The Armour Archive

Keegan Ingrassia

As to soft kit to go under this 1360s armor, you need an arming coat. Your armor ties to it by a series of laces, called points. It keeps everything in place, so that the armor moves with you, instead of fighting against you. http://gambesons.com/ http://www.revivalclothing.com/article-armingsequenc...

Keegan Ingrassia

So...of the more easily obtainable, less prohibitively expensive materials, which is the best option?

Keegan Ingrassia

Once you start looking at specific swords from different manufacturers, this link will prove useful.
http://www.myarmoury.com/reviews.html

Keegan Ingrassia

Found the previous thread on this topic.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=173714

Keegan Ingrassia

Another thing that strikes me about how high and tight the lames are, is the fact that they go no lower than the armpit. Much, much higher than 98% of modern attempts, and after swinging my arm around and thinking about it, makes perfect sense. No compression is needed below that point in order to b...

Keegan Ingrassia

Heck of a lot harder to get a blade in the throat, though. That's a cool detail.

Keegan Ingrassia

Well, it's possible that it originally was under the stop rib at the arm opening. It was discussed earlier that the rivets have been replaced on that stop rib. Perhaps during the initial removal, they had to cut the fabric there to avoid further damage to the cloth. It is certainly a very clean line...

Keegan Ingrassia

http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-col ... cis&pos=52

You can zoom in at this link. The stop rib for the neck is definitely applied on over the original cloth.

Keegan Ingrassia

That might work, but it'd probably have to be an inner layer of clay for the oven chamber and chimney, some kind of filler material to build up the thickness, and then an outer layer of clay or some mud-like compound to stabilize and hold the whole thing together. Clay, generally, hates to be dried ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Glad it helped! They're compression springs, with the two bar hooks going through the inside of the spring. You see them a lot on porch swings.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HANDYMAN-7-1-4- ... 4d02cd57ff

Keegan Ingrassia

If you're hanging it from chains, I'd want a spring on each one, to take the jarring jolts out of the ride.

Keegan Ingrassia

It's also possible that it was influenced by religion, maybe? A lot of odd things have been done in the name of tradition, ceremony, superstition, and ascribed significance. It's possible that sword belts were specifically alum-tawed and forked because of some part of the vow knights were taking at ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Oh my...

Keegan Ingrassia

If it's just for show, then a plastic snow disk will work, after some paint. If you want to get fancy, glue some craft foam on first, to add detail like a raised rim. If you actually want it to stand up to getting beat upon, you could try a Flexible Flyer. http://www.qualitytrading.com/flexible-flye...

Keegan Ingrassia

:shock: oh, the temptation... Alright Tom, honest answers. 1. Yes, to options 1 or 3. Currently, I'm more willing to spend sweat than money. Likely the most economical option on your end, too. Keep a few standard size pieces in stock, mix and match to get closest to custom sizing, and send out with ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Yay! Got it playing in the background right now. Thanks for the link!

Keegan Ingrassia

http://revival.us/bascinetklappvisorhin ... steel.aspx

Keegan Ingrassia

Dansknecht wrote:Honestly I haven't kept track of the hours, but it takes me about 60 seconds per eyelet.

How?!

Keegan Ingrassia

No way! I remember when the extant vest made the rounds here, and I was just as floored then as I am now. That is extremely impressive, Dan.

Keegan Ingrassia

Fantastic! :D I see you've added the leather edging to the top of the breyette to get it to behave. What are the small pieces of leather at the apex of your sleeves for? And thank you for providing another pieced shot of the sleeves; hopefully it'll prove useful for those of us who follow in your fo...

Keegan Ingrassia

Tineye pulled up nothing. Hopefully someone will recognize it and chime in.

Keegan Ingrassia

Don't see why not. You'd just need to find buffing or sisal wheels that will work with an angle grinder, instead of an arbor. http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=4+Felt+Buffing+Wheel+Angle+Grinder+100mm Edit to add: Saftey-wise, I agree with Ckanite. Polishing is already a dodgy business when you ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Indeed! It seems to have popped up occasionally. Here's a couple nearly identical ones from France, 1393 and 1395, with the same points.

Hugues and Simon de Roucy
http://effigiesandbrasses.com/1368/1182/
http://effigiesandbrasses.com/1367/1181/

Keegan Ingrassia

I'm not sure...those lames and gadlings on the fingers are very defined...as is the knuckle rider under the main plate on the back of the hand. I think this is a metal gauntlet with some sort of articulated metal cuff. Very interesting!

Keegan Ingrassia

More than anything, duck cloth just doesn't breathe...a little more than a synthetic fabric like polyester, but not much. Seeing as how you're living in the humid heat, you'd be better off with a linen canvas. http://www.fabrics-store.com/ 7oz. weight would work well. They also sell 8 and some 10oz,...

Keegan Ingrassia

I have a medium from Revival, and really like it. It's very comfortable and secure. There is also a layer of thin padding over the points of the hips, which I found nice.

Keegan Ingrassia

Well, judging by the hats you've posted, about half that. I strongly suggest you make a test piece out of cheap materials like cereal boxes. Much easier and cheaper to make all your tweaks and mistakes there, than in metal.

Keegan Ingrassia

What Steve said. Some curling will get you image 1. Add a bit of dishing, image 3. Throw in some deep fluting and a little bit of raising, image 2.

Keegan Ingrassia

Well, a good alternative to making specific forms for her, would be finding objects around the house that could stand in for the needed shape. For instance, you could perhaps use a softball or baseball to form the shoulder cops for her. A stack of magazines or whatnot duct taped together and wrapped...

Keegan Ingrassia

Mac - thanks for the link! I very well may have to treat myself. And in the meantime, I'm going to reprofile my makeshift gravers with the tool's axis in mind. Thanks Jason! They have knuckle riders made and waiting to be installed with the fingers, yep. Here's an older pic that I took that includes...

Keegan Ingrassia

:!: I dunno about smooth, but your engraving is much deeper and clearer than mine, Mac. Here's this evening's progress. I polished up the brass on the right gauntlet, then gave the whole thing a thick coating of wax to protect it while I bring the left gauntlet up to speed. https://farm4.staticflick...

Keegan Ingrassia

Yeah, breyettes (sp?). Tom B. was the one doing it.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=141210

Keegan Ingrassia

I made a (historically inaccurate) pair of joined hose just for fighting and included an exterior pocket to hold a modern cup. Think a V shaped pocket attached in front. After fighting, I simply unbutton the pocket top and chuck the cup. It’s very comfortable while fighting, eliminates chafing, and...

Keegan Ingrassia

Here you go, Ckanite. Hope these work for you. Looks like I need to reprofile mine; the corners have begun to round out. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3952/15287845848_1db386720e.jpg https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2947/15471343291_1c245f8098.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3946/15474478075_c8b2d...

Keegan Ingrassia

I do agree, your armor is quite pretty. Love the plates integrated into the mail.

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