The Armour Archive

GuntherofOrkney

this helmet runs $700.00 and would perfer to make it alittle different then this so the customer as a one of a kind.

I copied this helmet
[img]http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/GuntherofOrkney/4195562106_b3b59410d7.jpg[/img]

GuntherofOrkney

bah he must have messaged you fast because i messaged you pretty quick hehe.

GuntherofOrkney

the customer sent me a picture of a helmet she wanted to make and i made it exactly like the picture with very minor adjustments.

GuntherofOrkney

well out here we have lightened up our hitting since i started fighting 15yrs ago. This has happened because the removal of shields sizes and weight requirements and sword weights and balancing standards. If a shot hits me clean and i definately feel the impact i will take the shot even though i don...

GuntherofOrkney

Denting a 12ga stainless top isnt that hard if its the right angle and build of a helmet. really to be able to disable a person wearing chainmail you would have to hit them harder then we hit in the sca except for great weapons and a rare few individuals.(thrusting doesnt count,it doesnt take alot o...

GuntherofOrkney

well i have a few cool ideas for bar grills but usually mine are very small because i make the cheeks and stuff so big that it doesnt need much of a bar grill,i hate them alot. As for how hard people are hitting,some places they dont hit hard enough but i have never found anywhere that hits too hard...

GuntherofOrkney

i thought i had seem something just like what i made before. Hal i am not having an issue with my dies,i made the first sets out of mild steel i had laying around,i am gonna make them out of tool steel once i got the exact design i want and when i got the time which may be never hehe.

GuntherofOrkney

nice first BP. 16ga mild isnt exactly light but any thinner and it would dent from a mean look. only other choice is aluminum or spring steel for a lighter BP.

GuntherofOrkney

i personally hate how the welds look on the bar grill. Next time i am gonna weld a bar to the mounting plate which will make that weld uniform and easy to clean up then weld each bar right to that bar,it makes a much better product but i just decided to try it this way and it didnt turn out like i w...

GuntherofOrkney

I recently finished this stainless steel mongol helmet which i like how it turned out so i figured i would share it. I am gonna get more pics tomarrow in the daylight before i ship it out. [img]http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/GuntherofOrkney/mongol2.jpg[/img] [img]http://i241.photobucket.co...

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most likely what your smelling is the residue from the process,i am surpirsed they didnt dip clean it after. I know a bunch of people that have nickle plated helms so unless they did some weird way of plating yours you should be fine. I would try to clean off any leftover residue if you can find som...

GuntherofOrkney

well right now i am still messing around with the heads and anvil shapes. I think i will get it to were it will be closer to period flutes in time and then make a new one out of tool steel. its a process which i am comfident in and if i only had the time to mess with it hehe. Right now if i want a r...

GuntherofOrkney

well i thought about building the whole foot powered lever action hammer but my air powered trip hammer is almost done and i will be able to dish out my helmet top and have lighter dies to be able to do all my fluting on it also.

GuntherofOrkney

very nice work man. Maybe make the rivets on the forearm plates stealthy and add holes for lacing at the wrist and on each plate.

GuntherofOrkney

still no pics matt.

GuntherofOrkney

well its still alot of pounding and its hard on the shoulder since your pounding so high up but its still 10 times faster. make my stainless chisel and anvil then its gonna work alot better. I am still working on getting the best design for the anvil.

GuntherofOrkney

I built it pretty low to my anvil and my anvil is pretty low,its really not all that high up. I think the next one will be alot shorter for easy of use and i could use this one for breatplates.

GuntherofOrkney

this one is 1 inch square tube. I got a bent piece of pipe that is gonna be used for the next one,might use bigger chisel and anvil size with it.

This thing and my bender bar are the simplest tools but do great work.

GuntherofOrkney

love the continued detail around to the back. Very cool.

GuntherofOrkney

I made a fluting tool that basically is a frame that holds your base that you flute into and holds the fluter and it fits into my hardy hole. This is made of mild steel so my fluter isnt keeping a good edge but i will make one out of stainless when i get it to where i like it. http://www.youtube.com...

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I made a few quick videos for my fluting tool and here is the quick roping one. I just used the same tool as i was using for fluting,i havnt built a fluting head yet,this is all during beta testing stage right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KySSf6Y44a0

GuntherofOrkney

if your just gonna use the EW for smoothing out armor it will be just fine,you might wanna reinforce the frame so it can handle the thicknesses of the material for armor.

GuntherofOrkney

starting at the bottom. greaves-either plastic covered in leather or spring steel so you pull them open to put them on and they stay,no straps. Legs-a pair of gamboised cuises attached to street hockey pants with a mounted knee cop.(plastic quick connect buckle. Body-Brigadine with fake buckles and ...

GuntherofOrkney

ok lord Ogier since you obviously must be a better armorer then anyone else here show us how its done or maybe some gear that you have made that is a fantastic example of roped edges,i for one would like to see what you have done oh great guru of armoring.

GuntherofOrkney

i think when you start getting in the multiple hundred dollar range people are gonna want a style of a helmet instead of generic. if you put a small back point and smoothed off the transition from the dome to the skirting then it would have been a bacinet,then you could have charged more. there is a...

GuntherofOrkney

yeah quick and easy roping can easily look like chisel marks but better then nothing alot of the time. For a good rope you need a big fat round roll then either roll the chisel over the roll or have a rounded head chisel,which is kinda like cheating,wait to you see how much i cheat hehe. (though min...

GuntherofOrkney

patience. hehe i will put up pics tomarrow maybe a short video clip.

GuntherofOrkney

with my fluting tool i can flute while hammering nonstop and i can rope and edge with it by myself. I will have pics maybe a video up soon. Its so simple of a tool some people will be wondering why they never thought of it.

GuntherofOrkney

I am guessing your helmet was either thrown away or finished and sold off. I will see if i am wrong but i doubt i can get in touch with brand anyways.

GuntherofOrkney

well i am sorry to hear about your troubles with getting a greek rig together. I love the looks of greek gear i have been doin it for 15yrs now and just finally started doin 14th century for my war rig but i will always perfer my greek gear.

GuntherofOrkney

well good luck,it has a very specific look to it so it might be hard to sell. I find it odd that the armorer didnt guarantee his work when the helmet came out so off.

GuntherofOrkney

besides the grill not fitting you right is it just to tall on the inside from the eyes up? it seems like you could just have the grill modified so it would fit better.

GuntherofOrkney

pics would help alot

GuntherofOrkney

what grade stainless was used. I am thinking of using 410 stainless for the one i got to make,its not gonna be nearly as nice but we all got to start somewhere.

GuntherofOrkney

oh man i had someone pay not more then 5 minutes ago. sorry uther.

recently finished ss mongol helmet.

My fluting tools.(its almost cheating.)