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Andrew Young

Goodness man....are you trying to return the hammer finish to your armour! ---the shine looked so good!

Andrew Young

I have about a dozen of the photos showing the leg armour taken apart....the cuisse, the cop rig, the greave and sabaton....and of the vamnbrace and gauntlet too. Where did these photos originate (who took them) and are there any more floating around somewhere....it seems as though there would be mo...

Andrew Young

Cian

If you want to cover over to the shop sometime we can work on a lantern for you.

I can show you the progress made on mine.

cheers
Drew

Andrew Young

Well a bargrill is what it is....not period for all but late period tourney helms and a possible freak bargrill depiction in the 14th century....that is still debatable. The flesh look will only work if viewed straight on... a side shot will make it look odd. I suggest flat black as its easily lost ...

Andrew Young

oooo, early 15th century goodness.

Post some pics of the stuff youre working on James!

Andrew Young

This is what I did to my previous helmet: http://www.partsandtechnical.com/scabreast.JPG ....I covered the lower portion of the bargrill but I also affixed the aventail higher than on the edge. Youll find many vervelles were not necessarily on the extreme bottom edge....the earlier in the century yo...

Andrew Young

I suspect both variations existed. However the padding also helps in several other important aspects: --It adds additional impact resistance --adds a protective layer to keep any burst rings from possibly cutting (even though a collared arming coat would also help somewhat) --and it helps keep the m...

Andrew Young

Farriers shop is actually 1540 (see the date on the painting). Which goes to show that sometimes you can't trust the dates given in a database. Good eye Fire Stryker I honestly wouldnt have caught that at first glance amidst the other pics until you pointed it out, lol Although the clothing should ...

Andrew Young

I have some IronMonger tools and can vouch for some of them. Ive had a few stake ends break off but as Matt said, you are as well to make many of your own....though it can take time....so you will need patience to make each tool as they can take a while to amass. I keep a notebook by my worktable fo...

Andrew Young

yeah nice job Cet!

Andrew Young

anybody know any old english pick up lines....

Andrew Young

He asked about a "smithy" - last I checked, that was principle a blacksmiths forge. not an armourers shop. Not a great mystery there. Indeed you are correct I misinterpretted his question. However there are similarities in the other black arts that are useful to study. Most people in the ...

Andrew Young

A sobbring but interesting thread. Dura, The problem with assuming the cuisse is thicker on average than helmets and breastplates is that it does not appear to be usually. At times it most certainly is thicker than one would assume but the only cuisseses I have handled that were around 1.5mm up were...

Andrew Young

This is a very contraversial question because we dont know for certain. We dont even know that much about the techniques that were employed. Visually all we really have are hammer marks on the inside of armour which suggest the types of hammers used (rather like a footprint in the snow). We also hav...

Andrew Young

The other problem too is the issue of thickness vs. resistance. Its very hard to cut through something that moves when impacted. Was he moving at the time? Or Was he moving away from the blade at the time? Or Was he moving toward the blade at the time? In addition, there are cases in which cuisses w...

Andrew Young

THE CURRENT BID w/ aventail ..... 245

THE CURRENT BID w/o aventail is 200

Andrew Young

I dont buy the single hack theory. Or the full battlefield 'amputation hack.' This is a very plausible approach. Seems to me that if both legs were injured during the battle, and later infected, turned gangrenous, and needed to be amputated, it would probably officially go down as having lost his le...

Andrew Young

It would never hold up though. Its a totally different combination of physics. Lamellar pieces are not, themselves, expected to grip anything. Plastic mail links, by themselves, are expected to grip each other. The only conceavable way these would work is if the links were so flexible they could get...

Andrew Young

only problem is that they can, in some cases, be harder to see out of....so its a toss up between extreme visability and vision. I honestly think 99% of bargrills would look better if: --made closer to the face ...which dictates a hinge-pully chinstrap approach (not a simple football style chinstrap...

Andrew Young

I want it rivetted ......with big fat wedges.

Andrew Young

You mean a breastplate? http://www.partsandtechnical.com/my_cuirass.JPG Yes there is "evidence" (usually pictorial) for all sorts of faulds especially in the late 14th up to the mid 15th century: brigadined, mail, scale, lammelar, full hoop horizontal lames, semi hoop triangular horizontal...

Andrew Young

Honestly though....a shield boss should look weathered and battle tested.

A sword cut/dent looks like ya been places...seen people...done things.

Andrew Young

On the other hand...having worked on some film and media projects, thus being partial to "the machine" --Hollywood fuels public interest, thus generating sympathy for history (even if not fully understood in ever detail) --Hollywood is largely why WE are here today. I can cite a dozen movi...

Andrew Young

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=74332

Andrew Young

It would be great for theatrical gigs.....and Lord of the Rings costumes.

Andrew Young

Not quite sold....yet.

I think Ive hit Pms....going to check email.

A question arose as to size.

At the widest point, head is about 24.25 around. There was ample room for padding in the helmet but its not oversized...has a nice period size to it.

Andrew Young

good luck, thats a nice bucket.

Andrew Young

I think I got to all PMs. Email me if I missed you.

Go to the website

www.partsandtechnical.com (feel free to surf around too)

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Andrew Young

This might be a bit off course, howeve worth commenting on Waiting for something longer then you were told but still getting comunication is another. Acceptable provided the customer is agreeable to it. This is sexy sophisticated techno-America 2008....we dont like to wait. We want our order placed ...

Andrew Young

They existed in the early to mid 14th century. Sort of like the forerunners to the klapvisor. The basicnet at that point however was generally not as deep as it we think of it. More of a 3/4 type depth.

Andrew Young

I will happily give this helmet a total polish and shine overhaul for shipping...even a mirror shine if the buyer wants it. The aventail needs some ring replacements, which I will repair no charge. The facts: --custom barrel vervelles --low point (a bit more unusual) --decorative aventail red leathe...

Andrew Young

Andreas,

Yeah I was on there the other day...some pics would not load and other took infernally long. I tried again later, same thing.

Dont ask me what the issue was, I couldnt tell ya.

Andrew Young

It was pillaged.

Andrew Young

Hi there Donngal --Can you post some pics please

Andrew Young

I have thought about making them myself. I may have to if they become harder to find.

I believe revival.us has some nice ones. Good pricing for steel buckles.

CHARLES VI LEG HARNESS (the breakdown pics)

FS Low Point bascinet w/ camail (bidding!)