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by Thomas H
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:49 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Quick plate sabatons?
Replies: 10
Views: 153

wow :shock: those are really good for a 'rough' pair. nice work.
by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:16 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Quick plate sabatons?
Replies: 10
Views: 153

i THINK it is done with an arming point in the toes and a strap and buckle around the heel.

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by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: forming mail links
Replies: 15
Views: 25

sven. that is one ingenious way of winding wire. do you just push it through and it winds.

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by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:11 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Question for armourers??
Replies: 24
Views: 100

i have a forge. it was originally for heating armour but since then i have got a gas torch. i still use the forge for small knives. it is about 2 feet wide by 1 foot long and about 6" deep. originally it was powered by a bike pump but since then i have started on some double acting bellows. it guzzl...
by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:04 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: lets see 15th century kits!
Replies: 40
Views: 199

christian. that is one way cool suit of gothic plate. those flutes look perfect. they really give the suit a 'proper' look. those rondels look a little large and bulky though. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-mail me at thomas_hayman@hotmail.com for m...
by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:55 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Tom Justus sallet for sale on Ebay
Replies: 5
Views: 178

i agree Morgan. they do seem a little recessed and (i think) rounded. very nice though. well worth the money.

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by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:50 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Is this drawing historical
Replies: 15
Views: 80

[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/hugofuch/Web%20Armour/Armour09.jpg[/img] That's basically what i'm going for but with a barbute and without the rondels (right term?) at the pits ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-mail me at thomas_hayman@hotm...
by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:00 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Pembridge greathelm?
Replies: 4
Views: 12

i am about to make 2 steel and 1 iron one. only 18g steel though. tis a shame. just to help me. does anyone know how many rivets the helm has or had.

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by Thomas H
Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:24 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Quick plate sabatons?
Replies: 10
Views: 153

armourdesign. i was just looking on your site at the construction of the rear 'tassets'. they are in fact faulds not tassets. just thought you might want to know. nice suit by the way. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-mail me at thomas_hayman@hotmail....
by Thomas H
Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:45 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Sallet
Replies: 7
Views: 39

that's excellent for a first sallet. take the visor off and use it as an archers sallet.

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by Thomas H
Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking for Iron hinges
Replies: 3
Views: 10

the picture isn't showing up. i could probably guess what they are like though. i could probably do some but i live in the UK. shipping would cost twice as much as the hinges. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-mail me at thomas_hayman@hotmail.com for m...
by Thomas H
Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:03 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: where can i get rivets
Replies: 3
Views: 17

i have a forge. i have iron i just don't expect them to be round or even. My forge is mainly for arrow heads and iron work but i grind my knives.

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by Thomas H
Sun Jan 25, 2004 3:50 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: another axe question
Replies: 5
Views: 26

through a loop on a belt maybe. seems simple yet effective.

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by Thomas H
Sun Jan 25, 2004 3:42 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: seax almost done....finally
Replies: 13
Views: 27

it's kinda like a topographical knife. beautiful work. what does a seax like that go for.

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by Thomas H
Sun Jan 25, 2004 12:58 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: where can i get rivets
Replies: 3
Views: 17

where can i get rivets

does anyone know where i can get hold of some WROUGHT iron rivets. they are for an upcoming project.

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by Thomas H
Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:40 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: what can i make?
Replies: 5
Views: 11

found it.
by Thomas H
Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:37 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: what can i make?
Replies: 5
Views: 11

changed my mind. i think a repro of the pembridge helm would look real cool. it's simple and i could make some iron rivets as well. does anyone know where the greathelm site has gone. it has a yellow background. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-mail m...
by Thomas H
Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:32 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How much armour?
Replies: 35
Views: 147

how do you people find the money to buy all this stuff. i make about $30 a month from selling my stuff. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-mail me at thomas_hayman@hotmail.com for more information. [This message has been edited by thomas hayman (edited ...
by Thomas H
Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:08 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: gauntlets and other ramblings
Replies: 16
Views: 65

WOW! slow down a bit. witchking gauntlets as a first project. Try some light reading first maybe: TOMAR. by brian price. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1581600984/qid=1074898365//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-5097418-8271343?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 Then maybe: arms and armour of the m...
by Thomas H
Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:29 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: what can i make?
Replies: 5
Views: 11

if only i had a period chest to attach them to. Just being thinking and maybe something like a riveted chapel-de-fer. like the one in TOMAR.

