The Armour Archive

James Arlen Gillaspie

And a couple more. Shots from slightly different angles help one to get a better idea of the three dimensional form, especially if you can make them work in a stereo viewer.

: IMG_4532.JPG (49.08 KiB) Viewed 387 times

: IMG_4535.JPG (39.58 KiB) Viewed 387 times

James Arlen Gillaspie

Here's some more.

: IMG_2578.jpg (67.11 KiB) Viewed 387 times

: IMG_2580.jpg (68.28 KiB) Viewed 387 times

: IMG_2587.jpg (85.24 KiB) Viewed 387 times

James Arlen Gillaspie

Here are some. I'm not sure where I found them.

3rd_Visor_3.jpg: (69.8 KiB) Not downloaded yet

3rd_Visor_4.jpg: (66.09 KiB) Not downloaded yet

: HundsgugelRA.jpg (37.03 KiB) Viewed 430 times

James Arlen Gillaspie

Such a brayette wouldn't do much good in mounted combat. It would be a lot better than a skirt for foot combat, though. I am inclined to see the two forms in that light, particularly based on the testimony of mounted clients of mine that would not have mail between them and the saddle, but then, the...

James Arlen Gillaspie

I started with 1/4". I would have preferred 3/8".

James Arlen Gillaspie

The last couple of months have been pretty busy. Here, I was at Castle Breitenbach giving a demo to the Capital District Blacksmith's Association. I finally had more than one striker at my disposal, so I could get a better idea of how long it would take for a small shop without a big water powered h...

James Arlen Gillaspie

This beast was inspired by E 88 -89 Madrid, and is blended with the A 58's in KMW. The gads on the Madrid pair are renowned for being snow capped year 'round. :lol: The effigy of the 'Black Prince' seems to show that there was a vogue for knuckle gads among the English in the late 14th c. (Mr. Capwe...

James Arlen Gillaspie

This thing was what I decided to focus on when it came to something new for my show. It is not really finished, but for the purposes of the show I could at least display it. The knuckles were nuts to do; steel just does not want to assume that position! It was made for someone with a short, thick ha...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Heavy cav is what I'd be thinking, too. Did legionaries wear much scale in the 1st century? For some reason, I always associate it with cavalry.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Alright, I scaled the photo so that the longest scales, on my monitor, are 28mm. Hopefully it will read that way on everyone else's. I don't think it's all that big, particularly not for a large hand and some padding on the back of the hand to handle impact, then laid out flat. glovePicture556.jpgsc...

James Arlen Gillaspie

And if you think something is coming at you, you just nod!

James Arlen Gillaspie

Such purses enjoyed a vogue back in the 20's. I think that AZON may have studied those old machines.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Dan, I assume you know how big the thing is. Please post the dimensions!

James Arlen Gillaspie

Well, I found this extremely interesting! I have to wonder if the scales are aimed the right way, though.

James Arlen Gillaspie

I measured a number of the rings, most across the part of the rings without the rivet. It is complicated by the fact that they are usually a bit oblate in shape, not truly round, though I chose rings that were more round than others. These measurements are from the body of the piece, given in inches...

James Arlen Gillaspie

True, but I had to take him however I could get 'im. He was an hour late as it was! Good thing it supposedly started at 5:00.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Ernst said: James, You really should see if you can get your mail-making friend to tighten up your sleeves. Well, it's really mostly my fault, :oops: as I need to tailor the vest the voiders attach to properly (see thread 'Any extant examples of mail like this?') before they can be tightened up. The...

James Arlen Gillaspie

ACG_10152366248701864_1964460747737384637_n.jpg Albany Center Gallery, the premier art gallery in these here parts, is hosting a show of top level crafts people in the region, including yours truly. The reception, which opened the show, was a hoot. ACG_10152366248756864_5370223214155558995_n.jpg AC...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Mac asked; What sort of rivets do those rings have? Can you show us a pic of the backs? Are you making repairs on this mail? If so, what gauge wire and what size mandrel at you using? What, who, me?! :shock: I'm intending to hand it over to John Carlson, my 'mail man', the best mail smith that most ...

James Arlen Gillaspie

I have seen that augmented bib thing before, and wondered what the bevor came from. Original tales on 'Maximilian' close-helms are very rare for some inexplicable reason, and if this one had an original tail, that would be something. It is not unusual for helms to be made of parts that did not belon...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Yup. Utterly fluid and soundless.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Recently some EXTREMELY

fine mail came in for repairs. I have posted some photos in the 'Authentic mail pictures' thread over on myarmoury.com, where I can post some decent sized pic's.

