The Armour Archive

losthelm

A lot of the "cannon balls" sold on eBay are mill balls.

Part of the reason you see so many of them.

losthelm

Pallet strapping and bandsaw blades do fairly well for springs.

If your careful tempering should work with a plumbing torch.

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Common materials are Cast iron shot put Bearings Mill balls Old cast iron weights or ornamental pieces. Rail road bolts. The last three tend to be a little less pock marked. Another option is butt weld pipe fittings Paticularly elbows and caps. Look at what's available online through McMaster, and e...

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There are a handful of useful instructions and construction notes. The pattern archive and essay section is ok. Bladeturner.com You can also search and find Paul Blackwell's armour manual Raymon quite press also published a few "best of the hammer" books Talbots fine accessories and mad Matt each ha...

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Any chance your looking to adopt another 30 something youth?

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SCA compliant fittings for both rattan and rapier.

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I haven't tried it, when I make charcoal I start with a fire then sply restrict air flow. 55 gallon drum then out the lid on. From lighting the match to opening the drum aroud 10 hours or less. This is just theory, and its worth experamenting, a hardness tester should be enough. Xrd/xrf units may be...

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The above supplier is the only one approved for rods that holdup to use. Check with your kingdom marshal just to be sure you have the right item number. I know they are approved at the socity level and in a few kingdoms but some may have other rulings. Just like the 12' spears. If your looking for m...

losthelm

Tomas have you considered scrapping as a side busness?
I know the real job keeps you busy commuting Mexico.
But it seams you have decent luck finding pieces and know how to ship things in flat rate boxes.

losthelm

A handful of shops hold "project weekends" or will run a "classes" now and again. Very few have anything close to a formal apprenticeship. A few trades like steam fitting, welding, and fabrication have a bit of overlap with armoring. Its a lot easier to find meaningful employment as a welder particu...

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Do you hae a sketch? I may have steered the conversation off course. The "zweilhammer" kit is just one example of the vendel helms. His use sort of stylized Y shaped arches. talbot's pattern uses woven pannels, much like latice pie crust. The frame adds a significant amount of strength to the pannel...

losthelm

What material?
Are you looking for sections or finished armour.
The piece I'm working on now is 16 gauge stainless 1/4"

The conversion is a little more at 6.35mm

losthelm

It sounds like a vendel helm, possibly the type 13. I would go a little heavier, SCA rules list the .0625 as the minimum finished thickness. If your dishing, grinding, polishing or otherwise shaping the steel it thins a little. Many commercially available sheets of 16 gauge start off thin to begin w...

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Dam, anyone want to spot me a few grand?

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I have scene a few pieces that have been treated with linseed oil and such on the handles.
Everything else is under tape so it doesn't really do much for the aesthetic.
being on the rattan skin they wear off fairly quick.

losthelm

Let me check the pennsic merchant book. Phone is listed as 912-586-2763 on the webpage. Pennsic 31 lists his contact email as Kkoppedr@perth.net If that doesn't work let me know I can dig a little deeper, and find more info. Somewhere I have an invite to one of his work shops. If you get the chance ...

losthelm

An image will help a ton.

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You may try the pattern archive,
I find things often need adjusting to your size and to accommodate the materials.
Heavy black leather or plastics need a bit more than 16 gauge steel.

losthelm

What animal? Many hunters will sell salted hides. If you have a large imagrent comunity its not uncomon for some cultures to handle butchering themselves. Paticularly if they hold to a religious or cultural traditions. Smaller slaugheter houses or specialty farms that sell Bison, and game cuts will ...

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Have you tried,
His phone number?
His Facebook?
His archive account?

I know currently he's fighting some sort of cold or flu.

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At the bottom of the page under vendors or clasifieds. Sir Ogami is just south of you and received a set a few years back. You may try contacting a few people in Yamakaminari. Eliot wove the lacing, so its fairly accurate and one of the most accurate sets I have sceen. I know clang does helms and ma...

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First what are you using it for?
What's the budget?
Costume, cosplay, combat.

Tousando.proboards.com is the sca Japanese intrest forum.

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For the work and tools that go into makeing one even close to water tight.
There are not a lot of shops making them for a reason.

I have a few failed attemps, and likely a few more before getting something that looks right.

losthelm

If your looking for cheap and easy try using tyvek as a base layer.
Fairly cheap and works well as a ground cloth as well.

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Do you have a class handout you want to share?

losthelm

You may just need something a little deeper and a bit more padding. Talk with someone local that can see how well the pieces stay in place as you move. That particular type of padding tends to breaks down over time. It almost looks like the elbow strap is simply a bit of cord and a cord lock to tens...

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Just about every blacksmith can do the hinges/handle.
You may need to narrow it down a bit.
Budget, time, handle/hinge style, latch/lock style.

To be honest a working medieval lock is a fairly advanced project and costs a bit.

losthelm

Would someone cross post this to the Facebook groups?
Hopefully it will turnup.

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Dobsons article maybe available through ebsco hoast or a similar database.
Most universities and better libraries can get you access.

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I have polyon type cops on eBay, adjusting size is fairly easy.

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You may also try networking with other artisans. Makerspace, civil/rev war and other reenactment groups, ABANA or othe blacksmithing groups often have regional demos and meetups. finding people through various message boards can help. Metal meet, anvil fire, iforge iron are fairly easy to navigate. ...

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...is hugh temp kiln wash enough to deal with the flux issue when forge welding?

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My understanding is that pine resin and brewers pitch are derived from pine sap. Heating, seperating out foreign material, and cook off excess moisture, notably water, turpentine and such. Its an oversimplified process but that's the general idea. there are a number of additional materials that may ...

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... I would avoid the galvanized steel. You tend to get a reaction with the leather and premature ware. I would look at truss, universal, or the belt rivets. If you only need a few I have some 1/8" Roundhead listed on eBay. I'm about due to order from rjleahy if you only need some. Larger volume you...

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A wax mix maybe another option. Adding resin or pitch can change things a little. Years ago I was told to case leather and buff with a clean rag to rove excess dye before sealing. Then buff again and reapply at least twice. It cuts down on the bleading issue a lot. I'm not sure how well linseed or w...

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