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Mad Matt

Tom: The effigy of Ritter Burkhard Von Steinburg c 1379. Mostly as well as some inspiration from a few others. Yes I know that the plates on those sabatons overlap in the opposite direction from what I did but there are a few reasons why I did it this way. 1. I didn't really want to articulate them ...

Mad Matt

Well that is true but it's true of 15th c and later sabatons. And as you can see in my sig I'm the budding mid 14th century guy. These are basically late 14th century sabatons. http://www.crosswinds.net/~mad666matt/sabthor6.html At the above page of my site you will see another pair similar to these...

Mad Matt

Malaki you posted while I was typing. Sabatons are worn on the feet. Now that I've said that I'll bet they look a lot more foot shaped don't they? Course with nothing in the picture to reference them to so you can see the size of them it's probably a pretty easy mistake to make for someone new to ar...

Mad Matt

Well I think the sabaton specialization thing was completly accidental. It's my fault for offering them fairly cheap. Course these ones are probably gonna be around $150 or so but there is a style I make for $75. Besides this is only style number 5. Actually I like making all these different sabaton...

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Ok well yup yet another style. I took some pics of one of them. Well the pieces of one of them anyway. They're basically just sitting there on their own but positioned sorta like they would be when assembled. Still needs to be rivited together and strapped and hinged. Anyway took the pics to show Dk...

Mad Matt

I think he means garden hose.

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Umm. POD didn't you make yourself a pair of mittens. With mittens you don't need a basket and a cross-hilt will do just fine. Or use a mace with no basket or cross. Or an axe. This is for SCA right? I'm assuming you don't urgently need a basket for the swordsmen. ------------------ The budding mid 1...

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Burrs are only necessary where a rivit goes through leather and in articulation rivits. Burrs are just a fancy word for a washer that tightly fits onto the shaft of the rivit. Ie. you don't need any in a helmet. Other then for a chinstrap. The spangen panels butt together or come close to butting to...

Mad Matt

Besegews generally just hang from a leather strap that attaches to the spaulder. Or they can be pointed to your arming coat. Get some neets foot oil and as you work the leather back and forth soak it with the oil. That'll help loosen it up. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Tran...

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Just to give an idea of the weight difference here. My hauberk which is 5/16 16ga. 3/4 of the way down the thigh and short sleeved weighs about 20#. Now I will admit that I'm pretty skinny 6' 160#

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http://www.crosswinds.net/~mad666matt/bossform.html There it is. It was me who had the special form. And it was Sasha who helped me with the design and the idea of making it in the first place. Just don't use it to undercut my prices if you plan to sell bosses. Lemme know if you've got any question...

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Umm huh? Murdock if the armpits are comming apart it's a tailoring issue. It's the easiest place to screw up and if you screw it up then it'll always come apart. I use 5/16" id 16gauge. I fight in it. That's what I sell. It rarely needs repairs. The one key issue when using 16 gauge is the type of c...

Mad Matt

WOW those are the coolest sabatons I've ever seen. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif Yes I made his sabatons. Anyhoo yup I make besegews. There's a while of a waiting list. They're pretty cheap though. $25/pair IIRC. There's pics in the german transitional section of my site. If you'd lik...

Mad Matt

Pre-overlapped rings and a spot welder.

Pre-overlapped rings come from a spring manufacturer. Just make a professional sounding inquiry.

Solid rings come from a washer manufacturer.

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Ok I know that I need the jupon and cuisses etc. I don't have them because I HATE sewing and every time I've had a deal to get them through a trade or something the person disapeared or changed their mind. I actually plan on making a kettle hat with a false coif and ventail that hides the non-period...

Mad Matt

Well there's your problem. You need basically no padding under that. I wear a sweatshirt as mentioned above basically just because it's all I've got. I can feel the shots but they don't hurt. So what you need is an arming coat. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy....

