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- Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:57 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Check out the micro-mail
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1331
Re: Check out the micro-mail
I wonder what the properties of mail that small are... Flows effortlessly, like a very heavy silk. Extremely quiet. Contours to the body much finer, and adds very little bulk to the overall thickness. I can't speak to the penetrative properties of riveted mail at that size...I know that a sharpened...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:04 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Check out the micro-mail
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1331
Re: Check out the micro-mail
Yeah, just an email and password, like most online accounts...Steve S. wrote:Do you have to sign up to upload images to Pinterest?Pinterest is free and they let you keep your images in categories...
Steve
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:44 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Separating the sheep and the wolves
- Replies: 15
- Views: 795
Re: Separating the sheep and the wolves
Well, personally, I'd look for that new fighter who comes to practice often. Maybe not every practice, but as much as they can. The one who listens instead of talks, the one who practices instead of standing around watching. The kid who is willing to put on loaner gear just to be involved, and the o...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:16 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Check out the micro-mail
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1331
Re: Check out the micro-mail
Good grief. I've made mail that size, but with butted links. The thought of riveting at that size... 
I bet it moves like heavy silk. Gorgeous feeling.
I bet it moves like heavy silk. Gorgeous feeling.
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:42 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: DEUS VULT!!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 351
Re: DEUS VULT!!!!
Awesome. 
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:41 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Corrazina
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2103
Re: Corrazina
Very nice! What weight of leather is that?
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:57 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Dusting off the cobwebs
- Replies: 2658
- Views: 120831
Re: Dusting off the cobwebs
Wow. Now that is a story of persistence. I admire your willingness to scrap and start over until the piece is right. I would have lived with an inferior product, and been somewhat unhappy forever. I like your method better.
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:34 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Dusting off the cobwebs
- Replies: 2658
- Views: 120831
Re: Dusting off the cobwebs
Awesome, more Mac-made armor to drool over.
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:34 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Novice Needing Advice
- Replies: 23
- Views: 437
Re: Novice Needing Advice
C-clamps around the edges. If you need holding power across the face of the metal, lay a 2x4 over the metal, and clamp that down to the table, sandwiching the metal down.
- Sun Sep 07, 2014 4:38 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: DIY chapes - stake anvils?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 502
Re: DIY chapes - stake anvils?
An old awl with the sharp point blunted a hair, chucked into a vise.
- Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:04 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Milanese harness in progress, continued
- Replies: 273
- Views: 8833
Re: Milanese harness in progress, no progress till next summ
Yup, I still use wax. If I need to get the wax off, I can either hit it with a torch and melt the excess off, or take it off with a wire wheel.
- Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Milanese harness in progress, continued
- Replies: 273
- Views: 8833
Re: Milanese harness in progress, no progress till next summ
Ideally, though, you can put gun oil on your armour every couple days and/or get a de-humidifier. Also I hear most people paint the inside of the amour to prevent rusting. I'll probably never work with stainless, it just sounds like a pain. For long-term storage (months to a couple years) a coating...
- Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:50 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Men's 14th Century Getting Dressed Guide OUT NOW!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 487
Re: Men's 14th Century Getting Dressed Guide OUT NOW!
As to the nook question. Download the PDF or kindle version. Then go here.
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- Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:28 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Men's 14th Century Getting Dressed Guide OUT NOW!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 487
Re: Men's 14th Century Getting Dressed Guide OUT NOW!
Breakfast for dinner is always better. 
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 4:23 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Orange surcoats and heraldry
- Replies: 45
- Views: 894
Re: Orange surcoats and heraldry
Bwa-ha-ha-haa, another one for the Mafia!
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:33 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Men's 14th Century Getting Dressed Guide OUT NOW!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 487
Re: Men's 14th Century Getting Dressed Guide OUT NOW!
Yay kindle!Keegan Ingrassia wrote:Whoo-hoo!
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:48 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Dagger handle
- Replies: 15
- Views: 231
Re: Dagger handle
You might already be planning on doing this, but try the technique out first with a piece of scrap wood.
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:03 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Dagger handle
- Replies: 15
- Views: 231
Re: Dagger handle
+1hrolf wrote:if you have a hand drill, you could try to pre-drill a small starter hole by eye, and then hot-fit the tang ?
