The Armour Archive

RenJunkie

Your second attempt was better than my second...and I was only making the cop...lol. Is the rerebrace supossed to be attached to the lames like that, or separate? That would explain seeing straps around the arm on the rere, without seeing any on the spaulder. Looks good. I can't say anything about i...

RenJunkie

Nice, Adam. Those greaves appear much more anatomically correct than the pair I did. If you do another pair of vams, try shaping them in the stump like the greaves. Maybe that would help. Maybe it's thickness, maybe it's that it has no work hardening. I don't like to use big saddle skirting pieces. ...

RenJunkie

That big....masssive.....roping........droooooooooooool.......

That's fantastic, Eric. all blued and everything.....

Christopher

RenJunkie

I remember a long long time ago talk about a video of Pat Thaden raising a sallet. I checked that thread, and it's over a year since the last update. Has this project fallen thru? Is there anyone else who has a video of how to raise a late period hat? Especially and primarily Barbutes and Sallets. T...

RenJunkie

I ratehr like Mj's suit. It may not be perfect, but it's servicable, and doesn't look like a pickle barrel. You can see there was an attempt at a period. It needs work like was pointed out, but it is a ratehr attractive suit. I always liked the SCA sallet, hal did. Didin't he enter that in an AoTM o...

RenJunkie

What exactly was the problem, Hal? What was it you were looking for? I'm 6'4", but not quite 250...lol. I am however PAINFULLY out of shape. I'm the skinniest fat man I know. I was pounding on adn old leather BP project the other day and after 2 min, my arm was on FIRE. I gotta hit the gym........

RenJunkie

What kind of shoulder defence is there? I mean, what lies behind the shoulder rondel?

Christopher

RenJunkie

Thanks guys.....checking today....

Christopher

RenJunkie

Eynar, which one are you?

That brig and sallet are soooo killer.

And not 14th, but that is fine with me. I'm more a 15th guy, anyway.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Is it the inside of the suares that is depressed, or is it the lines outlining them? I can't really tell...

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Ok, Konstantin, willing to give it a lash. What do you have in mind?

Christopher

RenJunkie

Killkenny, a little of both. I'm just trying to figure out how to use my hammers and stakes correctly. I know there are big differences in some ways, but from what I've read it's not completely alien to each other. I also don't have any way to finish pieces. I work in my living room, so leather is m...

RenJunkie

Is ther a modern heraldry program? I remember Blazon 95, but aside from it being really limited, it doesn't like modern OS's. I can't draw worth a crap, so to flesh out blazonings, a good program would be helpful.

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461-1467 page 126 July 26th, 1461 Walter Cotford, knight, that he is one of the poor knights of the college of the King's free chapel of St. George, Wyndsore Castle, recieveing usual daily wage and vesture with habitation within the castle. So there is a knight t...

RenJunkie

Just practicing my shaping, Matt. 16ga is the heaviest I have easy access to. Not putting any finsih on anyting. Just trying to get my shaping down more chealy than I can with leather.

How does 18 ga work? Looks like it will come down to that or the 16.

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

I appreciate the offer, Louis. May have to take you up on it if you hapepn to be armouring when I'm at home.

Michael, I don't know who you mean. I'm not involved with the SCA or anything up here. You wouldn't happen to have contact info would you?

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Well, the hardware shop is convenient, and I can get it in 1 offs. I simply don't have anywhere to store the sheets, and I'm moving in about 7 weeks. I'm not worried about storing the pieces after I practice on them, I'll probably give them away, or sell them if they're worth anything. Can't buy in ...

RenJunkie

Geoffrey, that bed kicks all ass. If I knew how to make a square hole with what piddly equipment I have, I would make that bed for the new place when I get there. Held together soley with the rope tension is the idea, right? Irish, your bed also kicks much ass, AND it will work with a round hole...l...

RenJunkie

How about supplies and plans for historically accurate hangers? Tatterhall's is droolingly beautiful, but I would definitely rather make it myself. Make this sort of stuff for fellow cast members is how I got addicted to leather working in the first place. Those damn ring belts are an insidious trap...

RenJunkie

What guages are acceptable for practicing pounding on? I'm not looking to try and make anything combat ready right now. It's just that the local Ace hardware sells sheests of aluminum and steel. The heaviest steel (and therefore most expensive) is 16ga. The thickest Al, I think is something like .02...

RenJunkie

...Doing any shop time this weekend? If anyone is, would anyone mind having a tag-along to learn something? I'm in the Akron area. Whatever time is fine, just looking to hang out with someone who knows more of what they're doing than I do...lol

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Deep reds?

Where do you get this Brazil wood from? local or can it be snagged online?

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

I think in the 16thC it had something to do with horsey pee. I like sun bleaching better...Seems less icky than wearing something dyed with piss...lol. Here's a link that may help: m The original edition was printed in 1586. I know it's not medieval, but it's closer than modern. Christopher

RenJunkie

Oh, damn. That's like 2 weeks before we're moving. If it was next week, I could prolly try it (if ya'd have me), but then....final preps for moving. That would be a dream to be crew on a real working Viking vessel. Especially at a tallship event. Le sigh.... My youngest stepson would think I was the...

RenJunkie

Those are sweet, Joust. I love those gadling spikes. Good execution.

Christopher

RenJunkie

That harness is just beautiful, Wild William. Great work, Jeff. Jeff, how much would you charge (ballpark) for something similar for just a regular customer of the 6'4" and 240# range? And WW, how do you get your moustache to do that? Seriously, I've been trying for years. Still trying. It does...

RenJunkie

Oh, please, William, tell us about that harness. It-is-exquisite!!! I'm guessing Itallian of some sort. Looks too un-fluted to be German. Please please please, do you have more pics?

Christopher

RenJunkie

Wow. The dude in the red, with no hat in Joust 1's post....who made his tunic/houpplande whatever it is? That thing is gorgeous!!!!

Oh yeah, the armour looks pretty good too.

Christopher

RenJunkie

As the originator of this thread, may I PLEASE ask that at least some of us return to discussing riveted together bascinets?

Dave

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Riveting is cooler than welding anyway......

Christopher

RenJunkie

Has anyone made any recreations of legs of that type? I'd love to see it fleshed out. That looks great.

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Durasteel, I gotta admit, reading this thread, you're the only one who has no extant evidence. You ask for evidence, and then Chef or Brian mentions metalurgical examinations that prove none of the extant pieces have a forgeweld, and then you ask them for eveidence because you say forge welds are in...

RenJunkie

How did you get the duct tape to do that? Did you have a BP that you used and just put the tap on that, or what? I mean, the duct tape version has all it's compound curves.

It may be your first BP, but it sure don't look like you're new to a hammer.

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

I fell and did that to 3 of my teeth. That was 12 years ago, and I can still tell a difference. They work fine, but they make a different sound when I click my teeth together. It was like 18 months before I could bite an apple. I'm sure she'll heal better and faster, I was at the end of my growing w...

RenJunkie

So Outlander is a sci-fi thing, eh? eh, I think I'll let it slip due to the alien aspect. Something that far out of left field, I probably won't get too wrapped up in the lack of accuracy. Until I see it, and then I'll bitch about the look of the Vikings before the arrival of the aliens....lol Chris...

RenJunkie

So there really are bascinets with a nose-nape band and 2 panels?

Oh, happy day......

Christopher

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