The Armour Archive

lorenzo2

Check out the Barber and Barker book of tournaments. They have reproduced illustrations of the tournament armor from Rene's book including the ventilated brestplate, the hardened leather arms, special tournament helms and splinted arms. The other thing that is important is that as Chef pointed out t...

lorenzo2

I have seen pics of several of these. I believe a drawing of one is in Blair's book on European armour.

lorenzo2

Its been a while since I read the Beeston Castle Jack of Plates article by Ian Eaves but I am pretty sure he refers to this piece as 15th cent. In any case, as you suspected it has wrongly been displayed with earlier pieces of armor.

lorenzo2

Strongly agree, more pics please especially under the flap. C'mon, you know you want to show off your hard work!

lorenzo2

Thanks, I refer to your site often. I notice that it says it has not been updated for over a year, anything new you are thinking of adding?

lorenzo2

Chef has got it about right. I checked articles/books by Blair, Grancsay, and Bocia last night and the closest thing you are going to find are some of the bascinets with barbute like features and some helms that have more in common with great helms but have corinthian style face openings as shown in...

lorenzo2

Knuckle riders are your friend when it comes to getting better movement out of a finger gauntlet

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

lorenzo2

Coming along very nicely. Will there be a matching anime suit? Also, are there any pics of the inside? I am curious if any sliding rivets were used.

lorenzo2

The evidence for the Hever garment being an arming doublet is by no means conclusive. Even if it is an arming doublet you will still need art to figure out which styling details are correct for your country and date. However, if it is not an arming doublet then it appears to me that like a lot of 15...

lorenzo2

There are several doublet patterns in the book referenced. Iam refering to the Hever castle garment. It is smooth silk, has small buttons and has arming points. It is quite unlike the one from the Met which having seen, I agree could not possibly be worn under armour. Please take a secnd look at the...

lorenzo2

What is the mesh like material on the fighter to the right? It looks like some kind of silver fishingnet. And, is that duct tape holding on those greaves? That site is quite a chuckle.

http://history.westkingdom.org/Year21/Photos/RF05.htm

lorenzo2

A existing doublet which is either an arming doublet or a doublet patterned to look like an arming doublet is shown complete with construction details in the book Patterns of Fashion by Arnold. If I were going about this project I would find the styling details from art and then construct the double...

lorenzo2

Congratulations, everything you thought you knew about life and hard work is about to change! I have been there twice and I now know the only defence is humor. Everything else, patience, logic, will power all fail in the end . . . They can't be bargined with. They can't be reasoned with. They will n...

lorenzo2

Outstanding idea for an outdoor project. Will it be life size? Also, please note that both copper and bronze work harden rapidly. Frequent anealing will likely bee needed for deeper shapes.

lorenzo2

Very nice! I'm sure it will make a lovely addition to your display. One thing to consider, you may have reached the limit of what is possible without hot work (or at least annealing). I think you should consider adding hot techniques to your next project. Some areas such as the ankle on the greaves ...

lorenzo2

Thanks, I was looking it up using the word "breast plate" and did not think to use the word peascod.

lorenzo2

Halberds, you wrote;

William Hurt is my hero.

I made a breast plate from his patterns and it was so cool.
I had to email him and thank him for the published patterns and how to

Where did you see this pattern and how to? I was only aware of a polyen how to.

lorenzo2

Very pretty! Please tell us how the wool works out heat wise after you use the helmet a few times.

lorenzo2

Thanks Patrick! Those shots of the inside of the pauldrons answer some questions about the attachment of the leathers that I have had for a long time.

lorenzo2

The curves on those sabs are really sexy! How about a shot from the inside so we can see more construction details? I would also love to see a shot or two of the inside of the pauldrons if that would be possible.

lorenzo2

If we can trust art, barbutes were normally worn with lighter armor such as the padded armors shown in the pic below. For plate armor, there are a great many works showing armets in use and just a couple showing barbutes.

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/l ... 0scene.bmp

lorenzo2

Damn fine work Sir Gaston. I have done some repousse work and I know how hard it is to get the design to stand out 90 degrees from the background.

Now, when are you going to have another armor in so west coasters like me can see some of your new stuff?

lorenzo2

Pat, Are you working your piece hot? You should not be getting much movement in the other parts of the piece if you are selectively heating the portion that you want to move. I was having a similar problem with the tail of a barbute to what you describe until I got out my friends OA torch, solved th...

lorenzo2

Nice, I like the fint on the sliding arm hole gussets particularly.

lorenzo2

Got mine here on the West Coast on Saturday. Looks like an interesting read!

lorenzo2

Thanks for the hammer tips and the anticlastic shaping of the sides on that helmet is great!

lorenzo2

Do I understand correctly from the picture that you do your helmet raising with a round faced hammer? Now that is both surprising and enlightening. What advantage do you find in raising with a round faced hammer?

lorenzo2

Brian,
I checked my address information and it was correctly entered in the ARS system. Since this is the case, should I be expecting my Journal soon, or have already received it here on the West coast?

lorenzo2

A message in the Middle of October? I recieved a message from ARS that the first journals were available on October 3, 2005. No message since then however. I also would like to know how to "confirm" my mailing address if this is needed for my copy of the journal to ship. Perhaps there is an area for...

lorenzo2

I have not received mine either. Hopefully soon.

lorenzo2

I agree about the Chalcis helmet on the skull shape. I visited
Athens last summer and the skull has elements that are similar to several there. The nasal is a bit strange though. Perhaps it is damaged in some way?

lorenzo2

There are a couple on the museum site:
http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/showExhib ... id=8#slide

lorenzo2

Here are some pics I took of armor from Chalcis in Athens. Since these helms were found with a large number of Corazina fragments and have been dated as contemporary by Boccia, you would be on pretty safe ground if you assumed that helmets similar to these were worn with corazina. Note there is a ca...

lorenzo2

Nice details! Very good job. One question, what is the function of the two holes at the neckline? Do these attach to the gorget somehow?

lorenzo2

Strongly agree with Doug above. The polish adds a lot to the beauty of the pieces. Would it be possible to see a pic of the breast and back looking down from above the neck opening as well? The extent of the bulge of the pieces in relation to the neck opening is difficult to see in museum pieces/pics.