The Armour Archive

Brian W. Rainey

Padrig wrote:All 750 tickets sold?

Pad

Nope, far from it... keep buying! Feed the Patrick!

Brian W. Rainey

All orders have been received. It will take some time to ship out the ~100 individual orders.

I believe the first ~35 have been shipped. The remainder will go out this weekend.

Thank you for your patience!

Brian W. Rainey

$1622 dollars..... Zanetto, you lucky man. It might be time for me to put a few books up for auction just so I can sell them to some guy who wants them that bad... then go to a European book seller and buy them again for a fraction of the price! WOW! What is with the used armour book market these d...

Brian W. Rainey

Keep in mind that the picture you posted is of a composite armour from the Metropolitan museum of art that is, in large part, incorrect. The helm was, most likely, a standard bascinet that is no longer in its original state as it has been added to significantly and now takes on a sort of great basci...

Brian W. Rainey

Tarquin Bjornsson wrote:there are some on ebay right now fairly cheap

Pattern welded bumpers?

Brian W. Rainey

Look at the state of the screw and screw box *everything* else can be made, fixed or replaced fairly easily but the screw and screw box---and they ain't making them anymore... Thomas If I am not mistaken.... Centaur Forge sells rebuild kits (or something of that nature) for the screw and screw boxe...

Brian W. Rainey

Given that you are not really using a lot of air, or shouldn't be... you can probably get away with any cheapy compressor with enough power to run the head you are using. Essentially... nobody can tell you unless you tell them what type of hammer/head you will be using. I would assume a little bitty...

Brian W. Rainey

In the pictures of Patrick with the Kuhn... he is drawing out the hammer that will be used for part of the sallet project that will be raffled!

Brian W. Rainey

That's the cleanest shop I've ever seen! Nice airhammer there in the background. Hehe, I think Rick (Centuar Shop manager, that is his nose on the left of th first pic) had his minion cleaning all day Friday.... it does NOT normally look like that. The air hammer is a Kuhn.... the bigger ones were ...

Brian W. Rainey

RalphS wrote:I love work, I can watch it for hours!

You guys have fun this weekend!

Shouldn't you be on a plane headed West, young man... head West. The fun starts in less than 24 hours!

I will probably be giving you a call this morning, BTW.

Brian W. Rainey

I just had the oportunity to watch Patrick work all day today.

Screw Lemy.... Patrick is GOD!

Brian W. Rainey

But we have just heard from Brian, than the actual market value of these pieces is only $25 or so. I would think $25.00 per piece ($50.00 per pair in 16ga mild)... sorry, did not make that clear. You would see them fly off the shelf. Personally, I would slap $80.00 or 90.00 on them and would still ...

Brian W. Rainey

Hello Guys, I am working on gauntlets, partly based on the churburg design with brass. Does anybody know, if there exist any hourglass gountlets with original finger protection except the Black princeÃ‚Â´s ones? When looking for some, I found just replicas made mostly after Violet le Duc. Thank you...

Brian W. Rainey

Mike, There are a couple of tricks that can be incorporate to speed up areas of production, such as flaring out the top/bottom on these by stretching the metal with a crosspien in a fairly efficient manner then finishing up with some definition. I think the last time I made a pair of this style (wit...

Brian W. Rainey

Wulfe wrote:There is gonna be a Mac harness there?

Not unless you are bringing one.

Brian W. Rainey

Far be it from me to disagree with my esteemed colleague, but if I may draw your attention to the fact that the wine, or rather porto, in the follwing link is without a doubt the best thing that has ever happened to grapes. m While I respect my colleagues opinion in regards to mail, it is apparent ...

Brian W. Rainey

I think its rude of you guys to be pulling Icefalcon into the mix here... I for one don't think he makes munitions grade armour. Currently, all I own of his work is a helmet, but in the past, I've owned damn near a full suit of his gear, and it is freakin awesome. Indestructible, beautiful, functio...

Brian W. Rainey

I have kept my "professionalism" hat on ever since I started the Armour Research Society.... However, (and this is undeniably the bottle of Santa Margherita Versato Merlot 2002 talking...) I get to spend the next three days isolated in armour goodness with the one and only metalworking phenomenon th...

