The Armour Archive

Cet

Sheets of the hardened alloys ( 606-, 2024 etc...) will be marked as such by the mill in the form of printed lettering running repetedly accross the sheet listing alloy, hardness, thickness, and heat number. If it is unmarked it is most lilely an unhardend alloy and not suitable for armour.

Cet

I know you said other than but I can make up polaxes and longswords and other weapons as well.

Cheers

Dave

Cet

Ideallty both but if I had to choose I'd pick carefull drawing ( as opposed to rough sketching). I find drawing a thing requires you to really look at it in a way that photography doesn't.

Cet

Mine came loose in a bag.

Cet

I buy tow from tow from here:

http://www.twinrockerhandmadepaper.com/showprod.php

Cet

I think I have some pics- I'll dig through my files over the weekend. I'll need an e-mail address to send them to.

Cet

All fixed computer wise ( I think). Sorry for dropping off. Please re-send your e-mail if I haven't responded yet. Some e-mails were lost in the crash.

Cheers

Dave

Cet

A few backplates from Rhodes, the small plates have been used to patch- restore other elements found there.

Ivo, I think the plates you're refering to here are actually from Chalcis and not Rhodes.

Cet

Regarding the multiple back plate construction of Italian cuirasses such as this one, I think it's is interesting to note that the back defenses on fabric covered armours from the late 14th and first decade or so of the 15th century often have the plates arranged in a similar design of overlaping &q...

Cet

I made the fans on your arms too big

I wonder if Cet will make armour for sex?

My wife says "no"

Cet

I'll get then to you ASAP. turns out the one in Kings Chapel is 1519 and not 15th century. If you'r looking for dogs in a non heraldic setting just to see how they're drawn/sculpted there are a number in the Visconti Hours and of course Gaston Phoebus

Cet

Hi Doug, I've found some 15th century examples in sculpture which I can scan and send to you in a couple days. It'd faster but my home scanner wont talk to my computer. One, from Kings college Chapel is a heraldic supporter and is probably closest to what your looking for ( more of a hound though)

Cet

Hi Randal,

To make sure were on the same page what are you defining as a fauld?

Cet

"European Armour" 1066-circa 1700. Claude Blair 1958 B.T. Batsford LTD publisher.

I have acopy if you can't find one. You'll find several lisyed on adall used books starting at around $16.

Cet

Imagine that all your welding equipment was absconded with one day for whatever reason. How many of you think you could get by without? How many would hang up your hammers? Welding is a great timesaver if used to to supplement other techniques. I could make everything I make now without welding but...

Cet

I imagine an electronic one could be done rather quickly given how many folks exhibit their arms as avatars, not by me though I'm a luddite.

Any volunteers to host such a thing?

Cet

Hi Russ, You want the thicker part of the BP toward the center and thinner at the edges? Does it need hemmed edges? Let me know I can easily knock one out for you, I've got to do two for Madd Matt tomorrow anyway. I might be able to help with the lamaellar depending upon you time frame and budget. P...

Cet

Very nice Jiri. Is the padding inside the helmet the same thickness as that under the aventail?

Cet

I suggest learning the arms of those wishing to engage in these endeavors
or highering a herald who will do so for you. A roll of arms could be created.

Cet

Congrats John, that's great news!

Cet

As a general rule of thumb, I expect a historic breastplate to allow you to put your arms forward and grab your right elbow with your left hand and vis versa. As a contrast I run into folks who want to be able to make their elbows touch in front of their chest which I doin't think a historic BP will...

Cet

Generally, I think that customers interested in accurate reproductions will aqccept any range of motion losses that come with accurately proportioned armour. You can contrast this with SCA guys who, given a different emphasis and goals typically often want breastplates that are proportioned to allow...

Cet

As far as the bell tents go I can testify that mine stood through a weak hurricane/tropical storm wihth no problems this fall. Very stable design- with no ropes!

Cet

You both MAD!

PM Sent V

Cet

How bout spiral wrapped in our colors to represent wooden whale bone clubs?

and "regular tape" to represnet sharps

Yes please, the shiny tape looks like ass.

Cet

Few if any kits before the early 15th century can really be done authentically and meet SCA regs. Some require more fudging than others though.

Cet

I offer them as part of my Rough from the Hammer line .1" 6061-T6 for $18 plus shipping.

Send me an e-mail and I'll shoot you thw whole price list.

Cet

To paraphrase Keen, ideals are important to study even when they were not generally realized. Too often claims of "medieval chivalry" ( as contrasted to Victorian) gloss over the fact that chivalry was an ideal to the medievals and not just whatever Knights felt like doing. Much of the SCA...

Cet

Hi Jeff, I *think* the glue idea may be an out growth of Chris Dobesons' work on reconstructing a 14th century vambrace form the British Museum(INv 156, 7-1.1665) Based on evidence form surviving hardened leather armour components (a crupper and club tourney helm IIRC) Chris coated the vambrace with...

Cet

Ah, but this event predates *all* other kingdoms. The first event in the East wouldn't be for nearly a year (and even then, apparently it was rained out).

This is true but the history of the SCA is more than the history of the West.

Cet

While combat archery was indisputably practice wealy on in the West it was not so in other Kingdoms. It was introduced in the East in 1995 or a little later.

Cet

Hi Doug, I take it you haven't gotten Kohlmorgen's book yet. As you'll see, many of the shields feature charges in relief. I'm not sure if he goes into how they were done ( can't read German) and his "reconstructions" don't feature anything but painting. I'll be interested to hear what you...

Cet

You don't understand what he's saying.

Cet

Your mention of the predating the ideals up held within the SCA is what made me think along those lines. I understand your confusion. In refering to personnas predating Knightly and Chivalric culture I mean personas from befor the development of those ideas in European Culture ie Tims Scythian perso...

Cet

Good Sir you speak of honour and chivalry and of history yet you seem to forget that the period odeals of honour and chivalry are far different from the georgian/victorian ideals that we have today.

I don't think I forget this at all, why do you say I do?