The Armour Archive

Sean Powell

The ideal material is 'Sunforger' canvas. Panther will retail it for you but so will several other companies who have never heard of the SCA. A quick google on Sunforger' should find a bunch.

Good Luck!
Sean

Sean Powell

Primvs Pavlvs wrote:I have a source for you in Switzerland, they hand twist it on rope machines, just as they did 200 years ago.

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http://www.seile.ch/Startseite.htm

Google Translate?

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Sean Powell

Haldan, I'm sorry but you are not the first person to experience this and probably won't be the last. Just as some stick-joxs are drawn to armored combat for the athletic competition rather than the act itself, there are artist who are drawn to A&S competitions for the challenge rather than the art....

Sean Powell

Is this a 1-off or someone who makes armor like this for sale? If 1-off, is it a newbie looking to sell their old kit and get a better one. If it's only the one and buying it gets this off the field and helps a new fighter get into better gear then I'll throw $20 in the hat for someone local to him ...

Sean Powell

Couple of things, I would be happy to buy a tent as opposed to trying to make my own, I just have a bad case of BAS (that's broke as shit) disease. While I haven't done a price breakdown I would say that building ONE tent would be more expensive then buying one of equal size. For an 8' tall 6' wide...

Sean Powell

For clarity, you want plans to BUILD your tent not sites to purchase a tent? Plenty of places to buy a center-pole 10x10. Please note that a queen air mattress or bed is exactly 5 ft wide so if the pole is thicker then a human hair it's going to bump both the center pole and one wall. You may want t...

Sean Powell

Clean metal and rustoleum spray-paint works pretty damn good on stainless, mild and aluminum. Yes it can scrape off but only powder-coat is more durable and that can also scrape off.

Sean

Sean Powell

I'm not so certain I would want my dishing ring or bouging surface being driven into the cement but if you want to try it you can separate it so it fits in a flat-pack. Make legs 1 & 2 with their 137-point-whatever angle between the main axis and a square plate with 4 holes at the apex. Repeat with ...

Sean Powell

OK it looks like I can do a bulk order and ship them USPS flat rate for $130. PM me if you are interested. I can only take payment through Paypal. I can send you a Paypal invoice, via email,you can pay with a credit card. Edit: The price bump was to cover paypal fees and a bit higher shipping tan e...

Sean Powell

Sean, I am sure shooting from between and over merlons was part of the game as well. But here is the thing to keep in mind. Usually castle garrisons were small. When you look at the lists of men and equipment they often have far more bows and crossbows than archers and crossbowmen. I suspect men at...

Sean Powell

I do not think that is true Chef. In fact I think crossbows and handguns were not even used quite that way. Many loops likely had the archer a ways back from the opening. In this manner unless you were in a room with a low roof the warbow would have plenty of space to be used. I actually had plans ...

Sean Powell

Randal! I knew someone here would have the dry data I was looking for. :) The idea stemmed from an excuse to play with the compound miter saw. I was thinking of a cross about 3'4" tall and 2'4" wide with a 4" gap horizontally and vertically to shoot through. I figure about a 30 degree per side taper...

Sean Powell

Steve, Thank you. Those are actually somewhat useful. Chef, Very good points... which is why it would be useful to have the dimensions to create such an enclosure so that archers other then Mike Loads could duplicate the problem. Kind of hard to do otherwise. But it also makes the project a bit self...

Sean Powell

I saw the same notice on FB. I'm sorry. i presume you aren't the original owner? I'm curious as to why 'carbon steel' would need to be thicker. You should get superior performance out of carbon steen then most if not all stainlesses used in armor construction. You could have the helm case-hardened a...

Sean Powell

I'm too much of a numbers geek for 'varies considerably' to be a sufficient answer. I'm thinking more: "In a quantitaive analysis the archer slits were found to vary from 31.5" to 56" with a mean of 47.666" in the sections dated to 1313 through 1345 but instead vary from 33" to only 46" with a mean ...

Sean Powell

Hello, (Edit: the plan for arrow-slits of walls has been replaced with arrow loops in cenelations based on feedback from Chef de Chambre... but I'm still looking for dimensions if possible) I know what what I'm asking for will vary by time period and location if not also by castle and where in the c...

Sean Powell

No photos, sorry. But if you do make them, put me down for a pair. I always regret not getting one of your pewter canteen/flask/costrels when they were available. I don't want to miss these as well. I wish I had a little tot or three who would enjoy that. Jeez, I should be careful what I wish for......

