The Armour Archive

Jan van Nyenrode

Josh why would he need to add extra padding?

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

That is terrible to hear Gwen. I hope that all works out well and that she'll be back soon.

Best Wishes

Max Keeren

Jan van Nyenrode

Just wondering, The gauntlets in the Royal Armoury do not seem to have holes to attach a rider plate. But they are damaged so I could be mistaken. But looking at the avant gauntlet which is somewhat hourglass shaped. WouldnÃ‚Â´t the type of fingers attached make the difference in wether or not the r...

Jan van Nyenrode

Armets and closehelms do not show the small holes around the edge, yes. But they have a strip of leather rivited to the inside on which the padding is stitched. This might be the same method used on bascinets instead of the direct stitch to the metal.

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Egfroth may I ask where you've got that information from? I have so far not seen anything to indicate that. Oh and Erik on the front of the helmet where the browband is rivited to front to back band you've missed 2 rivits on the lower edge of the brow band. I know that most images and diagrams show ...

Jan van Nyenrode

Yeah that's true. I'll look at the styrofoam.

Thomas have you recieved my PM? Just wondering

Greetings

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Sorry, been working/ being busy all day. Yeah I'm interested in that ball stake and will contact you trough a PM. I've been looking at Grinding balls. They are available in different sizes but from the supllier only in tons etc. So I'm thinking about maybe contacting ENCI which is a cement company i...

Jan van Nyenrode

Hoi Thomas,

That sounds good to me. How much would the ball itself cost?
And what kind of fabrication shop is it? I might have the same kind of shop in the neighbourhood but fabrication shop alone isn't specific enough to search.

Greetings

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Hoi, I was wondering where you can buy ball stakes in europe or where you can get decent sized ball bearings or other sphere shaped proper steel balls. . I am trying to find anything bigger then 5 cm in diameter and am having a hard time. I allread checked with Hoogovens(or Corus these days) but the...

Jan van Nyenrode

hoi, Thomas, if I were you I would raise it as in period. Else you won't have the proper look IMHO. Just get yourself a half decent border hammer and you'll be done in a sec. But on another note....I have seen you ask allot around for market ideas and patterns and pictures etc. but when do we get to...

Jan van Nyenrode

Well if you'll like it or not will also depend on the material you used. May I ask what kind of of fabric you used for the shell and liner? and what kind of padding? Because if you used anything polyester you'll sweat to death in the thing. Polyester won't absorp sweat and so it won't wick it away f...

Jan van Nyenrode

oi,

At the moment I am paying 4 euro's for such a sheet. But I buy directly at the foundry and live in Holland which doesn't have Bush as president.

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Well....maybe they just didn't think of it? -I mean the greecs had steam power to open doors in the temple of Zeus. So they had steam technology but no steam engine?? Why?? they simple didn't develop the idea. -For ages people would have been able to mass produce candle's using forms. But instead th...

Jan van Nyenrode

You know.....I think you're right. Think I made the mistake because I wasn't sure how to interpreted it and because I was looking at Milanese suits for an hour before looking at the drawing. Personally I think you should either go with the end of the 15th century look or the export italian. Those su...

Jan van Nyenrode

You wanted this picked apart? Okay well I will go off what I 'reconise' from the drawing. The breast plate is 15th century Italian. The spaudler/pauldrions are feasible except I myself haven't seen the 2 different types used on the same armour. Also the right pauldren should lose the High Guard as t...

Jan van Nyenrode

hahahaha

Thomas the name of the file was schakeling. This is dutch for circuit. So if you build it half decent there are no problems.

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Well I can't post pictures on the web at the moment, so I will send the diagram to Thomas so he can post it if he would like to. I'm off to my girl at the moment so I'll send the diagram when I get back home and added some text here and there to clarify things.

Greetings

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

hoi,

Thomas if you want I can send you a cicuit diagram to build on e purely pneumatic. No electricity, allthough it can be adapted relative easy to use electricity to switch it and maybe light a light.