Brian W. Rainey

If people are purchasing work made by armourers like Stonekeep or Icefalcon, it's probably because the armour is what they can afford. However, would it not make Stonekeep Armoury more willing to act on ways to improve his wares by saying: "Perhaps these patterns will improve the overall look of yo...

Brian W. Rainey

Just in case people are gullible enough to think that someone would be willing to pay 6300 dollars for a hat....

Ralph did not buy all the tickets. (He SHOULD buy all the tickets, though).

Someone... buy all the tickets, NOW!

Brian W. Rainey

If I do manage to get my hands on enough blast furnace steel (slim chance though for now), I'll drop by and convince you guys that the first ARS helmet was only a test-run, and that you want to redo it with the billet I brought with me. We wait with rosebud tip lit and hammer at the ready! I'll gra...

Brian W. Rainey

George... I would think twice about trying to front a big endeavour or influx of Indian made equipment... there is a big company already doing it and years ahead of you (GDFB) and with lots of capital. Is there room for two people in that game, really? What is the benefit. And given the size differe...

Brian W. Rainey

Brian: last year I got the dvd's concerning fluting etc. ... have you guys made any new ones this year? Funny you should ask... yes. Just got a message regarding status last night. There will be one (the best one yet, in my not so humble opinion) released in the very near future, actually. This one...

Brian W. Rainey

Come to think of it... there are no historic armourers... if an armourer is historic he is innevitably dead.

Perhaps a term such as reproductionist is a better term.

Brian W. Rainey

Most people I think would say 40$ an hour shop time would be fair(very low). so what in the end does my opinion mean? -perhaps I'm an armor snob who is too interested in such things for my own good. No snobism noted. IMHO, there is armour and then there is sports equipment. People like Stonekeep an...

Brian W. Rainey

All US tickets are en route. Overseas should go out tomorrow.

Brian W. Rainey

OH MY GOSH!

Patrick is taking credit for Armour Bob's work!

BTW: Patrick... did you see the detail work in this news release:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/07 ... index.html

Pretty nice stuff!

Brian W. Rainey

If I remember correctly, Alan Sennefelder is the gents name. From my dealings with him he is a stand-up guy. He is a collector of armour and weaons and hangs out at m often posting his acquisitions of real/extant acquired armour (some decent, some obvious fakes, but even museums buy fakes on occasio...

Brian W. Rainey

Erik D. Schmid wrote:I will be bringing some very good beer as well. A very tasty IPA from a local micro-brewery. Eight litres to be exact. Brian can vouch for its quality.

What is everyone else going to drink?!

Brian W. Rainey

Kase Villand wrote:How late in the day do these things usually run? I plan on being down there all day, but I'm also asking if anyone else from Madison wants to come down with me... and the first question they'll have will be "how long will we be down there?"

Things will officially wrap up around 4-5ish.

Brian W. Rainey

We are at ~100 tickets sold in 48 hours!\ How's the score at this time? I guess you'll start sending them out some time this week? Nt sure, been away most of the weekend or working. Yes, they will ship some time next week... or the week after depending on when they arrive and available time after P...

Brian W. Rainey

We tend to think of an armourer based on what he can do overall. But the best overall armourer may not be the best at a particular armour part, or may be great with the metal but not so great with strapping, decoration, etc. Richard Yet another interesting facet to this discussion... In the guilds ...

Brian W. Rainey

Sir Gaston wrote:them, my armour doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t get any better. Do I have to practice & make more armour after I have looked at the real pieces?

Practice and exposure... not one or the other... both. The one I mentioned is the most often missing.

Brian W. Rainey

Bob. That looks like it came from a site full of Italian harness lineart. Does that page have any info, or did you find it elsewhere? The site is an FTP site hosted by a gent in Minnesota. Nice guy (Darivs Architectvs on AA)... essentially scans from armour and weapons related books. It is the FTP ...

Brian W. Rainey

Close.... circa 1453-56, if memory serves.

The complete book title is:

Le Armature Di S. Maria Delle Grazie di Curatone di Mantova e L'Armatura Lombarda del '400 - Boccia, Lionello Giorgio

Re: hourglass fingers