Mad Matt

Aelric thanks and Yes I did ask for nitpicking. The straps on the arms and legs are artistic liscence on my part. Yes the cops are definitly wrong. Hmm hadn't even thought about the split thing being incorrect. I'll have to go have a look-see and see if I can find anything. The hauberk is earlier th...

Mad Matt

It looks great. One suggestion though. More length on the false coif. Another 2" would be enough.

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Yup my mom spins from it. I'll get her to send you an e-mail.

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The sallet at the end looks fantastic. Arming points on your rearbraces will keep your arms from floppin around. Course I'm not really someone to preach on this issue http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif . Great work keep it up. I remember when I was in high-school and took shop class. That's...

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Olaf's hard to understand if english is your first language. He's got a STRONG southern accent. As far as long distance charges go does toll free mean anything to you. The numbers on the site are toll free. Actually I know for sure the one that's now on the allmain site is. They took the original nu...

Mad Matt

DEFINITLY BRING YOUR SHEAR. I want to get some helmet pieces cut and don't have a way to cut interesting shapes in 14ga. Bring your armour too. Lots of room outdoors for fighting and I'd be happy to although I really suck. Also if you've got an extra set of legs and an extra gorget I've got all the ...

Mad Matt

HEHEHE wondered if someone would notice the shield thing. The truth of the matter is that I straped it in a rush and since I was in a rush I straped it backward. I'm actually right handed. That shield is not suitable for SCA. The maille mitt is just over-top of a black welding glove. I've got mitten...

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No as a matter of fact I shouldn't. I don't actually have a wooden shield yet though so I figured it would make a better pic then just havin my arm sittin there dooin nothing. BTW I made the axe too. And as far as that little beanpole comment goes. Hey I resemble that remark. ------------------ The ...

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It's a hauberk with a horseman's (actually footmen used the same split during this period too) split.

I didn't wuss out and skip the maille under the CoP.

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Just got around to scanning these finally. Anyway I'd love to hear comments. Feel free to point out all the inaccuracies. You might find some I don't already know about. Going for 1365 Germanic with older armour because of budgetary reasons. There are sabatons they're the leather covered ones. I'm j...

Mad Matt

Any real man knows that you cut titanium with your teeth.

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If you're worried phone them. Yes they have troubles with their e-mail from time to time. They also recieve a LOT of e-mail. So sometimes it's just a matter of it taking a day or two before they manage to get to yours. Seriously though phone them that's why the number is on the site. It's what Olaf ...

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Ok well some of you know and some of you don't but my Mom grows sheep for wool. Here's what she's got I'll explain something more below. Â $4.00 US Â per 4 ounce skein Â 100% wool all natural colours Â 2 ply white 2ply grey 2ply ragg yarn ( 1ply grey 1ply white) 3ply white 3ply grey Â alsoÂ Â car...

Mad Matt

Ok good I'll let the other guy know.

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Well can't say that's true for all brigs since we obviously can't examine every brig that was ever made. But I can say that I've never seen any reference that would suggest otherwise. I'll e-mail ya a buncha pics. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy. Mad Matt's Ar...

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Umm. If you've got a piece of metal dowel or thick walled pipe with about a 2.5-3" diameter. Access to a vice and some kind of soft hammer (I prefer a deadblow for this type of operation). Then other then cutting the steel you've got all the tools you need to make vambraces and rearbraces and curve ...

Mad Matt

Ok so I take it that means you don't want them?

Lemme know if that's true. Someone elce has asked for them and I want to make sure you don't want em before I sell em to someone elce.

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Shouldn't I be expecting an e-mail?

Looks good. All of it.

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Spaulders are ok. You're just 1370 if they've got more then one piece. I personally think that splinted arms and legs with steel lames for articulation look silly. And they don't provide any better range of motion. You could do solid steel vam and rearbraces which are actually fairly easy and work w...

Yet another style of sabatons (pics of unfinished)

Pics of my harness.

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