The Armour Archive

Sean Powell

OK I'm assuming that NE means "Near East" and not "New England"

thanks for the information so far. How about extending the question. What is documentable for arm protection (other than maile) in england, scandinavia or northern germany at about 900ad?

Thanks again, Sean

Sean Powell

OK so a lot of scadians wear bazubands for one reason or another (usually ease of construction) but I get the opinion that they are used more often then historicly accurate. I've always assumed that they were turkish in origin but someone who is usually knowledgeable about history in general recentl...

Sean Powell

d'Antioche wrote:Unfortunately, 4130 isn't stainless.

Duh! I read 4130 and was thinking 465. Nevermind.
Thanks for the info on the powder coat.

Sean

Sean Powell

Jesus! Please, slap a NSFW tag on there or something! Hehehe... thats funny. I need to save this on my work computer next to the actually gorry photos. That's tame by what I end up dealing with most days. I was down in the lab yesterday to run some equipment through the washer/disinfector & autocla...

Sean Powell

Greetings! Have a look at these, and please drop comments for improvements if you think of them. I've only been at this a year, and while I can get a great polish on just about anything, the basic shapes I'm getting still need improvement... Like I said, shiny, but the basic shaping still needs wor...

Sean Powell

Care to give specifics on the powder coat? Was it a home application or did you vend it to a profesional? What sort of pollish did it need before hand? How did you mask the stainless trim or was that applied after powdercoat? I just got a woody thinking about a black & white English civil war suit o...

Sean Powell

Its the first I heard of this type of armor so I did a quick internet search. Apparantly Kuyak is a type of potato, a medical disease and a russian/turkish style of armor with large plates. More information can be found at Silk roads designs: m An alternate subtyping, used mainly in reference to Rus...

Sean Powell

Nice for a first piece. The real test is when you build the second, which also looks nice... but for some reason dosn't look like the first. Been there done that too many times. If you plan on adding articulation lames you may want to flatten the sides somewhat so the articulation rivets face the ho...

Sean Powell

should i get a spare set of blades when i get it. Depends: How much disposable cash do you have? How important is it for you to finish projects RIGHT NOW as opposed to wait a week or two for new blades to ship? Do you have another way to cut steel if you chip a blade? For myself, as a hobby armorer...

Sean Powell

Your shop floor must be a pile of metal confetti with all the holes you punch. Out of curiosity, what make and model table punch are you using to do this work? I seriously doubt that my Whitny Jr. could keep up.

Sean

Sean Powell

I prefer my baskets. I've never had a gauntlet fit well enough for single sword work and refuse to wear a hockey glove. A comfortable grip for me involves using the thumb to lock the tip of the first finger down and form a complete circle. I don't even want finger gauntlets getting in the way. Unles...

Sean Powell

To Clarify, My advice that included combat archery was directed towards Sean Powell. And to further clarify, is not meant in any way to hurt. I have spent time injured in this game and it is scary to contemplate your body's failure to act to your will. Thanks but when the only way to play the game ...

Sean Powell

I have a similar set up with my baskets although they are not made by Ironmonger. I use a half-round rasp on both side to put a generous shallow arc above where the basket will be. Then I draw-knife away from the blade and towards the hilt to get a 2 sided flat oval (or whatever name it should be). ...

Sean Powell

how deep should i make it if it is 1.5" across? Hell_fire Slightly deeper than the shape that needs to be dished. Concevably it could even be a bottomless hole. I have an 1.5" hole drilled into my stump that I use for any dishing tighter than spaulders or helmet tops. Good luck and happy hammering,...

Sean Powell

If something hurts stop throwing it even if it is your bread and butter killing shots. If you don't rest injured connective tissue it doesn't ever get better. Ok, so what do you do when EVERY shot and block hurts? Right wrist, base of the pointer-finger meta-carpal where it meets the wrist bones (T...

Sean Powell

It's a nice piece. Too bad you didn't finish it with fabric covered faulds. Not all brigs are front opening like the corizzina. I'm curious about the finger gauntlets. There seems to be a strip on the nuckles that isn't a rider plate and there is a second one around the wrist. I'm curious what funct...

Sean Powell

You can dish 23 gage. It will move fairly easily and that will of course mean wrinkling easily as well. You can help avoid the wrinkles by working on a smaller diameter dish, probably 1.5" to 2" is a good size.

Good luck, happy hammering, Sean

Sean Powell

A number of years ago, when I was starting in the SCA and the internet nothing more than some random kermit FTP sites at a smatering of colleges, someone was rumored to have made a leather helm. The rumor or urban legend as I remember it says it was two to three layers of leather, narrow eye slits, ...

