The Armour Archive

knitebee

Knitebee, Bravo! I've been watching your progress with great pleasure. It is a joy to see someone make an accurate copy of a real object. I need you to do something for me though...right now.... Get right back in the shop, and make the *LEFT* before you get distracted with another project!!!! Mac N...

knitebee

wrist bent up, notice how the plates in the back of the hand collapse on each other allowing tons of mobility while be a snug fit [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/wisby%233l.JPG[/img] Wrist bent down [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/wisby%233m.JPG[/img] Wrist bent back, a...

knitebee

got the cuffs 3/4 done, still have to do an inner liner on it. Since the original gauntlet is missing the cuff I decided to go with the thin riveted splints in the cuff as I think it matchs the style best. inside of the cuff [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/wisby%233i.JPG[/img] outside...

knitebee

VERY nice stuff,how well do the thumbs work? I've tried using slots for the thumb rivets. Thanks for the pics , they are inspirational! The thumbs work amazingly well. The angle at which the thumb plate meets to the knuckle plate on the backof the hand makes a huge impact on how it works. Study the...

knitebee

Otto von Teich wrote:How he gets such a close fit without me being there is a mystery to me.

I'd bet it has something to do with following historical originals not other peoples copies.

regardless, beautifull additionto your kit, wellworth being proud of

Brian

knitebee

Looking good Murdock.

Brian

knitebee

now to do the cuff

[img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/wisby%233h.JPG[/img]

Brian

knitebee

fingers are done now, I'll start the cuff after I sew whats done to a glove. Devaitions from the orginal so far include different number of lames on the fingers to fit my hand, the triangular plate on the pinky side of the back of the hand was inlarged and there was a small triangular plate that a b...

knitebee

Thanks Hal. As to the rivet heads they are steel roofing nails that I coated the heads off. I just let the solder puddle up naturally for shape, then set the rivets over a flat chunk of metal, it left the head slightly flattened out which made it easy for me to go back through and strike the desings...

knitebee

more progress, found the rivet heads kinda boring so in the style of the one wisby COP that has the brass shields, fluers and sea scallops I made little stamps and struck those motifies into the rivet heads. [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/wisby%233d.JPG[/img] And the insde view [img]...

knitebee

I've been wanting to do some of these gauntlets for some time and finally had a break to try my hand at them. For 95% of the patterning I just enlarged the drawings in the Wisby book tell they where the right size for my hand. The thumb works amazingly I'm really liking it so far. plates taped toget...

knitebee

I don't know what your specific kingdom rules are but society rules are 1/4" closed cell foam or equivalent. F. Hand and Wrist Armor 2. A gauntlet of rigid material, either lined with Â¼ inch (6mm) of closed-cell foam or equivalent or designed to transfer potentially injurious impact to the su...

knitebee

Check your kingdom regulations, society rules which many kingdoms follow no longer require a gorget IF you wear a heavy leather or maille aventail/camail.

Brian

knitebee

skip the gorget and add a padded aventail to your helm. Then you have the protection without it being right around your neck.

Brian

knitebee

William of Stonebridge wrote:How thick is the wool padding you guys use?

Kingdom rules here require 1/4in, so I wind up using 3 or 4 layers of fulled wool fabric to obtain that thickness.

Brian

knitebee

the fingers should be attatched to the knuckle rider if you have one. doing so keeps the back of the gauntlet from being pushed up or pulled forward by the finger plates when you make a fist. Padding, all I can tell you is what I've done personally, which is to lay in loose layers of fulled wool bet...

knitebee

And he needs greaves nice Knitebee shhh .... we'll be working on that .. keep it up and more will realize that's one of the final stages for 14th C. kit to pass inspection ... shhhhh They are on the project list after a new left gauntlet (have a thrown together one to get me out on the field now ne...

knitebee

for inexpensive cards here you go http://www.historicgames.com/ I've a few decks from them and they are cheap enough that i dont have to worry about them getting abused or left out in the dew. For coinage I have to recomend Jehan and his company store for some fine replica coins.

