The Armour Archive

Johann ColdIron

No sweat Wade! Thanks for sending them. For everyone else playing along at home here they are: .68 overall outside width. app. .105-.110 width of the side of the buckle. It appears to be app. the same thickness, so 12g is like right at the perfect thickness. Result, app. 1/32 under 1/2 in. on the in...

Johann ColdIron

Johann, very pretty! I got to see the elbows at Wades get together. Very nice work. Thanks Chris! They have been a fun project. I'm very lucky to have Wade near by to work with the real thing. I just need to wrap this work up and start using them. It was great to see you at Wades get together and t...

Johann ColdIron

Started on the buckles last night. Based on one that Wade has on a very minimal elbow he recently acquired. It has some nice detailed filework and some stamping on the steel plate. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p181/JColdIron/Floating%20Elbow/th_20140621_150608_zps4291f521.jpg http://i128.photo...

Johann ColdIron

They do make them for certain size punch frames. Here is a page that shows the options http://roperwhitney.com/portable-medium-duty.html# BUT! The slots in period are almost NEVER round ended. They look to be cut with a chisel and/or a square ended file. The also didn't seem to care if the slot show...

Johann ColdIron

Made some progress a while back and hadn't gotten a chance to post it. Here is a nice blurry pic of the center pin for the leathers with the cotter pin to keep it in place. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p181/JColdIron/Floating%20Elbow/th_20140619_212403_zpsd283e18b.jpg A pic of the final produc...

Johann ColdIron

GODDAMN i'm tired of this. HIT ME WITH A REAL SWORD AND I'LL PUT ON REAL ARMOR. Blackbow OK, :twisted: Do what you want JB. I'm sure zoombang works great under plastic (or mail). But some of us enjoy making and wearing actual armour. It teaches us something about the men who wore it to keep their l...

Johann ColdIron

It was a good time! Nice to see those we converse with here the rest of the year and to put faces with those I hadn't met yet. It is always a treat to get Wade and Tom started on a subject and watch them go! I have to echo the thanks for letting us decend on both households. Kim and Tracy are saints...

Johann ColdIron

Did I really have to say "Dibbs", or is "I am very interested in purchasing this, depending upon the age, condition, etc." sufficient to declare my intent? :roll: - Scott Really depends on the site customs. Here it is kind of muddy. Most gun sites I frequent "I'll take it" trumps an "I'll take it p...

Johann ColdIron

I don't want to turn this into a commercial affair, but I have some raising hammers and quite a few armor books for sale, if anyone would like me to bring them along. The raising hammers are not in the "cheap" category, at around $40 to $50 ea, but the books cover a broad price range. I /almost/ ha...

Johann ColdIron

To me, it looks like they are using Schlagers. I have a 1903 Schlager used for Mensur (it has the owners name and date engraved on the guard) that I bought in Heidelberg. The basket hilt looks the same and the felt liner of the basket hilt looks the same. The swords have straight blades. They are m...

Johann ColdIron

Tom will have some repro mail too. I I have some old and some new repro as well. I will have to dig it all out, but I just happen to know where a couple of the pieces are at the moment. Stations? Hmm. Talk for a bit, everyone get up and walk around shifting left a couple of spaces and sit back down...

Johann ColdIron

I made more progress this evening and will have photos to post tomorrow. If things go as planning I should still be able to have it done in time for Wade's get together. I was a bit disheartened earlier due finding a mistake. It did cost a couple of hours but that was it. Sometimes you have to go b...

Johann ColdIron

The important bits of the human body are remarkably well defended against cuts by bone structure. The swords look lightly bladed with a heavy pommel weight so deep cuts are unlikely. As long as they don't cut an artery they will be fine. What is a dueling scar between friends! That said I think they...

Johann ColdIron

On the bright side Tom Miller is a wee little man that can sit on one of my thighs :) ...the downside my one thigh is 33inches... I already warned him that you were a potential traffic flow concern! :lol: Setting up stations isn't a bad idea Wade. Things kind of break into focus groups anyway. You ...

Johann ColdIron

jester wrote: 2) You'll be cleaning the porta-johns next to Anglesey, Dahlradia, and Clan Prechainn. Good luck.

Um, yeah... Frieman would have his job cut out for him there!

Johann ColdIron

Thor Thor sells great brass work at Pennsic. Almost all my buckles are from him. He makes them after documentable examples. He is also an Atlantian and a great guy. ;) Rj Leahy sells rivets and leatherworking supplies. Also great people. If you must use capped rapid rivets then be sure to get the 10...

