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Kristoffer

Might I suggest perforated sheet steel as an alternative?

Kristoffer

I had a chat online with the staff, then ordered spare blades from Trick tools and tossed in a Whitney #5 in the order as well. (Doesn't hurt to have a few). Order system was smooth, shipping fast and everything worked fine. Only bad thing was that i had to pay about $100 in customs fee. All parts s...

Kristoffer

It looks as if you have learned a lot from this. Lets see you finish it and give it some lames.

Kristoffer

Graham, I think people have been slacking when it comes to commenting your work. I think you have done a nice job. I personally prefer a wider cuff on hourglass gauntlets and I have never been very keen on brass bling myself. I havent studied enough early gauntlets yet to be able to give any comment...

Kristoffer

However, your mittens will prevent you from doing some obscene gestures in your opponents general direction.

Kristoffer

It is great to see you advance your skills Mr Pig! I like this one.

Kristoffer

It looks as if it belongs to the collar you can see sticking up under the armour. I believe it is the little loop attached to the pull tab on the zipper of his sports jacket.

Kristoffer

That would be great. All I can find online are low res pics.

Kristoffer

I must apologize for my poor english, I ment to say "below" the pommel, as you can do often on a japanese sword. Pommels on european swords are not always as forgiving for pinkies as japanese kashira / kabutogane.

Kristoffer

There is about 10000 posts about this helmet on the archive and that is my problem. I am trying to find high resolution pics of the coppergate helmet and/or the detailed scale drawings from the book by Dominic Tweedle. A pdf of the book has been mentioned and would be lovely to find since I havent b...

Kristoffer

The left hand is the hand closest to the pommel.. It does make sense for me with my 23 years of japanese swordsmanship that you would want the pinky free. I would personal want the index finger free as well. The sword handles are different on japanese swords then on european so putting the pinky on ...

Kristoffer

I belive those are the gauntlets that can be seen in action in the old met video at 8:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=503&v=NjKbi7YUNaI

Kristoffer

Something similar to this perhaps:

http://www.allenantiques.com/A-240.html

Kristoffer

Ah, my bad. I was on my phone reading trough the thread again and it seems I just had some issues loading the pictures. Great, now I can start saving the thread to my computer!

Kristoffer

The early pictures in this thread are gone, does anyone have them? I was going to save this thread to a pdf but unfortunately many pictures are missing..

Kristoffer

Interesting to see the behaviour for different conditions. What happens if the weld is longer, for example if you cut the plates diagonally? Perhaps cutting the edges to a V shape << would be easier then the rounded form?

Kristoffer

Here are the pictures of the helmet you are trying to replicate: http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/files/bp_helm_-_front_146.jpg http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/files/bp_helm_-_side_422.jpg And it along with a replica: http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/files/scan4465_000_155.jpg What most people do is a padde...

Kristoffer

The breastplate should rest at your waist, not hang on your shoulders so it looks pretty big as it is now. Can you trace your front profile as well so we get an impression of the size of the breastplate on your body? Oh, and this thread should be of interest to you: http://forums.armourarchive.org/p...

Kristoffer

I hope you are certain all material you are using are 1050 so you aren't mixing alloys. When odd things start happening its always good to rule out those simple things that are easy to miss.

Kristoffer

Could you keep the torch on and apply some heat after the weld is complete to make the cooling process slower?

Kristoffer

The knees are noteably different. It seems this is how they pimped their armour in italy during the 15th century. I see no other function then decorative or perhaps added noice when moving around. Them italians liked to be seen and heard eh. Would it be safe to assume they wore knee long maille on t...

Kristoffer

It seems there are holes on the lower lames of the left knee as well. Would those hold some decorative maille or am I missing something?

Kristoffer

Mac wrote:For a little laugh at the hagfish's expense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdGGZJTmqEU

Mac

Ah, QI, the most brilliant of television entertainment.

Kristoffer

both couters and poleyns lack symmetry when you compare the top and bottom of the piece. When dishing or raising your knee, you can move the center point up a bit, This should cause the needed assymetry in the piece and also make the top part of it yield a "wider" curve then the bottom. At least, th...

Kristoffer

Some pieces were peened from the outside as mentioned but most (?) were peened on the inside. In Livrustkammaren in Sweden there are many pieces with the rivets all peened on the outside. It is hard to know if they are original or replaced. For what we know, they could have been replaced and altered...

Kristoffer

A simple backlit drawing table, mechanical pencils, erasers, drawing compass, outside calipers, rulers, cd markers, folders, folder cabinet, bookshelf.

Kristoffer

Oh, getting a blade from them could be a bit of a problem then I guess.

I have seen the trick tools blade. I am assuming they are knock offs?

Kristoffer

Well, yes. Since the shipping probably will be higher then the blades I want the best blades available. I have been trying to find them online with no luck, now I understand why.

I wonder if a call from Sweden will be a suprise for them..

Kristoffer

I got a used B2 from Ebay and had it shipped to Sweden. This was very costly. When it arrives, the bottom blade has been grinded so it no longer works with the top blade. I need new blades for it and that is not possible to get in Europe. Anyone who has some extra blades or who can refer me to a res...

Kristoffer

The bloke with the red dress has some scales on his right shoulder. Are they just colorful cloth decorations? That feels a bit out of place with all his other cloth being bright red.

Kristoffer

They are all pretty round. The point makes them look more oblong from the top view. A good exercise is to cover parts of the picture, in this case especially the point side to let your eyes see the actual shape instead of the trickery and deception the eyes serve us when we look at the whole picture...

Kristoffer

Lets not forget the Brits (well, italians really).

Kristoffer

It seems there is a book about the horn available..

Kristoffer

I have worked out in my head how I will proceed with the mitten finger section but one thing is bothering me.

Is there a good way of making a functional knuckle piece out of cardboard?

Kristoffer

Were they made to sit far away from the eyes and face for safety purposes? I have never worn a visored, well made bascinet but it feels like the visibility would be minimal.

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