The Armour Archive

taltosh

Having seen firsthand some of the project in mid-construction stage when I visited with Matt, I can say it looked amazing even unassembled. I am also curious to know what the issues are with the harness, wether it's a matter of poor fit or wether it's a matter of worksmanship. I will keep an eye on ...

taltosh

I'd love to get a pattern for said harness as well. Winter is coming and I'm in need of simple (IMHO) projects until the weather warms up and I have access to the yard. Since I'm getting a set of power shears next week I'll have lots of time on my hands to cut up pieces and do some light forming. Pl...

taltosh

Matt, that's the one and you're the reason I decided to buy it. After seeing how quick it went through the metal when I visited your place I had my heart set on it. For the angle grinder I went with a 6amp black and decker for 70$ with a 3 year warranty. The flap disks are doing short work of cleani...

taltosh

Julian, thanks for the advice, however, in my logical mind, given equal noise and equal vibration levels, being able to cut through steel about 10 times faster than with a jigsaw the overall result is less noise and less vibration. You mentionned it is the equivalent of what you purchased 22 years a...

taltosh

Quick question. L1, L3, R4, R7... etc... are those splint templates and if so, what for? If not what are the yellow posterboard pieces for?

Just curious

Chris

taltosh

Seems like things are finaly getting to a workable stage in my "shop". I went a finaly bought myself a angle grinder yesterday and today went to prepay on a Makita JS1600 power throatless shear. Rated for 16ga mild and 20ga SS it'll be perfect for what I need, mainly boffer armour. I've also got 2 o...

taltosh

Anyone interested in funding a test run of this system for brass etching proejcts? I'd be willing to perform the tests and publish an essay on it.

taltosh

I found this link http://www.dynaart.com while searching for hot-to's on brass etching. Has anyone ever tried this transfer paper and if so how well would it work for etching brass? I'm thinking of trying it out for some small projects and would like opinions if there are any available.

Thanks

taltosh

I'm reminded of a time, when I was young and was working for my dad, that I had a job where I had to deburr holes in a few thousand plates at a time, several times a week. We had a slightly oversized grinding stone mounted in a drill press and just used light pressure to quickly deburr the holes. yo...

taltosh

Wulfgar, have you given consideration to deburring the holes that need it? That way it's not going to put undue stress on the lacing? That way you could still go with the silk looking cord and not have a guilty conscience about premature failures?

just a thought.

taltosh

Bexter12, therein lies the problem, by asking for pictures of guys in armour, you're just gonna get the run of the mill cornucopia of the aforementionned beards and beer guts. What you need to do is ask for pictures of HUNKS in armour

taltosh

Hmmm, just one small comment on the knee cop. The rest of the legs and arms look aewsome but I'm wondering about the fan being flat. Is that a customer request or is this the way you make them? I would worry about them getting bent if they took a solid hit or if the wearer fell on them. I'm used to ...

taltosh

Hal, that looks like one sweet a$$ sword, any chance we can get more pics, close ups of the blade and fittings?

Cheers

Chris

taltosh

James I see you're in Ontario, in which case, House of Tools sells this attachement. Last I checked it was around 225$ canadian. You ca sometimes find them listed in catalogs for knifemaking supplies like Jantz or Texas Knife making co. I'm not sure but there might be a cheapo kind sold at Princess ...

taltosh

Does anyone have some plans or detailed photos for a set of stocks. We are having a feast in november and I've been asked to put one together. Detail pics or drawings of the hinges and locks would be greatly appreciated. Mainly, the minimum size for hand/head holes would be great. Thanks in advance....

taltosh

You didn't mention what type of planishing hammer you're using. Now this is only musing on my part, but I would gather that if a soft hammer, like rawhide, is used on a planishing surface with such a large radius, what might end up happening is that the blows are pinching too much area at one time a...

taltosh

Using a rivet set tool in a hardy hole or in a vise, whichever one works best for you, will help. Barring that alternative, you could try peining your rivets on a very hard wood block, that way the rivet head won't deform but you will still be able to pein it. You could also pein your rivets with th...

taltosh

Holy S#$% dude, that's one sweet kicka$$ helm! And no, you don't need to add the ? at the end of the URL, at least I didn't need to.

