The Armour Archive

RandallMoffett

Does it have the patterns he used to host online? I used to point people there for learning about patterns as well as the AA here but since he pulled it I was wondering if he would have the patterns in a book or something.

Sounds like an excellent books though!

RPM

RandallMoffett

It the catalogue number not listed in the Osprey book? The likely place fo the information you need will be the xrays of the piece in questions. I will see what info I can gather about it but I have not seen either or those books so I will have to find them first as it is likely they have all sorts ...

RandallMoffett

Russ, I would not be so sure. There are alot of arrowheads classified as bodkins that are more chisel type at some of the main museums and institutions here. I assume they classify it more by the overall foursided and narrowing toward a point as bodkin no matter length, thickness etc. It is interest...

RandallMoffett

Very nice work. Make sure when you finish to put pictures up of it!!!
RPM

RandallMoffett

It is a shame they are not keeping their collection well, I wish they were the only ones but I have heard similar stories about other locations that I will not name. It is a very nice reproduction. I daresay the look of it is close to identical. Good job on it. Any pictures of the inside of the orig...

RandallMoffett

One of the other issue's I have is the 'bodkin' arrow has become a catagory with a large variation of types inside it. There are some that look like foursided long picks and some look more like crossbow heads or chisels. I cannot think they all served the same purpose. Other cultures, the mongols fo...

RandallMoffett

Erik,

I second that motion. The best and often least often covered.

It does look good though. No price anywhere??? Is that a bad sign?

RPM

RandallMoffett

Josh, The account is monsrelet I believe but I could not find it in the translations I had so I will go back when I have some time to relook at it. I will look for some pictures of 15th century knights with them if you like. There are quite a few, usually a few peppered throughout a battlefield. It ...

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St. George armry,

Ah! That was it! Now I remember. Close helm.
No I was just curious how you arrived at your dating of it. It would definitley show italian infuence to my eyes except the helmet, which for an english order would seem to fit quite well to me as well.

RPM

RandallMoffett

'keep's my face pretty'

-juggernaut-

Any helmet that is somewhat open likely would be candidate for a bevor.

RPM

RandallMoffett

St. George Armry, Very nicely executed. I saw one of your Coventry helmet reproductions a few months ago at a war of the roses event in York (Barley Hall) They also has some other small odds and ends of yours. Very nice work. I have always thought of this helmet as a armet with a sallet skull (or ju...

RandallMoffett

Josh, are you planning on picking a fight with some longbow men??? I would assume once you get to 3mm in high carbon steel heat treated you'd be ok but why the suddon attempt to up your armour? You'd likely be safe from 80-90 percent of all arrows. Cheaper to get a small pavaise if your worried abou...

RandallMoffett

If you contact HF and tell them on the first cut the blades shattered they likely will replace them. I had a friend who did this and got new blades for free. They usally at least try to make up for the poor CQ, especially if you buy it in a local store. I have some minor chips in mine (I have cut 12...

RandallMoffett

here is a picture of Don Bernaldo Guillen de Entenza

http://www.hospitaller.13c.ru/collections/effigies.html

RPM

RandallMoffett

Sorry Doug,

Just got out of a few days in the hospital and I guess I misread it....

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RandallMoffett

I did find another possible translation of it but it is in anglo-norman and is late 14th century. I will keep digging and perhaps translate it once I find it. Doug, I was more looking if the way the account was translated was done correctly. It might have nothing to do with 16th or the 15th centurie...

RandallMoffett

Yeah, I think Halbards has it. It is that these places get cheap labour and materials outside the first world countries. You do get what you pay for. Often 16 gauge or less they hold up poorly unrivetted. I have seen a few 14 gauge on ebay though. I bought my own wire and made my own rings for butte...

RandallMoffett

The Tear Drop helmet definitely has an attractive price but when looking at the price between the initial helmet and the barrel they are only 10 dollars off so a helmet that is likely much thicker and better put together.

Glad we could help.

RPM

RandallMoffett

Murdock, Ok, I was just curious if you had come across something else. I would say it sounds plausible and all. I found a section from a late 15th english manuscript that mentions a knight suiting up with some fair detail but am going back toward the original as the only one found seems to be 16th c...

RandallMoffett

you may look online for a mail hauberk of 16 gauge butted, they come up now and again around 100 dollars. You then could 'modify' if how you like. After the last hauberk I made I looked back to all the previous ones I made of 14 and 16 gauge and decided a 18 gauge rivetted is what I see in my future...

RandallMoffett

Murdock, I have never heard anyone ever interpret that to mean a knee brace. Is there more to this or is it just your assumtion on it? If wearing hose then a thin blanket wrapped around even just a few times would seem to be quite padded to me but I have never thought of it as a brace before. It is ...

RandallMoffett

In the late 13th and 14th it is clear some padding was used on the thigh, sometimes including the knee defence at its lower section. It looks like a tube sort of that slides on. I do not know if this would be bulwarks but I find them very comfy. When home for Christmas this year I could dig mine out...

RandallMoffett

For a first project this would likley be slightly too hard. I would recommend making a flat top great helm, (pattern archive has various). You could try a spangen helm as well if you want a round top. Once you get solid two pieces it gets somewhat harder. Making a dishing stump out of a log is a goo...

RandallMoffett

Josh,

One tasset from late gothic era I looked at at the RA was 1.5-1.8 on the edge. Thicker at the centre. I will let you know as I cover more tassets.

RPM

RandallMoffett

OK, just wondering how it looked being worn. I dare say they are nice.
Thanks,

RPM

RandallMoffett

Some shoulder defences perhaps to look at that could be taken from what you have to closer fit what you are looking for. Sir Robert Hilton, died, circa 1372. Effigy is in Swine Priory In Yorkshire. The top cap only covers teh top of the shoulder. The lames are cut straight along the bottom of the ca...

RandallMoffett

Did you ever decide on one or do you need some more ideas? Let us know, we are here to help!

RPM

RandallMoffett

Thanks for the links. Not only can i brush up on my french but I get to read something about armour. Very cool.
Just from the pictures here it looks like there is variation in the types of breastplates, some being more globose. I am excited to see how things work out.

RPM

RandallMoffett

Hammerhand,

That looks smooth. Once polished you will have a perfect display of armour for home. I think this turned out fantastic!

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RandallMoffett

villerica,

any news info links? I did some searches and my French is not perfect but I should have been able to find something...

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RandallMoffett

What time period exactly? 2nd half of 12th, mail shirt with long sleeves, likely a open face round topped helmet. Shield. 13th. mail shirt with integral mittens. Some type of early helm and a shield. Depending on where in those respective centuries is alot fo change as well. I am sure someone with m...

RandallMoffett

You could gun blue your whole suit if you like to avoid rust.

RPM

(a rain forest but a very pretty one at that)

RandallMoffett

Cannonshots, You had best look at some academic works on the dates of froissarts chronicles not when he wrote it but when the copy you are looking at were done. Most existant copies you seem to be indicating were probably done second half of the 15th or possibly late in the 2nd half of the 15th, whe...

RandallMoffett

Congrats. Is a specific time period? What are you going to make?
We all would love to hear how it goes.

RPM

RandallMoffett

Hum.. The arms black field with three white Ost. feathers were the arms he adopted for tournements in honour of the King of Bohemia who died at Crecy. He retained his won arms for business and war. As far as I know the black prince never was used this title, 'Black Prince' in his lifetime, nor the 1...