Thomas

Thanks for the info. What do you mean by a scraper and burnisher? In woodworking a scraper can be used like a plane to take off high spots. Is that what you mean, and if so what would the scraper be made from in order to 'shave' metal and not destroy itself?

There aren't many concave areas in a suit of armor, or flat areas either. Convex is the rule, because it will resist deformation better than either of the previous. True, but there are some areas that are saddles (concave in 1st direction and convex in the 2nd direction) such as a sallet helmet. Wi...

Thanks for the links. I can see using files and sones for flat and convex surfaces, but what about concave surfaces and tight spaces. I can see smaller files being used with a lot of labor. Also, what kind of finish would a file give? Maybe its my inexperience with files but I have never gotten a sm...

Does anyone have any information on the tools that were used to 'finish' armour? Today, we have buffing compounds, sanding discs, etc. How did armourers in the 14th and 15th cent. get the work to the final state? Thanks for the help.

Does anybody have any suggestions to the type of body armor that would be seen with a houndskull klappevisor helmet? I was thinking cherbourg and maybe brigandine, but I am not sure if the timeframes match up. Also, were the arms and legs full steel or still of mixed fabrication for this time? Thank...

Are the points permanently attached to the gambeson? That is what I would expect, but I would think that it would be easier to use points through mail if the points could be threaded through holes in the gambeson and the rings from the outside. Does anybody or has it been done this way?