The Armour Archive

Sean Powell

I don't know whats worse. That you accomplished that in 4 1/2 days or that you had week to spend with someone that beautiful and you spent it in the SHOP! Please tell me you at least treated her to a nice dinner out. The original sketch work seems to indicate large angel-wing pauldrons but on the fi...

Sean Powell

Hello, Weâ€™ve all come to recognize that Hal is a fine purveyor of newbie armor tool kits. About a month ago Hal offered up an auction for a horizontal stake made from welded pipe components. I requested a custom stake of similar design (one curve up for flared edges and one down for tighter curves...

Sean Powell

We must have gone over your bandwidth. I've got nothing but red X's

Sean

Sean Powell

Hello all,

Simple question. I may have found an old Pexto Stake Plate for sale. I'm curious what the going rate is for one so I have a rough idea what to personally budget.

Thanks, Sean

Sean Powell

My first question was how deep a section of log had to be to be effective and not bust. Since we're hitting on the end grain, something too thin would likely crack. But what about a section of wood that was maybe 6 inches thick? it would be easy to move, just set it up on a sturdy bench for use. pr...

Sean Powell

I'll echo the 3 footed option but I did something different. My stump (which I have come to realize was a soft wood and is in need of replacement after 3 years) was not only not flat but the top and bottom wern't close to parallel. I places the flatest side on the floor. I took a random piece of 2x1...

Sean Powell

The obvious answer is "It all depends". Mostly it depends on the shape. If you size and shape the leather based on a authentic period type suit it will move like a period type suit. If you size and shape it like sport equipment then it will move like sport equipment... Now the original wearers of ar...

Sean Powell

OK its been 3 1/2 years since I left the injection moled plastics business and I was only mildly connected to MIM (Metal Injection Molding) then. I was hoping someone else would provide more information. I have only seen 1 part made from a metal filled polymer and I remember there being fill issues ...

Sean Powell

That's an amusing use for rail-road stakes. Given a source for old stakes (like where they are replacing the track and ties) and a simple pipe with a means to cut it you could knock out a lot of those quite cheeply... but I imagine that the possilsing (edit: polishing) is the time consuing part. You...

Sean Powell

About every 2-3 months I go down to the lab to use the X-ray machine swearing "OK that's GOT to have been a break!". More then 3 years of zaping myself with radiation and nothing but deep bruises, pulls and sprains.

You think I would get luck enough to break SOMTHING other then rattan.

Sean

Sean Powell

My HF shear is on a portable base originally used to support my leg-vice when I had a smaller shop. The base is 32"x32" in a T shape from 2x6. At the top center of the T I have 3 more 2x6 pieces 32" long forming an I-beam. There is a cap plate that the shear bolts to and a few pieces for diagnal bra...

Sean Powell

Is this normal where you are at? I usually decide to draw back just a bit if I hit you in the leg, but that is because I am not on top of you when I hit it. If I am, no stop, no break, I just keep swinging. There is no reason to have a secondary Lay On after I hit you in the leg. It is your job to ...

Sean Powell

You know, you could always do a search on the construction board rather then post in the clasifieds section.

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Sean Powell

Step 1: They arn't pure titanium. They are probably TAV (Titantum, Aluminum, Vanadium alloy) or TAN (Titanium, Alluminum, Niobium alloy). We use TAN where I work. If you can find the name of the company that made them (they usually have a part number laser etched on them) I might be able to track th...

Sean Powell

Hmmm, In the bottom view there are 3 holes at the lower back of the helm spaced about 1 1/2" apart (40mm) in a triangular formation. In the top view there is another half way up shaped like a double key slot. Any speculation as to the purpose of these holes? The 3 holes at the bottom might have held...

Sean Powell

For a first pair of arms they are pretty good especially considering your improvised tools. The standard comment about elbows applies here. Dish them deeper, much deeper. (If someone has some good photos of extant 14th or 15th cent elbows they could post here it might help.) You might consider takin...

Sean Powell

(/sarcasm-on) SCA combat is seriously dangerous and may I suggest one or more of the following safer sports to pursue that may be more in your age category: Urban Skateboarding or roller-bladeing Down-hill speed mounting biking BMX Motor cross Anything involving ATV's Snow-boarding in half pipe lawn...

Sean Powell

Please explain to this "old set in his ways" guy how a counted system works. Tor OK. This is simple enough that I can answer it. Any strike to a "Legal Target" counts and counts the same. An arm = a leg = a head = a face thrust = groin thrust = hip = whatever. When you are "hit" instead of saying "...