Johann ColdIron

Kilian_the_warlike wrote:Wait- He's not already a peer?

He is currently a Court Baron.

Bryce, let me know if there is anything I or the Elephants can do to help. Tim is a good guy and I am really happy for him.

Johann ColdIron

Since you are in Canada I'd bet Princess Auto might have it.

Johann ColdIron

Johann has a page describing making a pair of these too. Wade Do you have a link ti his page? thank you Here you go. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=170940&p=2619703#p2619703 There is some very subtle shape in the originals to make them work properly. I'm getting close to...

Johann ColdIron

Those certainly are period for mid to late 16th century. You have nice taste. :lol: The guilded one looks to be removable by the sneck hook. I wonder if it is an reinforce over a smaller one or detachable for maintainence? I've been looking for such a detail. Do you have the vambracce and rerebrace ...

Johann ColdIron

Roll offsetting tool you ask? Made this after seeing what Wade and Tom use for late period rolls. The tool takes an edge that has been rolled over as a flat bend (usually over wire) and allows you to drive the material that is folded over flush with the underside of the rest of the piece of armour. ...

Johann ColdIron

wcallen wrote:Three out of four things arrived today. Yea! I don't really expect the 4th to show up in time. Fingers crossed.. it just might.

One of the things that arrived is pretty boring, but I think the other two will add to the fun.

Wade

Yay! The armour gods shine upon you.

Johann ColdIron

Ckanite wrote:Good to know. And um... how did you find that out??

Fortunately I read it on the internet... I hate mayo!

Johann ColdIron

I dug through my steel pile and found a decent piece of hex rod. Spark test put it at at least medium carbon. I think it was a stone chisel as it had a heavily mushroomed striking surface. I wish I had taken a before pic! http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p181/JColdIron/Floating%20Elbow/th_20140603...

Johann ColdIron

Still nibbling on this project, though life keeps getting in the way. Since the pattern is not quite right on these cops I decided to integrate these elbows into my current arm harness instead of adding them to the spaulders I have half finished. The elbows on it now were bought at Pennsic long ago....

Johann ColdIron

Hello All, I put the video on my school's website under the movies page here: http://www.modernmedieval.org/Site/Movies.html let it load up then right click to save to quicktime movie. Thank you for watching it and don't forget to look for the next episode of The Modern Medieval next weekend. I thi...

Johann ColdIron

So why not just hand an orange and then rub the rind all over it? I'd imagine the acids in the fruit would remove bluing/patina. It certainly would on the brass. Orange oil concentrate is different in that the oil from the fruit (and rind?) is separated and concentrated. Fun fact: Mayonaise has eno...

Johann ColdIron

If you want to cut tape crud and such faster then get some mineral spirits, It will take it right off. As would paint thinner or acetone. Personally I don't use WD-40 for armour rust prevention. It was designed to displace water (hence the WD) but I don't find it creates a durable barrier to rust. M...

Johann ColdIron

Shaping up to be a nice session. Looks like a nice mix of folks. Several that I have met before and more several that I have been wanting to meet. I should be able to bring along several pieces of modern Indian mail, from various suppliers, for those interested. Yes please. I think that a compariso...

Johann ColdIron

Head them yourself out of 1/4" rod stock?

Or get nails and clip them if flat headed is OK.

Johann ColdIron

Is there a good instructional video on how to throw that shot well or should I just study this and try and recreate it? That vid is probably as good as it gets on the how-to. The big challenge with that shot is throwing it when your opponent cannot hit you in the back of the head or body mid spin. ...

Johann ColdIron

One would ask what final outcome you would want from such cleaning? Any brass polish is designed to bring it back to bright- both with abrasives and chemical means. So unless you want it shiney you don't want to use polish. If you want an even dark finish on the brass there are oxidizing agents you ...

Johann ColdIron

Looks like the long locking lever holding the visor hinge on got knocked sideways in the scrum. Probably a very period injury! Glad you only got a broken nose. Exchange visors can be done safely. They need to be engineered to deal with the forces at work when we take the field. In the SCA those hist...

Johann ColdIron

So are they still space aliens or are they going mainstream SCA? I mean, after all, you can belong to more than one hobby... They are not the only ones that visit Pennsic with a non period persona. Unless the Coopers create a Period requirement for entry, which is highly unlikely, then that is goin...

Johann ColdIron

we foresee frustration and mental hemorrhaging)

LOL. Nice shape! Did they just give you the plastic skull to work with?

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