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:26 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Comfortable and Flexible, suspending your legs
- Replies: 116
- Views: 6707
Re: Comfortable and Flexible, suspending your maille chausse
For the mid-late 14th century we know from the Limburger Chronicle this loin belt was still in use and was laced tight in the back, padded hard almost a finger thick, and as long as the jupon. And in a c. 1370 document from Bruges it says this belt was made by the guys who also made pourpoints, so ...
- Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:39 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Men's 14th Century Getting Dressed Guide OUT NOW!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 487
- Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:13 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Question about pourpoints
- Replies: 4
- Views: 179
Re: Question about pourpoints
What Steve said. In order for the jupon to work well, it needs to be carefully tailored to the wearer. This is a daunting prospect for many people, so they opt for the relatively easier to make vests and belts. In warm climates, it's also nice to be able to remove the jupon and upper armor without h...
- Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:22 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Raising stake?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 271
Re: Raising stake?
I have an old cast one that I tapped and welded a shaft onto. Works great.
- Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:51 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Milanese harness in progress, continued
- Replies: 273
- Views: 8833
Re: Milanese harness in progress, no progress till next summ
Don't fret about it too much; it almost always happens that you find something critical, right after you no longer need it. Just file it away for future projects.Nicknizh wrote:I wish I could have seen this sketch two weeks ago...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:15 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: 8 Belts for Sale by Talbot's Fine Accessories.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 351
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:09 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
- Replies: 189
- Views: 8227
Re: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
Thanks Nicknizh! I think these have been the most fun, and the second most aggravating, piece I've made. :) Eugh, this week...anyway, got back in the shop this evening and got the other brass piece on the front edge. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/15068645355_7cbc1ae838_c.jpg https://farm4.stat...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:01 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: small things for fiber work?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 112
Re: small things for fiber work?
Buttons and toggles, perhaps?
- Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:47 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Comfortable and Flexible, suspending your legs
- Replies: 116
- Views: 6707
Re: Comfortable and Flexible, suspending your maille chausse
When it says "double strap", why not a "double wrap", like the sword belts of the 13th century? I've found them exceedingly comfortable.
- Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:27 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Looking For- Image of Inside of CoP.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 208
Re: Looking For- Image of Inside of CoP.
That's a nicely made piece. You can see where two sections of cloth were stitched together at the waist. The chest, obviously, has a single breastplate piece. The pieces descending to the waist will be overlapping bands (lower band to the inside), while it appears that the lames flaring over the hip...
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:30 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
- Replies: 189
- Views: 8227
Re: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
Hey thanks Kalle! You've got a surplus of fantastic armor on your side of the pond to compare this against, so that means a lot to me. :) As promised, here is the shot of the brass edge, ground to match the steel. It'll be polished and smoothed later. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14972629556_...
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:11 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: First Helmet Tips
- Replies: 243
- Views: 2494
Re: First Helmet Tips
Oh, that reminds me. You won't need it, per se, but I like these nylon-headed teardrop mallets from Harbor Freight. They are nice for dishing without leaving harsh marks in your piece.
http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools ... 66205.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools ... 66205.html
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:53 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Milanese harness in progress, continued
- Replies: 273
- Views: 8833
Re: Milanese harness in progress, currently making an armet
Why you say that now that the halves are welded together there is little you can do? You can still dish the backside of the skull to increase the volume, and refine the overall shape with raising. Yes maybe remaking the skull would be faster, but this is just one of the options you have. You are ri...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
- Replies: 189
- Views: 8227
Re: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
:) Glad I can provide some entertainment, Hal. Took your advice on really nailing the assembly and spent half the evening tweaking the fit of my thumb pieces for the right gauntlet. A lot of time fitting, barely hammering a curve deeper or shallower, filing off a bit of an edge, stretching the metal...
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:47 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Milanese harness in progress, continued
- Replies: 273
- Views: 8833
Re: Milanese harness in progress, currently making an armet
In reference to another name for the cheek pieces, I can't find any information on it. I'm away from my books, though. I suppose you could call them jowls. Enjoying your progress photos. Your era is a few hundred years out of my field of experience, so I don't have my eye trained for this kind of ar...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:58 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Good Source for Ceramic Fiber Insulating Blanket Kiln/Forge?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 110
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:51 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
- Replies: 189
- Views: 8227
Re: Some new tools, and a new project - hourglass gauntlets
Whelp, many small chunks of time later, progress has been made. Setting aside dedicated shop time each evening was the smartest decision I've made in a while. Putting a work lamp out in the shed is a close second. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/14975518942_680b2e3b17_z.jpg As of this evening, a...