The Armour Archive

Andrew Young

How does the process work with respect to armour....iron/steel? What is it doing that inhibits deterioration.... What is it actually inhibiting? (-- Oxidation??? Isnt that controllable in a low humidity type environment?) I use this process all the time. It is great for removing thick layers of rus...

Andrew Young

Also, brigs are usually more taliored while CoPs are more or less tubular. Big misconception about COPs. Certainly by the 1340s, not all coat of plates were unshaped. That is, many of the nicer ones appear to have been constructed with plates that sat above the hips (eventually emulating the 'fit' ...

Andrew Young

I can piece together a bit of german, italian and french ....do you have a full bibliographical citation on Gaier's work Chef?

Andrew Young

Sounds great. This suit---well, components of it ... is among a scant smattering of late 14th/early 15th century 'armour technology' in the US, so Im suprised to see so few photos, reproductions etc of it. But I wonder as was discussed, if the cloud over it (ie, the Dean issue) has detered more peop...

Andrew Young

Oh, yeah very much agreed.

Andrew Young

Electrolysis is being used on armour more and more by museums to stop the rapid deterioration of excavated armour. Unfortunately this was not done my an expert. How does the process work with respect to armour....iron/steel? What is it doing that inhibits deterioration.... What is it actually inhib...

Andrew Young

Here's the pic. People said they needed more of a graduated curve between metacarpal and cuff. This one looks like mine. Now I've got an excuse for being lazy. Well many of them do have a less angular ..angle. Many do have a softer curve as shown below. And remember Matt, hourglass gauntlets evolve...

Andrew Young

You see those things on the shoulders? F'GET ABOUT 'EM

You mean those curved flared out pieces toward the armpits?

Andrew Young

Why not just charge people for shipping? We all have to deal with it. OR....may I also suggest, averaging your shipping costs. So the avergage of 8 and 23 is 15.50. And seperate your shipping account budget from the rest of your budget so it is never eaten into. ...this account would always and only...

Andrew Young

oh my goodness...did you kill a wampa and surgically attach its hands?

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Andrew Young

Well, I am partial to maxy stuff. ------- And really high plate requires hours of tinkering to forge a well shaped suit....vs. a "munitions" piece. I think its kind of a trade off between tennis elbow vs. sore fingers. I can only forge for about three days straight before I have to give my...

Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Cut from 1/4 inch steel by hand with a jigsaw? Dear Lord, what did you do to deserve that punishment?

heh....I am a shop tinker-er and I love to fiddle with things. I love to take on absurdly hard projects for the final result....except in this case, I became too busy.

Andrew Young

Indeed I plan on dealing with Sir Andreas for a similar 13th century project.

Perhaps ordering loose rings might be a good idea Sir Andreas....I would indeed like to make the full mittens, attach an integral hood and customize the feet.

Andrew Young

But lets wait and see if my aventail comes. As a business owner (I have four businesses) I understand delays and the range of problems that come with them. Communication is not something one should ignore however....and while we may not condone poor communication, it can be explained. But he may als...

Andrew Young

CIAN

This is great work...you should have posted it in the lantern thread.

Andrew Young

what if your harness is circa 1400 ?

... with late 14th century elements and early 15th century elements?

seems like its time for an ostracized new century gang to emerge.

The New Century Underworld thus emerges....

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Andrew Young

And the location if hands-on aquisition or compensation is necessary.

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Andrew Young

Also, I believe he is an SCA member:

http://heralds.westkingdom.org/Awards/M ... county.htm

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Andrew Young

Here is their info. It would not be hard to get compensatory results if necessary. This is public information provided by WHOIS information as found here:

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=ht ... om&tld=com

Andrew Young

Well I ordered three day shipping....so we shall see.

Andrew Young

Eeek. I just ordered an aventail from him.

I did get a confirmation/recipet page via paypal so Ive got leverage should something go awry.

Ill keep yall posted.

I also plan on order from Andreas also so it will be a real comparison for others to rely on.

Andrew Young

Groovy, thanks for the info SB.

(btw, do we have any refresher pics...I recall being very impressed....but dont recall details)

Andrew Young

Well, you should distinguish between a belt vs. a sword belt vs war girdle. Some have theorized that the rather hefty nature of some plaque war girdles of the latter 14th century were 'heavier' because they helped prevent the fauld and sword from bouncing and jostling up and down when galloping. Its...

Andrew Young

Curiously...what is the effigy made from?---as in, what material? OR, rather, what is THIS part of the effigy made of? Im asking because various materials are able to retain greater detail at smaller levels without cracking, breaking etc. And details, or the lack thereof (that we may not realize don...

Andrew Young

on a similar subject:

http://books.google.com/books?id=GpVbnsqAzxIC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=bashford+dean+memorial+collection&source=web&ots=EGI7cZ_j6C&sig=M6q01yosOjvW0EdAN1OovYI0mf4

Andrew Young

we have one quarter of a fauld/peplum from the same source at the Higgins, and it retains most of its cover and foundation - Hmm, I had forgotten about that. Do you have any pictures of it....I know youve got connections at the Higgins. The controversial part of the reconstruction is the fauld arra...

Andrew Young

Thanks DS... guess I will have to look about for something. Would glass be something one would use in a lantern of a knight level persona? I figure it was but wanted to hear what others thought. Try googling search terms like "horn, leather, rawhide" or "native american leather, horn...

Andrew Young

Well, if you dont know your doing something wrong, you dont know youre doing something wrong...so...whats done is done....and other rhetorical comments that are true but equally frustrating.

Andrew Young

There is absolutely no "debate" about the corrizone in questions origin. It was put together out of scattered fragments, from different defenses, by Bashford Deane, and not put together too well. Thats factual data that is not debatable. Which, by definition...makes it debatable. But I un...

Andrew Young

anyone know where else this collection is headed....

Might be fun to go with other AA members in ones region.

Andrew Young

looking for any good pictures of the limb armour: leg harness and arm harness from this suit. ....**hoping** someone snapped some good shots of the sides, below, above etc...or breakdown photos.

[img]http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_29.154.3.jpg[/img]

thanks
Drew

Andrew Young

This week has been the week of archaic threads....from Stefan's Florilegium: ---------------------------------------------------- From: tjustus at sprynet.com (Tom Justus) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: mail gauge/inner diameter Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 05:02:13 GMT >Can someone tell me where I ...

Andrew Young

Because there's no way to dress up the Inquisition and make it look pretty (nor should you).

Geesh *I hope* that was sarcasm given the apparent holes recent scholarship has suggested regarding the vastly fewer people every truly condemed?

Andrew Young

Legal as in: dispute of authenticity? ...or... as is ownership?

METROPOLITAIN's 1410-1415 pigface suit (looking for pics)