The Armour Archive

Brian W. Rainey

Drachus,

A very good video on fluting is available here:

http://www.armourguild.org/videos.php

The techniques used is a hammer and creasing stake. It leads to VERY nice and sharp flutes.

I just got done burning DVDs to work through our backlog and we have them ready to ship.

Brian W. Rainey

Greetings all. I am reinventing my persona to the point of finally registering a device. GASP!!! I am thinking that a brig or a coat of plates is the way I want to go but can not decide which is more desireable. Flexibility, strength, protection, etc. Ease of construction is also a concern though n...

Brian W. Rainey

Jason, Thanks for the additional pics. I am firmly in belief that they were used for lining. I am just not convinced that the holes on that breast and back are authentic to the pieces. Handling the piece may provide the answer. Or identifying pictures of additional similar pieces that have a similar...

Brian W. Rainey

OK... I would like to see good close ups of the backplate around the areas of the holes. I would also like to see interior shots. For some reason, I am thinking Cad is correct. However, I cannot find another black and white with similar holes. This does not surprise me as I have limited pictures of ...

Brian W. Rainey

Do you have many photos of B&W backplates in your extensive collection. My collection of 50 or so pictures(B&W) is pretty poor to say i'm doing a repro of one. Honestly, I don't know. I do not study 16th century armour for the most part. Most of my photographic efforts are focussed on 14/15th centu...

Brian W. Rainey

I believe that those holes may be for riviting in a lining. But I could be wrong. -Cad I was thinking along those lines and was going to add that to my post. However, I cannot find reference to a lined black and white. I was trying to find a picture of a black and white with a lining or the remnant...

Brian W. Rainey

WaaaghBoss wrote:Wood type: rather personal don'tcha think?

~Kevin

Dude, if you have issues with your equipment I think Erik's male tools are still available.

Brian W. Rainey

aaaah, i kind of know what you mean but i can't say i've ever seen it on any armour. PIctures? I do not have postable pictures. I do not like posting pictures that have been published. That is sort of a no-no... copyright laws and all. I will look through my pictures of the Harding collection and o...

Brian W. Rainey

Similar hole can be seen on the edges of armour throughout the latter half of the 16th and 17th century and were used to hold on rows of piccadillies (sp?). Rows of fancy edging most often in a scalloped or rounded dag design. I would surmise that these are for a similar purpose. However, later peri...

Brian W. Rainey

PS- why do you think I need $$ so bad. Weddings are freaking expensive!!! In that case you done went and made the same mistake that I did... you ain't marrying into money! Next time... pay more attention to how good her pocket book looks. Three of the most important words in a happy and succesful m...

Brian W. Rainey

Umm.... FIANCE?

Brian W. Rainey

Being a former business man, I thought that it is a good thing to be operating 'in the red' (or close to it anyway). When you make money in your business, you will be paying business taxes. (no fun) Instead of making profit, spend that money on equipment, and other items that the business needs. An...

Brian W. Rainey

MikeA wrote:....or a needle into their hand ...

OUCH!

Brian W. Rainey

Bargrills... Really do I have to even argue this point.. Gone! If you cannot make your kit legal without a bargrill, then PLEASE go home. Do not make me look at that when I enter the field in my armor! Helms with bars or grilles on them existed for some periods of time. Actually a large chunk of th...

Brian W. Rainey

Odawara Taro Yoshinobu wrote:The currant products are being attacked, so i defended them.

Opinions have been offered. Criticism has been offered. I have not seen an attack.

Brian W. Rainey

don't feel I slapped the hand of Duke Aleric... I showed him why his retooling of this company, along with slight increases in prices, and slight increases of time, would simply cause the company to close down. I also offerred him to take over my sales of sca products... Mike, In all honesty.. ther...

Brian W. Rainey

In my humble (or not so) opinion... There are two distinct niches or classes of fighter protection in the SCA (there is overlap, but for the most part two can easily be identified when seen): SCA Armour - looks, feels and acts historical. A relatively decent attempt at historical accuracy. Makes peo...

