The Armour Archive

Andrew Young

Dude.. pick up a couple of planes, and a spokeshave. That's coming along! Is the seat the middle of the log? Yes its not huge, just a one man stool. I have some plane and such but my intention is to produce something thats not terribly cleaned up.....a quick and fast job to make seating. The riving...

Andrew Young

Yikes.....what you need to do is get ahold of some old air conditioning ducts....most actual brig plates are THIN. Its the overlap that makes the total thing stronger.

Anything thicker than 18 will get heavy, fast.

Andrew Young

To toss my hat in the ring, we are planning on the full gauntlets for about 145ish.

No pics to show as of yet, but its looking great.

Andrew Young

But I sometimes wonder if the artist is trying to illustrate a mail coif that has been pulled back off the head, thus you're only seeing the collar. That's the earliest evidence I've seen. -Cian Hmm, Cian thats a very good point. The only thing that I catch is the line in the middle of the "st...

Andrew Young

Fun video.

Of course...with real plate or mail on most of our wrapper blows wouldnt cut through squat. (the main reason I dont take wrapper shots unless a fighter is running very fast)

Add a horse into the equation and its on the youtube top 10 !

Andrew Young

Or, how to have fun riving wood. Im still a bit new to this. Here is a basic roughed out "camp stool" completely riven (split) and hewed. All hand work....and yes this leaves blisters. Many. I present to you, my stool sample: http://www.partsandtechnical.com/my_stool_sample.JPG But I will ...

Andrew Young

GPO Bookstore: m All sorts of fascinating publications by the Federal government. (Note, my father put in 43 years with the GPO, starting in the 1920s.) It doesn't look like it's in print at GPO, but you may be able to pull it on an ILL. If not, PM me with your surface address and I'll make a copy;...

Andrew Young

OH you lucky son(s)of... I've been looking for a good two-man in usable condition for the better part of ten years. Everyone who has one only uses them for decoration, but no one wants to let one go! =( *sigh* And I've been trying to get rid of two of them for five years... Too bad they are so easy...

Andrew Young

and supposedly the Mayflower is presently a barn in SW England. Cheers! Gordon OMG....really?!? Where? Talk about a cool roadtrip! When I was a kid, there were a few VERY old trees in Westford, still bearing the royal mark setting them aside for ships lumber. Bob, Do you think any of these are left...

Andrew Young

Hmm...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced !

The current bid for the cuirass and back is 385.

Ill hold this for a few days unless someone wants to inch it up a tad.

Andrew Young

Yeah I wish I had left them in red.....you could reattach the splints

They were designed to fit someone 6'1 to 6'5 depending on whether you trimmed the leather back.

Cheers
Drew

Andrew Young

MC ESCHER LIVES !

Andrew Young

A sort of X post as I think they were being overshadowed... Very nice splint arms. Upper cannons are lined with aluminum with studs (to look like splints on the inside). Very tough. Vambrace has very nice splints, 1/8, shaped to the shape of forearm, with custom made brass buckles. The splints have ...

Andrew Young

Charles This may have been before the unnamed...I, I mean the crash ..."SHHH" dont repeat that aloud... but I posted a similar thread about the frequency of round vs flat and in what context....aventail/camail.....bishops mantel....hauberk....regional and century. As I recall, there were a...

Andrew Young

Magmaforge wrote:Serious Karen, we need to find out what kinds of goodies we can mail you for doing this work. Cookies? Gift Certificates to shoe stores? Chocolate?

-Mag
*Puts a quarter in the "send the Larsdatter on a Carribean Cruise" jar*

Screw that....lets buy her an island.

Andrew Young

So, here I am in the early 21st century, using beams from the early 19th century; because that's what we have, and there's no sense wasting them. Given that the medieval period was a materials poor, labor rich society, I'm sure much was reused and reincorporated as necessity and opportunity allowed...

Andrew Young

Can't wait to see some future archeologist try to date your house with dendrochronology, Atli! ...Ive never heard of a coppiced tree... Never heard of it?!? YOU have been spending too much time with the metal stuff, boy! (Slap, slap!) Spearshafts were typically made of coppiced wood (or at least fr...

