The Armour Archive

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Alcyoneus: <B>Does anyone know about this book? Is it any good? LES ARMES ET LES ARMURES", BIBLIOTHEQUE DES MERVEILLES, HACHETTE ET CIE PARIS LES ARMES ET LES ARMURES LES ARMES...

taltosh

Happy Gnu Year, may you all find Health, Prosperity and Joy in this year 2003.

Cheers

Chris

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he's probably reffering to brazing as opposed to welding. I don't think you can get metal hot enough with standard propane unaided. even MAPP gas is a pain to get metal hot enough to forge weld small pieces. I'm not an expert on welding, far from it, but I'm pretty sure you won't get a full penetrat...

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Evil That sounds about right for metal supermarket prices for full sheets Gal. You'll probably want to stay away from galvanized steel for armour though, just ask for prices on cold rolled mild steel sheets, they are generaly cheaper than Gal. and more suited for armouring work. Don't underestimate ...

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Then there's the idea of the leather suspension liner. While I don't fight SCA I do use one in my helm... I can barely feel the boffer hits this way and I did manage to run full tilt, in reverse, into a flagpole (there's a story there, I'm not going to go into it now) and other than a bit of a muscl...

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LOL, Touche Evil Konstantin, the least you could do is proof read your own post in a second language, at least for the sake of us ESL's... If you have a friend who speaks french, get him/her to proof read it for you, that way WE are spared a gramaticaly shaky version of our beloved mother tongue. ht...

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There are many essays that mention techniques on how to roll an edge, they explain it way better than I ever could put it into words. If you can ever get your hands on Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction by Brian Price, there's a section on edge rolling showing small, medium and large rolls a...

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I'm constantly on the lookout for more scrapped cillinders but alas I let go of my last one just this past week. If you want to e-mail me I can add you to a waiting list and I'll e-amil you if I have one available in the future.

Cheers

Chris

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Well, so far Santa brought me Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction, by Brian Price (droolllllll), a very nice, genuine, made in france Lagiole knife, a stardial and some cooking utensils, a set of sushi knifes and about 70$ of spending money leftover. I'm gonna go immerse myself in my new book...

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Ok, I'm all excited and this might be premature but I was chatting with one of the armourers from Valentine recently and there was a mention that the Beverly Co. patent on the throatless shears is either running out in 2 months or has run out 2 months ago. If this is true then the concept is up for ...

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I'll reitterate the question, whereabouts in Canada are you Evil, there are quite a bunch of us scattered accross the country who might be willing to help out, if only to give a shop tour or spend an afternoon sharing some of the tips and triks... Don't get discouraged if the first thing you pound d...

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I point mine, as well as my elbows directly to the maille worn over a gambeson. I just thread a piece of leather thonging through one link, pass under 2-3 more rows and out through another link and then tie off the spaulders through the eyeleted holes. I works great, puts a small bit of strain on th...

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I second the choice of vegtan of latigo. 3/4" wide at the most should be more than enough but I don't think I would go less than 1/2". 8oz leather should be plenty as far as thickness is concerned. The cool think with vegtan is that it can be embossed or tooled easier than Latigo so you can realy ad...

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I picked up the autobody kit for 10$ and was looking at the metal brake but money is short right now... Hopefuly it'll be on sale again soon. Hopefully the flap disks will go on sale soon too, my 40grit is wearing down and the cheapest I can find it localy is 7.50$ Wish I had the 300$ for the mig we...

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I'm impressed, my chest is still large than my gut http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif chest is 39" with breath in, 42" with gambeson, gut is 36" relaxed. Steve, with your years of tailoring experience, how many rings would you figure for a comfy fit at 42" with both 3/8" i.d. and 5/16" i.d. ...

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crusader elbows actually, I'll be making the knees this weekedn, they're already cut out, I just need to form them. I'll take some pics of the elbows now tha they're pointed and strapped.

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edited to fix my missing link...

