The Armour Archive

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http://www.icefalcon.com/

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To the degree that resentment ( for lack of a better term) toward the expectation of fighting in any/all the war points is keeping the Eastern fighters from the field at Pennsic, I think we must consider that over the last 10-15yrs there has been a tendency to have nearly every Eastern fighting even...

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I have a large medieval bell wedge from tentsmiths and couldn't be more pleased with it.

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You see rectangular besagews on English effigies and brasses as early as 1416 and they seem to be at their height of popularity in the 1440s

I am not sure about their use on the continent.

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Carlo says it works Ok for him and that it may be being redirected on the US side.

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That's Dwayne Wilkie (sp) Sir Alexander something or other SCA wise. I'm glad to see he got into the 30 this year.

I keep forgetting to send you yhose back armour sketches we talked about- I'll try to get them out tonite or in the AM

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You're achieving a really stunning shape on those- the best I've seen on molded leather greaves hands down.. What are you maikng your molds from and how do you attach the leather to them?

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I saw a sample of the 6mm stuff today and was impressed with it. It is a very good proportion for voiders and similar bits of supplementary mail defences.

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The first 30 had rescues and it was no problem.

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Thanks Hal, My standard gauges are 14ga for stainless and 12ga for mild but I can go thinner or thicker upon request. Thicker stainless costs more, but I'll go up to 1/8" in mild for the standard price. 14ga mild costs the same as the standard 12ga. Non-stock guages may take a little more time ...

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You found me. Most of my ordering is via the e-mail in my profile but I'd be hapy to answer questions here too.

Cheers

Dave

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Chemically strip it off. I've used commercial rust strippers for this purpose on gavanized mail- worked great. I'll look up whaqt wexact brand I used.

PM me in case I lose track of the thread.

PS I am pluging away at arrowheads for you.

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In addition to what Mac has pointed out a couple of things that might be contributing to your warping issues are 1)The industry standard quenchant fro 4130 is oil so your water quench is likely more rapid than what is ideal. A too rapid quench will increase the likelihood both warpage as well as cra...

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One example doesn't prove general practice but with that caveat, Wade Allen has in his collection a breast plate and fauld currently in the form of @ 1560 which clearly started life as a circa 1520 breast and circa 1490 cullet. The radiating Gothic fluting of the cullet pieces ( now fauld lames) and...

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No worries here-thanks for the update and I look forward to recieving mine.

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I would add "engraving" to your list

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Was that made by you? if so, wow. I've been researching them to make one, and that is just one of the best i've seen. Know of any pics of extant collars with the spaulders mounted on top of the collar? I assumed they were all done underneath. Oh and that comment was meant to be more tongue in cheek...

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And some of his pics kinda put to rest the whole lack of arm movement in an allmayne collar. _________________ Yes and no. If we were doing Gabe's harness again the spaulders would be mounted differently. The ones he has mount underneath the gorget and when he has the whole rig on lifting his arms ...

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Awesome- really nic eshape.

What'd you use for the etchant?

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Try here:

http://www.archirondesign.com/Homeowner ... /index.asp

search under "decorative elements".

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Icefalcon for sure, he has blackened round riveted flattened stainless of very good quality. I don't believe anyone has been successful in producing stainless with wedge rivets. Any of the off the shelf aventails I have seen need tailoring to the helm by the installer to some degree as the are made ...

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I was going to be flippant and say "The shape goes where yoru back is, and doesn't go where your back isn't", but that's pretty much the right of it.. Actually it is not right- the upper back and shoulders move and change shape through their movement much more than the upper chest. If you ...

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Broadly speaking primarily in the region over the scapula on either side of the spine. There is actually quite a bit of compound curve there.

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Cool! Thanks for the update.

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Hi Hal,

Until I give D Sebastian all the stuff he needs to finish the site you can just e-mail me to order. Saving armourers shoulders is part of the mission statement inherited from Ron

Cheers

Cet

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Aw shucks you guys are making me blush.. Thanks for the props and I'm glad to hear you all are so pleased with the stuff. As to the two piece breastplate: Form the front the German and Italian breasts in RFH look pretty much the same. The difference is that with the Italian the inner breastplate rea...

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A 2" roll 36" would be have trouble with shiled weight 6061 Matt so the $1000 was probably worth it and really necessary.

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I would remember his name and arms and trust in providence

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I believe it means that the maces will be matched in length.

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It sounds like a good idea and a nice way for folks to dip their feet in to see how they like it . If my time opens up as I hope it will this winter I'd give it a go.

Would the basic soft kits for this era from HE be OK for this?

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Depends on my mood but most recently:

Sic pereant omnes inimici tui... "thus perish all your enemies..."

From Judges Ch 5 in the vulgate via Manley Wade Wellman

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That particular artwork depicts the very late 14th century if not actually the first decade of the 15th so is not a good source for what you are looking for period wise. That said, jupons of similar form were worn over harness by the 1370's or even a bit earlier. It is often difficult to tell if the...

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IS this the guy who went to work at Historic Enterprises?

No it is not, you're thinking of Luke Binks.

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For large heaters roughly 4" in other words layng on the floor the center will be about 4" off the ground.