The Armour Archive

Thomas H

i can't get the piece red all over with my puny propane torch. i ave a large forge but i have never done something so big before.

Thomas H

Today i started raising my corinthian helmet skull. it's going ok but it doesn't seem to be moving much. it is about 1 and a half inches deep so far after about half an hour but it just doens't seem to be gettin deeper. thanks for any and all help. i know the hammer and technique are right cos i've ...

Thomas H

Absolutely superb. That is really quite an amzing piece. oops there goes my jaw dropping again.

Thomas H

Very, very nice sasuke is quite the armour god

Thomas H

I have a blowing horn for sale. it is new i just finished it. it is about a foot long and VERY loud. i will have pics up tommorow as i am very tired and lazy. I'm asking 25 pounds or $46 American. this is without postage. it's not terribly heavy.(i will clean it). may trade for something but prefer ...

Thomas H

asking for patterns is the wrong way to go. look in the essays section read and read and look at REAL pieces and then read some more. a project like that i would think to be too hard for a beginner. why not try some spaulders. they look good and teach all the basic techniques. try making another pos...

Thomas H

there is some patterns on a russian website.They might not be perfect for the time but they are pretty close. only downside is that the patterns are in russian. i'm sure someone will translate a small block of text for you if you ask nicely. here they are [/url]http://helmschmiedt.narod.ru/spallacci...

Thomas H

Is this honestly happening.

Thomas H

Does this mean i'm a real welder.

Thomas H

How long did it take to make. Also what would a helmet like that go for.

Thomas H

oooooooooo. very nice. is it welded or raised?

Thomas H

i've been stick welding for a couple of months and i can weld 18g with no burn throughs. just be careful. i'd recommend this as there are no gas tanks involved.

Thomas H

Can we have te page in english please

. i'm not being funny. i like to read any and all armour webpages. english just makes it easier. just like a button to translate it.

Thomas H

he's not sca but i thought as though he wouldn't have any other armour to attach spaulders to this would look pretty good.he isn't a member of any re-enactment group so he doesn't even have anything to point them too. a breastplate sort of holds itself there.

Thomas H

constructed by hand. in india that is. you'd think people would stop putting that when people realise everyone is selling the exact same thing all over the net.

Thomas H

oh well i was wrong. i realise the last helm was modern and had quite a large ridge hidden by it's angle.

Thomas H

i also had the rugbyball shaped skull. eventually i scrapped after getting very frustrated.

Thomas H

here's a couple of pics to support my theory.Although i don't have any text to support it i have pictures of sallets from different times which show some with and wihtout crests. [img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/hayman/sallet%20proof/Kienbusch1Gothside.jpg[/img] [img]http://home.armourarch...

Thomas H

do you have casting facilities. you could buy some cheap bronze statues and melt them and pour out some rivets.

Thomas H

it's just that i founf some 14g and i thought of making and selling some bosses. if anyone wants one.

Thomas H

a lot of sallets did and a lot didn't. depends upon how the owner wanted it.

Thomas H

what is a good average size boss for the SCA. also would 14g hold up. its only a duct taped branch hitting it after all.

Thomas H

I already wasted two quite nice horns trying out my own various methods. both of which failed. Both were variations of this design: A pointed mouthpiece like this < with a hole going through into the rest of the horn. i just couldn't get a good enough gap for mylis to vibrate. but now i think about ...

Thomas H

they are incredibly easy to make. i once was told i would have to buy an expensive mouthpiece but that is not the case. i simply chopped a bit off and drilled successively larger holes through the end until it worked. Instead of a reed i use my lips much like a trumpet.

Thomas H

My friend is coming round in a couple of days for a make shift basic amour course. i thought about how to incorporate evrything into one prject. Would a churburg segmented breastplate be alright. The one from TOMAR. it's a substantial piece and teaches dishing,planishing,strapping,polishing(kinda) a...

Thomas H

Blowing horn actually. many neighbours have noted how incredibly loud it is. It will be up for sale on the archive soon (cleaned). it actually looks nice with the first coarse of sandpaper.

Thomas H

the link you posted links right back to this post.

Thomas H

Found these on ebay whilst looking for an anvil.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807111707&category=40003

Thomas H

steel forms can be very noisy if not dampened somehow. they are mainly used for hot work.

Thomas H

Bronze is one hell of an expensve metal. in 1972 in the uk the scrap price for a bronze bolt about 4inches long was 33pence. and they were scrap prices. no doubt they've gone up a hell of a lot.
Whilst we're here. anyone know where i can get brass sheet in the uk. preferably yorkshire.

Thomas H

here is a glass fibre yumi from tozando.com.
http://tozando.com/eng/kyudo/y10.html
the cost, when changed to dollars is 344.45728 US dollars. Yumi also take years of pactic to draw

Thomas H

i have a blowing horn i will be selling soon and i want to clean it up a little. i thought of going over the surface with a fine sandpaper then wire wooling it. will this work well. also how much would one sell a horn about 10 inches long for.

Thomas H

an oval it is then. I will post pictures when i start the helm. I might if i have time squeeze some kind of tutorial out of it.

Thomas H

I plan on using brass. i will be spending a lot on brass so i'd rather not have to cut out large chunks of scrap. I did mean a corinthian helmet. i couldn't remember the name for a minute. thanks steve

Thomas H

I was thinking of raising myself one of those greek helmets. I thought about a pattern for a while and i came up with this. -->Nothing<--. What kind of pattern should i use to raise one. Thanks for all your help it is greatly appreciated.

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