The Armour Archive

Mad Matt

Ya know you and your b-2 are welcome any time.

Seriously though I do have an open invitation to armourers.

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Mad Matt

Actually if it's butted maille. Put a piece of leather lace (or shoelace) through the top row of rings in the aventail. Then sew that lace onto the leather strip. This way you don't get the funny looking top row of rings sticking out at a right angle. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century ...

Mad Matt

Hold on just a minute here. You're CUTTING holes for the rivits? BAD BAD idea. This'll make your brig fall apart much faster unless you're sewing the edges of said holes. You're using nails. A nail will seperate the threads in your fabric and just push on through. Much more durable then cutting hole...

Mad Matt

Stick a piece of metal dowel of appropriate diameter through the hole. Peen as usual. With the round part that goes past the hole in a rivit set of course.

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Mad Matt

Oh yeah. I'd give ya a doughnut. You deserve one you've been dooing great lately. Keep it up.

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Mad Matt

Hey Steve I was confused hadn't realized you'd planned to intersperce stuff so you'd have some cash. No problem. Your family is more important to me then a pair of arms. And I imagine MUCH more imortant to you then a pair of arms. Plus money for rivits and steel and stuff makes it a lot easier to ma...

Mad Matt

Yeah that pembridge is great. I can't tell for sure from the pics but is it constructed with 3 pieces and the vertical seam welded? If so that's really cool. Also why'd ya put breaths on both sides? And another also. In case you hadn't heard I'm having another Ontario Armourers gathering this summer...

Mad Matt

Wow that looks great. The crow wings are the coolest. Please please please let us know how to find, make stiff/not smelly attach etc. the wings of birds for helms. Are the mufflers seperate pieces or are they integral with the sleeves? Is that a cuff on the mufflers or just a short leahter vambrace?...

Mad Matt

Hardy is square pritchel is round.

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Mad Matt

Take your shotput to an industrial fasteners place. Your shotput should have a plug in it. The plug screws out and there'll be a bunch of shot inside which is used to get the weight exact. Take out the plug and buy a big bolt with the right threads for the shotput. And your shotput is now a stake. T...

Mad Matt

Hey Steve great work and all but where were these helmets in your que? I can't see them listed and for some strange reason I thought I was next. And how's about that e-mail to work out the details. Now I'm sure I'm just confused. And I am really glad to see how well things are going for you. You're ...

Mad Matt

Ok so I'm planning to make a big batch of shield bosses as soon as I get my 12# dishing hammer nice and round and shiny. Do you think that a single initial anneal will be very helpfull in making a shield boss more easily? ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy. Mad M...

Mad Matt

Thanks for the compliment Gaston.

Glad you asked here about this. I want you to get the best results possible.

Another option I forgot to mention was straps on the bottom.

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Mad Matt

Topic basically says it all. I might have access to a kiln.

Farenheight celcius or kelvin will be fine.

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Mad Matt

I think roofing nails get about 400/# and then when you use them as rivits you remove about %75 of the nail. So that's really only about 1.35# of rivits. Spike: Lookin good but... Why are all your plates the same size and shape? If you're gonna do all that work you might as well take the extra time ...

Mad Matt

I've got a $40 US credit with him from his shield boss contest. Won't bother me if I get anything from it. But if there's somethin kickin around with a similar value including shipping I won't complain if it gets sent my way. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy. M...

Mad Matt

Last I heard he hit a rough spot in life and part of that was loosing net access. Sasha posted a while back that people could communicate with Glen through him although I'm not sure if that still stands since that was a little while ago. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transit...

Mad Matt

Big myth about cuir-boulli. Wax must be used. This is not true you can harden leather with hot water in your bathtub. It's really durable. Without hardening the leather will bend and flop instead of articulating. You have the technology. Basically to dye leather you need some leather dye and an old ...

Mad Matt

Second edition no. Second printing yes.

And it is the second printing that I have.

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Mad Matt

Actually Dweezle running the pattern on a 45 is a bad idea for a shirt. It makes it hang all crooked at the bottom. I speak from experience since my first ever piece of maille (a vest) was done that way. Man that thing is ugly. 1/2" rings 16,17 and 18 gauge galvanized mild and bronze placed in accor...

Mad Matt

Ok a side will almost definitly not be enough. But.. if it doesn't make any difference in the shipping cost order one then use it then when you run out order the next. You never know. Still go with vegetable tanned leather. I know it doesn't need to be hardened but it'll be a lot easier to have it f...

Mad Matt

If you're planning to harden your leather you'll want to use Vegetable tanned leather not latigo. As to how much leather you need basically make all your patterns out of paper. Try the paper armour on to make sure it fits and everything works right. Then take your patterns to the leather store and p...

Mad Matt

Also to anybody that's not accdntprone.

No sendin prank calls to The Damn(ed) Dane

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Mad Matt

DW is correct it's a round faced klappvisored bascinet.

Mad Matt

Well the only bad thing about this book are some editing oversights and in parts the writing just rambles and lacks any kind of form. Of course this is to be expected since Brian Price is an armourer primarily and a writer second to that. And of course thanks to that Murphy bastard I've probably mad...

Mad Matt

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Mad Matt

That discoloration is just on the surface. A wire wheel or buffer or sandpaper will remove it quickly. Use a file on the edges. You can't get a smooth enough edge with a grinder. Cut shape then roll. If you roll before shaping you'll just screw up your roll and it'll be harder to shape. You will wan...

Mad Matt

ScottC actually rolling the edges and then shaping the piece is the wrong way to do it. If you do that you'll end up screwing up your roll. Now I haven't actually done any rolled edges yet. But I think that a rounded cold chisel or two stuck pointy side up in a vice'll work better then an anvil edge...

Mad Matt

Go to my site and see how I take orders now.

I think this is the best way to take orders for things other then in-stock stuff.

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Mad Matt

SteelWeaver: Thanks for clearing that up. I knew it was either ar or ra just couldn't remember which.

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Mad Matt

Actually the disease the sheep had was scarpie. Which is similar to mad cow but is not mad cow. Also it's not communicable to either cows or humans. Also The numbers are lower then 12,000. It's more like 1,200. 2 farmers flocks. There was never any confirmed proof that the sheep had anything that wa...

Mad Matt

Bump

And just want to let everyone know that so far nobody has sent in an RSVP.

Ya gotta e-mail em to me if you wanna come so I can keep track.

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Mad Matt

http://www.antiqueswords.com/ew163.htm

Now I guess $3350 is a lot of money. But it is actually from 1360.

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Mad Matt

Norman: You really deserved that. Your sites are great. I really look forward to possibly gettin to hang out with you and your family this summer. Wether it's during the gathering or not. Accndprone is near Chicago. I think he was in aurora before and moved somewhere elce nearby to that. But close t...

Mad Matt

SCA you just need a gorget. And a cup if you don't already use one.

Well when your ron simmons stuff arrives that is.

AEMMA you'll have to go more accurate 14th century.

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Need annealing temp for mild steel.