The Armour Archive

Mad Matt

Just wanted to let you know. The rolled edges comment was a joke about someone else. Blankenshield. And wasn't any kind of serious. I didn't comment on the armour because I've never really looked at it all that well. But I've never heard of a bad business deal with you. And wanted to post that DIY i...

Mad Matt

So Murdock I'm kinda getting the impression you don't like the armour all that much? Would you like it better if he put some nickles on it?

Mad Matt

Someone mentioned this in another thread thought I'd bump it up.

Mad Matt

possibly. Send me an e-mail.

Mad Matt

Depending on the width of the piece if you're running it through a slip roller you need to set it to roll 2-3 times smaller circumference. And if you're using .09 or something you need 3" rollers so it's gonna be useless. Yeah beat it over a pipe and swear a lot. Like I said you want to hit it ...

Mad Matt

It doesn't throw hard hammers back at you if you hit it hard with them.

Basically though curving aluminum vambraces involves a LOT of swearing.

I used a 4 pound weighted rawhide. You need to hit it right next to a pipe that's about half the circumference you want to end up with.

Mad Matt

They stock them I think you just go to their store in toronto. BTW they're also your best bet for buckles etc and leather tools as well. Capital findings is the name of the store they're near eglington and caledonia. You can also try princess auto but I haven't been for a long time. You can also pro...

Mad Matt

Seen some crappy pics around today. I've posted this before but I'll do it again because it's so easy. Step 1 go outside with your armour during the day. Step 2 make sure the flash on your camera is turned off. Step 3 put some kind of plain backdrop behind it so the armour really sticks out in the p...

Mad Matt

Just to explain pitbulls picture. If you look at it he set the blank between some boards and parked an rv on it.

Mad Matt

Not yet but I'm planning on making myself an aluminum set to go with the aluminum suit I slapped together for myself a while ago. They'll probably be more then these ones. But if people keep bugging me about them I'll get my pair made sooner.

Mad Matt

Sounds like they're claimed. Send me an e-mail to sales@madmattsarmory.com and I'll let you know when they're finished and where to send payment. I do have some more fingermittens in progress if anyone else is looking for some lemme know and they'll get finished quicker. Wulfgar if you're wanting th...

Mad Matt

Here's a really crappy pic of one of them keep in mind that a flash makes armor look like crap and this is taken with a flash on my workbench. I'll be taking proper pictures when they're done. You're more then welcome to call dibs on them and ask for an enclosed thumb tip and then back out if you do...

Mad Matt

Smaller image that should fit on the screen without a download button. they'll look like this but with brass rivets and be fingermittens instead of finger gaunts.

Mad Matt

The second pic is of wisby finger gauntlets they're the same but with fingermittens instead.

The gauntlets will fit does a large glove or xl fit your hand?

Mad Matt

The wisby fingermittens are still available and the hourglass ones are sold pending being finished and payment. Thumbs and gloves are going in tomorrow which means they'll be finished. So if you want the wisby ones now's the last chance to ask for enclosed thumbtip. I used 60-61 t-6 splints in the c...

Mad Matt

I say it's not your fault if people have sticks up their asses.

Mad Matt

I'm not going to comment on the armour itself. I've never ever heard of a bad business dealing with dark victory. You send your money you get your stuff. Which isn't something that can often be said about armories. Also if you don't want to do the work of making your own crappy plastic armour the pr...

Mad Matt

I can do any shape or size and whatever curve depth you want. Sizing will determine pricing.

Mad Matt

I have a bunch of heater blanks and could make what you need by end of next week.

Mad Matt

I'd love to but it's a long drive and would need to allow more then a weekend for it which means if it was in the summer when my kids aren't in school I could but not during the school year.

Mad Matt

I use my electric shear. A beverly or knockoff will work too (better actually). If using an electric shear you need to make sure that the travel distance of the moving blade is greater then the thickness of the leather and for any type of shear with an adjustable blade gap you want no gap for cuttin...

Mad Matt

Wade has more then some. And most of his stuff is up for everyone to see already.

Mad Matt

Here's the mail fragment. I'd like some suggestions on how to get it a little cleaner and more stable.

Mad Matt

It was mentioned in the triangular roll thread wondering about how many of us have bits and pieces of originals. So hopefully we can share what we've got on this thread. It'll give us a collection of stuff we can request specific angles on. And let us see stuff we haven't seen before. Only authentic...

Mad Matt

Sha-ul I think that's why it's all a blur.

Good point Wade. Gonna start a thread. Also possibly my post came across wrong. There was nothing wrong with asking if I wanted to sell it and you were nothing but polite.

Mad Matt

If you've got a weighted rawhide and a very shallow dish you smack it a couple times and you're done.

Mad Matt

I've had a pair of arms come back after 2 years of very frequent use in multiple different hema combat types for some maintenance. Sword blades will end up putting some dings in the edges and they have the possibility of a little bit of a bend in them but other then that you're fine. Oops just read ...

Mad Matt

Nothing at all wrong with the space infantry helmet. It is what it is and doesn't claim to be anything else. Why the hell not make a space infantry helmet.

Really though if you just think it looks neat and ok with the price go ahead. If you want to fight in it keep looking.

Mad Matt

m I found it. It's an ugly helmet. It is not thick enough to be SCA legal. 1.5mm on the visor sca minimum which is not really enough is 1.6mm or .0625 It's a crap helmet made in india at prices that are really high. Unless you think it's pretty and want to spend $200 on something to put on your mant...

Mad Matt

Just keep plugging away. Everything will get finished and the fact that you're communicating means there's not likely to be any hard feelings. It'll all get done. When you need to take a breath take one. I've never ordered anything from you. But I've been in the situation where I had a whole pile of...

Mad Matt

How excited would you be? I'm thinking about attempting this. I'm not sure if it will work out or not due to if the aluminum lets me shape it like that or not. They would be a different style for the fingers. they'd have plates similar to my finger gauntlets with a plate over each finger bone and a ...

Mad Matt

That's what it is. You've seen it before I think. I bought it from gaulker at pennsic he said you'd dated it. It's about 9" around the front face. It's missing part of one side of it and is big enough to fit on my leg pretty much perfectly if it was whole. Date I was given was about 1500. And a...

Mad Matt

To be honest I don't remember which effigy it was. There's a few with it and you can also find it in the pistoia alterpiece.

Mad Matt

Because that's the one he liked. There's an effigy with one like that.

Mad Matt

Larmer it's car door trim you can get it in the dress up section in automotive department at canadian tire. It has it's own adhesive and I'm told holds up to rattan as well. I think it cost me $8 which was enough for 2 shields. Comes in chrome and black it's plastic. I'm sorta maybe taking orders. H...

Here's how to take good pictures of armour easily.

So who's got original authentic armour pieces post em here.

So if I were to make aluminum wisby style fingermittens?