The Armour Archive

Thomas H

! Superb!

Thomas H

The side profile reminds me of the Swabisch Gmund bevor. projecting out a far way and being relatively flat under the chin.

Thomas H

Greg/Gerhard, contact the museum, i'm sure they will be more than willing to help but their photo prices seemr ather high (i thought so anyway).

Thomas H

Oh yes, i see it now, thanks for clearing it up

Thomas H

Form the looks of things, Patrick raised the visor from that single piece and not a cone, though, i may be wrong.

Thomas H

Or a huge miniature!

Thomas H

I saw that you got a set of welding gloves from Harbor Freight. I'm not sure if you know this or not, but please don't use then around any powered equipment (well, other than a welder). You might think that you will avoid cuts by using the gloves, but there is a much greater chance that you will sn...

Thomas H

Looking good, expecially like the brass knuckles and tips.

Is the cuff etched or engraved>

Thomas H

get the export sallet, do it!.

Thomas H

is this some big oil joke? Bartoli olive oil anyone?

Thomas H

Weren't pavelets mentioned in another thread as being an SCAism developed by an SCA armourer? or did he simply reinvent them?

Thomas H

Cool, very elegant for an early period helm

That's in the RA???

Thomas H

Most definately.

Thomas H

Noo, must, not buy! just got two lots of wallace catalogue and you have the super early ones!!

Thomas H

I love your work so much, another helm of yours i'm in love with, just not got the funds at the moment

Thomas H

I was thinking WW helmet liners, aviation maybe? really don't know, not my era.

Thomas H

I'm guessing the holes were not mistakes or they would have been filled in, judging by the rest of the breatsplate, it looks pretty finished. Possibly for the attachment of a re-enforce? maybe a large latticework shield>

Thomas H

Oh yeah, forgot about that

Thank you!

Edit: 9 large goose feathers winging their way to me right now. (pun quite obviously intended) thanks for the heads up

Thomas H

Mr Bar, do you know of a place in the UK that sells Goose feathers appropriate for writing?

I'd love to give it a go, sounds fun. Going to have to track you down when the season starts

Thomas H

Contact the museum with the image and ask, it's the easiest and quickest way to find out.

Thomas H

TMR, look to the right and you'll see the wheel that rotates the hammer shaft.

It appears that the metal coming form the piece of wood is holding it in place and is bent over and fixed to stop it rolling away. sort of like a bearing housing.

Thomas H

actually, now i see the whole image, it appears to be the shaft of the trip hammer. why its bent into that shape, i don't know.

Thomas H

Personally, judging by the frame work its attached to and the stone just off of the screen, its the crank handle to the stone. for grinding.

Thomas H

not mine though i'd love it but just spent waay more than i can really afford on books from ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Armoury-of-th ... dZViewItem

Thomas H

Looking good, looking forward to the next lot of photos. Is there a chance you could give us the skinny on what defines Greenwich armour from the more obvious Italian and German styles? Am i right in thinking that it is heavily styles upon Italian armours as those are the nationalities of Henry's ar...

Thomas H

If it doens't look right with a bargrill, you know what i'm going to say then, don't you

What's wrong with a globose visor? they look pretty cool, you could wlaways widen the eyeslots and add some bars. (note, this may not meet SCA specs, i'm not in the SCA, it's merely an idea)

Thomas H

Don't forget that the sallet did stay on into the early 16th century, though was replaced with more typically 16th century styles like the close helm.

Thomas H

go to www.livinghistory.co.uk/forums and ask there.

Thomas H

Chef seems to hit the mark, people try to put Gwen down for no apparent reason. I don't think some people realise the hard work she puts into her, er, work.

Thomas H

must, resist...urge, spent too... much..already!

Thomas H

annealing is really only needed if you're dishing very deeply, even then, it is not always needed. Try a weed burner, Hal used one to heat his metal as i understand. I mean, if you want a forge, by all means get one, they're handy for stock forging and it makes dishing and stretching easier. I'm jus...

Thomas H

Contact the nice people from the Guild of Saynt luke

I'm sure Jorge will be able to help you, or will know somebody who can.
http://www.guildofsayntluke.co.uk/

Thomas H

You know, you don't NEED a forge to make armour, that is, until you progress to raising and such.

Thomas H

I would come, but for the fact that April 29th is mein bruder's birthday, mein cousin's birthday, the Junior French Trip Auction day, and I've already been to the conference this year and the last workshop, so I suppose it's not exactly unfair. You will be missed. We are trying to work things up on...

Thomas H

Unsure, ask, they're helpful people, i'm sure they won't bite

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Re: btmcrae, don't use the goves with any powered equipment

FS, Armoury of the castle of Churburg Trapp and Mann