The Armour Archive

Johann ColdIron

I'm going to pull the video recording of this presentation off YouTube later this week. The point of this exercise was to get a bunch of people participating in an online martial studies presentation, not to create a permanent record of my embarrassing myself. :) I have enough of those. I'll re-pre...

Johann ColdIron

It sucks that anyone was put at risk. It should not have happened. This has been and will be a Marshal training issue combined with a personal responsiblity to maintain the gear that comes in contact with the opponent. Not sure how the wielder of the spear escaped two years of discussion on them. We...

Johann ColdIron

Are Sir Cedric and his lovely wife included? I'd buy the tent to get them back in Kingdom.

Johann ColdIron

Seems like the guy whose water marked photos you have up for reference would be a good start. ;) Well done on the troll response. Maybe the OP contacted him already and there was an issue so he didn't order from the person. No troll at all. Do you think Armourers like their work being used as refer...

Johann ColdIron

Seems like the guy whose water marked photos you have up for reference would be a good start.

Johann ColdIron

Be aware that they may give you crap about transporting it in an enclosed vehicle. Usually this just means a waiver signed so that if you kill yourself with a tank to the head in a roll over they can't be sued. Given your accidentness this is a legitimate possiblity... :lol: The choice of buy or ren...

Johann ColdIron

I would email Robert MacPherson and see if you could get a letter of provenance for the helm from him. That might increase the value of the helm, as he is a world-renown armourer. Steve It would be great to hear from him when he made it and his thoughts about it but I would suggest the makers mark ...

Johann ColdIron

I also didn't know about the cooling effect. It's sounding more and more like the long-term solution. So when it is said that it takes a big compressor, how big are we talking about? I've been considering getting one for a while, but was never really sure what size we had in Gregory's shop. Seconde...

Johann ColdIron

I have a pneumatic 90* Die Grinder I use for small stuff. Grinding wheels, Carbide tips. I have an adapter that lets me use 4.5" cutting disks when they are too small for the 4.5 Dewalt. It is an Ingersol Rand and has been a champ mainly because I religiously oil it every time I use it. Only problem...

Johann ColdIron

Suggestions for hiding the current crop of modern equipment would a good thing. It's a circular effort getting new people off on the right foot. As Steve said many of the things done right the first time will prevent them from needing to be made a second time Off the top of my head - Hiding blue foa...

Johann ColdIron

This was turning out the flange on a "soupcan" cop. the edge of the anvil really chewed up the piece if I didn't have the corner of the anvil right in the crease, which of course you can't see while you are pounding on the opposite side of the metal. I guess you just have to get a feel for it. Stev...

Johann ColdIron

Practice and hammer control. You can protect it but it is better to learn how to hit where you want on the metal. Also clean up the area under the roll just before doing the final closing pass. That is the time for cleaning up the edge of the roll as well. A lot of people forget that part and hammer...

Johann ColdIron

Thanks a bunch Afshin. Nice shooting. It was like I was there!

Johann ColdIron

Speaking of rail, I have about a 3-foot section of it under my bench. I've never used it because it is too cumbersome. Is there an easy way to cut off a more manageable length? I don't have a torch. Steve Do you have a 4.5" angle grinder? They make cutting wheels for them. You should be able to cut...

Johann ColdIron

Sounds like a good final four! Any vids of the finals to be seen?

Johann ColdIron

Gerhard von Liebau wrote:
Thanks Johannes. It was a bit frustrating to re-do it after such tedious work, but it made for an excellent lesson in stupidity.

-Gerhard

Glad to help ease the muttering between brush strokes. Nice recovery! I hate messing something up on step 16...of 16!

Johann ColdIron

If so, that definitely was a) a weapon b) used before 1600, and would thus be in our period. Unless anything not from medieval Europe is "not period", in which case there isn't much point in you answering this question. "The SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creat...

