The Armour Archive

lorenzo2

I agree with Sean on how to get the point up. Get a 1 or 1.5 inch ball stake. and make a pass on the point hot. You will end up with a sort of nipple on the cop. Then even up the cop on the horn of your anvil or on a stake that is sort of bullet shaped. Some anvils have this shape on the bottom of t...

lorenzo2

Ren, your point is well taken. All the ones I have seen were Greek. It maybe that the roman ones were diferent.

lorenzo2

Gourmet chefs use copper pots for whipping egg whites and all sorts of other cooking with no known ill effects. However, there is definitely some toxicity associated with oxididized copper, IE verdigris. Some minor precautions might be in order such as proper cleaning of oxides in the pot, not stori...

lorenzo2

Ren, a couple of things; 1 the belly button on the cuirass seems to be a couple of inches above your real belly button on these,notice the foreshortening of the torso? 2 on the Met one the lower abs beneath the belly button jut forward more than is anotomically correct. I have seen that piece from t...

lorenzo2

Actually the Greeks were aware of wieght training and there are surviving weights from the classical period in museums. There are also inscribed stones from lifting contests survive. Here is a brief summary from Wikpedia; Hippocrates explained the principle behind weight training when he wrote "that...

lorenzo2

Bravo, talk about synergy! Imagine what it would be like if the two of you lived next door!

lorenzo2

Even if you have no method of working red hot perhaps you could heat the whole thing some way to anneal it then work cold? I think you could bring in the sides and skirt much more that way. Decent start but too wide at the bottom still.

lorenzo2

It at the Met, St. George, cerca 1410ish

lorenzo2

Thanks, is the covering cloth or leather?

lorenzo2

Thanks! and please tell us more about the shields. Was it possible to view the shields from the back?

lorenzo2

Eye glasses

lorenzo2

Nice pics, especially considering the difficult lighting conditions. Do you have any of the other pieces to the suit? Looks like a leg peaking out in the last one

lorenzo2

Powdered metal products have interesting properties in that the composition can be altered simply by blending the powder diferently. However, no matter how you sinter them there are always some voids. Consequently, it is dificult to get the same strength as a forging, if strength is the main objecti...

lorenzo2

Russ, what you say is correct. Any model is just a representation of the real world and cannot incorporate every variable present in an actual situation. Still, is vey unlikely that the minor variations caused by the extra variables that you mention will cause the basic conclusion that plate armor w...

lorenzo2

The Williams article shows that you can mathematically predict the amount of energy needed by each type of projectile to penetrate armor. He then goes on to show how experimental data validate the mathematical predictions. The energy applied to the armor can therefore be scaled up and down at will w...

lorenzo2

That is a nice image. The legs are confusing though, hose, scales, or what?

lorenzo2

The longbow guys reject any findings which conflict with their preconcieved notion that longbows were invincible. No matter how convincing the evidence they will always find some fig leaf to cover up with.

lorenzo2

Get a copy of Alan Williams Knight and the Blast furnace on interlibrary loan. Plenty of data on scientific testing of armour in there as well as the metalurgy necessary to recreate period materials. With the "ammunition" contained therein you should be able to confidently "shoot" down the specious ...

lorenzo2

I agree with the other posters. What you have shown looks very interesting but it is hard to see the details. I would particularly like to see better shots of the helm.

lorenzo2

very sweet! There is a lot to think about there from greave lining attachment to the odd scale holes to the micro mail. Thanks for sharing.

lorenzo2

I'd use the arrangement seen here:

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/w ... on2_sm.JPG

lorenzo2

Mr. Kilkeney with all due respect I am not talking about lasting, but the finished position of the point. You should take a look at the museum of london shoe book and Stepping Through Time. There are a great many existing medieval turn shoes that are clearly left and rights with respect to the point...

lorenzo2

Nice detail pics. Thanks for sharing.

lorenzo2

I like the way the prototype is comming along. But, perhaps I can make one suggestion? The toe point in the model appears to be centered with respect to the width of the foot. Most sabs and medieval shoes appear to have the point off center towards the big toe.

lorenzo2

Very nice photos, some angles you never see there. Did they let you use a tripod?

lorenzo2

Watch a potter raising a pot on a wheel. The potter moves material from the lower part of the pot to the upper. If done correctly the thickness of the wall section need not change, just the diameter of the pot. This is raising with a different medium. You are flowing the material from one location t...

lorenzo2

I love the way the suit pieces flow together! Could you show us some more shots from other angles or piece shots?

lorenzo2

I have heard the term a couple of times but it is unusual. Several of the helms from Chalcis and the early part of the 15th cent have features normally associated with both bascinets and barbutes. There used to be an article on the Chalcis armor by Ffoulkes on line somewhere in which you can see a c...

lorenzo2

I have some pics of 15th cent brig fragments from the RA where the skirts have separated from the main body. It certainly looks like they were origninally seperate pieces from the pics. I also have some pics of a jack of plates in the RA (16th cent) where the skirts are definitely seperate. Have not...

lorenzo2

Strongly agree with other posters, unless you are going to fight in the snow get some 100 percent cotton batting or fill. They have 100 percent cotton batting at Jo-ann fabrics among other popular chain stores.

lorenzo2

I use my friends autodarkening visor that is a harbor freight special and it works fine. The only thing is that the strapping on it is not very comfortable so I wear a cap under the helmet. Still, I only do occasional welding so the improvement with a nicer one might be lost on me.

lorenzo2

The snail motif in the helmet is the dead give away. This motif comes up a lot in 15th cent paintings and illuminations. It appears to be an artist code which usually means the wearer is either ancient or from an exotic local. In this case the exotic local is heaven.

lorenzo2

The allesandro pattern will make a barbute but the tail section comes out pointy which is not usual for this type of helm. The pattern is easy to do because of the cuttout. A better pattern in sinric's. You need to have access to a welder and a heat source for curling the tail. This pattern also ass...

lorenzo2

We need to know what your date is. Latter armets did have breath holes and even ear holes.

lorenzo2

http://www.armuredube.com/Fabrication%2 ... 0Coude.htm