Sean Powell

The other post about "squid" basket hilts for swords reminded me that I wanted to ask this as well. I'm looking for a simple, light, protective and easy shield basket design that I can help newbies build to get themselves on the field. Plastic, Alluminum and steel designs welcome. Please nothing tha...

Sean Powell

There is the "spangen" basket hilt. 2 Football shapes with notched tips are dished into 1/4 spheres. A steel band is riveted to both and extends up and down forming tangs for attaching. A 3rd triangular plate is bent in a 1/2 circle wraps over the top and down both sides. Takes maybe 15 rivets. You ...

Sean Powell

Fabric covered COP or Fabric covered Corizinna is a good start.

Should we be designing to SCA minimum safety standards or SCA medium level standars or WMA standars or something else?

Sean

Sean Powell

Woot! Nice find Kase. for an extra 10 bucks there is a kit with 5 different grit bands. That should be plenty to get me through this first helm. I'll do the very fine work with my present disk sander or maybe by hand and purchase more belts as I need them. I new McMaster-Carr couldn't be the cheepes...

Sean Powell

OK. Presently I do most of my sanding with a rubber 6Ã¢â‚¬Â

Sean Powell

okay, so what are the feather color/meaning schemes in the SCA. obviously one can't just go adding feathers to a kit willy nilly without sending mixed messages, so what do they all mean? Honestly, there isn't one. The "Blue Feather" thing is an aberation and there are no sumptuary laws concerning i...

Sean Powell

"Dies the fire" sounds very similar to "There will be Dragons" by John Ringo. Another piece of sci-fi/fantasy fluff. Superpowerful supercomputer with nanites and technology that would make trekies green with jelousy runs the planet. The computer has a series of "anti-warfare" settings and uses a com...

Sean Powell

Don't know if this will help but... I had a pair of legs which used to have this problem without the case greave. The cause was too fold: The articulation rivets were too tight and the strap on the demi-greave was at the bottom of the plate. I rebuilt the legs while cleaning them and relocated the s...

Sean Powell

I am thankful for all the comments given. Now does anyone know the difference between 1040 and 4140(?) steel? Know the difference, Not off the top of my head, but I can look it up at work. Were you looking for the difference in chemical composition or the different hardness at different heat treats...

Sean Powell

We have 2 newbie fighters in the shire. Both are interested in early period personas and want to work with center grip round shields. The are shorter than average for Heavy weapons fighters if that makes a difference. What would be a good starting size for a new fighter? We are considering 3/8"-1/2"...

Sean Powell

Also used occasionally is a key-hole in the demi greave and a turn-pin on the greave. You can also find this arangement with just a post and hole which will keep the greave from rotating sideways on the turn-pin which encourages the turn-pin to spin loose.

Sean

Sean Powell

Greetings !! My wife and I have decided to go with Welsh persona's.. Around 1300th to 1400th century , we really havent narrowed it down yet... OK just because I think its funny: If the 20th century covers 1900-1999 then the 1300th century will cover the years 129,900 to 129,999 and the 1400th cent...

Sean Powell

Well Its not that great of a helm. Its a practice piece that might end up in shire loaner gear or might be givven to a friend for the cost of materials but... I'm thinking about gun-bluing it (I don't have an appropriate flame source for heat bluing) and it isn't assembled yet. The pieces are shaped...

Sean Powell

Heat radiator for reducing internal temperature?

Sean Powell

If you're interested the patent office has complete plans posted online. To call the patent on this device a "complete plan" is a bit of an exageration. Like most patents it contains the barest concept of a plan with an attempt to claim as much as possible while infringing the least possible. It wo...

Sean Powell

Hey, this is sort of on-topic (I hope)... How does one put compound curves (such as a corazzina chest plate) into plastic? Is there a trick to it, or does it require some expensive equipment that wouldn't fit into my dorm room? It can be done in your dorm kitchen and the tooling isn't expensive or ...

Sean Powell

Armor, or at least historic armor so we don't add kevlar vests and further mudy the water, can be distributed along a wide spectrum: Historicly accurate reproduction. (based on existing suit) Historicly documentable. (based on drawings or illuminations) Historicly infered. (based on verbal discripti...

Bazubands. When and where?

Re: Few pieces almost done

Shield basket hilts.

Looking for a better cost effective way to sand & polish

Good size for a center grip round shield?

Re: Need a bit of help..

Q: Bluing a Great Helm