The Armour Archive

Kristoffer

Nice, looks very promising. 4130 seems to only be available in 2mm thickness. C45 in 1mm. Need to give them a ring I think.

Kristoffer

Wow, can you double check that? Could they ship to Sweden? Do they speak english?

Kristoffer

Is there any reason why the rivets holding the vambrace in place could not be sliding, allowing sideways rotation?

Kristoffer

Ah, of course. What goes in the hole, a bolt or pin or something? Is the reinforcement being held by only one little rivet/pin/bolt?

Kristoffer

Henrik, are you interested in this? I am thinking of jumping on one, sharing the shipping would save Pitbull some money on shipping..

Kristoffer

So, looking at some more spanish gauntlets i found this.

http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/se ... fullscreen

Anyone who can tell me what the hole at the wrist on the left gauntlet is for? I assume the function to be the same on the Charles V gaunts.

Kristoffer

rightgaunt.jpg I god this picture from the pdf, showing the right gauntlet in a bit more detail. There is something to be seen on the inside of the hand that looks almost like a hinge placed over the meaty part of the thumb. There is also something that appears to be frayed threads hanging there. I...

Kristoffer

That image was actually very helpful. Now a few more from different angles and I would be a very happy camper. The book mentioned seem to have a few nice pictures of the garniture and the lovely people at the Met provides us with the book as a pdf. Need to get on my computer to check it out. http://...

Kristoffer

Anyone who have any pictures of the gauntlets belonging to this fantastic armour?

Kristoffer

I would imagine that applying a drop of glue of some kind on the canvas, then push the nail trough would keep any broken thread from going anywhere if this is a concern. I have not done this myself and I am known of over doing things in general. I use roofing nails for this application and I have ne...

Kristoffer

It is usually a broken seal when you loose pressure like that.

Kristoffer

Henrik You need to come to your sences and realize that the 16th century is the one true century. There is so much sexiness to appreciate from 16th century armour. I personally like a lot of the "odd" pieces that aren't the "mainstream" 16th century pieces. Now I will post some random links and pict...

Kristoffer

I am working on some gauntlets at the moment and I actually cut the lames a couple of days ago swearing over it and thinking about this technique. I have been thinking about this method since I saw Wade mention it in a gorget thread and it should be perfect for all the little lames on a late period ...

Kristoffer

You guys really need to up your voltage. I have 20 amps incoming and I can run all the big machines I want. Three phase, 400 volt machines are the way to go

Kristoffer

Oh, cross referencing Jeffs thread from the historical research:

What about the heels, are they left unprotected?

Kristoffer

Aussie:

This is the thread you are looking for:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=161852

Kristoffer

The plackart edge looks like an ancestor to roped edges. Sort of the caveman of roping if you ignore the fact that the sections alter between a convex and a concave shape.

Kristoffer

I usually use a mechanical pencil, either 0.5 or 0.7mm. I have about 20 of them. They are all either out of lead or broken. I have just been too busy (lazy?) to get new ones or led for the ones I have. The No.2 is a temporary solution. However, when I move into my house, I will get a nice drawing ta...

Kristoffer

Time to bring out the welder

Does it affect the result if you anneal the piece before you harden it? Will that minimize the risk of cracks and deformation during the quench?

Kristoffer

That helmet should meet and marry one of VRINs grills. They would be so happy together.

Kristoffer

But me wants it!

Kristoffer

It appears that they ended up on some really badass legs..
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=169650

Kristoffer

Mac, thank you!

Would you recommend the $80 Portfolio with DVD and cake, or just the book? I will get it and see what it can do for me.

Kristoffer

So, since I was not happy with the result, I went back to basics, training drawing during my spare time for about a week. I did some basic drawing tutorials I found online, mostly eye training, learning how to look at the negative space and forcing myself to draw what I see, not what my mind thinks ...

Kristoffer

I believe the answer is obvious.

Kristoffer

I am under the impression that highlighting flutes with lines along the flutes got popular a bit into the 16th century, did it happen earlier?

Kristoffer

Mac I understand your fluting lines better now with the gorget in place. The plackart flutes sort of transition to the gorget and the side flutes align with the gorget flutes. This is an elegant solution for the added gorget. I am sure you will, but mount the gorget in place on the breastplate when ...

Kristoffer

To me it looks like the inner most flute on the side aligns with the flute above the flour de lis so they follow eachother in under the shoulder. This is more apparent on the statues right shoulder (left on the picture). I would have guessed that the side flutes and the top flute would align and end...

Kristoffer

Apparently picasa does not play well with google crome. This is really weird since picasa is owned by google. I took the liberty of picking out the direct links to the pictures so you crome users can just click the links. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O8YhAldqhgs/Uw5abP0QNSI/AAAAAAAACqM/bQhXy-R...

Kristoffer

Very nice. I think I will steal your design and build something similar for my shop. My hammers tend to fill all available space when I work, I desperately need to organize it.

Kristoffer

Mac

It is not nice of you posting teaser links that does not work.

Kristoffer

Putting your location in your profile would be a good idea. Having this done by someone close to you could be easier then to ship them.

Kristoffer

I will soon be in the market for a number of your weapons. I want to get them as finished as possible and I think an additional $15 is totally worth it.

Kristoffer

I think the followup question here is; How should the backplate fit?

My idea is that the backplate should be pretty tightly fitted all over with just enough room to allow muscles and shoulders to move. Am I somewhat correct in my assumption?

Kristoffer

Sounds more like 4130 if it has just some rust resistance.

I would first try to harden it and see what happens. If hardening works, then play with tempering.

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