The Armour Archive

Sean Powell

At first I thought you meant the upper arm strap buckle (front of the arm, attached to the inside of the steel.) I've got a buckle on my spaulders to attach them to my Corazzina. My knight insisted I mount them this way. I would prefer to point them on but If I'm willing to take his advice on fighti...

Sean Powell

I'm not an expert in Greek or Roman armor but by the addition of the haut guard and with the the narrow gap in the barbute to me it looks more 16th century Italian historical revival. Its a well executed piece of construction either way. I used to fight with haut guards and they can limit your offsi...

Sean Powell

In the american language "To Identify" typicaly means "To find the identity of". What a coincidence. It's like that in English too. There are enough differences between "English" english and "American" english that I like to be specific. I put my foot in my boot and put my armor in the trunk of my ...

Sean Powell

I think he means where can he purchase a punch to "make identifying marks" on his armor. armureriejalbert, In the american language "To Identify" typicaly means "To find the identity of". You probably want to use the words "To Sign" or "To Mark". Depending on complexity you can grind it in the face ...

Sean Powell

You know Theo. I forgot to even show it to you this weeked. I have a crest that I built for a Crestfallen Tourney up in Bergantal. I built a twisted wire frame with 4 legs. I then took a small stuffed animal of Eore and spiked him through the belly so 1 or each leg of the wire frame was under each l...

Sean Powell

AriAnson wrote:Cue the "THAT'S NOT CORRECT FOR ___ CENTURY!!!" comments in 3...2...1...

I'll fill in the ___ with the word "ANY".

Sean Powell

Not to hijack the thread but those are very nice Jiri. I've had trouble replicating that shape well working cold. Would you care to share your technique and did you work them hot?

Thank you,
Sean

Sean Powell

I suspect both the nippers AND the drill bits will be useful. If the rivets are a soft metal like copper or brass and the holes are tight (not intended for articulation) then the rivets often "fatten" during the mushrooming process. This means that you can cut away the big portion getting the strap ...

Sean Powell

If I said half way between the two would you be annoyed with me? Everyone will have their personal preference. Mine is that while hammering into the "V" I can hammer straight down and the steel is supported equally on both sides. Your first stake makes a great V... but I can't use it to get inside s...

Sean Powell

*sigh* One day, after I win the lotery, I will buy a very expensive antique japanese sword and a very expensive european sword from the same time period. I will subject them to every concevible MODERN MECANICAL TEST to determin rockwell hardness, yield strength, rupture strength, youngs modulous and...

Sean Powell

Hal, Thats pretty much the shape I was thinking about. In my mental image the square tube that supports it was cut at a slight angle at the top so the shape was more "v^" and less "\--\" but you get the idea. You're become a real tool creation genius. Keep it up and you'll be in direct competition w...

Sean Powell

OK stupid question: Why not blacken the entire piece and then sand/buff the blackening off the edges you don't want black?

I can find no evidence on that being the period technique but I vaguely remember it for a history channel show years ago.

Sean

Sean Powell

I'm guessing that this started life as a 2" diameter 90 degree pipe bend and has two welded caps on it? If so, nice welding and grinding work... Honestly I can't think of many anticlastic shapes that are that sharp. If I got one of thes I'd conside using a 30 degree bend instead of a 90. Mind you th...

Sean Powell

Where can ya get kevlar rope? If you can find a source for Kevlar anything I want to know where. I needed some for an engineering aplication and went all the way back to the manufacturer (was it GE? I can't remember) Anyway almost all the kevlar right now is being sucked up by the military for bull...

Sean Powell

Sean, First off, thanks for taking the time to hold my hand on this. I plugged the following formulat in to Excel using these variables. E2 Pi 3.14 E3 Padding_thickness 0.5 E4 head_circ 23 Your formula: head_circ+2*padding_thickness*pi translated to excel =SUM(E4+2*E3*E2) The answer was 26.14 Head_...

Sean Powell

Stacy, I think I see part of your problem. You didn't include 'pi' just before the square-root. For a head 6" x 8" (aprox 150mmx200mm) pi*(2*(A^2+B^2))^.5 pi*(2*(4^2+3^2))^.5 pi*(2*(16+9))^.5 pi*(2*25)^.5 pi*(50)^.5 22.214 pi*(2*(A'^2+B'^2))^.5 pi*(2*(4.5^2+3.5^2))^.5 pi*(2*(20.25+12.25))^.5 pi*(2*(...

Sean Powell

I saw the lower peak before the upper but on inspection it looks like a heart. The background color really isn't helping the image to pop out. I would second the comment about a smaller ring to image ratio.

