The Armour Archive

Aaron

No joke. I am 55, have nothing to prove and want to go out at the top of my game. I have fought in the world championship, represented my own gang and the United States in two tournements in Montreal, five national tournements and many regional events. I never want to be that guy that didn't know w...

Aaron

The ladies polearm fight looked great too! Clean shots to the face there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWairBoa ... woX_sNhJHg

-Aaron

Aaron

One more excellent fight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gi1_Inp ... woX_sNhJHg

Is the blade the only thing that counts as far as a hit? And can you hit with parts other than the blade for position rather than points?

-Aaron

Aaron

Wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LV42X- ... woX_sNhJHg

Amazing!

-Aaron

Aaron

Oh, April 1st!

In the words of Homer Simpson, d'oh!

And now to express thoses d'oh's, I present THE Homer Simpson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnaeIAEp2pU

-Aaron

Aaron

That was an smile of pure joy I saw at the end. Well done! The spins were epic, and when the white feathers fell I was bummed I couldn't see the shot that hit them. In Japan we have a fellow who spins like that and people always told him it wouldn't work...and then still said that after he made it w...

Aaron

Cool!

-Aaron

Aaron

Halberds has an excellent sale right now on his Carlos the Crusader helms!

Aaron

The Ft. Mead Armour In (FMAI) has been postponed to 03MAY14. One of us (not me) was sick. I'm off to clean my room...

Aaron

Armour in totay!!! Yeah!

Aaron

Great! I'll send a PM with more requests and a price total request.

Aaron

Hi Hal, I have used your dishing donut for years. It still works great! Could you sell me the dishing hammer and the "hammer rivetts in insanely difficult locations" long hammer please? And what other tools can you tempt me with, please? I own and use your ball on a stick, railroad spike on a stick,...

Aaron

Paladin74 wrote:Ha ha, I know that's right!

I told you I would need your help with the helms. Now you have proof!

-Aaron

Aaron

Thanks Hal!

My skull is huge and I enjoy extra padding in the helmet. So for me, you shipped the perfect brow size. I'll make the other changes ASAP.

Thank you for an enjoyable afternoon with more to follow!

-Aaron

Aaron

Hi, This is what the helm looked like after I shaped it well. Please contrast with the helm-in-the-tree photo. With new shape.JPG My son and daughter helped out. Please note that I had to buy Maureen a new drill, but I found a speeder bar and we slowly made holes in the steel. Caitlin Using the Spee...

Aaron

Hi, Then I shaped the helm to get the "egg shape" of my head rather than the round shape. I used this highly complex tool featured below. Shaping.JPG Then I put on the helm and shaped it again until it fit. Please note the lack of fit in these pictures. I had to give the helm the sole of my shoe aga...

Aaron

Hi,

More pictures of the duct taped helm (no shaping yet) sitting in the tree.

: Duct Tape Carlos Helm in Tree 2.JPG (88.38 KiB) Viewed 404 times

: Duct Tape Carlos Helm in Tree 3.JPG (86.55 KiB) Viewed 404 times

: Duct Tape Carlos Helm in Tree 4.JPG (84.79 KiB) Viewed 404 times

With respect,

-Aaron

Aaron

Hi, OK, I was on vacation this week, and I'm recovering from stuff that happened last year. Armouring is incredibly relaxing and yet frustrating and physical. It's like golf but less expensive (sort of) and there is a product at the end. Just don't throw your hammers in frustration. The helm I'm sho...

Aaron

Not done yet but pictures in the morning! Whoa, you made them already??? Just worked on one! It's not ever done. It's just bolted together with no dishing, etc... I just wanted to see what it would look like, and if we have one on hand (bolted, not rivetted) then we can better understand how to put...

Aaron

My helm looks a tad off, but this looks like my error. Is the slat back reenforcement longer in your example on the picnic table?

Aaron

Not done yet but pictures in the morning!

Aaron

No dishing yet. Just getting the framework together.

Aaron

My spangen is lopsided. Back to the tape measure!

Aaron

I just busted one of my wife's drills. Now I need to take her shopping.

Aaron

We used duct tape to get the helm parts looking like a helm.

I used my boot as a press to shape the helm. Now it's time to drill, bolt and nut this helm together.

-Aaron

Aaron

We were pretty happy with how STEEL! came out. Good fun, exciting, good crowd, and great publicity. Our next challenge is more fighters and trying to get the Samurai up to speed. Here is another video: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/inside-japan-s-medieval-fight-club-vva9EWoMTrerz7c4BZSoLg.html Wel...

Aaron

Thanks! The good news is if we totally mess it up, I can still buy more in bulk from you!

I mean, some of those who RSVPed might not pay you in time....

Aaron

Hi Hal, We might be able to armour this weekend with Baron Alahandro (yeah I spelled that really wrong). But the last time I chatted with Paladin74 we scheduled for May for an armour in. If I can get a horde of Archivers we will make more than three helms. The good armour in dates are: 12APR14 03MAY...

Aaron

Looks beautiful!

I understand that living near Olympia you only get sunlight twice per year.

Aaron

Oh my that is tempting. Just buy the couters...and then I'd need full arms....but full arms don't go well without gauntlets....and since I have the gauntlets, maybe I need full legs and sabatons....

Those are beautiful!

-Aaron

Aaron

So this helmet built by Jackie is available through Ice Falcon. I think it would be a tad rude to ask another armourer to build a helmet that is currently available, built by the fellow who made the original you are looking at, sold by someone who has excellent business ethics. Just save up the cash...

Aaron

It was an intense 20 minutes of knowledge. Wade and John didn't know it (I could see from their facial expressions) but that was some intense learning at an intense pace. I need to do that again!

-Aaron

Aaron

Brennainn wrote:BTW, I was working on those this morning, and a knife experiment.

Aaron

Shamrock could make it again I bet. I think is on his mandated vacation for St. Patty's day.

Aaron

Yeah. I thought I spend a lot. After seeing what some people buy, a full suit of spring stainless looks cheap, and even disposable.

Those arms Wade let me wear were sweet! John's gorget was art and I'm shocked Nick guessed which was the original and which was the reproduction.

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