Brian W. Rainey

That would still deform the rivet though wouldn't it? I want to keep the nice domeshape. Thanks No, it doesn't. Brass, mild steel, stainless rivets... it works for all of them. If it does mash up the rivet head it is probably the result of rivet peening technique rather than the tools used. Remeber...

Brian W. Rainey

T-Bob with big pink balls.

Gruber.. I HATE you!

*leaves to beat his head on the wall*

Brian W. Rainey

You can find a few copies for around $40.00 here.

Brian W. Rainey

Thank you all for you replies. Especially you Brian for the detail you gave. From the grainy photo it looked very intriguing and I just had to know more about it. I've always liked the look of brigandines. Let me know if you are ever in the are. I would be happy to provide additional pictures of th...

Brian W. Rainey

Update previous posting....

Brian W. Rainey

Were you not also the same person who cordinated the Carlonia Stamping form for SS Lamella plates? If memory serves correctly, you are the man to thank for that. Sixtus I think the last attempted group order failed. Unless there has been anouther group(ish) order, the last one went fine, sorta.... ...

Brian W. Rainey

Richard, The piece to which you refer is depicted in colour on page 232 and on page 366 in b&w (with a detail of the tassets and construction) in the Armoury of the Castle of Churburg (Trapp and Scalinia) tome. It is described as: "Brigandine, Milan? c. 1505, here with sallet CH S69, Italy? South Ge...

Brian W. Rainey

Were you not also the same person who cordinated the Carlonia Stamping form for SS Lamella plates? If memory serves correctly, you are the man to thank for that. Sixtus While I do know that there were at least two successful orders, I do not remember organizing an order. I do remember getting frust...

Brian W. Rainey

Why doesn't you link in your sig line work? Hmm... Thank you. I must have uploaded a bad index.html file last week.... try it now. I redirected it to a secondary file. Yes, GAA uses similar rivets for some applications, if memory serves me. There is no functional reason not to, per se. I simply thi...

Brian W. Rainey

Cause more quality control would raise the price more. Obviously Ice has found a price-point that allows him to compete, and compete effectively. If the amount of time and money required to repair QC issues is less that would be if he implemented a much stricter level of quality control, the busine...

Brian W. Rainey

I'll bite, Who are/were you in the SCA? I was known as Lord Pheylin Quinn, Midrealm, CSO. I used to be a fairly accomplished armourer in the SCA. I primarily focussed towards small pockets of the US (SE, Arizona and the midwest) and rarely attended events outside of large wars, as such I was person...

Brian W. Rainey

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Brian W. Rainey

Karl wrote:Okay, I'll bite - where is "Zelda"?

The Legend of Zelda is only the BEST game ever created for any game console! EVER! It starred this bad-ass little guy named Link.

If you can get your hands on a Nintendo console I suggest trying it.

Brian W. Rainey

Brian, I'm willing to bet Andre is focusing on those pictures you posted and thinking of ways to improve the armour without reducing his turn-around time and customer service. I'm a satisfied customer of Andre's. 1. Andre cares about his customer, long after the check has cleared. He remembers you,...

Brian W. Rainey

What I was trying to get across in my post (after my initial one-line sentence) was armor is a niche business. I know of noone making the same aethetically pleasing armor, at the same price, and keeping it on the shelf. If we can produce a company doing so, then let's post their link so we can rese...

Brian W. Rainey

Mr Brian W. Rainey I wasnt going to post this but.... please dont think I am slamming you in my opinion your kind efforts to help andre improve techniques and his wares made you look like a troll... why not write him privately and offer to help? I apologized for any misinterpreted intent. I am trul...

Brian W. Rainey

I was always under the impression that you were paying for expediency when dealing with Andre. He's never claimed to be making historically accurate armor and actually the quote on the main page of his website says something along the lines of, "If you want good looking armor that protects and you ...

Brian W. Rainey

While I don't agree with Stonekeep's indignation, I do agree with his point. Icefalcon's prices don't reflect craftsmanship and authenticity, so much as material, finish, service and stock. It costs money to keep stock, which is why nobody does it- you are tying up materials and labour into somethi...

Re: Brigandine Vs. Coat of Plates . . . .

Re: operating in the red.

Re: Why the Niche?