The Armour Archive

Andrew Young

Personally I would go with fiberglass for an modern sca application that is highly complex like a hoplon or later period jousting shield.. Fiberglass if well layed in (especially with some of the better woven fabrics these days), is extremely tough and durable, especially with a covering like canvas...

Andrew Young

Best bet is to save it for when you have something you need it for. Half my stakes don't get used they're the ones that were just built because I had stuff to build them from. Purpose built stakes get used a lot. On the other hand it would make a great anvil for a treadle hammer. Matt is absolutely...

Andrew Young

Worth saying about online sources....You cant inspect the piece before buying it...so if its for a fine reproduction, there is that risk that you think your getting this flawless piece only to have it arrive and find blemishes in key areas. I like to see the rawhide up close. And I can only say that...

Andrew Young

Pringles called, they're hiring.

The fun part begins working in very tight spaces for period size couters and polyens!

But at that curvature you can make the intersectional piece between the upper and lower parts of a early brigadine or corrizina.

Andrew Young

Exactly, ""bring friends!""

Andrew Young

I guess Ill have to part with dough for a copy. GenericUnique I have some books on early clothing you might find useful. Off hand one is Northern European Textiles Until 1000 AD by Lise Bender It doesnt have patterns so much as VERY indepth info about weaving, weaves, stuff like that... It reminds m...

Andrew Young

Dierick beat me to his own pictures.

Andrew Young

Thanks fellas!

Andrew Young

Thank you Randy, I just noticed this.

Glad your happy.

Pleasure.

Andrew Young

Cet is great.

Ask him for his frequent buyer program with clip out coupons in the Sunday Parade section. His Black Friday sale was awesome. (nobody was trampled)

Andrew Young

You guys I have to confess something.... When Charlotte said "doublet" my brain goes right to later period styles, ie Richard III, with poofy sleeves, high waist etc... Mentally I dont use the term doublet when I think of the Charles de Bois style...as brains may do, mine has a nick name.....

Andrew Young

pics would help a lot

Andrew Young

Mykaru Just sort of bouncing off what youre saying, I had an instructor who ran an event management course tell us that she realized all the info she was providing in emails, phone calls etc was actually her professional time....and so she started charging for it. I dont think thats an expense (emai...

Andrew Young

What are you planning on making Mac?

Something mechanical perhaps?

Andrew Young

Hmm, I guess I hadnt planned on three layers, no. It always seemed to me that the houppleande would be worn over a shirt and didnt necessarily need an intermediary layer, especially if it was lined. Interesting that you say that Charlotte....edify me please. I am clearly not Charlotte - but in my u...

Andrew Young

Jiri

Ive been meaning say it, ....very nice piece! I do enjoy seeing your work.

Cheers
Drew

Andrew Young

Hmm, I guess I hadnt planned on three layers, no. It always seemed to me that the houppleande would be worn over a shirt and didnt necessarily need an intermediary layer, especially if it was lined.

Interesting that you say that Charlotte....edify me please.

Andrew Young

Those are extremely cool Aaron!

Andrew Young

Eamonn MacCampbell wrote:
Andrew Young wrote:

Eh, Im not scared of the mafia. Its the jamacians that freak me out.

All that voo doo and what not.

Did I mention that I have dreadlocks, wear brightly colored clothing and say "mon" alot....

I'm one of the white brothas...

Yes but can you shrink heads King Willie !

Andrew Young

Thanks folks.

So there are good workable patterns in Med. Tailors Assist. for a proper chaperon?

What about the seam interface? Thats really the part that bugs me. How are the parts seamed and stitched so they look decent? ...Im saying because its an odd sort of sewing job.

Andrew Young

Yeah Ive seen that, very cool.

Andrew Young

I think you meant a shirt between myself and the houppy...but yeah I do wear a linen shirt.

Im not worried....just hate being extremely sweaty during a two hour show...

Its hard to be glamorous that way.

Andrew Young

Put yourself in the vendors shoes. ...which is not as easily done. But if you were able to do so, you would realize that there are cases in which we, the vendors cannot make someone happy. Some people do have unrealistic expectations about service and demands that reach too far. I have to agree wit...

Andrew Young

Until jmperez chimes in, I can tell you that it did go out the day I said it would. And I said it would take about a week, and it did. It went out the same time about 30 packages went out. Chef de Chambes arrived super early which was odd. Most of them took about a week. As far as the armour goes it...

Andrew Young

that is awesome. all for ~$250 Ah, well thats an initial estimate Sha ul. A lof of this is dependant on the resins we decide to go with. Some are hard enough to not need fiberglass, others need it. Im still trying to balance the time/labor cost witht the appropriate materials. What I can tell you i...

Andrew Young

Hi Fulke You raise a really good question. I want to keep the cost down to a minium so Im not sure if it will be a super hard (yet not brittle) resin or fiberglassed with cloth. The carving is really deep on the front which may make traditional fiberglassing a bit tricky. ...getting resin down in t...

Andrew Young

Interesting topic..... I have always had a thought about this, and I believe that the responsibility to this problem lies with the Armour not the customer. Let's face it; the Armour has all the power here. Drew, the following comments are NOT directed at you or any other Armour reading this, but at...

Andrew Young

mattmaus wrote I find this funny as hell. I've tried to order from Amazon 2 times. Both times the items were supposed to be in stock and ready to ship. Clicky the order, money comes off card. 6 weeks later I'm still waiting, and the stuff is on back order. Talk about uncanny Mattmaus! I have an orde...

Andrew Young

I wanted to chime in on the other thread but really wasn't involved so I held back. You have now said it three times in a few days and opened up the 'discussion' so here goes: " I have never been one to believe that the customer is always right....they aren't ....no more than the seller always...

Andrew Young

BTW... This is how I started the front to back band crease.. This sure saved me a lot of muss and fuss. The flute was cleaned up over a RR spike. I used a small polished face hammer. Hal Oh that's brilliant. I have to wonder though, how much space do you have in your shop? It seems like there are a...

Andrew Young

Well, few things on that subject. 14th century stuff is rare and hard to find on the market. I have been in talks with some museums that own late 14th century and some 13th century stuff....cant divulge much on this yet. However, I have been told by 6 of the 8 antiquities experts (7 of whom replied)...

Andrew Young

i'm using rawhide for the edging on my viking age shield...however i keep hearing horror stories about the stench of working with rawhide...and suggestions on how to keep the stench down. Oh...yeah....REAL rawhide straight from the factory. I ordered a hide from a fresh killed cow and aside from th...

Andrew Young

Ya know Hal,.

With all these rigs and jigs, it frightens me to think about how you open up a tin can or a soda top.

I fear your can opener.

Andrew Young

Speaking of strange questions in the middle of the evening.... What about beards? I am loathe to shave off my wonderfully long dwarf beard (ZZ top loves me) but I started thinking about beards in the pictorial record. We see some in the 14th century....more like goatees.... We see mustaches in the 1...

Andrew Young

I was wondering about the arms. Gotchya.

Re: direct cast actual 1450-1600 Chest... I NOW HAVE IT HER

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