brian

knitebee

I've done 7 home made pavilions so far. Cost has been really low as I've been lucky to find some heavy weight apolstery fabrics at the local walmart for $1yrd. A 12ft round takes me about 30yrds so thats only $30 worth of fabric. I am using a lot lighter fabric than most people but I've got two pavi...

knitebee

heres my kit, still needs some work. Not bad for a first kit Without the maille shirt in my effigy pose (photographer didn't notice the faulds where bunched up tsk tsk) [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/meif1.JPG[/img] Sans maille again but standing [img]http://members.armourarchive.org...

knitebee

I old shield was at the end of its life span and I'm getting one of Sir Vitus shields but needed something for the time building. So this is what I came up with. [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/shield1.JPG[/img] [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/shield3.JPG[/img] brian

knitebee

Haha I heard a beer bounty or two was put on your crest. I wish I could have fought longer to have given them more of a chance at it, but I was recovering from phemonia so I only fought the first senereo then loaned out most of my armour (I kept the crest and breastplate) to Cedrics brother. Cedrc,...

knitebee

in addition to what everyone else has said, practice and hammer control will make a differance. I can see a few places where you've hit with the edge of the hammer face and some of the marks look to me as if you where hitting slightly off center to where the spaulder meet the stake. A high pitched &...

knitebee

damn I look good m? m? Brian OOOOHHH...Pretty crest to hit...... Knitebee....Is your camp the one with the rampant squirrel? Above the gate???? I remember someone posting a picture for an Archive gathering, and saw that camp in the photos.....Also just got off the phone with Tomas(Tom Richardson) f...

knitebee

It was a total blast. Rasper77 is a great person to hang out with, a little scarry in that we think the same way. It was great to put some faces and voices to some of the names I know from on here. Those of you that didn't make it, you sure missed out. Magnus DjÃºpÃºÃ°ga judge the armour as you will...

knitebee

But most definitely inch for inch, pound for pound, closed cell foam is far more protective than felt. Thats to broad of a statement, there are numerious different "felts" out there, some low on the portectiv scale some high and of different matrial composition. Like wise there are litter...

knitebee

my personal finger gauntlets are padded very simularly to those in the thread, I've tried foam in them and now have wool felt, the wool IS far more protective than the foam ever though about being, and its more comfortable too.

brian

knitebee

I don't mean to be critical here, but why would you be concerned that your plate armor is so noisy? Mord. #1 quality armour is notably quiter than cheap armour. #2 with quiter armour if you start to hear a noise you know you have an issue. (ie, my legs started clanking on me and I found a washer ha...

knitebee

$100

Brian

knitebee

Does Brian have a website or more information about his armouring? Thanks! Max Von Halstern No website yet, its on my list of things to do but not at the top yet. You can see some of my work here m and for those on myspace I have some photos there m About my armouring, I started as a hobby about 3y...

knitebee

here's the Moores website m They do great work as these gauntlets attest to. The fit and function could be a better with the addition of a knuckle rider plate to attach the finger leathers to, but I've not seen another set of mass produced finger gauntlets that fit and work as well. Thank you Vitus ...

knitebee

for understanding some of the differances in the english language as it changed over time there is m its the bible in different languages and time periods in english theres 11c, 14c, 17c and more modern, its great in that you can see teh same verse in different languages and time periods at the same...

knitebee

I'm with Rob on wool over cotton. Wool sockes are very common and loved by hikers and outdoorsmen not only because they keep them warm whenits cold out but because it wisk mosture away from the foot faster when its hot out.

brian

knitebee

Finally many mitten gauntlets rely on tucking the thumb inside the last finger lame for protection. That means that leather strap articulation for a thumb is reasonable for a clam-shell gauntlet but the same articulation is not protected in finger gauntlets thus leaving it more vulnerable. Thanks S...

knitebee

After having several other fighters and some marshels comment on and discourage my use of finger gauntlets I started going through old post on here about there use. On thing I noticed is that a number of the injuries while wearing finger gauntlets where to the thumb not the fingers. Whats the deal w...

Re: thumbs

Re: Jiri Klepac Bevor

wisby #3 gauntlets (in progress, allmost finished)

my new shield

Re: More info?

question about finger gauntlet issues