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So I've decided to work in the shop this week-end since the temp. is going to be in the mid 30's I won't have to crank the space heater up to max. I've decided to try my hand at a buckler and I guess I'll also work on a set of matching knees for my elbows [img]http://www.quadrant37.com/chris/Silvert...

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Hal, if you're still interested in a dishing form I have 1 leftover, from a 9" cillinder with approx. 6" dia. dish, approx 1 1/2" deep. It's not welded to a bottom plate yet and still needs some cleaning of the dish but now that I have a grinder with flap disks I can do it here. E-mail me if interes...

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I have been interested in making a spoked wheel pavillion for a long time now and after showing the design to a friend he asked if there were any makers/distributors for said tents so I thought I'd post it here in the hopes that I would get a response.

Cheers

Chris

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Word to the wise, it's displayed as SCA legal but in the description he says it's fully 1/16" thick with 3/8" inside diameter. Hmmm I don't know about you but I wouldn't fight even LARP with a 16ga 3/8" hauberk, let alone one with full sleeves. I can see this one coming apart very quickly. Now for t...

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I think that's the equivalent of 9/32" I'd check out Jon Daniels at www.theringlord.com his rings are machine cut and are a joy to work with, you'd have to pick between 1/4" or 5/16" though, a little smaller or larger than 7mm, he might even be able to provide them expedited within the week. good lu...

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If you're in the habit of wearing steel toed workshoes in your shop, and I think it's a good safety practice either way, try to find a workshoe that is rated as a static dissipative sole. I'm a service tech for a living and I can attest to their effectiveness. I used to get shocked everytime I got o...

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I'll post them on my site as well as a backup if there's the need. If anyone can e-mail me the files either way I'd greatly apreciate.

Cheers

chris

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I'll pipe in and request to add my Significant other Sheena as a nominee. I've started fighting live-steel last summer and I know she wants to do the same but she is very self conscious and her having a full kit would do wonders to her self esteem. Sheena is such a giving person, she will go without...

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I'll soon be the blumbering, drooling gleeful baby come X-mas time, I walked upon my GF on the computer the other day, she was on Amazon.com looking at the brian-price book. Seems like the hints I dropped this summer and fall have not fallen on deaf ears... Now if I could only remember what it was S...

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valentine armouries in Calgary actually has a rebated practice aluminium katana, you could check them out.

www.varmouries.com

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I've spent the some time this weekend on a pair of 14th cent. poleyns as posted on the essays page by Krag. I'm happy with the results and was wondering hoe they were typicaly strapped and pointed? I can envision a simple strap and buckle on the inside of the elbow but the points are still leaving m...

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Sasuke, is that sized to fit over a size 12 shoe or based on a size 12 foot? I wear size 7 1/2-8 and was wondering how the sizing would work for scaling.

Thanks

Oh btw, those are absolutely awesome

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Funny how the person responsible for the suit is bitching about duties on imported fabrics and then later on saying that the costumes importes are killing his business... hell, if that company wants an ounce or credibility, why not make costumes from fabric Made In The USA...that way they don't pay ...

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Adam, did you use 16ga for just the faceplate or the whole helm? If the latter, how big a melon will it fit and how much are you asking?

Cheers

Chris

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Very deceptive indeed, especially since there are no disclaimers about "product may not be exactly as shown". I'm no lawyer or anything but this seems to me to be on the verge of false advertising...

dang...

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If they will honor that price, order 2 and I'll pay the extra shipping to get it to me in Canada. It's perfect for what I need but it doesn't look like they shipt to Canada themselves.

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Sasuke, any guidelines on fitting a corazzina on either self or a customer. I have had 2, no 3 individuals ask about one and I'd like to try at least one. What kind of guidelines would you recommend as far as arm clearance, how high does the back plates reach, how wide across the shoulders, etc. Any...

Beverly shears soon to be more affordable?!?

This week-end's project? Buckler and a set of knees?

Spoked wheel pavillions, anyone make and sell them?

straping and pointing 14th cent. floating elbows and knees