The Armour Archive

Keegan Ingrassia

Its also a harsher quench. Could make the piece more brittle.

Keegan Ingrassia

Also, historically, I can't think of any evidence of leather lames. Leather cuisses, sure.

Keegan Ingrassia

Tentative dips, depending on whether my business deal comes through in December. My contact tells me its a sure thing, guaranteed 400% return...

Keegan Ingrassia

Random retina-searing moob image.

Keegan Ingrassia

Uhm...if you don't have access to a welder, do you have access to a heat source? You can make cased greaves without welding or heat, but its difficult. As far as a pattern, the easiest is to make your own off of the legs they're intended for. Greaves need to be well-fitted, especially floating ones ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Foam also doesn't breathe or prevent sweat from running into your eyes. A few pieces strategically placed in your helmet as backup is a common practice, though. But natural fibers tend to work best.

Keegan Ingrassia

And the MacKeegan hinge is ousted for a simpler, more obvious solution.

Keegan Ingrassia

Rivets or stitches, around the browline for a conical Norman-type helm. Along the bottom edge and around the face in a bascinet. Around the brow in a sallet.

Keegan Ingrassia

And to save time, make padded cloth aventails instead of mail.

Keegan Ingrassia

Hey, glad it worked for you!

Nah, it really is a paste. And the smell disappears once the wax dries. I think I've been using my current tin for...2ish years, now. About halfway through it.

A little goes a long way.

Keegan Ingrassia

Alternatively, you can use a paste wax to protect the steel, instead of oil. Less prone to staining your clothes, and once dry less odor. Everyone has their preference. I use the SC Johnson Paste Wax; comes in yellow metal tins. Protects metal, sealed leather, plastic, seal cork, vinyl and wood. Mos...

Keegan Ingrassia

Another bump and a positive review for Talbot's DIY Vervelles. I picked up a pack during the last sale. Love 'em. Use these instead of cotter pins!

Keegan Ingrassia

Now that is curious! It reminds me of the reinforce that interfaces with armets on later jousting harnesses... That looks more like a great bascinet, with its low-seated neck protection; perhaps an evolution from the great helm over a secondary helmet? Simply having a second visor that could be remo...

Keegan Ingrassia

Very interested, but I'm trying to get myself married by October, and all my funds are pouring into that. :/

Keegan Ingrassia

Fantastic, ma'am! The more that comes to light about the 1380s, the more I love it.

Keegan Ingrassia

A follow-on question doesn't have so much relevance to leather straps as it does the sliding rivets themselves; I've read a few great threads on including a small slotted 'shim' like a slotted washer between the two lames to be articulated. While this is a simple enough concept, what keeps the slot...

Keegan Ingrassia

Throatless shear for metal 14-18 ga, jewlers saw for 20-24, snips for 26-30. 12 through 8 is a bandsaw if available. Anything heavier deserves a cutoff torch, or plasma.

Keegan Ingrassia

If you can get your hands on a copy, Purses in Pieces is an excellent book on this subject. Of course, if you're looking to just make a one-off, it probably isn't worth the investment, but its still an excellent resource.

Keegan Ingrassia

Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight (Paddock) states that they were made of parchment or leather, but it does not cite its source for that.

Keegan Ingrassia

The term you're looking for is epaulettes. Its debatable whether this was a very early form of shoulder protection, or if they were simply paper-mache type constructions, painted to display one's heraldry.

Keegan Ingrassia

Wrapped mine in 1/2" rope...nylon, for weather resistance, if memory serves. Secured each end with heavy fence staples.

Keegan Ingrassia

Hm. I'll freely admit that until this thread, I'd never heard of a pisan, and called a neck of mail extending down around the top of the shoulders a standard. I know that the kit I'm building will have this piece, but now I'm not sure what to call it. So, what exactly is the difference between a pis...

Keegan Ingrassia

Caius, I'm not sure there is an extant answer for that. I've personally seen people do it in a couple different fashions. Some make the helmet liner and aventail liner all in one piece. However, that method can sometimes result in too thick of a liner for the aventail. Others make the helmet liner, ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Looking at effigies from this period in time, the aventail is pretty much always drawn up over the chin, just under the lips and 'stach. More often than not, its also tightly fitted to the chin, dipping under the jaw before flaring out as it descends. I dunno about you, but I like not having my bear...

Keegan Ingrassia

Very thin, James. ~0.025in That's...about 3/128ths. Less than 1/32".

Keegan Ingrassia

Dumpster diving - you can get most of your pallet banding from an industrial area - even your steel supplier or construction site. Most companies chuck it in the bin and if you ask nicely they'll probably let you have as much as you want. Yup. Just two pallets' worth gave me enough strapping for tw...

Keegan Ingrassia

I've seen it where people make little shield-shaped tags out of dyed leather, then just swap out to the correct color for that war.
Alternatively, have a couple of blank leather or steel shield-shaped tags, and put the colored tape on that instead of your helmet.

Keegan Ingrassia

I wouldn't think so, because of the rivet heads. Turned one way, it'd be smoother against your under-layer, whereas the other would want to grab and tear.

Keegan Ingrassia

Wow. Hey, Jolly, you didn't mention the size this helmet fits.

Keegan Ingrassia

Very nice, indeed!

Keegan Ingrassia

I actually prefer the line drawings. It makes me focus on the shape of the helmets, rather than its current state of decay. I find it more useful for studying the evolution in form.

Keegan Ingrassia

If you edge with rope, you often router a groove around the edge to keep it seated.

Keegan Ingrassia

Often, its bluing that has patinated. A deep indigo with gold accent pieces was a popular style.

Keegan Ingrassia

I believe Nissan has a helmet similar to that, actually.

Keegan Ingrassia

Well, this is as far as I'm going to be able to get this weekend. I've got other work I need to take care of. Hopefully I can make it back down to the shop next weekend. At any rate, here is where the sabaton project currently stands. I've got one more lame to make for each foot, and then I'm into t...

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