The Armour Archive

Garreth

White Mountain armoury says that there plates will be back in stock soon, and they are accepting pre-orders. Calontir trim sells plates. m Polar bear forge sells a ton of different plate styles, at 55 cents a plate! m He's on the archive. Tangent also offers laser cut plates, not sure about his pric...

Garreth

Eric,
Can you shoot me a PM? I need to know what measurements you need for the arms and legs. I will send you a PM. I have a bunch of design questions.

Garreth

This might explain it

JIŘÃ

Garreth

Several more emails and P.M.'s sent.

Thanks

Garreth

Not a lot of vendors making roman sca helms. Knotwolf does some really nice ones, but I have no idea what he charges for them. m Ironmonger does one in mild steel for $275. Not nearly as pretty as the ones from knotwolf. m Sir Andres from here on the archive might be able to do a lower cost helm in ...

Garreth

I am having a roman ridge cavalry helm made (similar to the ones Adam Berry makes). If the dome is made from 2 welded halves, and the center band and the spangen bands on the sides are just decoration, rivet spacing and material would not be an issue?

Garreth

I know this has been debated many times before, but I don't remember what the outcome was. I know that 3/16" brass rivets are at least as strong as steel rivets, and I know Windrose has used brass rivets on helms for years. I have an armourer working on a new hat for me. Brass would look cool, ...

Garreth

Hjilmr
p.m. sent

Garreth

Bake it till it's done Seriously, you will know when it comes up to temp, as it will turn dark blue almost instantly. No chemicals required at all. Clean it, put it in the oven, set oven for 550 and wait until the color turns. Turn off oven, remove the piece and let it air cool. Nothing to it at all...

Garreth

I wouldn't blue it before assembly, it will definetly get scratched up. Assemble it and clean it, then blue it. You might need to remove mill scale from the pieces. One gallon of Muriatic acid mixed with 4 gal. of water in a 5 gallon bucket works great. The acid is $10 at home despot, and the bucket...

Garreth

If you want an actual dark blue color, rather than a brown or black that you would get from gun (chemical), blueing, you can heat the piece in your home oven at 550 degrees. You will get a nice, deep blue color, with subtle dark purple undertones. The item must be very clean to do this. Oils from yo...

Garreth

Replied to your message, thanks for the update. I will see what i can do to fix the laptop problem.

Garreth

Stonekeep has several occular spangen helms in stock. (Made by Otto here on the archive)

http://www.stonekeep.net/helms.html

Garreth

Good to hear the blueing worked out on this batch. Hope they get hear soon

Garreth

Eric, can you do the vams and rerebraces in 18 gauge?

Garreth

I would like to see some pics of these hilts as well.

Garreth

Regulus,
I sent the measurements to your hotmail account. please let me know if you need anything else.

Garreth

I was planning on removing the knee and rotating the whole thing over my hip as well. I also think the material behind the knee needs to go. If either of you guys have pics of the mods you have done, I'd like to see them

Garreth

Regulus,
I sent you a p.m. with some measurements. I will get the rest when I get home.

Thanks!

Garreth

Sorry, things have been rather busy for me of late. Please send me a P.M. with the requested measurements and I will get them to you right away.

Garreth

Mike, how do you blue your stuff? I've had the best results by just heating in my home oven to 550. It produces a nice deep blue with purple undertones. Give it a try, i think you'll be suprised by the results. just make sure the piece is really clean first.

Garreth

Garreth

I hope they get here soon, I wants my precious

Garreth

Cool, thanks for the update and thank you for setting up this sale! I really appreciate the fact that you extended the sale and made more cops beyond what you had in stock.

Garreth

I have a beautiful roman calvary helm from Sir Brand. Got it a couple months ago. It is ridged, has fixed cheeks and a polished finish. Since I started my own helm and finally made up my mind to do a norse persona, I could probably be talked into selling it. It is mild steel 13 and 14 gauge. Let me...

Garreth

Mike,
Did my cops ship?

Jeff Heflin
Fairfield, OH

Garreth

Definetly interested if it fits me. I have short arms, so it might work out. Can you give me your chest, gut and arms (circumference), measurements so I can compare them to mine?

Garreth

Scorpus,
Could you take some pics of the inside of the helm, specifically the hinges, cheek plates and integral grill? And maybe some front and side pics with the cheek plates raised? I have a similar helm I just started on and some detail shots would be most helpfull.

Thanks

Garreth

Richard,
I sent you an email a while back, regarding the helm we talked about. Did you get my message?

Garreth

Using oil, going slow and using eye protection, A++ The other tips I have would be to clamp your metal down firmly and support the peice as much as possible. Vibration brakes blades quickly. Apply a decent amount of downward pressure on the saw (helps with the vibration). And most importantly, use b...

Garreth

Thanks Mike

Garreth

Primvs,
Thanks for the resources, I will definetly check them out.
Mord, I am currently trying to get the Armour from Imperial Rome through ILL.

Garreth

Mike,
Did you get the paypal funds I sent? I put the sizes and AA handle in the comment field when I sent the money on saturday.

Garreth

Matt,
Do you have any books on roman military equipment that you would recommend? I do not have anything on the subject currently, but I would like to. Decent pictured and drawings would be a plus.

Garreth

Jamie,
I got your email o.k., I'm not sure why mine is not going through. I will try replying to your message when I get home.

SCA regs on brass rivets on a helm?