Sean Powell

That didn't work as well as hoped, it rusted the helmet mostly, but it greyed my sword, i wonder why the difference if they are both mild steel. Anyway i think i'll look into the professional stuff. Oxidization is a funny thing. First is your sword REALLY mild steel or is it a high carbon steel wit...

Sean Powell

So ya swap 'em off, soapy water and oil, and hope they balance out. Come to think of it, how about just plain bar soap gunked into the flutes of the bit? And squirting liquid soap into the little cofferdam there? A solid or semi-solid lubricant like bar-soap or grease will rub off the bit. A liquid...

Sean Powell

Best shop stunt I ever saw: A little modeling clay to make a ring around the hole and then flood it with cutting fluid. Problem: when the hole breaks through any cutting fluid remaining leaks through. 2nd best shop stunt I ever saw: soapy water as cutting fluid rather then oil. When it spills, which...

Sean Powell

Hmm. do you mean this 2x42: http://www.sears.com/craftsman-21513-1-3-hp-electric-belt-disc-sander-21513/p-00921513000P?prdNo=3 or this 2x48: http://www.sears.com/kalamazoo-2fsm-2inch-x-48inch-belt-sander/p-SPM6138815505?prdNo=16 The price jump from 1/3hp to 1/2hp seems pretty steep but I think the l...

Sean Powell

I killed a HF drill-press in maybe 3 years of intermitant use. The motor would sit and hum. Too bad as I liked the 2-stage pulley system. I might have been able to fix it but needed a project finished first and promised I would get it working again later. I never did. I switched to a turret drill pr...

Sean Powell

OK, looks like it can only be purchased & delivered in a few european countries? Is this correct? I'm having translation trouble with the site. If they don't deliver internationally, I have a friend and ex-coworker in Switzerland who is occasional SCA. I could probably get him to pick up several boo...

Sean Powell

This topic comes up from time to time. Here is a good thread discussing the merits of certain types of gloves.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=158082&hilit=glove

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=144277&hilit=glove

Sean Powell

Got linked to another 2 viral spreads today and directed them back here. At least someone can find who the maker is.

It's amusing to see how many friends link this back to me from other sites with "Sean, you have GOT to see this."

Sean

Sean Powell

You might also speak with Tom Justice. I have seen a few of his that were amazing.

Sean

Sean Powell

If it is stainless then it might be Caswell Stainless blackening solution rather then paint.

Sorry, I don't know how to contact him.

Sean

Sean Powell

My default thought would be a globose BP of some type. Problem is: I can't think of anyone who makes them well AND quickly. Some SCAdian armorers would get you your PB in time for your child to take the field in youth combat. What's your budget, what is your time-frame, what is your desire for DIY v...

Sean Powell

If it doesn't stick then it's a type of stainless. If it does stick it still might be stainless but work hardened. Dead soft 410 is magnetic. Last year I made my dad a spring clip for his truck's sunshade that he can stick magnets to, and it's not going to leave rust stains on the fabric. Good poin...

Sean Powell

Those xrf are fairly cool, the newer models will tell you a lot more about what's going on at the molecular level. You may have a piece of alloy steel like 1050 or something. Without a metalurgy test its hard to tell what you have. I think Someone on the archive was running tests at cost but I'm no...

Sean Powell

Other then Steel", no. I can give you 9 pieces of steel from 0.1% to 0.9% carbon anf they will have a spectrum of performance. Then I can take those same steels and work-harden them and their performance will change again and then I can heat-treat them and change it again. and THEN I can alloy it wi...

Sean Powell

Is the "right and left breastplates from a Brigandine" parts of a Corrizina? Yes... Or at least they are thought to belong to an early 15th cent Itallian globose shaped front opening fabric covered body defense of various plate sizes. Whether or not they called it a Corazzina in period is subject t...

Sean Powell

The big problem with the breast is that the real ones which were done this way weren't symmetric, one has goes past the rivets farther so that it can underlap the other plate so you don't get a little gap. Sorry, Wade. No matter how many times I look at this sentence, I don't see what you're saying...

Sean Powell

Thank you. For first I would like to say sorry for the amount of errors in my writing. Now I will spell check it all. HA! Your American/English spelling is better then mine and Itallian will miss-spell spagetti. :) Sean , I was hoping in your contribute, :mrgreen: but aside from the technical troub...

Sean Powell

perhaps if you added heat so the metal was softer. I was thinking the same thing. But heat is going to be necessary for raising anyway, so maybe it would be strong enough on hot metal. Steve I have raised elbow cops cold. It sucks but it doesn't always require heat if you are willing to hit it a LO...

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