The Armour Archive

lorenzo2

Two years ago when I was in Greece I saw several beds that were quite similar to the ones Peder has shown. A couple of these had leather or rope straps and the others originally had them but the straps had been replaced by wire when the originals wore out. These type of beds are used today as guest ...

lorenzo2

Wonderful! I a live steel exhibition between one fighter in this and one in the italian would be truly extraordinary.

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Is the fellow in the bed a monk? If that is the case it could be the enforcement of chasitity reposte.

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Cool, not overdone and cartoonish like some SCA versions. Backplate pics please.

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I am reading the price right that the book is only about $40 plus shipping? Thats a great deal!

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Looks like the beginning of a cool halloween costume!

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Stanislav,
I was wondering if we could see a picture of the coat under the armor? The sleeves look interesting.

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Stanislav;
Very nice work. Can we see that italian style arming doublet as well?

Hisse;
The cuirass floats in the plackard like a ball turret giving some extra mobility to the torso. The only connection between the two parts are the straps back and front.

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Kindr, When you put the piece on the anvil, how do you know where the edge of the anvil is? If you line the edge of your piece up with the line on the anvil then you know the edge of the anvil is where the line you put on your piece is. Then you just strike slightly forward of the line on your piece...

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Patrick, I follow up to pic 21. To go from pic 21 to 22, what stake/technique are you using? And, do I understand correctly that you are sharpening up the point on the front of the roll by striking the top of the roll with a flat faced hammer while the bottom face of the roll is supported on the anv...

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Insane; The evidence for armour made purely out of leather for use on the battlefield is somewhat sketchy. However, leather as a part of other defences is well documented. For example in Ffoulkes there is a quotation from a 15th century ordinance stating that covering a jack with a stag skin was an ...

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scroll down a bit for Clangs answer

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... gular+roll

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I did not realize the romans were using forks to dine with.

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I understand the museum has added leather replacement parts on one knee and one elbow cop and this accounts for some of the weirdness.

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Nice, very clear steps and cool music. What guage wire are you using for the pin?

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See if you can get a copy of the article "On the Remains of a Jack of Plates Excavated from Beeston Vastle in Cheshire" by Ian Eaves. Nice info on some excavated plates and surviving examples plus bonus info on brigandines. There is also a video (someone help me out on the exact title) cal...

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I think you have the right idea but two things; First, heat is your friend! Anneal often or better yet raise hot! Second, I like a hammer with less of a curve to the face. I find that the metal gets thin quickly with a sharply curved face.

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I like that video. It shows how quick things go if you have good hammer control. If you descide to video shapping the elbow would you include some footage of curling the tendon guard? I always have trouble with getting that part to go smoothly as the guard either won't curl enough or the V-channel w...

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Thanks, the new video has a more polished look to it and loads much faster. I think we are all looking forward to seeing more video and pics on the construction of the suite!

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Turpentine should do the trick.

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Very nice work and instructive pics too

. I have a question though. The elbow guard seems to be constructed from a riveted cone as is seen on many german armours. Is there evidence visible on the Warwick effigy that it was constructed in this way instead of a raised cone?

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In Stepping Through Time Goubitz (sp?) mentions one find of hobnail shoes that are likely medieval out of thousands of shoes examined. The shoes were specialist equipment for miners. Other than that there are surviving ice cramp-ons. But again those are for ice, not mud. Pictorially there are a few ...

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Flap weights sounds like an ideal application. Please post pics so we can see how they come out

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The PMC will never be as dense and hard as cast or forged material. However, how much stress is put on the closure of a kidney pouch? I certainly would not use it on a high stress item like a belt buckle.

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PMC is precious metal powder plus a binder. You fire it and the binder vaporizes. As the binder vaporizes the powdered metal consolidates resulting in a finished piece that smaller but denser than the sculpted piece. The finished piece will of course be more porous than a cast one.

lorenzo2

I was finally able to access the photos. I like the hat very much. If I could change one thing the actual helmets are taller. Here is a photo of a similar one in athens. If you crawl up the address for the photo there is a pic of every Chalcis armor item on display. http://home.armourarchive.org/members/l ... CT0085.JPG

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Jiri, Yes, there is a reason. A propane burner that relies on venturi effect to draw air into the propane before igniting it. For the venturi effect to work the burner needs to have the propane moving at a high velocity. If you put the burner on the bottom and place the work on top of it the burner ...

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Thanks for the corrections

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The propane burner Eric Thing uses does indeed have air input. There are a variety of different models but all use a venturi effect to suck air into the propane stream through an opening in the burner located in the back or side. There is a site by Ron Reil (sp?) that describes how to make them. I m...

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Balin, you need to improve your research. Not meaning to cast aspersions but your questions show you need some more library and museum time. Keep tuned in here and start getting every book you hear mentioned by interlibrary loan if not by purchase. There are large numbers of either configuration of ...

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If I understand your question correctly I'd say hinges.

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I can't see the photos. I have seen the collection in Athens so I am curious how your helmet compares to what I remember seeing.

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Zwie,
I love the undercut on the umbo but please edit the comma out of your web link so it will work!

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Vigneault, I like those pauldrons a lot!. Any chance you could post an inside pic or two of the pauldrons? I am curious to see how he placed the leathers.

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elden, great pics, thanks for sharing!