The Armour Archive

RenJunkie

Well, I have a chance to get some at a dollar a sq foot, and am looking for ways to use it for more than just pouches. It's 2.3 - 3.5 oz. One of those things I don't generally need, but sometimes something comes up where I REALLY needs it. So, general concensus is that it would be wrong for shoes? H...

RenJunkie

They wore belts in the 11th C. You gotta be able to hang your sword somewhere.

What sorta shoes are you doing? Can't see that in the pic.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Is upholstery leather suitable for shoes/boots? If so, what weight range? Nothing lasted.

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Would a rondel helmet qualify for the event? Or is that more continental than English?

Or does it miss the timeframe?

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Christopher

RenJunkie

Is St george wearing a tunic-y sprt of thing? It doesn't look like it's padded. Is it just a woolen outer garment?

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Christopher

RenJunkie

Got a link tp that pattern you speak of?

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Christopher

RenJunkie

The iron filing method goes back to at least 1588. It was published in a text that year. I've got a link somewhere....

Christopher

RenJunkie

Since the last thread has been utterly blasted, I thought I'd start this one, cause I want to hear about and see more piccy goodness of MJ's weekend. What I got to see before the floors flooded from thepissing contest looked awfuly cool.

Love to hear/see more.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Anyone smell that? it smells like.....PISS

Oh, God, people have gotten into a pissing contest!!!!

<Puts>

Le sigh.

Christopher

RenJunkie

That surcote is GLORIOUS! If I were 4 inches shorter, and $450 richer, I'd be on that like....like....all over it!

Curses.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Man, incredible doesn't even start to describe that. When you say "sorry for it being so rough", I can't help think of Doc Brown apologizing for the crudeness of the model. If I could raise something that good in full scale, I'd be thrilled. Much less itty bitty scale. BTW where does one g...

RenJunkie

I would think that an opportunity for an armoured shin to come flying up into my soft and squishies would be fairly common. It would be the kicking and kneeing that would concern me more than the weapon. It's a tough angle from the weapon arm.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Hey, Ralph, do you have a bunch more pics of that hat?

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

What about that stuff that makes oxidation go into that black protetive sort as opposed to rust?

Or did I imagine reading about that?

Christopher

RenJunkie

The bleeding fingers is cause the leather was stiched by hand. The sewing awl wouldn't punch through it, so I used a lacing chisel and just hand stiched. Getting through the fabric and padding was actually more of a pain than the leather. Ugh, yeah. I don't think I coulda gotten thru the 2 layers o...

RenJunkie

Sir Vitus had a huuuuge tutorial on using heater hose or something.

I believe it was lost in the Flush.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Nice. Is it a slip on, or is it forever part of the book?

Christopher

RenJunkie

The wholesale armor rings came flat? They looked round in the pic on their site. i thought only the punched rings came flat.

That's be even better. Saves a million hours of flattening.

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Christopher

RenJunkie

They can make SCA legal hats out of bronze, can't they?

Christopher

RenJunkie

You did that with a baseball bat and a mallet??? Good on ya, boy!!! When I was in high school, the only thing I had made was a gold rocker and duck silohouete candle holder in woodshop. May we get more people with the interest, willingness to learn, and experiment at that age. Imagine the possibilit...

RenJunkie

Ok, thanks. I'll see if I can get them share

Christopher

RenJunkie

Hmmm, so maybe there is historical presedent for gluing nickels on it

Christopher

RenJunkie

What are that stats on that maille? Wow. What's the ID and OD? The guage? How many rings?

Wow.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Way nice, Ant. The flattening alone must have taken a week.

Do you just smack the round ones with a hammer, or do you have a tool to make roundies into flats? If you do, mind posting a pic, and saying where it came from?

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

That's killer, Dan.

I'm curious why you didn't take the closure all the way down...

Why the bleeding fingers, tho? Don't you have a sewing awl?

Christopher

RenJunkie

Stack leather scraps. I mean assuming you have acess to some. Take Barge cement, glue them to thickness (leave a space for your rattan). Cut to desired shape. Bandsaw would be best. Then, soak in Duke Gavin's 10:1 Titebond3 glue mixture. I mean SOAK it. Much longer than for armour. Make sure it's ut...

RenJunkie

I am totally not seeing Dura Steel's post.

Can someone translate that into the visible spectrum for me?

Christopher

RenJunkie

Is it possible to buy a ring-flattening and rivet setting tool?

I'd prefer round as opposed to wedge rivets, personally, but that's just me.

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Ok, thanks.

What sort of bracing do you have underneath the table top?

And is this the table you do your pounding on?

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Christopher

RenJunkie

Where would I find a couple pics of this, Chef?

If anyone has a hat like Chef is talking about, please post it. I'm just not being able to visualize it.

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Christopher

RenJunkie

Wish I could answer, Niall, but if I could, I wouldn't be asking which are italian celatas and which are more northerly sallets...lol.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Uadahlrich, are C&T blades ok for regular rapier? I live kinda far away from anyone who does C&T style, but I want the bigger blade if it's legal.

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Christopher

RenJunkie

Hey Dan, you mentioned in a post about your new work table. Can you post a pic or two of it? I am about to build one for meself, and seeing how old pros do their workspace would probably be helpful. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post it, but the work table leads directly to design and construc...

RenJunkie

You can sort of jury rig for planishing by using a smooth, hard, flat surface, and tapping with the dishing hammer. It works like a planishing stake and hammer, only upside down, and essentially you're striking with the stake, and the flat faced hammer is stationary. I think I remembered that right....

RenJunkie

Yeah, I love that site.

I'm just not sure which ones are the celatas Chef meant.

But yeah....sallets.....Aint any hat looks better IMHO.

Thanks,
Christopher

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