The Armour Archive

Aaron

The storm knocked out the power and Rick and I opted not to do the casts last night. The idea of having a cast on my leg, and Maureen trying to cut it off in the dark while our toddler runs amuck...just sounded like a bad sitcom plot and a possible chance to do self-aid for severe bleeding.

Aaron

Rick and I made casts of my arms and now Gruber has them to make arms for me. Tonight we make calfs of my sabatons, calves and knees to send to another good armourer to make shaped greaves in spring stainless. The next week I might be able to get a cast of my head, neck and shoulders done to send to...

Aaron

GOOD! It didn't fit me, was the wrong color and wrong material for me and I was STILL very tempted! Beautiful work!

Aaron

Bump!

Aaron

Bump!

Aaron

Ditto. My head is about the size of the helm.

Aaron

It is a beautiful sallet!

Aaron

Come on, no bids so far? This is a wonderful sallet for someone who doesn't have a Dr. Frankenstein's Monster's head (like me).

-Aaron

Aaron

Oh, please. Please, send me the pattern. I will e-mail you a good e-mail address. The yahoo account is having issues.

BTW, how do you put it on? I must say it looks great, but I couldn't figure out how to get my head in there with the bevor in place.

With thanks,

-Aaron

Aaron

Oh, that is a beautiful sallet. And it fits my time period very well too. But it's too small for my huge head. :( Could I send photos of this amazing sallet to an armourer I've already contracted to make me a sallet JUST like that, but out of stainless (12 ga), please? Please? With thanks, -Aaron

Aaron

Thanks!

Aaron

It also looks like I have to look for "Salet" and "Salade" when looking for a "Sallet" from the War of the Roses timeframe.

-Aaron

Aaron

These Osprey drawings do not seem to feature breath holes: http://www.rustybodkins.com/2011/07/archers-sallet-by-norton-armouries.html http://www.richardiii.net/towton.htm And most of the English sallets look like they have a solid back instead of a plate drape: http://www.wars-of-the-roses.com/cont...

Aaron

Hi,

Is there any documentation on War of the Roses (say Battle of Towton timeframe) having breath holes?

I haven't seen any documentation on that yet.

With thanks,

-Aaron

Aaron

Cool!

Aaron

Huzzah, again!!

Aaron

I've got a pair of Ice Falcon enclosed thumb tip clamshells. I'll be sending them out to increase the cuff to a more historical (and protective) length, and get a plate in or extend the front a bit so my fingertips are not exposed as easily. Once or twice people have landed shots on my fingertips in...

Aaron

Whoops! Good catch! We've moved to Ft. Meade, MD now.

Yeah, I'm a native Californian too, and spent the first 18 years of my life in the shadow of Stanford.

-Aaron

Aaron

Hi, We had a WONDERFUL day today. I watched the kids (mostly), the kids watched Helena (mostly) and I took video of Maureen fencing. The group here in Atlantia got her kitted up quite quickly and quite nicely, and she was off onto the fencing field in minutes!! :D Wonderful people here! And...there ...

Aaron

Hi, Recently I heard there were quite a few finger injuries among the Polish team. Were there finger injuries in Team USA? I work with my fingers a lot, and would like them well protected. Understanding how the injuries occured, armour worn, etc...will help with the retrofit of some excellent gauntl...

Aaron

Blaine de Navarre wrote:'Bout frikken' time! Huzzah!

BOTH parts are worth repeating. I thought he should have been knighted back in 2006!

-Aaron

Aaron

The Count isn't kidding about the cookies. I've seen a report that someone DID bake cookies on their dashboard!

Aaron

Wow! I'd MUCH rather be at the Hammer In than moving again. The Hammer In looks like it would rock!

Aaron

Olaf, there is room for you on the team IMO. Andre and I disagree on how I think the BotN teammembers function, but IMO we have three types of fighters at BotN...and the terms are fun: 1. Bricks . A brick is there to have people hit them, accept damage without being damaged, and smash anything withi...

Aaron

Thanks Hal! I like giving good armourers good money for good products, as you well know.

If I upgrade the arms and greaves (on order now), the weight will be 64.2 lbs total.

Aaron

Thanks Frank, and GREAT work!

With thanks,

-Aaron

Aaron

I ran in full armour with the sabatons today, and what I learned is...the rest of the kit has to be upgraded to match the sabatons! EVERYTHING felt way too heavy now. My old sabatons were 4 lbs. These are 1.6 lbs (total), which is a 60% weight reduction. If I can get the rest of the kit (except helm...

Aaron

Nice work!

Aaron

Hi, He repaired a pair of old shoes (7 years old, at least) and told me that he was concerned with what I was asking him to do. Sometimes the customer is NOT right (as I was NOT right in this case IMO) and the artist had the moral courage to tell a paying customer "No." That takes courage, and I sal...

Aaron

Hi, Yeah, I said I'd be off the Archive until 23JUL12, but Halberd's sabatons came in and WOW it's time for a GREAT review. Communication: Constant, with photos. Not a lot of needless chatter, just constant progress and victories. Perfect score. Armour: Wow, these sabatons are better constructed tha...

Aaron

My resolutions were: Fight whenever work and life give me the opening, and pell work when I can't get a human to hit. Oh, and a pell where the ceiling is higher. -Aaron 1. We're moving to Ft. Meade, MD, and I bet I can find room in the garage where I can swing without scarring the ceiling. 2. I've d...

Aaron

I'm looking to armour my pell (it looks human) and am interested in using plastic for armouring it up.

-Aaron

Aaron

Start with the clothes that go under the armour. Make sure the clothes are right.

Then start with the feet and work your way up.

-Aaron

Aaron

I'm looking for sports goggles that are not easily seen through my armet visor. So far I haven't found them. When I wear my sports goggles the cameramen LOVE taking pictures of how awful it looks. You'd think, "It's just a small gap, how in the world can it be seen?" It can. I'm looking for goggles ...

Aaron

Happy travels!

We move every ~2 years too, and it is sometimes funny when I get somewhere and have to adjust quickly to the new standards, traditions, etc...

Have fun!

-Aaron

Re: Making a Calf Casts

Re: Making a Calf Casts

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Mild steel Sallet FS!

Re: Did Sallets have "Breath Holes"?

Re: Did Sallets have "Breath Holes"?

Re: Did Sallets have "Breath Holes"?

Did Sallets have "Breath Holes"?

Re: BOTN Weapons shipping to Icefalcon.

Re: Congratulations Sir Murdoch!

Re: Finger injuries at BotN

Re: Maureen got to fence today

Maureen got to fence today

Finger injuries at BotN

Re: Congratulations Sir Murdoch!

Re: 2012 Fighting Resolutions: Mid-year Check-in!

Re: Hammer In

Re: Interested Armour Archivers in BotN?

Re: Sabatons finished.

Re: Positive Review of Viking Leathercrafts

Re: Sabatons finished.

Re: Gauntlets that Richard Beau

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Re: Sabatons finished.

Re: 2012 Fighting Resolutions: Mid-year Check-in!

Re: Need pictures of plastic barrel armor patterns...

Re: What is the best order of construction for complete harn

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