The Armour Archive

Keegan Ingrassia

I was going off the assumption that he had amnesia...

Keegan Ingrassia

Sorry mate, too small for my melon.

But here's another bump for you.

Keegan Ingrassia

I believe this is the book that talks about women wearing corsets (the current meaning of the term, not the debatable 14thc meaning of the term) in the 14thc... or maybe I'm mis-remembering. I'd have to read the clothing chapter carefully to have an opinion. I don't own the book. Maybe I'll get it ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Basically, yeah. It will look like a CdB aketon without any of the gores, leaving huge, wide armholes. The pourpoint essentially ends up being a combination of a vest, and suspenders. Oh, and the hem of the pourpoint is much higher, like a doublet. It comes down maybe about 3" past your hip bon...

Keegan Ingrassia

How does one make an arming coat for what I beleive is late 14th cent. armor ( 1370 -1400) Carefully, with patience, and good fitting. Both Reconstructing History, and Tailoress (Tasha) on the Archive have excellent patterns and instructions for this exact garment. m m how does one make an arming c...

Keegan Ingrassia

I'm assuming the attachment method for your klapp are those two pins sticking out, with holes through them to fit the cotter pin?

Keegan Ingrassia

If its tailored and fitted properly, you should have little, if any, upward movement to the body of a garment with Grande Assiette sleeves when you raise your arms. There are proponents to both methods on the AA. Personally, I use a pourpoint, mostly so I can armor up piecemeal, and strip out of the...

Keegan Ingrassia

Okay, then you're looking for something along the lines of an armet or a sallet. His helmet is a bit of a cross between the two. http://www.englyshe-plate-armourie.co.uk/Images/PastProj%20Images/Italian/1440Armet/images/1440%20Armet%2002_jpg.jpg http://www.netlinkenterprises.com/prodimages/AB0472.jp...

Keegan Ingrassia

I second "Daily Life in Chaucer's England". I haven't read the time traveler work but "Daily Life" is a great overview of 14th century england for a reenactor providing a basic overview of what to wear, eat, and do. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=...

Keegan Ingrassia

Power coating? Or powDer coating?

Keegan Ingrassia

I've looked through that photo album several times now, and every time I do, I get this goofy grin on my face. Love what y'all are doing.

Keegan Ingrassia

Konstantin...drink a cuppa coffee.

He's talking about the -top- of an independant mail skirt...not the bottom hem.

Keegan Ingrassia

Me, I like laces. It allows me to tighten or loosen certain areas of the cotte, as it fits me that day. It lays about as flat as you can get, which works nicely under cased vambraces. No button shanks to get shoved into your sternum. The con to it is, of course, that it takes longer to lace up than ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Here's a video of the exact process, from Eric Dube. Start at 9:50, to see the spring pin made and installed.

http://www.armuredube.com/armuredube.co ... video.html

Keegan Ingrassia

We need pics of a completed, decked out set of these.

Keegan Ingrassia

I got any fear I had of small spaces trained out of me by my brothers, growing up. Closets, suitcases, gun cabinets, tool chests, toy chests, fold-away beds...been stuffed into all of them, at some point or another. Don't have a problem with small spaces. Being unable to move because someone is sitt...

Keegan Ingrassia

Malachiuri wrote:As an aside, all the books you mentioned(apart from MoL stuff) are available via Kindle download. NICE

Seriously?? Awesome!!

Keegan Ingrassia

Jonathan Atkin wrote:
Pitbull Armory wrote:Hi Jon, I cant believe these havent sold yet. I wish I had some spare coin id buy them myself. Id love to get a really close look at them.

Have a good weekend

Andy @ Pitbull Armory

C'mon you know you wanna sell some blood

I don't have that much plasma...

Keegan Ingrassia

I just use the water trick, to get a straight line around the circumference of an oddly-shaped object. Get a bucket or some other container the end of the stump will fit in. Fill with water. Dip end of stump in water. Viola, you have a perfectly straight line, all the way around. Go over the water l...