Greetings

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

The hundred year war lasted from 1337 till 1453. This is a long time with rather big differences between armours when it started and when it ended. So it is not perse 'easy' to start with. That litteraly ranges from simple Coat of Plates with Great Helms to full plat from head to toe suits with grea...

Jan van Nyenrode

hoi, Well, we are going to delve even deeper on specifications. Are you getting annoyed yet? Because the 14th century is a century in which a lot is happening concerning armour development (concerning everything acctually but let's stay focused). So we need to ask, are you going for early/middle/lat...

Jan van Nyenrode

Hoi, I do not want to hijack the thread, BUT is he 'allowed' to actually wear that helmet for rattan fighting. Because I mean...it's not even a attempt at a medieval helmet anymore if he buys a hollywood helmet and clearly knows it. Just wondering, about when do we say stop? because I always wanted ...

Jan van Nyenrode

Hoi, Well just make sure you're close enough to the metal so your protective gas is really flowing over your weld while welding. This with proper heat and wire speed should creates a sound (obviously) and well, there is a certain sound your aiming for. I can't explain the sound with writing but it's...

Jan van Nyenrode

I don't think they had suede in those days.

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Hail, I agree that organspliter is most likely the owner of Viking Armory. He has the same habit of bad spelling. I saw his profile and a bit of his page and sorry to tell you but personally I would never have ordered from a site which so obvious bad spelling and/or grammer. Even to a foreigner like...

Jan van Nyenrode

hoi, Well the lawsuits I've heard from in the US concerning Mac Donalds and Sigarets, putting cats in microwaves etc. and all being granted really sounds to me that a lot of americans are sue happy as soon as something bads happens to them. Because even if they signed the waiver they can always clai...

Jan van Nyenrode

Hoi, Well I was just in Delft at the Army Museum and well. At least I can't tell youy it wasn't there. I saw 2 roman helmets a replica of a norman and a balden heim helmet. And then they went to the 16 century armours. And haven't seen anything like this. Nice though was a jousting armour they had o...

Jan van Nyenrode

hoi,

Just looked and the museum is over in Delft. I'll prolly drive over there on sunday to see what's on the plaque and see if they got other worthwhile things to look at.
Greetings

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Hoi,

I am building one using air. I decided that because it's easier, more variable's you can easily control, less moving parts, long live time. And they are rather easy to put together. But that parts do cost a lot I have recently found out when I bought my stuff

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Tweddle's book is good for the Coppergate helmet. The other helmets are shown but not as detailed. I presume he meant with "doing it right" that he wanted to do it with all the decoration. And well....I haven't found any site or book yet wich show the decoration on the vendel and valsgarde helmets t...

Jan van Nyenrode

Well personally I would think a 100 years quite some time. If you defenitly want rigid reinforments which you can just show while being as authentic as possible you'd really need to go towards the last part of the 13th century. And build a reinforced surcoat and hardend leather. Chris Dobson wrote a...

Jan van Nyenrode

Well Jason, to be honest. How could I POSSIBLE disagree with you on that point

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

hoi,

There is a very nice russeted one in the Royal Armouries. I saw it couple of months ago and I found it a very stricking affect. Here is a link to an online picture of it.
Please note though that it's a 17th century armour.

http://www.geekhenge.com/spider/images/ ... 9/4208.jpg

Greetings

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

Well about the scale helmet. They are just discussing that in another thread. They are looking at the Looting Picture and there is a helmet which looks like it could possible such a 'scale' helmet.

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

What would be the dating on that Illumination??

Thanks

Max

Jan van Nyenrode

But don't you always make a little dip in de steel with a center punch? And if you just drill carefully insted of full pressure from the start at an angle it won't walk. I mean I think you just said you don't center punch it and just put the drill on the steel but I can hardly believe it. I mean you...

Where or how to get ball stakes? (In Europe)