The Armour Archive

Otto

That's what I was thinking that I was told before... I'm going to have to try one tonight... I'll post a pic as soon as one is available.

Otto

OK, I remember that I want to use approx. a 9 inch disc to construct a shield boss... and I want about a 1 inch flange on it... but... how deep is a "normal" shield boss? I've seen very shallow ones to ones that must be six inches deep that almost must have been 2 pieces welded.

Otto

I use either household or sewing machine oil... and I put a drop or two on the blade... cut about a foot worth of cutting (depending on the material being cut) and then put another drop or two, give the blade 30 sec. or so to cool and cut some more.

Otto

I do some armour fairly cheap... and fast turn around (no backlog for now)

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Otto

My experience with this kind of thing never seems to mirror that of others... I have had the best luck on stainless with plain old black and decker "bullet" bits (the ones made for steel, of course). I just run it slow or use the press, make sure to oil the bit, and it works fine... I don't burn the...

Otto

Also e-mailed you... couldn't do the all your needs, but maybe some.

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Otto

Well, as long as we're asking... did mine go out, or still waiting??

Otto

POD... sent my payment for small tank/deep bowl out yesterday morning.

Otto

Thanks for the answers... Sinric, wrote to you seperately on a related issue.

Otto

I thought I'd try Sinric's Greathelm pattern... and I notice that the pattern is drawn on graph paper. Are the big squares supposed to be 1 inch per square? When I printed the pattern, the squares come out to 3/4 inch...and the pattern does look like it might be a bit small... do I need to up the pa...

Otto

Wouldn't a round top "pembridge" type helm work for that period... or perhaps a sugarloaf greathelm? Both period styles, both eyeslot type helms and I think both fall into the period you're looking at.

Otto

Oops, my ignorance is showing...

so, what's the line of rivets above the occulars for? just decoration or is something attached there?

Otto

I feel like doing a replica of the coppergate helm this summer, as time permits. The question I have is this... the helm is rivetted as one can tell from the holes in the missing parts edges. Also, from looking at the parts of the helm which are still complete, one can tell the rivet heads were file...

Otto

Oh, and nice Mr. POD person... please have my small cut at about the 12 inch level... that's approx. the height of the others you sent me... and I'd love to have them all the same height.

I'll pay the extra shipping with no worries.

Otto

I'm sorry, I know this isn't helpful... but I just keep seeing the thread title, "Looking for Pigface", and I think, "Try looking at the other end of the pig!"

Otto

Years ago, I wore a heavy maille vest in combat. Several times it made one of my knees give out due to the extra weight and a prior skiing accident. Funny, when a knee gives out... it's not a slow, agonizing fall. You just drop like a puppet with the strings cut... then enjoy the pain. But, gotta ad...

Otto

Gundo... must really suck.

But on the bright side, at least you are still able to pursue your armouring interest... (if not as fully as you'd like). So it's not lost to you... just slowed down.

Good Luck!

Otto

Engenulf... would you happen to have site addresses for those places?

Thanks!

Otto

I'm planning on expanding my line of helms by 3 or 4 styles over the next couple few months... so as not to stray too far from my current strengths, I'm looking to add a norse and a norman spangenhelm to my lists. What I'm looking for is a website to look at to get some ideas, style-wise. I have no ...

Otto

I've put some gorgets on Ebay... they're easy to find, so I won't bother posting the links...

but you'd get one quicker and probably cheaper by ordering direct from me.

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Otto

Guillaume2... if you're only doing "one time" type armour for yourself, just use the stump... but, if you are going to continue doing armour, a good dishing form (or set of them) is a definite "must" on your list. With a dishing form, shaping is quicker and more uniform. And, the oxy tanks offered b...

Otto

I've been disappointed by most exotic type metal blades and bits (read cobalt and titanium) I never did get the bang for my buck out of those. For cutting stainless or mild with my jigsaw, I use a normal, cheap, 17 tooth per inch metal cutting blade. Oil it up with some household oil, cut a few inch...

Otto

I haven't gotten an answer back on my e-mail, did you get it? I'd be happy to trade, or buy it outright ($25 plus shipping). If my e-mail didn't get through, you can find me either here or at sbvast@yahoo.com ------------------ Otto's Armoury (home of one HIGHLY overworked armourer!) http://www.memb...

Otto

I've sent you an e-mail about the bow... I hope it is still available.

Thanks!

Otto

Just a note, I didn't mean the interior of the dishing bowl, but the interior of the tank itself, the part I will generally never see or use. I'd just like to keep the items in good condition. I suspect they'll see years of use. On a side note, I do oil the bowl after use to keep the rust down and m...

Otto

I got my medium and large oxy tank/dishing forms from POD a couple of weeks ago... This might just open up a whole new area of fun for me. Just for chuckles I hammered a helm dome panel that normally takes me about 40-50 minutes to shape and planish. In less than 5 minutes, I had a dome panel that I...

Otto

I gave up selling especially helms on Ebay... it worked great for awhile, then several months ago, it became the land of the cheap. My helms aren't as nice as yours, but the folks buying on Ebay expected them almost for free.

Otto

Anything on my site that you want?

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Otto

Yes indeed I did T-Bob... just waiting for that payment and I'll ship the top right out!

Otto

Well, a picture WOULD be worth a thousand words... if I had one... but what I have in mind had long horizontal plates both front and back at least over the lower portion. The plates overlap giving an appearance similar to a snakes belly (not going for a "snake like" appearance, just a good compariso...

Otto

final

to see if anyone wants those basket hilts.

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Otto

I've got a couple greathelm styles... currently no wait. $100 either style

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Otto

The whole point is not that the SCA is advocating use of carpet armour. This is only something that a newbie could use to try the sport out at practice... not advice on how to make a long term kit.

I know that if I had to purchase a full multi-hundred dollar kit just to TRY the sport, I'd skip it.

Otto

I didn't read the whole thing, but wow that takes you back... My first armour in the early 80's was carpet. I know it looks like crap, but if no loaner armour is available, it lets newbies try the sport without shelling out $$$. And on the bright side, I don't think I've ever seen anyone keep using ...

Otto

Now that I think of it, I have another question under "care and feeding". Could one hand wash such a plated garment and lay it out to dry on a sunny day? Or would this treatment trap in moisture and ruin the item? Though sweat would certainly be present, so... wouldn't careful washing be doable? (or...

Shield Boss

Sinric's Greathelm Pattern

Coppergate helm/riveting

Norse and Norman helms

Gorgets on Ebay

Oxy tank bottoms/dishing form