The Armour Archive

Tom B.

Here are the instructions you get when you buy a real beverly new. In general, clean, burr-free cuts can be made on a Benerly by setting the baldes 1/4 to 1/10th the thickness of the metal to be cut. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fmWD0uD6ndU/VRlPjAQNcMI/AAAAAAABHvI/Fkqb3Dc7ss4/w846-h536-no/Scre...

Tom B.

Late medieval bling-bling, A collection of decorated leather and metalbase mounts in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden

Tom B.

Armourkris wrote:but that's just the book, not the flash drive as well, right?

All of those should be new with the flash drive.
I used the ISBN from that edition.
You should of cousre double check the individual listing before buying.

Tom B.

Armourkris wrote:oh man, i want that so bad, but damn, it works out to nearly $400 Canadian with the shipping. I am doing 18 hours of overtime instead of having a weekend though....

It can be had from other sources for less money.
Bookfinder search
ABE Book seach

Tom B.

La brigantina Odescalchi. Note tecnologiche, manutenzioni e restauro (catalogo mostra: "Un vestito da battaglia. Una Brigantina del '500" - Palazzo Venezia, Roma)

Tom B.

Alan Williams - Bullet Dents in Armour Proof Marks or Battle Damage ABSTRACT- It is well known that the breastplates of many armours from the later 16thcentury and the 17thcentury bear the hemispherical dents generally known as proof marks. It has been taken as axiomatic that these marks were made ...

Tom B.

Mac It looks like the factors involved it this type of crack formation are "effective" carbon content, thickness, & hydrogen availability. These dictate how much preheat / postheat if any is needed. In your examples of the helmets and gauntlets the carbon content and hydrogen availibility should hav...

Tom B.

Thanks for posting the pictures. My understanding is that Toby had the policy changed. Photographs for non-commercial use are fine. They used to prohibit photography. Now you need to buy the book/memory stick that has well taken images of every piece taken apart. Yes, it costs ... money. But you wo...

Tom B.

--- the cuirasse needs to be enlarged This last item is the one I expected and dreaded. It's really too much to hope that a middle aged man will not gain some weight in six years. In this case that amounts to about three inches at the waist. Mac Well, it looks like your test fit stand in, Will, is ...

Tom B.

Xtracted wrote:It seems there are holes on the lower lames of the left knee as well. Would those hold some decorative maille or am I missing something?

Check out the image from the B1 harness above your post.
I can't think of a practical use for the mail below the knee.

Tom B.

-- clearly for some lining or cushion, where needed at the top of the instep. K, Those holes are for attaching the mail sabatons that 15th C Italians liked so much. http://www.plessisarmouries.co.uk/cuisses/images/cuisses_c1450-300.jpg Mac B1 harness from Mantua https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k...

Tom B.

Wow, for your first bit of armouring you are doing quiet well.

Keep up the good work and keep posting the photos.

Tom B.

The turned edges on the 'Sigmund' cannons are pretty much just folded over maybe 1/8" at most. In this image from Goll you can see both how short the lower cannons are and the turned edge. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JREznpCeVTY/VGVSrIVHGQI/AAAAAAAAaAc/B-ddhEzSMds/w416-h715-no/ref_arm_1074_0...

Tom B.

Armour of the English Knight 1400-50: PRE-ORDER IS OPEN! Dear Members, Some time ago I conducted a survey to determine the level of interest in publication of my research on armour design in England during the fifteenth century. I received a huge number of expressions of interest, which was profound...

Tom B.

Looking good!

Tom B.

Try this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDHDvnnK4nI I think its the same thing under a different name. There is also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDHDvnnK4nI The line drawings that Dr Capwell shows are mine. Mac I think you accidentally posted two links to the first video. Here is the sec...

Tom B.

If you watch the two videos, about Richard III's armour, Mac pointed you too in your other thread you will get your answer in detail. Note: Mac accidentally posted the same link twice, here are both links. Documentary featuring armour reconstruction Dr. Capwell's presentation featuring Mac's sketche...

Tom B.

Tom, Is that really true for the 15th century? I have not looked at this aspect of them in great detail though so I really am not sure one way or the other. Might have to take a look at that. All I can say is the assumption on hourglass gaunts seems overly optimistic to those I have seen. And that ...