Once again, that helm looks SWEET!!!

taltosh

I make simple pouches using horse hide, usually from the rump area. The Heritan store (formerly Tandy Canada) has frequent sales on horse butt leather for about 2.50$ canadian (about 1.65$ us) per square foot. What are you going to be using this for? Maybe I can keep an eye open next time I'm out sh...

taltosh

My tested and true method for coif tops with expansion rings is a factor of 6 with expansion on every row until it matches the number of rings to fit your brow. I've used it with 1/4", 5/16" and 3/8" rings and ever the same result, a smooth coif top, no visible seaming effects and no huge top ring f...

taltosh

If you wanted I could cut out those pieces you need out of the 12 oz veg tan I mentionned and mail those out to you.

Contact me on e-mail if interested.

Cheers

Chris

taltosh

Terminus, what size and application do you need the vambrace for? I have the unbuckled pieces for vambraces I made Raibeart a while ago, the first set did not fit so I had him send them back so I could make a second pair. The leather is 12 oz vegetable tanned (thick stuff) and allready cut to shape,...

taltosh

As a matter of fact, I have one oxy tank bottom left, allready cut and with a few passes with a flap disk. needs a bottom plate, which I can suppply, and the rest of the cleaning up, filling and grinding the letters, etc. 4" thick, off a 9" cillinder with a dish appr. 6-7" wide 1 1 1/2" deep. E-mail...

taltosh

Now I know what to do with the one ball pein I never use and the great big box of railroad spikes I picked up last week while walking the tracks.

taltosh

Tonight at 780 312-2376 or tomorrow during the day at 780 312-0623

I am traveling to P.A. for work and will be staying overnight. I have some details regarding our sept 14th event you might be interrested in and it would be nice to meet a fellow archiver while I'm in town.

Cheers

Chris Arel

taltosh

www.kkart.cz perhaps?

Cheers

Chris

taltosh

Anyone know what happened to it? I'm getting a bunch of 404's when I try to view.

Has it been mirrored anywhere by anyone? I need to reference some pictures of his 14ct. hourglass gaunt as well as his pics of authentic armour.

Anyone?

taltosh

From my learning experience with leather suspension liners, if you trim your rivets properly and pein them clean they should not interfere while worn. Besides, a slightly padded arming cap also help a touch.

my .02$

Cheers

taltosh

Call me crazy but I always thought the segmented breastplate wasn't articulated. Does anyone have inside pics of the churburg (13 or 14?) It's dawning on me that it's not a solid breastplate after all, or am I way off base on that one?

taltosh

I still have one oxy tank form waiting for a good home. It's in unfinished shape, needs to be welded to a baseplate (shipped with the form) and the inside of the dish needs to be polished and the letters filled with a welding bead.

Contact me if interested.

Chris

taltosh

Wulfgar, are your leather helms on sale at White Knight by any chance? I saw a spectacled spangenhelm there and was curious who was the maker.

taltosh

hehehe, especially when Taltosh has been Sans-Computer for the last week due to unforeseen hardware failures and general "Winblows Sucks" Issues (with the proper british pronunciation isssssssssuez, not ishuz http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ) Basicaly I had to reformat my old C drive, move...

taltosh

p.s. How did you like acting as man at arms at the Edmonton Tournament? So far the feedback is very positive from everyone and looks like the 2003 one is shaping up to be even better.

Cheers
Chris

taltosh

Michael I made my spaulders from one of the patterns here. If you'll recall, I was the one in armour at the Scouts event. You're near by and if you need a hand or the use of my dishing stump or dishing forms you're welcome to them. Spaulders are a very good starter project since you'll be working wi...

taltosh

Sarnac I fail to see where, in this post, I made the claim that these belts are period. As far as I know, hockey gloves aren't period either but that doesn't stop them from being used in the game you are proud enough to lead with a crown on your brow. I do not recall any objections from you when the...

getting one step closer

toner transfer system? anyone ever use it to etch brass?

Plans for Medieval Stocks

Brodir, give me a call

What happened to Master Cad's website?