The Armour Archive

Samuel

I too would never wear butted mail again... having worn a butted SS aventail for about 5 months on a helm and it looking moth eaten after its just too much of a hassle to constantly fix. Ive even had riveted fail in combat with busted links from deforming under blows. Master Knuut gets all my busine...

Samuel

My suggestion is use some 12 G as well... when I did mine I used 12 guage all over because of concerns of getting dented.. ( strips deform much faster than solid chunks) the innermost sections like the diamond chunk would probably be okay at 14 guage. but the banding,splints, Y sections I really rec...

Samuel

wow love the upside down "Y" on the back peices .

Samuel

I like to think in terms of deductive reasoning for armor. mail had to have SOME protective quality especially when worn with a gambison or it wouldnt have been so expensive and worn so often during the early days of armor ( accounts of knights pierced with arrows and still fighitng during the crusa...

Samuel

[img]http://www.historicenterprises.com/images_store/products_medium/product_367.jpg[/img] ohh please tell me your using these for sca.... ( I know jeff would sorta cringe that "them scadians are using jousting stuff on foot:) I been meaning to test one of these on a 6'spear for sca use. hope someon...

Samuel

Ive seen this helm in person while it was in the shop. it is a solid, well made nice lines helm IN STAINLESS.

very good helm..

Samuel

sir Mavriki is in the north with a full working shop... may wanna look him up ( he is our current earl marshal)

Samuel

Dude, sorry... but stuff like this happens quite often within the sca.

Samuel

um id suggest not using the scroll saw for metal. Ive found them only to be good at cutting wood.. even plastic tends to fuzz up the blade . you may wanna buy a band saw... fair warning on the miter saw ... it will cut plastic pipe but it can and sometimes does shatter it... how it works on abs plas...

Samuel

wow good eye.

couldnt tell ya. maybe the light ?

Samuel

you didnt roll the edges.....

BLANKENSHIELD WILL HAUNT YOU!

no really, Id suggest rolling the wrist edges back on themselves... it will keep the basubands from riding down your arm and diggin your wrist up..

way cool Idea though

Samuel

awesome.....

Samuel

Quick get him out!!!

hes making that GRUNTIN face...

Samuel

find someone that can Lucet cord and get yourself a cord for that aventail...

wax linen works great....

Samuel

Artourius!!!

RUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSS:)

heheh

really though thats cool..

Samuel

no one will hang around to fight a bunch of ppl yellin that... they will automatically assume we're bat-shit crazy ..... Like they don't already? Kelwin (who's looking forward to some good fighting next week!) well I try but people just dont buy the crazy eye when your wearin it with the big silly ...

Samuel

no no that horse is all wrong for the two of you... as im a pal, Ill take it off your hands and spare you the agonizing joy of riding him... I mean really, one look at that horse and its destined to make Jeff even MORE bow legged... then he will have to make new leg armor to compensate for the curve...

Samuel

the arms are too tight for sca use...

Samuel

I cut lil washers out and used brass round head rivets for mine.

its basically a four lobed washer in 16 guage brass... with a center hole.

Ill try and get some pics of my legs this eve.

Samuel

considering what armor does to tape Id think tool dip would look like chewed ass after a few practices on the striking surface of a sword.

works great on handles though:)
it also covers maces right nice too. since the underlying rubber flexes instead of smashing it between helm and stick.

Samuel

hi there sorry nope its possible to make a ti boss that wouldnt crack using a composite plate esign. Ti is light but is not ductile. a Ti boss would require heavy metal and would crack if it was struck hard enough. I tried to make a few early on in my career. used ,050 and .040 Ti dished hot and co...

Samuel

wait.. some are set on 1" square..

its best you refer directly by posting the link to the pattern your talking about..

Samuel

wheres the carved keel thingy?

Samuel

Oops, now that I have read all of the other threads, I realize that Samuel was just jerking our chains.... Samuel, after Alcyoneus is done with you, perhaps you would be interested in a little jousting lesson sure I can just watch "Knights tale" again and learn all I need to know to beat ya down. i...

Samuel

oh wait I know what your tryin to get...

the LAST WORD...

there I got it:0

Samuel

your kiddin right? we ALL know you calontiri cant see around those shields...

and sure cant see on the ground with the sun in your eyes:)

Ima have ta Send Mathieu over to give you some correctional vision...

Samuel

you asked for it

http://www.livesteelarmor.com/

CAption; " GET IN MY BELLY LIL FRENCH KNIGHT!!!!"

I KNEW u liked the armor alcy.. but posing in it is heresy!!

Samuel

Sir Samuel "Goldberg" is ready fo you !!!!!

IM gettin out my WWF wanna be wrestler belt

you keep muckin w me and Ill post the link again!!!!!!

Samuel

thanks Andrixos,

I just got a 13-15 oz leather side instead. Ill probably buy lammelar around sept though..

Im still kicking around ideas for a kit that fits the lammelar well.

Samuel

Markus,

you make those in TI?

with Alaric gettin me thinking about fiberglassed shields again if your game I wouldnt mind hittin you up for a TI one in a couple months.

Samuel

I owe you one Ducal grade whipping Samuel. Samuel, You do know that Alcyoneus and I go way back. I probably even owe him a little favor or two. Regards, Richard Ansteorra your grace, I know how to deal with you... all I gotta say is Kansas has better BBQ than texas and Ill have ya cussin at me for ...

Samuel

lemme know if there is some special paint or some such. I was told Id have to use some tint in the resin proper to get it colored ( this was in 1997 ) and pretty much gave up the idea after that.. just the thought alone of having four cans of resin all tinted up and NOT expecting it to get everywher...

Samuel

thats all right for a first attempt.

here are some links if you wanna get into it deep.
just goto that page and type shoes...

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/

Samuel

dont confuse the ability to pick me off the ground with light work...I know you "big boys" confuse that on occasion:)

you may wanna pack a sack lunch cause it would be a long day

Samuel

"The Art That Dare Not Utter Its Name"? "A class devoted to that most confusing and sensitive of issues... that's right, male-perpetrated embroidery. Topics covered: disguising those embroidery supplies as armour tools, manly coping skills for dealing with pricked fingers, cunning methods for maxim...