The Armour Archive

Hew

Would it be too wierd to make some thin leather, sinew, or twine tethers to tie the pegs to the seat and back, and prevent them from getting lost?
It assumes that the pegs are thinner than the slots.

Hew

Recovering hardwood 4x4s from a palette, by prying off the planks with a claw hammer. One wasn't cooperating, so I stood the palette up on end, reached through an opening and started hammering on the underside of the plank (What Was I Thinking) towards my face. The hammer totally misses the plank on...

Hew

If it was found "on the side of the street" then there's a chance it was an elm that has pretty much died from Dutch Elm Disease, and they cut it down before it fell down in a storm or something. If it was deadwood, then maybe it's already mostly dry. My town had a lot of old trees that were cut up ...

Hew

Well, that's all very interesting. Bascinets, maille, splinted limbs - a number of features that for one reason or another I'm not sure I want to use. Among the reasons are: stuff I already have, sticking with stuff I'm confident that I'd be able to make on my own, convenience and comfort issues, et...

Hew

I've seen a number of photos of corrizinas (corazinas, corrazinas, whatever), usually for sale. eg. m (Unfortunately, the Talon Armory site for "corazina" seems to be disabled at the moment, and the google image search thumbnails are too small.) They look pretty sharp, and it looks like most of it c...

Hew

My favourite (for price) is thrift shops, for sheets, blankets, and curtains, as long as you don't mind a bit of polyester or whatever in the blends. Also for fur and thin leather, in the form of old jackets.

Hew

With a bit of mesh or perforated metal on the inside of the visor, it would make a kick-ass fencing helm, without disturbing the appearance.

Hew

For smaller pieces, I was going to suggest replacement felt liners for pac boots, but they're probably too thick for what you had in mind.

Hew

Nice to see you spell "armour" correctly, too. Have you worked out what jazerant is yet? Or the difference between a spaulder and a pauldron? You mean spaudler , right? ...people still argue over sallet (Sah-Lay) and sallet (Sall-Let) among others. If I pronounce a word with a French origin as if i...

Hew

Hmm... I was assuming that you were using thin posterboard. If you used corrugated cardboard, then it's probably almost as thick as the barrel plastic, and you wouldn't have to fudge the lengths. One other thing. These paper fasteners are good for "rivets" on cardboard mockups: [img]http://www.okoff...

Hew

I'm back to working on my blue plastic lorica segmentata, and I've just about finished the cardboard mockup. Hope to cut the plastic tomorrow. Did you remember to wear a subarmalis (or something like it) when you made the mockup? m "The Body Armor for the Miles Gregarius of Legio IX Hispana" - talk...

Hew

"Tug Boat Design"?
"Throwing, Blindfolded - Daggers"?
"Tea-Bag Duelling"?
"Two 'Bots Destruction"? (Yay for Ziggo, Blendo, Biohazard, The Master, Toro, T-Minus, and the ever-graceful Mechadon!)

Hew

Blackstone wrote:
Hew wrote:Or are you saying that schlager blades (and the like) are not "fencing blades"?

My apologies; yes. Fencing blade/light rapier (foil/epee) to differentiate from heavy rapier (schlager/del tin/fibre glass)

Ah.

All is clear now. Fencing in the FIE sense.

Hew

... based on the results of a TBD contest of some kind. "TBD contest"? "Trial By Dunking"? "Trial By Donuts"? "Trial By Dunkin'Donuts"? "Totally Bogus Decision"? "Time-Based Discussion"? "Teeny Bit Disgusting"? "Thrilling But Deadly"? "Texas Beer-Drinking"? "Teletubby Belly Dancing"? C'mon, help me...

Hew

AFAIK there is no Kingdom currently requiring that 'rigid' be used with any form of 'fencing blade' East Kingdom does, for schlager blades. It's right there in that quote I gave, following the snipped portion. So does An Tir: All fighters must wear rigid neck protection. The protection must cover t...

Hew

If you're looking for conflicts, try googling for a blazon (or fragments of a blazon) and add " loar " as a keyword in the search terms. It seems to be a fairly unique combination of letters (in any language), an abbreviation used nearly exclusively in SCA Heraldry, so you get a very high percentage...

Hew

It's a beaut, Talbot.
What gauge are the lattice pieces in the SCA version?

Hew

I bought a long strip of a very interesting material at this local building surplus place called De-Construction Junction . It looks like a roll of textured plastic material and is very thin. But it is incredibly tough. When I was destroying the gorget, I beat the hell out of this stuff (with my ra...