Keegan Ingrassia

Dibs.

Keegan Ingrassia

Curses...I need to brush up on my German...I should be able to understand this. :/

Keegan Ingrassia

Also, consider that the middle ages was coming out of the dark ages, and as such middle age art had little sense as to its own history. You can see the movement towards classical art during the Renaissance, as there was a 'rebirth' of knowledge, and a rediscovering of history. Also also, there is no...

Keegan Ingrassia

I thought it was the local inn's signpost...

Keegan Ingrassia

Probably get torn up too quickly. Glued and painted canvas gets torn and ripped...I'd only imagine what the rattan would do to the foam and plasti-dip.

Keegan Ingrassia

Vitus took come snaps of some shields he did like this, in one thread. IIRC, he used thick leather, epoxied to the surface.

Keegan Ingrassia

I went through and broke down each chapter and subheading, so you could get an idea of this book's coverage. Table of contents 1- The Landscape ⋅ Cities and Towns ⋅ Town Houses ⋅ London ⋅ Small Towns ⋅ The Countryside ⋅ The Changing Landsca...

Keegan Ingrassia

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer ISBN: 978-1-4391-1289-2 Pages: 342 Picked this up today at B&N. It takes an interesting approach to the history of the time, as it goes about describing this time period as happening...

Keegan Ingrassia

Oh Jebas, I'm glad that helmet (the precise helmet I want, from the armorer I want it from, no less) does not fit my head. I'd be trying to take out a loan for it.

Best of luck with paying for books and schooling.

Keegan Ingrassia

Here are some photots I took of an exquisite child's suit of armor.

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Keegan Ingrassia

Aaarrrrgh....temptor!

Okay, I feel better. Running away to work, hopefully somone will have removed this temptation by the time I get back.

Keegan Ingrassia

Sounds about right. Those numbers work for carbon steel and spring stainless, as well.

Keegan Ingrassia

Cet of Rough from the Hammer. Can't beat the price!
http://roughfromthehammer.com/parts.html

Keegan Ingrassia

Why on earth would anyone try to "reinforce" metal armour with leather? Increasing the thickness of the plate by a fraction of a millimeter would be cheaper, lighter, and more effective. The only reason leather is used in these constructions is to help hold the plates together or as decor...

Keegan Ingrassia

Might as well...forlorn hope. Third dibs.

Keegan Ingrassia

Third dibs.

Re: Multiple questions on an Arming coat

Re: FS: Helmet, Arms, Legs.

Re: The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England

Re: Charles de Blois Pourpoint closure

Re: Multiple questions on an Arming coat

Re: Take down pin for klapvisors..

Re: Charles de Blois Pourpoint closure

Re: jousting style helmets

Re: 14th Century Books. The Five

Re: Stupid question: Can a helm be chromed?

Re: The Battle of Wisby 650 years, 1361-2011, pictures..

Re: Leather edging/trim on mail

Re: Charles de Blois Pourpoint closure

Re: Insatalling Spring pin in helmet.

Re: Leather covered shins / greaves

Re: Chainmail and Claustrophobia

Re: 14th Century Books. The Five

Re: FS: Helmet, Arms, Legs.

Re: Dishing Without a Dish?

Re: SOLD: Museum of London Dress Accessories 1150-1450

Re: a wonderful video and a queston on rouge

Re: medieval illustrations often so crude comapred to sculpt

Re: 2011, Kits...Let's see them!

Re: Making 3-d heraldric designs on heater shields?

Re: Making 3-d heraldric designs on heater shields?

Re: The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England

Re: FS: Helmet, Arms, Legs.

Re: Sabatons

Re: Medieval Turnshoes for Sale

Re: Steel thickness for different parts of armor

Re: Who is making nice late 1300s globose breastplates?

Re: Leather re-enforced Plate Armour?

Re: FS: Museum of London Dress Accessories 1150-1450

Re: FS: Museum of London Shoes and Pattens