The Armour Archive

knitebee

far more interested in voiders, what would the price be on those?

Brian

knitebee

I'll take the second dopy of "Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages by Dyer.

Brian

knitebee

This answer is for nearsitedness only, so if far sited then use one of the options others have brought up. Have you ever tried on those glasses with the solid black lenses with a number of tiny holes in them? its a cool, they force a near sited persons eye to focus through a smaller area and it work...

knitebee

The book "Medieval Taylors Assistant" has a bit aobut how to patern and make that shirt.

knitebee

check your local laws before forgoing the flame resistant. Its becoming a more and more common requirement for all fabric structures to be so treated. I've seen here in Oregon a fire marshal do a few random checks for flame treated canvas (boughten tents have a tag near the door) if the tag isn't fo...

knitebee

I know the harmonics are just as bad as the ballance. It makes me wonder if grinding a distal taper to the blade wouldn't help it out greatly.

Brian

knitebee

this is conjecture here, but it looks to me that you held the piece the same why while working your courses. you should rotate the piece while going around each course. To warp the way it did looks to me to be the result of the shape of the hammer face and/or the angle it hits at, add that to the fa...

knitebee

Thak you both so much,

Yes Tasha I have my ARS journal, of the 20some books I went through before posting this question it is one of the few I managed to leave on the shelf.

knitebee

Is there any evidence of a stop rib being used on fabric covered breastplates such as Corrizia? I found one iffigy in my books that looks like it, but its not a large or clear enough picture to determine anything definiative from.

knitebee

look up drop pin type micrometers they should do the job perfect for you.

knitebee

the first one sure does look like an italian pauldron BUT its listed as .98meter in hieght thats way to much for a shoulder. No answers here just more questions.

knitebee

Sweet, looks great.

If you can start out at this level think what some experiance will lead to

Keep up the great work

knitebee

WOW, thats going to look awsome when finished.

I wish I had half the skills you have.

knitebee

Ok heres a couple of pictures of it set up at AnTir/West war. the daylight picture the left side looks off as I some how forgot to attach the ridge rope before I stood it up, which by the way I was able to do all by myself. Yes Mr Finkas is corect the poles are to short, 15ft was to tall so I guesst...

knitebee

paint probably not. the fabric is actually a stripe that doesn't show up in the photos. I am thinking of adding green stripes over all the seams, not sure yet. As to the wind ropes, they set up 15ft out from the pole. I did try and it will stand stable with them set at only 10ft out wich puts the st...

knitebee

after four back breaking days of sewwing I managed to pull it off. My very first pavilion, its got some...................shall we say "caracter" in a few spots but for a newby not bad. The fabric is lighter than most want for a pavilion but I was more enterested in the look of the finished piece th...

knitebee

Drachus wrote I wonder then why they would combine a set of gauntlets and a helmet that might be as far as 100 years apart, unless I am just way off on the helmet, it looks a lot like the black prince great helm dont it? Look closer at the helm, it has a LOT of difference from the earlier great hel...

knitebee

Since your a wood worker allready, make a wooden mallet to shape with. YOu dont need much curvature int he pieces but it will be easier than trying to do it by hand.

knitebee

"moving to California" that will put you with in driving distance of me, sooner or later you are going to have to make me an arming coat. Those are beautifull.

knitebee

You are a sick man (refering to the cleanliness of your shop not your modern meathods). There are differnt levels of armourers just as much as there is differnt levels of armour buyers. Some can afford and like caviar at the Ritz while others a burger at the fast food joint. Some fall to the manufac...

knitebee

I fight in a pair of hand made riding boots, that are thinner than most of the turn shoes out there (3oz uppers). They are thin enough that they dont add any support to the ankle. The first time I fought in them was a dreary rainy day and a few of the other fighters tried to discourage me from weari...

knitebee

Im no expert here. The plates looked to me to be tinned as was common in this type of armour and that would account for the lack of corrosion. The third picture down its not clear enough to know for certain but dont the small side plates have a makers mark stamped in them. The same picture does have...

knitebee

depends on the exact look you are looking for. A vinager bath wil lightly etch the surface leaving a nice even gray finish to it. Simularly dabbing mustard over the surface will give a simular look but modeled and blotchy. You could allways bury it in the back yard for a few weeks and then dig it up...

knitebee

What? rust isn't period??? I say leave it....

That coming from the man that takes mild steel to such a shine one would think its chrome plated.

knitebee

looking good, only critique I can add is if you rework your pattern a bit you wont have to lace around the heel. Looking good though

knitebee

As one that has used some of the cliches listed I can show some of the other side of the coin. In all things we all have our priorities, in combat mine are in order #1 fight honorably and hard, #2 learn something new, #3 have fun, and last is #4 try and win. At least with me my not caring if I win o...

knitebee

its looking sweet, cann't wait to see how it finishes out.

knitebee

that shape is quite simular to what was commonly used in Itally in drawings of herladry. I cann't remember what time frame they where popular but from what little I read they where primarly just used in drawings and sculptures of arms not in any ohter form I know of. If I get a chance tonight I'll d...

knitebee

What you need is a rivet set. Use flat head rivets from the inside, start piening them from the outside with them supported by a stake then use a rivet set to finish them off leaving that nice rounded head.

knitebee

Jason, even if the event is far away it will be well worth it. The more of us from this state we can get going the easier it will be for us to carpool,caravan down. So where in Eastern Oregon are you, I'm farther west over in Roseburg.

knitebee

since you have the welder why not take a ball bearing or such and make a long headed hammer that will reach inside the welded helm? That would make it possible to dish it out deeper fairly easly. While tossing this peice and starting over will have some leasons learned from it, fixxing it will teach...

knitebee

Clermont, I backed the piece with plumbers solder to do the the Chocker which is made of 20g mild steel. Sean, yep those are chipmunk looking cheeks, its my sons design (looks far better on paper than I got it to look on steel. I'm out of anything to back the piece to do detail work on it. I need to...

knitebee

First to answer the posted questions which I missed when this was first up. Clermont, the skull is embossed into the metal with rounded punches fromt he back and detailed with them from the front, basic repousse techniques. Nick, the metal only goes half way around the neck, the rest is black leathe...

knitebee

I've done two, http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/cornet2.jpg I'm far more of an armourer than a jewler and that shows in cornets. another option out there is http://www.blackwoodjewellery.com/

One trick I did on the two I made was to trap a light weight leather suspension in the roll on the bottom, made for very comfortable wearing.

knitebee

Hey kid, heres the type of mining bit I told you about, might be a bit heavy but you'd never break on on a quintane.
http://rock-tools.ebigchina.com/sdp/170 ... 36981.html

Brian

stop ribs over fabric?

my pavilion