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Kristoffer

Very interesting, there are more sneeky stuff besides the comb hidden on those pages. Thank you very much for posting that Armadillo.

Kristoffer

How do you tackle a tall comb on for example a burgonet when forming the skull from a single piece? I get the feeling that raising the dome first and then from the dome raise the comb would thin the material too much. Could the comb be roughed out in the beginning of the process, before the dome is ...

Kristoffer

How much would shipping to Sweden be? If its reasonable, i'll bid 100 plus shipping.

Kristoffer

http://www.saarstahl.com/fileadmin/saar ... 5CrMo4.pdf

Data sheet with info. It can also be known as SS2225

Kristoffer

25CrMo4 is 4130. This is the droid you are looking for.

Kristoffer

I believe this thread could be of interest:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=132598

Kristoffer

Ugo is 100% NSFW! 100% of the time!

This will take you directly to the armour gallery that is perfectly work safe:

http://ugoserrano.com/my-work/armour/

Kristoffer

Apparently, this guy going by the name Ugo has recently fixed a new website with tons of armour porn. If anyone is interested to check it out, go to:

http://www.ugoserrano.com

Kristoffer

I will offer you the red pill. Don't be afraid of taking it:

https://d1e0u2actw4eb3.cloudfront.net/e ... 0Brain.pdf

(Seriously, spend some time with this book and it could open your eyes).

Kristoffer

Prices for forms?

Kristoffer

The description got me so excited I would pay to see that helmet! Anyone out there who wants to take my money?

Kristoffer

Well bear is "Björn" in modern Swedish and is commonly spelled something like "beorn" or the likes "back in the days" (this is where tolkien got that character name from). I dont associate "Bärsärk" with bears as a modern scandinavian, but rather Bär, as in to carry/ to wear and Särk as a night shir...

Kristoffer

The wing size and shape and compression articulation screams 16th century. Other things look like it fits the dating. It is a very strange beast indeed.

Kristoffer

Will you asseble it with butted rings (brass ones perhaps) before you rivet it together or are you doing it hardcore?

Kristoffer

Well, red seems to indicate heroic figure... I am not saying it is as simple as good/bad, just that it is very likely to be an indication of something like that, or something completely different. Also, the context should also indicate the fallen guy is the king, he still wears a cape and a crown. O...

Kristoffer

I find this picture both irritating and interesting. http://manuscriptminiatures.com/media/cache/manuscriptminiatures.com/original/214-22_gallery.jpg So, the guy on the right is showing his face, wears a crown and a cape. He is a king/hero/whatever and important to the story. He also wears red shoes...

Kristoffer

This is awesome. Please keep posting updates.

Kristoffer

If it hurts your hands, you're doing it wrong. I find that most problems come from people doing too heavy work cold. Dishing is one of those things that will hurt you if you keep doing it cold.

Kristoffer

There are some nice images in La queste del Saint Graal Lots of interesting art there. There are clearly examples of maille, scale, plate and red shoe heels so anything goes during this period it seems. I have seen many examples of what appears to be a heel composed by lames that go around the heel...

Kristoffer

Haha, the cheap little anvil in the vice made me laugh. That is brilliant!

You are doing good cold dishing. I would recommend you to get a heat source to ease your pain.

Kristoffer

Is it only one glove or a pair of gloves? If it is a pair, I'll take them.

Kristoffer

This is very helpful Wade and Mac. I have been fighting myself because of different details not adding up. I now feel that I have all the pieces needed for this part of the puzzle. Am I assuming correctly when I say that later vambraces have more agressive tulip shaping then the period I am aiming f...

Kristoffer

Wade, Mac; I measured my vambrace and it is pretty much 9 inches on the long side and almost 6 on the short. I could shorten that side a bit and move the vambrace back into the elbow a bit more I guess. I will need to double check the lenght of the vambrace later on, for now I will focus on getting ...

Kristoffer

I must say that is some very good looking fantasy armour. Lets see more of this and less of... well, I dont need to point any fingers, you all know what I mean.

Kristoffer

+1 for hot working. People need to stop doing heavy hammering cold. It will be the death of more then one generation of armourers elbows.

Kristoffer

Here it is in cardboard. It feels like I need to shorten the leather a bit for it to work, but as Mac previously mentioned, there should be some space between the rivets to allow movement of the leather. It now feels like my elbow should be larger to prevent gapping. http://i.imgur.com/5xMmxO5.jpg h...

Kristoffer

I have got the clips and made a cardboard mockup. I got the upper cannon to work as it should but I am not happy with the lower cannon. The shape I need to keep everything closed and nice all the time does not match the simple shape that can be seen on wades arm. This is annoying. I also have starte...

Kristoffer

Let me clarify what I ment, I realize I was a bit short.

You are talking about "not using machines" and working "like they did". This means you would have to manufacture your own steel sheets from raw iron, not buy finished, factory made steel sheets like we do today, no?

Kristoffer

...we have enough hints on how more or less our ancestors shaped sheet metal to follow the human body. Except they did not work from sheet metal like we do today.. Additional threads worth reading trough unless you already have not: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=170835 ...

Kristoffer

So, getting back on track. I have modified things again and I will buy some of those paper clips to make a puppet cardboard arm to try the range of movement.

Are the rivets set firmly or do you peen them losely to allow some rotation of the leather? I assume firm, let the leather flex?

Kristoffer

Mac,

this is what you need!

Kristoffer

http://clang.adkinssoftware.com/helm%20 ... %2001.html

I would see if Clang has time to spare if I were you.

Kristoffer

I would anneal it and shrink it to the size and shape I want, but thats just me I guess

Kristoffer

I will see what I can get my hands on. I have found thin versions of this leather, 1.5mm. It seems like it is very hard work to tan a grown elks hide since it is very thick and heavy so most people only do calf skin. Apparently the full grown ones can produce leather that is up to 10mm thick..

Kristoffer

After some detective work, I am thinking that brain tanned, smoked elk "sämskskinn" seems to be the ideal for this. The smoking process makes it absorb less water. It is described as a "fantastic, almost textile like quality of leather, very soft, flexible and smooth". I have handled some many years...

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