The Armour Archive

Andrew Young

How is it for commoner portrayals...I mean, could one derive less fancy patterns, etc for the common folks ? Sure leave off the frilly ends and forget the embroidery but really you can get that info online; this book is really made for those looking to up their high end portrayal. For me it comes a...

Andrew Young

I know there are books out there and my google-fu isn't working right now. Who knows of a good book for finding out about mid-late 15th Swiss or German mercenary groups. I am specifically looking in the gothic armor period - not maxamillian. And I am primarily looking for military gear - I'd really...

Andrew Young

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/files/people_with_silver_armour_666.jpg How would I interpret this image? The guy on the left is a sneaky bastard ( with a stick behind his back! ) The guy on the right pauses to hear the guy on the left list his grievances. Meanwhile as they argue, water is f...

Andrew Young

I've done one this way so far (weld up the back) m finished pictures of it m by shape allone i would conjecture that many of the tall back pointed bascinets could have quickly and easly been made from a welded cone, the ammount of work rewuired to move the point area with a low pointed bascinet my ...

Andrew Young

Q & A time: bowling is a term someone else coined. My use of that term implies hammering the metal flat on an anvil.....think of a meteor crater...the impact pushes down while pushing the circumference of the crater up and out.....thus the more you do this, the more you spread the metal....so ye...

Andrew Young

Nice page, thanks for posting. I am also leery of pretty much knowing whats out there and then suddenly learning of new pieces. (museum stuffers???----who knows.) But then again so much from eastern europe and russia and china has been generally hard to get to as a result of the coldwar etc......tha...

Andrew Young

James its on my wishlist too...thanks for the review.

How is it for commoner portrayals...I mean, could one derive less fancy patterns, etc for the common folks ?

thanks!

Andrew Young

I dont care, we can move it

As long as the info is easy to find again.

Andrew Young

Why not take 2-3 payments? The economy is hurting folks (and making others a bit paranoid) so why not accept a payment plan equalling 1200 euros? It might get a sale faster. A flow of money is, after all, better than no money right We do this a lot and have found more and more people open to the ide...

Andrew Young

thanks Bob, its added to the list

Andrew Young

Hi! I did try this a few month ago, gotta find some picture of it, its not finished yet, did a mess with my visor so its laying around in the workshop now, will soon start over. Iam pretty sure it was a used method, when you look at some surviving pieces, they really looks likes a shaped cone ^^ It...

Andrew Young

Well the big problem is that there is absolutely zero concrete proof for any particular method, be it raising, bowling or forgewelding. The reason we have no proof per se is because we dont have any photographs, videos or texts that describe in full detail what was done. We have some medieval pictur...

Andrew Young

Wenzel wrote:So nothing got done? Musta been good turkey.

Seriously though, I'm curious to see!

Turkey....ah....he fell asleep before posting the picture.

Andrew Young

Russ Mitchell wrote:I've got some I'd be willing to trade. Spare links, also, if desired.

very interested Russ.....email me.

Andrew Young

Talbot wrote:I just use a hardened cut nail ground to the proper point. I have a small hole in a steel block for the other part. It is not hard to do at all.

Do you have pics of your mail tools Doug ?

Andrew Young

shoot me an email guys... Thanks!

Andrew Young

So my guess is that something has happened and they are either severely backlogged and they may be treading water just to stay afloat. In these cases, we tend to find that artists/vendors have deposited peoples money to pay for bills and cant easily refund it. Then they should just say that there i...

Andrew Young

should this thread be stickied? If it is, it should be moved to Interpretive Recreation. Along with the one Andrew posted about linings. Both topics are solidly in the realm of I.R. -Tasha Possibly Tasha, although the linings thread could be research oriented too. Theres a nominal difference betwee...

Andrew Young

Looking good Hal !

Andrew Young

Not a bad start If youre open to some tips for future projects: --study the shape of real greaves. Youll find that authentic greaves of virtually every period save a brief time in the mid 1200s, have a letter S shape to them, even when viewed from the side. --try making a wooden form that is shaped ...

Andrew Young

Decent silks from Fabrics.com

http://www.fabric.com/ProductDetail.asp ... 02c963829e

http://www.fabric.com/ProductDetail.asp ... 35d119cf17

Andrew Young

On the subject of nicer silks....this is a hemp/silk blend....and certainly nicer quality than duponi it seems:

http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3 ... fabric.htm

I only wish it came in predyed colors...

Andrew Young

Yeah Im not real big on what I got at Fabrics-store....lots of slubs or whatever those things are called.

I got some amazing stuff at G street fabric about ten years back....nice and clean linen.

SOMEBODY must have nice clean linen....

Andrew Young

Thank you all for your replies. Its not so much the wait but the jerk around I was getting with the wait. The reason I waited as long as I did is because of the good service they have given me before. I really don't want to give a bad review or feedback on anybody and I have never done it before be...

Andrew Young

Great, Ill check them out, thank you kindly.

Andrew Young

updated: added the link

(and extremely cool I might add...thanks for sharing!)

Andrew Young

All very good points by everyone. I want to second what Baron Conal said: If you give a bad review be honest not vindictive. I would that that one should try , in light of the type of field you are dealing with (arts and crafts) to undersand that this field has never and probably will never be compo...

Andrew Young

If you need wood Jehan check craigslist.org in your area...I often see nice wooden planks for sale cheap. This past summer I bought a whole english oak tree already milled for about 700 bucks. TONS and TONS and TONS of planks. Enough to make about ten 2 ft X 2ft X 4ft chests

Andrew Young

Remember that even huge retail corporations experience delays. I have mentioned this before that I have some friends who own multimillion dollar companies that produce licensed movie replicas for sale in stores. They run into production delays which ranged from recalls to oil prices that were cuttin...

Andrew Young

Its been about 16 years since I painstakingly made my own riveted mail....and back then without the internet per se, it was much harder to pick brains and get advice from other 'mail madmen'. So, Im sorta kicking around looking for anyone who has mail tools for sale. Really, I just need a piercing t...

Andrew Young

Tired of hunting around the net for hours trying to find some quality natural fabric for your next project? ..well, me too. Every so often we post a thread listing places to find 100% wool, linen, silk, hemp etc. I did a search and couldnt find an old list i used to refer to, so I thought Id start a...

Andrew Young

But a foundation for what?....hose?....armour? I mean, there is a very real paucity of information after about 1400 to about 1440 such that there is some confusion/blurring between civilian and military pourpoints and civilian and military doublets. ( just as an example, not to get off topic from go...

Andrew Young

Do we know anyone who has worn a well fitted doublet under a houppelande? Either early or later period. Id like to see how everything lays...with later period doublets having poofy shoulders I cant help but to think that it might be too much stuffing...ergo the use of the pourpoint rather than a fu...

Andrew Young

Quality of armor 5 Price 5 Customer Service 3 Considering the Illness On time shipping. It shipped when he said it arrived on time in One piece 5 Many kind thanks Jmperez ! Your patience is redeemable for future orders I should note. You may need a friend to help you...however what I used to do is ...

Andrew Young

God Bless you man. Ill say a prayer for ya.

Keep your chin up.

-Drew

Re: Looking for books on mid-late 15th Swiss and German

WTB/T: rivetted mail making tools

UPDATING the 100% TEXTILES LIST: any new places?