Hew

I got my 45 gal HDPE barrels from a bakery, where they go through a lot of molasses for making ginger snaps. Much nicer smell when you're washing it out. Unfortunately, they were all Smurf blue. OTOH, if you're covering em in cloth - I think you could make a MINT selling to the rapier community. May...

Hew

I can, I charge $80US for them. You can see an example on my site at http://www.truehearth.com/cwork04.html "Made using 16 gauge hot rolled mild steel." So, are they made from facets of 16 gauge welded together, and hollow? Or are the cross-hilt and pommel stacks of laminated sheets, and solid?

Hew

BighornCaribou wrote:...so i try them out (because nobody can resist putting on their armour no matter how finished or unfinished it is) and come to a horrible realization......i made 2 right arms...

Not to worry. I may have a customer for you.
[img]http://www.ffbooks.co.uk/images/n3/n15852.jpg[/img]

Hew

Garreth wrote:At a glance, i'd say they are the one's on the top left.

Ah. Horton Brasses catalog sez:

PRT-3: Chippendale post

Chippendale - That would explain the dancing in the thong.

Hew

Risto Rautiainen wrote:Hey, look at those two helms on the backgroud of the last pic. They look like they've been made of rectangular panels.

Which one(s)? The one worn by the minion of Caiaphas (Malchus) getting his ear sliced off by Simon Peter? (John 18:10)

Hew

Garreth wrote:The vervelles are actually the drawer pulls from horton brasses

Waidaminnit...
Do you mean like these parts for drawer pulls? - http://www.horton-brasses.com/products/parts/127
[img]http://www.horton-brasses.com/images/products/large/57_PRT3.jpg[/img]
All I can say is "Garreth E. Coyote, Su-per Genius!".

Hew

A friend of mine made herself a leather skirt thingy that she's happy with: http://www.northernelectric.ca/medieval ... n04171.jpg
Her kit is a bit of a mish-mosh, but it works for her.
<img src="http://www.northernelectric.ca/medieval/sackdemo2005/muir_jon04171.jpg" height="500" width="500">

Hew

James Arlen Gillaspie wrote:The backing doesn't have to be a black rubber. Consider a trasparent resilient substance; this will minimize the light loss and help with the brightness.

I was going to suggest a dollop of white bathtub caulking (silicone or acrylic), for padding, adhesion, and light reflection.

Hew

In my attempt to determine the artist and date, I started by googling for "karlsruhe" (from the image filename) but I ended up only finding a very similar painting: m "Christ Taken to Golgotha", 1480, by the Master of the Karlsruhe Passion. http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/k/karlsruhe1.jpg It has a guy with t...

Hew

We've also lately been upgrading our armor not only to pass the SCA inspection at pennsic but in a push to improve our overall look in not only quality but historically as well. Interesting that you should say "historically". My impression (just from photos and anecdotes) was that Tuchux were a sor...

Hew

How about the idea of doing away with the leather backing, and just lacing the splints together?
(Just thinking out loud.)

Hew

from what I've learned (but not tested yet) it gets easier if you use a fabric with some elasticity and cut your pattern along the bias. You can buy a fabric called "stretch bottom weight" that looks like heavy twill. I think it's a polyester/cotton/Lycra blend. Typically in solid browns, black, ta...

Hew

I've never heard of these before, so I did a bit of googling to catch up.
I was wondering how far it travels for a single hit, thinking it might be too much for precise control, but I see one model that has what it calls "Depth-of-drive control". That sounds like a good thing.

Hew

Lady Yang SuGyong has some tips for women's armour:
http://www.geocities.com/lyanna96/warmor.html
Includes some hints for making patterns for plastic CoP, waxed leather, and steel breastplates.

On the CoP, she says:

Ladies, be sure that you have one plate to cover the chest instead of two or three smaller ones. Pinching hurts.

Hew

A word of caution about the pattern-making procedure: The next step is to make your pattern. You will need to measure your bent joint, with padding in place, perpendicular to the limb, across the outer point, from the ends of the crease formed inside the bend of the joint. Call this "A". The proport...

Hew

I like a thin film of gun oil on lots of things, like rapier blades. Just a few drops spread with a soft cloth. It's not a permanent finish, so you have to reapply it periodically.

Jurgen: What size of helm does your Mac Bible Helm pattern result in?

Hew

Looks like a fun trip.

What? No spear heads excavated?
[img]http://www.yopi.de/images/prod_pics/145/e/145908.jpg[/img]
(Sorry. Had to do it.

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Re: What goes with a corrizina?

What goes with a corrizina?

Re: Lorica strapping.