Sean

Sean Powell

OK I have 2 ellipse formulas, one simple and one complicated: Assuming A and B are the longest and shortest distance from the center to the edge respectively: Area=pi*A*B Perimeter=pi*(A+B)K where K=(1 + 1/4*m^2 + 1/64*m^4 + 1/256*m^6 + Ã¢â‚¬Â¦) and m=(A-B)/(A+B) So the first equation wonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t g...

Sean Powell

SHould come out roughly 26.141592 or 23+2*.5*pi... I'll go look up the correct formula now. I'm at the wrong computer desk.

Sean

Sean Powell

I find it ammusing that D. Sabastion posted an immage of my suit as "Top Notch" (or maybe it was the man in the Churburg 13 I was standing next to). Heavens knows I don't consider it "Top Notch". The day I got it my standards jumped towards wanting the next level... You want top notch? Do a quick se...

Sean Powell

I just had to do some edge crisping for a Pembridge I'm working on. My method is exactly what Armadillo stated. I chisel in the basic curve from behind with a blunted rail-road stake or modified cold chisel and then crisp up over a creasing stake from Ironmonger or similar shape. If I can do a basic...

Sean Powell

I have started my first armour project using the Sallet pattern from the armour archive. I plan on modifying it to the best of my limited abilities to more closely resemble the following piece from the St. Louis Art Museum. It is a noble attempt for a first project. The best piece of advice I can g...

Sean Powell

IMHO, The curvature of lame 2 is a reasonably good match to lame 1. The curvature of lame 3 however gaps with lame 2 and that is why it seems longer than lame 2. As a concept: cover the face of a C-clamp or vice grip with tape. Align one edge of both lames and pinch together. Planish the overlap and...

Sean Powell

The Rules of the List are specific enough that any Marshal trying to tell you that you must have a demi clearly hasn't read them. A.5 5. Hand and Wrist Armor: The outer surfaces of the hand and wrist of both arms must be covered by one or a combination of the following: A.5.d. A shield with a shiel...

Sean Powell

I can't answer explicity where all your skill went. I'm still trying to find some for myself, but if you are looking for shop motivation may I suggest inviting people over to come armor with you? I regularly open my shop to others (had two people over today). They are new to armoring so my advice is...

Sean Powell

I recently picked up a trick for making thrusting tips last from a buddy of mine. I went to a fabric store and got a remnant of silk. I cut two strips of silk and X'ed them over the thrusting tip foam, then strapping taped it good and tight. I've yet to lose one since I started doing that. I do the...

Sean Powell

Armour that doesn't let you put your hands together in front of you is called armour that doesn't fit! Armour that doesn't allow you to carry out non historical cuts is called armour made correctly, just doesn't fit! My 16th cent suit will let me get my hands together. It will allow me to grab the ...

Sean Powell

Heh! If my good wooden shields only came out that even...

Sean

Sean Powell

I agree about the shot limitation. And the dead weight. Sean, was your helm done by illusion? Just wondering as that is who did mine, and I have a visor that looks very close to the one on yours. Nice kit btw. Nicholas Yeah its still my primary helm. I love the fit and the fact that I don't need to...

Sean Powell

Ok. Problems with my late period suit: the dead weight bringing my elbows in infront of my chest the dead weight the hault guards that can hit my helm for certain scadian non-historic shots the dead weight slower hand speed as the arm accelerates more mass the dead weight walking in tall grass with ...

Sean Powell

Pictures? I'm the one on the right in the sparrow-beak close helm m I can't remember why I wasn't wearing the maile skirt that day, could have been the heat, could have been my waist size vs. the belt size. There are plenty of other pictures in there if you want to go flipping through but "m the onl...

Sean Powell

After I pulled it out of the oven and let it cool, I put it back together with the temp bolts, which may have been a mistake- the heat changed the size of the pieces just enough for them to scratch each other as I was double-checking the articulation. I've waxed them good, so they're protected from...

Sean Powell

Hi I'm new here. I was wondering if anyone had patterns to make a henry V helm. here is a link to the picture .m Hello Aaron. Nice to meet you here. I've never seen a patern for that particular helm before but you've picked a nice helm and one that should actually be fairly simple to pattern yourse...

Sean Powell

I used to wear a suit that was a mix of 16th century Millanise and Burgundian Gothic all from Illusin Armory in stainless. I fought in it for 2 years but now I only wear it at demos. The problem is SCA combat fairly accuratly reflects a modern sport attempting to recreate mideval combat if cunducted...

Sean Powell

Panther Pavilion is my prefered. Their regent is a good choice for single man setup. Tentsmith is also highly rated. I think there is a company called Period Pavilions as well. They do an interior steel frame with a canvas tent cover that looks period from the outside but is easier to set up. Do a g...

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