The Armour Archive

Galileo

Has anyone here ever heard of another bulletin board, other than the AAF, having been hacked and completely deleted? Mac The Chainmaille Board went out that way. It never recovered - then the board owner had issues and disappeared (with lots of people's money in orders). I suspect the two are linke...

Galileo

I suspect brass will be cheaper than bronze - but I REALLY like bronze.

Galileo

A wisby style gauntlet covered with maille couple work - the wisby gauntlet is akin to a metal-reinforced leather glove. editing in -- a couple of archivers bought these in the last few months which may fit the bill for you. The same company offers maille mitten gauntlets, but it is unclear whether ...

Galileo

Ask ArmoredAirBear - he makes hammers and anvils for a living.

He's on the book of faces - https://www.facebook.com/cergolforge

Galileo

I click the link and it takes me to his aventail page.

Galileo

Could try asking them to make one without grommets

Galileo

Looks like a good use for a thrift store dinner(butter) knife.

Galileo

damn being broke.

Galileo

Pitbull and Viking Leather both had kits.

Galileo

Gauntlets do not need to "bottom out" on rattan to be safe. Finger gauntlets are legal as long as the fingers are padded. Check your rule book and if in doubt, ask your local marshal - they ultimately have to pass the marshal test to be on the field.

Galileo

As a sport helm, it gets the point across - the lines are definitely different from the inspiration piece - but you've already mentioned that yourself. The grilled visor - I dislike grills myself, but it looks decent and gives the visor its shape. Is the visor and bar work all stainless too, or is t...

Galileo

If only I had the fundage - it sounds like it would fit my wife nicely

Galileo

Oh - you might try off-topics for this too

Galileo

There's several Archivers in the "area" -- I think toward Olympia, there's also Ugo in Longview (a couple hours south of Tacoma) - Sir Mrks is over there somewhere too.

Galileo

They give you the measurements on that website.

Galileo

If it's armour - when you call - tell them it's SPORTING EQUIPMENT. If it's called armour, they'll think it's historical stuff from a museum or something and take longer or send it back.

Galileo

Define affordable. Polar Bear Forge offers a grinder-in-a-box kit (you add the motor) that folks use as a slack-belt sander. He has recommendations on motors too. It's more expensive than the amazon one - I suspect you'd get up there in cost if you were to go to a real tool store though (not harbor ...

Galileo

Customs. It can sit in customs for an eon. Call customs and give them crap about it - It's probably in their warehouse somewhere.

Galileo

Curt, the metallurgical tests would probably be destructive testing, yes?

You'd have to get through the rust to get to metal (otherwise the test would say "it's iron oxide").

It should be magnetic - but historical ones were too. I'm not up on tests though.

Galileo

Looks like it was a nice helmet before they goobered it up with the black paint.

Galileo

I wonder how hard it would be to run that through draw plates for maille rings.

Galileo

I have those exact Knipex bolt cutters (what I was using for my rivets) -- according to that amazon page, 5.2mm is the capacity - which is roughly 3/16" I believe. They worked great on my steel rivets of various sizes, though I haven't messed with my 3/16" rivets yet. Edit - these look like a good s...

Galileo

Something with 18" handles. Leverage is your friend.

That said, for the couple of things I've made, I used bolt cutters to "trim" down the requisite rivets.

Don't look at me like that; it's what I had on hand!

Galileo

Might check with Otto to see if he has any in stock too. I had one that went into the shire loaner pile a few months back. Bokalo's Armoury has a few. I've never dealt with him, but he gets good reviews here from those that have. That said - I had to make my own (same size neck as yours) because I h...

Galileo

Email address on my profile is correct

Galileo

Ok, basic questions (maybe) - Shooting for late 15th C early 16th C gothic How do you size the breastplate? Where is it supposed to "hit" the body? How far around the sides does it come before engaging the back plate? All the pictures I find are on dummies (which isn't terribly helpful) or with so m...

Galileo

I was confused that II needed advice on armouring tools - then I saw the date - then I looked for the person that necro'd a 14 year old thread.

Galileo

Look on the armour design forum - someone downloaded them and put them out in open office.

Galileo

Dad used it a lot more than I did - he would rinse it off (hose, outside) and spray with wd-40 without drying it off - just saturated through the water. Then wiped it off and oiled/waxed from there. It was mostly old tools he was cleaning up.

Galileo

Cola is dilute phosphoric acid - that will eat everything, including the blackened finish. If you go that route, it will work and won't scratch the surface. Just watch it, wash it, and seal it. If it gets on the blackening, you'll have to redo that part. If you want it more as a paste, your local au...

Galileo

Will there be any issue with the ferret fur and customs on our side?

Galileo

Beautiful

Galileo

Check your shoes - a lot of static problems are from footwear. Chances are, you're on a concrete floor. You could always get a grounded floor pad to stand on.

Galileo

Sigh... no disposable money

Galileo

THanks guys! I have checked Bokalo, he has just what I want but he works only in aluminum which is a no-go because I eventually would like to use them for ACL. Same thing for Thorvaldr leather greaves. Bokalo is not exclusive to aluminum - that's just what he has on his website mostly (though if yo...

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