Sean Powell

That artical was originally posted here: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... srael+army in Off topics. There were a number of good follow up posts which I will decline to repeat.

Sean

Sean Powell

I used to wear sabatons at demos to disguise my sneakers when fighting. I liked the grip the sneakers gave in grass and soil but the long tip tended to snag and trip me. Then I had a demo to do and ended up fighting in my turn shoes with my sabatons. I will NEVER go back. The turn shoe supports the ...

Sean Powell

I just flip on my medieval reality overlay filter. It's the same one that protects my brain from the tacky neon tunics and people talking on cell-phones. I havn't been "legged" I've been unhorsed, or my opponent has been unhorsed. An unhorsed opponent has less range, less mobility, less reach then a...

Sean Powell

http://justus.pair.com/ShopPhotos/slides/Hammers6.html

On the bottom, slightly to the right. Not a new idea, just a new way of getting there. It's ammusing to see how we re-invent the wheel every few years.

Sean

Sean Powell

ok if not that one how about if i made this one i did the drwing my self jut to give an idea its not paporshanel but its just to show what im thinking or make the other on in the pic but add a plat in the back of the head Armand, unless you need to have this helm in the next week I suggest you read...

Sean Powell

Necessary? no but desireable? yes. It depends on the style of gauntlet you are recreating. The flare in the picture above is similar to starting a roll. It also stretches the metal but not as much. It helps reinforce the cuff so it dosn't get bent. It is easier to do then a roll but not quite as str...

Sean Powell

Hmmm. Nice but they look familiar. The Met?

Sean

Sean Powell

You know those silicon gel packets that say "do not eat". They contain a desecant ie a material that likes to absorb water. Do a search on the archive for the term desecant (if I spelled that correctly) and you should find recomendations for a comercial source. If you place some in each bin (and kee...

Sean Powell

Hey Chris and the others, This is the first thing I've made, the part that comes over the underarm (cuff or something like that ?) I encounter the first problem : the edge is rough and sharp. I've read something about rolling the edges , but I think that this cannot be done, or am I wrong ? Thierry...

Sean Powell

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:Master Cad has one- it hurt me.

Vitus,
Would you (or Master Cad) please describe how this Klobben was built so I DON'T duplicate the design. I'd like not to knowingly hurt my worthy opponents.

Thanks,
Sean

Sean Powell

I'm in a small shire with a great A&S supp0ort structure but only a small (growing) fighting population. A LOT of fighters are out for the season with work, life, injuries or recovering from Surgery How often does it happen -- week/month? * Every Wednesday Who comes and roughly how many show up? * M...

Sean Powell

Marshals reading this thread: Can we alter the weapons construction standards to allow weapons of this sort? It seems that simply shaving a thick piece of rattan into the proper shape and covering it with leather would be fine. Well as a Marshal myself I can give you part of the answer. We can chan...

Sean Powell

As part of my new kit and shift in persona I want the opportunity to spar with more authentic weapons for my time period. Specificly I'm looking to recreate an SCA legal equvilent for the kloben (clubs, battons, whatever...) depicted in the Rene de Anjou tourney book. For reference they look like: m...

Sean Powell

Toby placed the whole suit up for auction recently. From the rumors I've heard Toby has accepted a new job in London and the cost of housing is higher thus requiring him to liquidate some assets. It appears that the suit did not meet it's minimum reserve bid if he still has the helm and gauntlets to...

Sean Powell

IF only there was a way to shape rattan that way and stain it and get it passed to fight with, without the flippin tape on it Well they do duct-tape in wonky colors and in camo, we just need to talk 3M into a red-oak wood grain duct-tape... wouldn't THAT be fun. I've fought against people with badl...

Sean Powell

I wear one occasionally at Pennsic. I strap it to by back plate and it stays with my armor rather then straped over my shoulders like a backpack. On the way top-side before battle I swing by the coopers store, buy a bag of ice and a gallon of water. I then pack as much ice into it as I can and fill ...

Sean Powell

I like your technique for getting a clean edge along all of those compresion articulation plates. I tried describing this technique to someone doing sabatons and couldn't quite word it properly. Your photos illustrate this perfectly.

Good luck on your next project.
Sean

Product Review: Halâ€™s Armor Stakes

Price Check: Pexto Stake Plate

Re: a stump idea I had.

Re: What makes for a good practice in your area?

Q: Building an SCA legal Rene style kloben.