The Armour Archive

Klaus the Red

How much would you like for them when your class is done? 1" is probably fine for the cuisse back straps, but the ones going around the back of the knee and the top of the greave should be closer to 1/2 or 5/8, now that I think about it.

Klaus the Red

Oh, I'm sure I can make them--I've done it before--but my life has so many moving parts nowadays, I can spare the money right now more readily than the time.

Klaus the Red

Who is currently selling or making flattened trapezoidal steel arming buckles for 1/2 to 3/4" straps? My google-fu has failed me. I recently acquired a set of Jeff Hedgecock arms equipped with these, I'm putting together a set of legs to match, and I would like the buckles to be similar. An off-the-...

Klaus the Red

Ylsa, what height is each of your models, respectively? I'm mentally fitting these on myself and my lady.

Dibs on the blue gown and the green tunic regardless. Thinking about winingas too...

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Oh, and by the way... fracking nice work.

Klaus the Red

Cool. If you can e-mail me at redbarbarian at comcast dot net, I'll send you a photo of the weapon and maybe the belt and purse it's likely to be worn with, and you can recommend construction and color options. I can then pop it in the mail with a check and a return label. I've also got a sword that...

Klaus the Red

Cian, do you do scabbards on commission? I have a rondel dagger that feels naked.

Klaus the Red

The other original of the same pattern--the one in the Spanish museum, the link for which I can't find--has the chain and cap intact, IIRC. I will certainly accept the probability that these were intended to be oil lamps. Aside from the cap and spout, they are nearly identical in form (if not dimens...

Klaus the Red

That's what's available that the average guy can afford, is all.

Klaus the Red

I suspect most of them are, but I haven't studied the numbers.

Klaus the Red

The German National Museum in Nuremburg has what is probably another original from the same workshop:

http://www.societa-nobile.at/1278/index ... aquamanile

Klaus the Red

I know a number of potters making aquamaniles, but I too have not seen a metal one outside of a museum. Erhard und Söhne, an early 20th-century bronze casting firm, made a reproduction of a 13th-14th century German lion aquamanile that's currently in a Spanish museum, IIRC. Numerous copies are stil...

Klaus the Red

Right, looks like the size medium is the one sold out, but I can't bring up sizing info on the L/XL.

Klaus the Red

That's more or less a 15th century arming doublet, although the triangular gores over the pectorals appear in 14th century grand asiette style. Not bad-looking at all. http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Knight-Arming-Jacket-Medium/dp/B009D440V4 Here's the listing. It appears to be out of stock. At this ...

Klaus the Red

Sending an e-mail shortly.

Klaus the Red

Heh. I work in the costume shop of a professional ballet company and get to hang out with two dozen ballerinas, but they all work so hard during the season that I'd never get the chance to draw them into my reenacting orbit. Might be a fun summer project, though.

Klaus the Red

...have a far less focused scope for kits in both time and geography.

More power to you if you have the means. There are no uninteresting periods of history. Does each outfit include a different beautiful lady hanging off your arm? Maybe I should experiment with a Tuareg persona on the side...

Klaus the Red

Oh, my. I could sell my car for that thing, except that A) I like my marriage, and B) it's actually worth more than my car.

Klaus the Red

Very nice job. It's always good to see the non-European civilizations score a few points, even if 3 of your 5 are post-Renaissance.

Klaus the Red

I have a Historic Enterprises hat in yellow and brown herringbone wool with very little mileage (this one: http://historicenterprises.com/hat-viking-6panel-untrimmed-p-867.html?cPath=99_190) that I took apart and re-tailored to try to get it to fit a little better, but didn't quite achieve what I wa...

Klaus the Red

Oh yeah, and... later period??! Deserter!

Klaus the Red

Second dibs on the red chaqueta- and didn't you mean 1400 (ie, from the last PPF) rather than 1300?

I almost called dibs on the demis before realizing they used to be mine.

K

Klaus the Red

By the by, Shamrock seems to be running an excellent deal on helmet tops for your DIY types...

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Klaus the Red

Godric, it seems as though there's a need for a 14th century armoring seminar down your way. :) Are your kids trying to get projects done before the holidays, or can they wait until the new year? I don't know how much travel my calendar will support in the next 2 months, but I can certainly look at ...

Klaus the Red

I'll see your qualification and raise you one.

Based on the apparent flattening of the rivet heads that I'm observing in this piece, I think these rivets have solid heads, not domed hollow ones. Common usage notwithstanding, they just seem modern to me.

Klaus the Red

I'm with Bob. The nails/rivets strike me as modern ones with solid round heads that have been slightly flattened by being peened against an anvil or other hard surface. That's the effect I get every time when I peen domed rivets without benefit of a dished riveting stake.

Klaus the Red

He is also thinking of offering a casting of just the knight and horse at a lower price.

Klaus the Red

@Ernst- that's really weird. I have no idea what that is.

Klaus the Red

Assuming the arm harness in question is pointed on, you would probably need to attach it after putting on the mail. Perhaps the sleeve is loose enough to facilitate this, with the buckles being there to tighten the sleeve afterwards? Just a guess. Mail sleeves do hang open quite a bit, since gravit...

Klaus the Red

Not I. Most of the images I've seen of late 14th to early 15th century hose that could be either "late separate" or "early joined" show them in the up position, and the braes are obscured by the doublet. On the other hand, in those images I have seen of men of the appropriate period with separate ho...

Klaus the Red

True enough, but let's say brown/natural falls into the same category as white for my arguement- i.e., not dyed. The light blue ones are very curious. My sense is that 15th century "speedo" braes are designed specifically to go under fully joined hose, since even closely-pointed individual hose woul...

Klaus the Red

bump du jour.

Klaus the Red

That seems unlikely. The point of having white underwear is that they can be washed in hot water. Dyed braes might look nice once, but then you would have to choose between keeping the color and making them sanitary again.

Klaus the Red

I'm thinking of asking him to knock down the price a little. Let's see how many potential takers we have to sweeten the deal.

Klaus the Red

Here's a size comparison with the jousting knights sculpture cited above.

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