The Armour Archive

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The skull is not deep enough, how can a head fit into it? It need more dishing
The visor is too bulky, it should be replaced.
An armet is a complex helm, take your time to develop the shape before put all togheter in a hurry.

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I use a modified "peg" with a small pin on one side and an hemisphere on the other, the pin is placed into the hole in the cop, and the hemisphere press the lame against it.. I can check as long as i want before punching the lame, i know that someone here use a better developed tool to do the same.

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Mine is an Atlas Copco, now called AEG, is rated to cut 2.5mm mild
You probably will find Makita on the same range.

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This look good!
A fencing sword of early 1900? The cutted point suggest me that they were used for fencing..
The blade look quite modern, but the other parts are very well made.

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My powershear is the best money i've spent for armouring! Before that i used a jigsaw... now i can cut the pieces i need for many days of work in 10 15 minutes I've spent almost the same in hammers, and then except 1 or 2 of them, i know that i can do the same with a cheap hammer that i can shape ho...

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This look more like a sword, it would be interesting to understand if the point was cutted to use it for fencing or it was made that way intentionally, or just broke.
The blade look authentic, but it could be a fencing blade of 50 or 100 years ago.

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Do you have an idea about the material? I've never seen such kind of .. blade mounted over that kind of guard/handle/pommel.. The hand guard appear very thick, and the color suggest to me pewter.. if is this the case, is just a old thing that resemble a sword.. maybe for theatre or movies.

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If those are modern reproduction, this could be the right place, if they are supposed to be real weapons, probably "swordforum" is the place to go, but now i don't have the link here... post pictures

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This is a very interesting topic,i agree with Brian's point of view, to me,this topic show us that the association XIV century - transitional armour, VX century - white armour is not as absolute as we usually tend to take those definition. Yes, we have strong proof of surviving pieces that show the ...

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It won't work too much, as wood will absorb most of the vibrations..

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The piece has been Tig welded, this mean that (if done properly) the join is just.. disappeared

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Thank you for the reply, there is another question that bounce into my head since i've seen such pictures.. and the question is: If you start to shape the skull of the helmet from a cone, i suppose you have to make it "expand" to make it rounder, so, can you do it from the outside, or you should wor...

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The visor is made from a welded cone too from what i see from the pattern, but it is possible to know how it was welded? It would be nice to know if the same process could be made with a MIG welded piece or only a Oxy-Gas weld is strong enough to be formed so deeply. Thank you Patric is always able ...

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You probably made the finger plates a bit short, or you sewn them a bit behind where they supposed to be. You should not sewn the finger plates measuring over the fully opened hand, you should mark the references with a half closed hand, in that way you will be able to fully open and fully close tha...

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Copper alloys are usually softened with water quenching, try to make it glow for a while and then quench it.

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If after all trials haven't gone to success, try a different pair of shoes, maybe that is not the sander that shock you, but you that shock it

The wrong shoes, synthetic clothes, near a fast spinning machine could be enough.

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Why make it hot when you can make it cold? Planishing doesn't require so much force, but (usually) is a more gentle process. If there is some bouging to do (if i understand the term, is a sort of "heavy planishing" of some high or low spot) you can you hit harder with a heavier hammer, but always on...

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You can make it with mild steel and then case harden it, i've read a recipe years ago on this forum, i think it was a medieval one, so they probably were able to do it.

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On 10th of February? in this case it should be near to land into my hands... or i will kill the mail man (that actually is a woman)

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Impressive... this adaptation to SCA regulamentations, simply ROCK

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I think it's a fair offer, in case it will go ahead, i hope i will be able to receive it, thing that is not happened to my copy of the journal.... Any news for me Brian on the matter? I'm so sad and i can't sleep at night .. i could understand if i live in a desert.. but i live in what (should) is a...

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If someone of you have seen the italian movie "il mestiere delle armi" by Ermanno Olmi, that talk about the last days of Giovanni dalle bande nere, would probably have seen a lot of very accurate stuffs, from clothing, weapons and armours, only from some closeup armour show that is a repro.. Here a ...

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What i don't understand of movies is WHY peolpe wear armour, as they get killed istantly with any stupid shot of the first actor.

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I mean you can dish in the 5" dish that you already have, at least the first passes, then the other factor that come into play is: how deep is it? You have very large dishes, i realize it just now, they probably are not too deep, you could make a dish 4" and 1" deep (This is what mr Price suggest in...

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You don't need that the dish is the same perfect size of the bowl you want to make, it could be bigger, and then the piece will sit in, and it can be smaller, you will need only to move your piece around as work progresses (hammer remain usually in the same position of the dish, you move the piece u...

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Wow i can recognize a girl even when covered with thick metal!
I feel a sort of wizard!

(i had this feeling since i've seen the picture the first time)

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Ah ha! Very interesting! I didn't take into consideration low melting points alloys

I know that there are special silicons to make castings that resists their melting temperatures.. i would give them a try!

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I mean aguilettes, aiglets.. which is the right name? Sorry for the misinterpretation..

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Someone have a easy method to make arming nails? I usually see them made with a rolled thin sheet of brass.. how can you make a tiny roll without crushing your fingers under the hammer ?

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Where did you find this iron bean?

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Is a lamellar armour supposed to be so rigid that it can stand up alone? I don't know a lot about them, but i believed their were flexible.

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Can i have some detail about how you "upsetted" the edges?

p.s. You did a very good job making a replica of such hat.

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I have seen both, made in two pieces welded, and "just" raised over piramidal stakes after a initial dishing.

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In the beginning i used to wash it with HCl, in a diluted solution for some minutes ,then with a simple rag you can clean the iron very easily. But when i found that heating the metal with my weed burner will remove all the scale as soon as i start to work the metal, i don't care about black firesca...

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For raising, a simple trapezoid should be ok.

Making arming nails