catch my eye. Now a few suggestions, if you will be 3-D printing this, why not make this tube something crazy? Like a real cipher that has to be spun and toyed with to u...

Ckanite

I think I'll have to try that one!

Ckanite

WOW!! That is some sexy metal!!

Ckanite

Welcome and well come! There are a few things before we begin. Okay, so cool, you found our dark little corner. Now tell us about yourself. What do you want to do with your new persona? Heavy combat? Play D&D? LARP? Look nerdy with the rest of us? What skill level do you have with tools? What kind o...

Ckanite

Not a fan of it, but the work looks very well put together! I especially like how you made the eyes work. I've never been able to work plastic that well before. Well done!

Ckanite

That's pretty sweet!

Ckanite

Beautiful! Thank you!! Now my next question. What denotes it as the "royal garter"? And what does it say?

Ckanite

What's the "royal garter"?

Ckanite

James, any idea as to why they would put the linen under the leather?

Ckanite

I would roughly hammer it first at the edge of an anvil and then move on to the v groove swage block. The pre forming will make your life much easier when you move to the swage.

Ckanite

Sweet! I really like the contrast!

Ckanite

Beautiful! Any particular reason the shaft is separate from the handle? Also what stain and gloss did you use to finish it all up? It really complements the steel and brass work

Ckanite

Google: local steel yards OR go to home depot, they will have some small sheets to start learning technique on.

Ckanite

Can we have some more pics please!!??!!?? Those look SWEET!

Ckanite

Keegan Ingrassia wrote:Not as much fun, though.

Well..... yeah. It's been a long trip and I loved it. Plus I can do and make a TON of stuff for myself now in a pinch.

Ckanite

In my modest shop I have around 4,000 in tools, plus no idea how much in steel I've gone through and how much time I have invested in learning. Put it all together and it really adds up. Probably to the tune of at least 9-10,000.00 and I'm still not at my goal of a full combat harness. It would have...

Ckanite

Interesting. Seems kinda time consuming to do it that way. Is there any particular merit for it? Does it hold up better to roping? nothing is done on armour just because...

Ckanite

Looks like you can cook Canadian bacon on it. Seems like just about the perfect tool for me. If it could toast an English muffin as well, I would have the perfect set for me. Make me a samich in the mornin' then have a beer, then another and another, then play with dangerous tools.... and another sa...

Ckanite

I really like that shape of that visor!

Ckanite

Jelly roll? I've done hollow, never wired, but I get the idea. What's the jelly roll method?

Ckanite

Ehh depends. Most of my stuff is unplanished, but it's also usually a free-form artsy work. Any armour that I DO make to do anything other than backyard sparing gets a decent planish with no grinding.

Ckanite

When I get some money, I'll send some your way.

Ckanite

Well.. I.D. does have a point...

Ckanite

Looks decent to me! But never underestimate a stump for dishing. Never.

Ckanite

On the subject of moisture wicking properties, is there a bamboo cloth that you know of that would have similar properties? Or is that just good for helmet stuffing?

Ckanite

http://www.picresize.com

resize and edit here till it works. Took me longer than I want to admit to learn how to post pictures...

Ckanite

I've done it before and I have a few guys always on the lookout with a razor knife. I give them $10.00 every time they bring me a good chunk of leather. They go out on trash day. Super cheap, and usually pretty decent leather for what I pay.

Ckanite

I like. Looks pretty slick already!

Ckanite

I think it would be roughly twice what it takes to make a t-shirt. Two layers to support the metal plates. But it should be much cheaper on the whole.

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