Johann ColdIron

Maybe the local smith's inability to forge a blade with a fuller is a sign that I should be looking elsewhere? Especially since the two designs you referenced do not include fullers! Keep looking. You may find a blade maker more local than the US market. Keep in mind that you intend to use this not...

Johann ColdIron

Buy an A/O rig with a gas saver valve set up before all others! You can do many more things with it than just weld. It is one of the most versatile tools in the shop. With the gas saver I cut my gas consumption to a third when I got mine. The Thing style forge will be handy for what it is made for- ...

Johann ColdIron

Peikko wrote:AHEM! Check the date this was published: " PUBLISHED: 11:40, 1 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:41, 1 April 2013"

Nice... What a lazy counterfeit! It was still helm shaped. They could have had a horse trod upon it or something. Orange rust is always suspect

Johann ColdIron

That will do Wade!

Admit it, you have been secretly waiting for the day your son fit in real armour!

Johann ColdIron

Getting it out was fun. You can't see it in the pic, but the long pointy part that went through my foot was attached to an about 6"X10" chunk. It made getting around very difficult, but the removal process was simple. Stand on chunk with right foot, hold breath and lift left foot straight up. Relea...

Johann ColdIron

I hope there are not people who are using modern comms other than the marshals. That, to me would violate the spirit of what we are doing. I, personally, do not want modern time pieces to be used, either. If you want to know the elapsed time have someone count it out. From memory (always potentiall...

Johann ColdIron

So with that being said, do you think that certain groups focused on competition and winning and less on chivalry would use these UAVs' bird's eye view along with a radio receiver in his warband's ears to call out and command the warband to maximize weaknesses in the enemy's lines/formations? Let t...

Johann ColdIron

I'm betting spray adhesive from the bubble on the top right.

That sucks! KNow that you are not the first to do it...

Johann ColdIron

CTrumbore wrote:I think it's a great idea, but I'll say.. it's going to be "allowed" till the first time one of those goes down into a scrum and people realize what carbon fiber blades can do to you.. then it will be banned.

Another good reason to wear real period armour.

Johann ColdIron

Wow! I felt like I was playing Total War.

Very cool and a lot easier to perceive the troop movement.

Tell your friend to keep it up, please.

Johann ColdIron

I will take the 10\22 unequivocalally.if still available. I have a Fll on speeddial

If you will pm me your address I will get payment to you asap.

Johann ColdIron

Dave, All of my guesses are more or less elaborations on yours. At the end of the day, I can't think of any reason not to put them inside. Mac I don't understand 15th cent armour as well as many of you all but one reason I can derive from rigging stuff I have done at work is the way it would change...

Johann ColdIron

SyrRaim wrote:Hey, I did not say it wasn't worth $400, in fact I offered a trade value of $500. Just don't have that kind of cash to splurge with!

Ah, didn't know there was a trade offer. Thought it was good to give some feedback on the value of it.

Hope you work out the trade and end up with it!

Johann ColdIron

SyrRaim wrote:I'd love it, but not for $400.

You are going to have to buy the steel and make it yourself to get the price lower than that. And build a heat treat oven.

Wrong century for me but that is a deal.

Johann ColdIron

Broadway wrote:Because they realize that for the most part torso armour is pointless in SCA combat?

Only if you are tactically padded.

I don't have a spleen. Lost it to a car years ago. I don't intend to loose any more organs to blunt trauma if I can help it.

Johann ColdIron

The more you planish, the less you have to sand for a smooth surface. Planishing is important on things you do not want to loose thickness on.

Johann ColdIron

A "catastrophic failure" on the back of the head isn't going to be anywhere near as dangerous as on the face. Their is potential for a LOT more force impacting the face- you aren't likely going to be making a lunge to the back of the head at the same time as the person is lunging at you. Plus, the ...

Johann ColdIron

I have seen plastic used as a back of the head protector but there is no way I would use it to protect my face. ABS can crack from impact any place that gets gouged enough to make a stress point. Heck it can crack from improper heating when forming. Also C&T requires mask or appropriate perf spacing...

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