Andrew Young

(let's see if this method of linking works ...) <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=t8JZAAAAMAAJ&vq=woodeman&dq=woodeman%20Pilgrimage&pg=PA475&ci=144,349,372,593&source=bookclip"><img src="http://bks2.books.google.com/books?id=t8JZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA475&img=1&zoom=3...

Andrew Young

Bingo! Crosscut Saw Manual by Warren Miller; June 1978, revised May, 1988; U.S. Forest Service, USDA Technology & development Center, Missoula, Montana; fir sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402; GPO 1988-593-748 This has everything you...

Andrew Young

Missed this one over the weekend... Ya - crosscut saw. Pit saws have T-handles or a frame, and are a lot longer. Polish the blade Set the teeth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_set . This gives a wider kerf so the blade has room to pass. Wider is better. You can buy these at antique stores. Get one...

Andrew Young

Destichado wrote:OH you lucky son(s)of...

I've been looking for a good two-man in usable condition for the better part of ten years. Everyone who has one only uses them for decoration, but no one wants to let one go! =(

*sigh*

Here man.....go for it....its nearby

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/for/753954118.html

Andrew Young

OK first *That is not a ripping saw!* as can easily be seen by the shape of the teeth in the picture! It is a crosscut *only*. Pit saws are quite different! You are in Maryland---go visit Williamsburg VA and see their pitsawing set up. Second if you are having trouble with the kerf not being wide e...

Andrew Young

Looks great. And I sure hope it turns out really well. Raising is among the hardest techniques, or requiring the most patience. Remember too (for the next version) that there are other proven techniques and alternatives to deep and/or round and/or sharp pieces that are much faster and can produce th...

Andrew Young

Thats a nice piece, good luck with it.

Andrew Young

bump

Im getting to emails as I write this....but a bump in case anyone missed it.

cheers
D

Andrew Young

Sounds like Andrew found where the caltrops got left. I told Good Sir Coat not to leave those things on the pew! I remember my first trip to Europe in which my father commented on how many soldiers were shown with arrows in the arse. We debated wether or not the were running away or were hit in bat...

Andrew Young

Bear in mind, wood from "the new world" was an important trade item, as they had very nearly run out in some places in Europe. It had to be imported by then You hit the nail on the head M, I was thinking that in the back of my mind. Clearly while a brilliant approach, it must not have bee...

Andrew Young

Blackoak wrote:Just to add a question, is anyone just selling encased thumbs?

Uric

Thats pretty simple. Shoot us an email.

cheers
Drew

Andrew Young

Send me (email) some pictures of what you guys are interested in.

I divide the shop time between museum/living history orders and SCA grade armour.

Id be happy to offer a very competitive bid for them. And we tend to do micro mass production so we can keep the prices decent.

cheers
Drew

Andrew Young

Hey fellas

Send me an email.

partsandtechnical ....hotmail.com

The PM box got full really fast.

Andrew Young

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Andrew Young

Well, illuminate me....got pics?

Andrew Young

"ah....eh....eh....excuse me Lord Vader. Um, ah, .....ah...I dont know how to say this but ah, the emperor wants to talk to you about the helmet thing...yea, yes sir I understand you and the anger thing *I mean, you go get em sir* bu, but in truth I think he feels you could be a bit more intimi...

Andrew Young

Did anyone ever find these illusive functional/affordable finger gauntlets? I love the low profile/ glove look ones, but Dark Heart Amoury who makes them is booked up until Jesus comes back. Is there anyone who can make something similar or even have a used pair collecting dust? http://www.darkhear...

Andrew Young

First time Ive seen this thread. Few thoughts. Wouldnt the chains be heavy? ....er well heavier. The effigy at the top of the thread shows some pretty stout links, leading me to think that they were fairly hefty all told. And in theory, they would add a hair of protection, even if not intended as su...

Look Ma, no power tools (hand made camp stool): NEW PICS UP

Fine Splints Arms ..with bells (black)

Re: The disposable lumber trade....firewood. Where and ho