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by James Arlen Gillaspie
Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:59 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Best armour book you never heard of
Replies: 22
Views: 995

Well, Sean does have a point. Erg. as a abbreviation for 'erganzt' (restored) can be pretty important in a German auction catalog!
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:40 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: great bascinet search
Replies: 19
Views: 677

Bryan, that's probably not the original visor. It does not sit right or fit right. :wink:
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:30 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Best armour book you never heard of
Replies: 22
Views: 995

Hmmm... seems to me that I should have made it clear that this is not a hardback book. I don't know that there is such a thing, for this volume. All I cared about was the pictures. You know what I mean. :wink:
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:49 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Best armour book you never heard of
Replies: 22
Views: 995

Thanks, Chris!

Here are a couple more, one of them the cover, which folds out;
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:15 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Best armour book you never heard of
Replies: 22
Views: 995

Yes, that's correct. Names, dates, and places are easy enough to decipher, though. My own Deutsch is nicht sehr gut, but I leaned enough to handle the basics. Here's another picture, the first I ever saw in the book back in the library at the Tower in '93.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:12 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Best armour book you never heard of
Replies: 22
Views: 995

Here are some more pics.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:59 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Best armour book you never heard of
Replies: 22
Views: 995

Best armour book you never heard of

I'm auctioning off one of my copies of Roben Wie Ruestungen by Roberto Capucci. A large format book (11"X8 1/4", 280mmX210mm), it has 110 full color photos of many of the highlights of the Imperial Armouries in Vienna, the finest collection of princely European armour in the world. It has ...
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:28 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Thanks for the compliment! :D
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:01 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 16th Century Hautes Question
Replies: 6
Views: 327

Psst.... Don't tell anybody, but centered haute guards never existed! :wink: They are primarily a frontal defense, though they also do a pretty good job from the side.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:34 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB Maximilian legs
Replies: 6
Views: 428

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by James Arlen Gillaspie
Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:24 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Additional views of Burgundian Kettle at the MET?
Replies: 14
Views: 447

I ordinarily do not do this, since resizing pictures is just too much trouble! :x
100K is just sooo dinky!
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:00 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Hello, Armsandarmor, it would not be too tight. It will take up to a 17" neck.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Y'know, Landsknecht stuff is so hot right now I've been giving a 'munion' some thought... It's just that I have all these patterns I've taken from real pauldrons...
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:47 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Gorgets meets dresses and heels..
Replies: 17
Views: 1506

Amen, brother! :wink:
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:17 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Gorgets meets dresses and heels..
Replies: 17
Views: 1506

tburdess, the edges of the gauntlet are rolled. I can't imagine welding the 'rolls' on... WAAAY too much trouble! :shock:
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:14 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Gorgets meets dresses and heels..
Replies: 17
Views: 1506

She's NOT my daughter. But what she's wearing is my work! :D
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:32 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Where to commission a 16th century suit, in stainless, from?
Replies: 12
Views: 642

If you have a medium size neck (16" to 17"), of medium length, I have a gorget in these very Classifieds

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=117437
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:43 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Maybe I ought to make some pauldrons for this thing...
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: CUSTOME GREEK CHALCIDIAN HELM,Sold back to maker.
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

Sorry about that, Nickenor. Now I begin to grasp how big it is. If he'd made it to fit himself, you'd have been fine. A suggestion; it'd make a nifty planetarium. Ought to seat a good - sized crowd. P.S. The skull of the helmet of the famous 'Sigismund' gothic harness is 10.5" back to front and...
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:25 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Question on HYW Armor
Replies: 5
Views: 203

To answer the last part of your question, bascinets were still in use by both sides. Sallets would have been pretty much confined to use by the French and possibly the Burgundians, but I've seen no evidence yet that the English used them that early.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:26 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: CUSTOME GREEK CHALCIDIAN HELM,Sold back to maker.
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

I see that in the pictures it is being worn over an inch too low. Adjust the suspension so that your eye is in the middle of the occularia (eye holes), and it will work better for you, even if it is a bit on the large size.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:10 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Bump.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:47 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB: case fit stainless greaves in 18 gauge
Replies: 2
Views: 203

Hello, Eric,

The fact that you can do all your own millwork will certainly save you some money. Hinges too, I take it? Abaout how much were you looking to spend?

Cheers,

James
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:30 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Bumpity-bumpity-bump.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Bumpity-bump.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:40 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Bumpity.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:22 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Bump!
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:27 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Wallace Collection and Tower of London
Replies: 10
Views: 433

Flickr.com is one of the best sites for large format photos, but there may be some membership charge involved. I'd become a member of the Arms and Armour Forum, and put them there. Just make sure the sited does not scale down the size of the pictures! Neither of those two institutions have ever give...
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:07 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Sigh... why did the last gorget of the batch I made years ago have to be a medium?
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:50 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Bumpity-bump.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:38 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Training my boots
Replies: 17
Views: 481

How about getting a can of Shoestretch at your local shoestore?
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:34 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Great bascinet project for sale
Replies: 9
Views: 819

It looks like no one is going to top $125, so that settles it!
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:40 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gorget for sale; great to strap your spaudlers to!
Replies: 25
Views: 2087

Bumpity.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:57 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Great helm kits for sale
Replies: 12
Views: 952

Thanks, Ottawa! Sayer, they will take a 24" head.
by James Arlen Gillaspie
Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:21 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Great helm kits for sale
Replies: 12
Views: 952

The fellow who had dibs backed out after saying he'd buy them. Anyone else still interested?

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