The Armour Archive

coreythompsonhm

Nice Work, dude! Got a question though: Why does everyone roll edges outward (a la 14th Century principally) BEFORE the surface you are rolling them onto is sanded smooth. It would seem that makes it tough to get right up to the edge--I was continually ripping up sanding belts trying to do just tha...

coreythompsonhm

Oh wow, that is awesome!!! I'm jealous!

coreythompsonhm

Overall, very good! Heres two, possibly three things... The poleyn is a little more shallow on yours than the original. The lower right corner of the demi greave show be more angular and less round (unless the original is like this... In that case nevermind) The wing on the poleyn looks a bit flat. ...

coreythompsonhm

Everything besides a dedicated mortiser. My mortising consists of a drill press and a sharp chisel to remove waste.

I would buy depending on how fast plans get released. I have already started reverse engineering Macs bed.

coreythompsonhm

Well, after much debating, we settled on Cherry as being a good medium between what I wanted and what she wanted

Heading out to the warehouse on Saturday to buy the first batch for the first couple of projects.

coreythompsonhm

Ouch man! Hopefully that will be the worst part and everything heals up nicely without problems! That's why I keep my floors clean, same with bench tops. Might be cluttered, but clean. Also sharp tools always go back to their storage space. Reusable cut offs always get the odd unusable bits lopped o...

coreythompsonhm

You know what, f it, I would for as long as I could handle it. I was mainly thinking about "research purposes," but now its in my mind for a bit it sounds appealing to me. I would have to give some serious thought as to what I would want to do as a trade , etc. Im secretly really hoping this could ...

coreythompsonhm

You know what, f it, I would for as long as I could handle it. I was mainly thinking about "research purposes," but now its in my mind for a bit it sounds appealing to me. I would have to give some serious thought as to what I would want to do as a trade , etc. Im secretly really hoping this could b...

coreythompsonhm

I would, but maybe only a year. My main interest would be the production of iron all the way to final armour.

coreythompsonhm

Does the master need a new apprentice?

coreythompsonhm

As you probably did not notice, several people post updates on this threa, or lack there of, so others who are in the same boat/thinking of getting into the same boat has current information.

+1 on what Iron Dwarf said

coreythompsonhm

Well, the girlfriend finally agreed to camp/house furniture once I showed her Mac's bed in a box. So as per her request... Dining table, chairs, chests, Bed-In-A-Box, etc. (Sleep? Whats that?) And it must be usefull for day to day "mundane" living. Thankfully we agree on late 15th century German. Sh...

coreythompsonhm

I can get european sourced wood through my supplier.

coreythompsonhm

I don't go to the big box stores, I'm pretty lucky to have a good hardwood distributor close by.

I'm actually very picky about certain things within the "authenticity lines." This is one of those things.
Some other things I will forego authentic for convenience, as long as no one will notice

coreythompsonhm

I have lots of modified ball piens for various processes. Longer reach hammers are sometimes necessary for different processes.

coreythompsonhm

Im stuck between going for pure durability (this is for camp furniture) with the cost of being a pain to carve, or give up some durability to make carving a little easier on myself. The extent of my carving has been only in bass wood.

coreythompsonhm

So I have been using the search function quite a bit on this, so this is more for clarification purposes...

In Germany, for clear finished furniture, oak was the most commonly used, walnut was used in some cases.

Any other hardwoods that I am missing? I'm not interested in painting or using pine.

coreythompsonhm

Just trying to decide on wood choice at the moment

coreythompsonhm

I have heard of peopld taking the "controler" from an xbox Kinect, hooking it up to a laptop, and using it for 3D scanning. I don't know much about it, but some time spent on Google could de-mystify the process sufficiently.

coreythompsonhm

Rameymj-
I would suspect that using thinner leather for the shoulder straps would be at risk of stretching too much with little use. Ymmv

coreythompsonhm

Mac- I personally would be interested in just a set of plans, paneled or plank construction. Hardware is something I can make for myself, as long as measurement diagrams of the hardware were included in the plans. I would have to think about the lock. What time periods of locks would you consider of...

coreythompsonhm

Whenever I see Mac start a new thread on a project he is working on/finished, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning

That chest is amazing, I would definitely buy plans if they became available!

coreythompsonhm

When I get to attaching the shoulder straps, I'll try it that way.

coreythompsonhm

So, shoulder straps on the inside or outside? Just to clarify

coreythompsonhm

I will never buy from this guy, even if he ever makes good on what he owes to people. There are others I'll gladly support and do business with.

coreythompsonhm

Tom, that's a detail I haven't noticed before, now as I look through photos I see it IS common on German gothic back plates. Learn something new every day :D Dave, I noticed there is a rivet directly below the mystery hole, down at the waist line. I will have to wait until I get home to really zoom ...

coreythompsonhm

Yes Tom, that is what my best guess is as well. Seems like an odd construction, thats why I was questioning whether I understood it right.

coreythompsonhm

Yes I was wondering what would have prevented the whole cuirasse from springing open when hit right. I will have to contemplate whether I want to rivet on a half belt or just strap a full length belt around the waist when worn for tournaments, etc. Another thing I noticed is on the backplate of A58,...

coreythompsonhm

I am definitely seeing a couple "mystery holes" on the A58 back plate, second from bottom in Tom's post. One just above the waist, the other two just below the shoulder straps. I suspect the latter two were for the shoulder straps originally.

coreythompsonhm

Aha! I have been hoping this would happen for quite some time!

coreythompsonhm

This one? http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/Bwaze/German%20Gothic%20Armour/Vienna---Kunsthistorisches-Museum-gallery_455_39047m.jpg Yes. Usually when I find images of it they are labeled (large number) . jpeg I was having a very hard time remembering what its designation number was. I was wonde...

coreythompsonhm

Awesome! I'll send an email when I get home in a few minutes.

coreythompsonhm

Aha! It is the A58 in the KHM

coreythompsonhm

Had received a 12 oz sole bend by mistake from Tandy a few years ago. Used a small piece of it to make a journal for someone. The ruler in the pic is 36 inches. Largest whole rectangular piece that can be cut from this is 44"x30" and the branded area is 16"x14". Tandy had them listed at $180 last ti...

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Thanks guys, I'll post in the classifieds then

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