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by Thomas H
Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:12 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: what can i make?
Replies: 5
Views: 11

what can i make?

soon i am going to get a 2ft square piece of wrought iron sheet. an i can't f or the love of me decide what to make. it needs to be something from 1 piece but not raised. i don't have much skill but i know what i'm doing. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait...
by Thomas H
Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:10 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 18gg mild success!!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 25

if you e-mail the pictures to me i would gladly host them on my archive page.

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by Thomas H
Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:26 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: A statement from Historic Enterprises / Black Swan Designs
Replies: 50
Views: 108

nobodys perfect. GWen i have seen some f the stuff on your site and it is superb. As Broadway said don't let bitchy,picky people put you down.

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by Thomas H
Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:31 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Gamboised Cuisses, how to stuff?
Replies: 14
Views: 38

what are gamboised cuisses? are they what they sound like. i.e cusisses with gambeson like padding underneath.

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by Thomas H
Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: I hit the big time!
Replies: 17
Views: 10

it's all good having it smattered on the net but you are losing out. try contact a lawyer. it seems like plajerism(sp?)

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by Thomas H
Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:34 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Show us your favorite hammer...
Replies: 17
Views: 40

my top of the rack hammer at the moment is to be my new homemade dishing hammer. it's a 3lb mini sledge with half a 1lb steel ball on either end. pictures tommorow when i can see the way to my workshop. second to that is my rawhide hammer. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for...
by Thomas H
Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:11 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Rare Book for Sale
Replies: 6
Views: 11

i am vey partial to italian armour pictures but alas 14yr olds tend not to have that kind of money. Not from selling what i do anyway.

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by Thomas H
Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:54 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: lets see 15th century kits!
Replies: 40
Views: 199

i'd have thought with about 4000 members there would be more than 2 people intersted in the 15th century.

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by Thomas H
Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:59 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: lets see 15th century kits!
Replies: 40
Views: 199

This is what mine will look like when it's finished. http://home.armourarchive.org/members/hayman/Armour9.jpg i am going to make everything that goes with it even the buckles and hinges. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-mail me at thomas_hayman@hotmai...
by Thomas H
Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:52 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: hunting bows
Replies: 9
Views: 6

i was talking about using a longbow. there is a tool similar to a newton meter but it has lbs written on istead of newtons. i'm not sure of the name for it though. ROC don't you find the god awful sound of your compound scares the deer off. the ones i heard at my archery club really shout. ---------...
by Thomas H
Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:35 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Wanted- Late 14th/early 15th century Milanese export
Replies: 6
Views: 14

that wasn't a jab at your friend it was just an observation.

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by Thomas H
Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Wanted- Late 14th/early 15th century Milanese export
Replies: 6
Views: 14

complete his harness. sounds like he needs to start it.

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by Thomas H
Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: hunting bows
Replies: 9
Views: 6

i believe it to be about 40lbs. it's not just the bow it's the arrow head as well. a bodkin wold be good for maille or armour but it would rip straight through a deer. you may want to try a swallow tail or broadhead. ------------------ OPEN NOW. HAYMAN ARMOURY. just knives for now but just wait. e-m...
by Thomas H
Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:30 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: New forum to discuss Authenticity issues SCA and non SCA
Replies: 10
Views: 11

at least you know people are reading your post.

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by Thomas H
Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:01 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Some of K1e1's work
Replies: 9
Views: 13

no that's definately a kama. sickle are longer and have more of a curved handle.

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