Here is a teaser.

James Arlen Gillaspie

The lengths of the gauntlets are (rt) 303 mm and 295 mm. Width at the knuckles, 102 mm both sides. Width at the wrists, rt. 71 mm, left 72 mm. Width at the widest point of the cuffs, 104 mm right, 98 mm left. The gauntlets were pulled out so that the rivets were at the ends of the slots, but all the...

James Arlen Gillaspie

It would be nice to see a good high res photo of the inside of the skull and a good shot from the rear. The visor and bevor are obviously Vic'y, but I would still entertain some hope that the skull and tail could be real (though the vast majority are replaced or associated, for some unfathomable rea...

James Arlen Gillaspie

The gauntlets of the famous 'Sigismund gothic' harness in Vienna (A 62) are so tight that the lower cannons are over an inch shorter than what would be usual for lower cannons, and the ulna spike has a very broad, stepped base compared to what one would see in the vestigial examples. It is not, of c...

James Arlen Gillaspie

It's Captain Beaky's long lost brother! The Wallace Collection must be notified!

James Arlen Gillaspie

In 2530 someone's gonna have a forum asking how they can make armor that looks like yours. 2530?!! They want to know NOW!! :lol: The thing I most admire about Ugo is (aside from his ability to push metal around into unlikely shapes) his sense of graphic design. He has an ability to make his stuff p...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Dibs on the Maximilian I book.

James Arlen Gillaspie

IMG_4743.crp.JPG I have to say I'm not buying the whole 'thin helmet liner' notion. There has been no scientific examination of them that would provide data on how thick they were four hundred years ago or more. The last liner I had in a helmet I worked on was 17th c., and a bit ragged in places, b...

James Arlen Gillaspie

The French battle plan for Agincourt was discovered awhile back. It is very well thought out, and if it had been followed, things would have been very different. Look in Agincourt 1415 by Matthew Bennet, pp. 62-66.

James Arlen Gillaspie

So far I haven't found out what the claws are made of...

James Arlen Gillaspie

I just used a stack of 6 inch stiff buffing wheels on my $150 belt sander. The 2 horse motor was the most expensive part, Harbor Freight $100. Of course, it does look absolutely like something straight out of the Third World, but I've used it since I was kicked out of grad school (they made me gradu...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Oh, Lord! Now I'm having anxiety attacks about my early pauldrons showing up!

I simply cannot understand what I was thinking when I made those things...

James Arlen Gillaspie

I wasn't thinking that Wade's shirt was a hodgepodge made from bits; I've seen that with stuff out of Africa, though. The shirt I worked on weighed 37 lbs, and was clearly intended as a stand alone defense. I have to wonder if the later, lighter shirts don't have an expectation of being used with so...

James Arlen Gillaspie

What is the weight of the shirt? Its overall form is very North African, and the repair rings are dead ringers for several shirts out of Africa that I have worked on. That doesn't mean that it was MADE in Africa, though; I worked on one that was the heaviest shirt I have ever seen, by a good margin,...

Re: German bascinet IV 467 Royal Armouries picture request.

Re: German bascinet IV 467 Royal Armouries picture request.

Re: German bascinet IV 467 Royal Armouries picture request.

Re: Another mail project: "Braies d'acier" or breyettes

Re: Alterative to helmet skull raising

Alterative to helmet skull raising

Re: German 'gothic' gauntlet of extreme form

German 'gothic' gauntlet of extreme form

Re: Roman scale gauntlets

Re: Roman scale gauntlets

Re: Dusting off the cobwebs

Re: Check out the micro-mail

Re: Roman scale gauntlets

Re: Roman scale gauntlets

Re: Check out the micro-mail

Re: My art show is under way.

Re: My art show is under way.

My art show is under way.

Re: Check out the micro-mail

Re: Burgindian "Close Helmet" ???

Re: Check out the micro-mail

Check out the micro-mail

Re: Late 15th century German gauntlet articulation

Re: Burgindian "Close Helmet" ???

Re: Late 15th century German gauntlet articulation

Re: Worst. Reproduction. Ever!

Re: Link to Ugo's super seeecret project- aka-The Ugroli upd

Re: FS Misc Items: Book, Sorbothane, 6mm mail

Re: Pointers for making a better authentic liner?

Re: Council of War?

Re: Any want to be a Moche nobleman?

Re: question about contact wheels

Re: Resurrecting old armor

Re: Allen Collection M-2

Re: Allen Collection M-2