Tom B.

Thanks Gerhard for clearly stating the point of these images. We need to gather as many images as we can showing similar construction, some of which may look more like metal armour and some which look to be leather. Most of the time we can not tell which items are leather armour and which items are ...

Tom B.

BL Latin 757, f. 76r, Italy, 1385-1390

Tom B.

Not sure I'd say very common as most of the hourglass guants that remain lack it but it is on enough of them we can say it was in use. I don't have time to post the pics or comment on their likely status real / fake but, take a look at Goll# 1266, 1279, & 2817. There are also others where you can s...

Tom B.

I assume the mail would be linked directly to the metal strip, but the row of holes has corroded away. I used to assume that as well, but lately, I am not so sure. If the holes were lost to rust, one would expect to see a remnant of them in the edge, but there seems to be no trace of them. I now th...

Tom B.

Looking through the late 15th century backplates in from Goll is only slightly easier than looking through the bascinets

There are some horrible fakes, some pretty good fakes, then there are the ones that might or might not be real.

Tom B.

Goll 3349 is yet another, albeit even worse than the others. Goll does call out this one as a reproduction. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cezKmg_iBR4/VGtygqgYJPI/AAAAAAAAqDo/1oh0EZir14s/w514-h800-no/ref_arm_3349_005.jpeg And another Goll #3402 this one is not called out by Goll either. https:/...

Tom B.

Ref_arm_4779here are two different backplates in this entry from Burg Kreuzenstein-Leobendorf. One is clearly Vic'y. The other one... I can't see anything wrong with it in the photos. The Vic'y one was clearly made in imitation of it, if very inexactly. The better item needs to be sussed out! It lo...

Tom B.

Ref_arm_4779here are two different backplates in this entry from Burg Kreuzenstein-Leobendorf. One is clearly Vic'y. The other one... I can't see anything wrong with it in the photos. The Vic'y one was clearly made in imitation of it, if very inexactly. The better item needs to be sussed out! It lo...

Tom B.

Mac wrote:
Some better images of the buckles (if that they be) would help.

Those are the best I could dig up as well

Tom B.

Here is another interesting one, this time in stained glass. I am not sure what the original coloring of the arm and leg armour was, it appears to have faded / flaked off. ca. 1350 - 'a lord as donor', Northern France or Southern Netherlands, Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, Be...

Tom B.

Any guess on the time frame the effigy is from?
Also a guess on how long ago the post was from?
Any idea what the subject of the thread was?

I have a very vague recollection of the pics but have not been able to turn them up with a search.

Tom B.

Then there are of course these guys, some of my favorites: ca. 1340-1345 - 'soldiers at the Holy Sepulchre', Cathédrale, Strasbourg, Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France https://www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/1634883387/in/set-72157602508791796 Make sure to look through them all there...

Tom B.

Take a look at these greaves ca. 1351 - 'Hartrad von Schönecken (+1351)', Abbey Church of St. Matthias, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany more pictures available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/2710106448/in/album-72157602468647900/ https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sanrC9zjZqU/VQwqki...

Tom B.

Horae ad usum Parisiensem , dites Heures de Charles VIII 1475-1500 Click to open the high resolution manuscript page http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8453974s/f435.medres This looks like an angel with golden armour. The only thing that might be leather is his shield. While the Archangel Michae...

Tom B.

Have you thought of attaching the mail with a metal strip, like on this example from the Met? I think that would be a really neat way to do it and one that is very rarely reproduced. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2Lf333rb110/VHlBrMSvGGI/AAAAAAABC3w/Tuup1bm5J6A/w800-h547-no/ref_arm_2128_000.jpeg...

Tom B.

First off: Daaaayyyummmm!!! Second off. Tom on your Pinterest page you mentioned that there are some fakes mixed in. Before I dive into this (just downloaded it), are there labels or other indications as to which pieces are fake and which are legitimate? I am afraid there are no lables other than t...

Tom B.

Here is the article Notes from Analysis of 14th Century Visor At the Museo Stibbert, Florence by Marco Signorini Yes, if you need drop me a PM with your email, I will forward a PDF with my recon of this item. Actually this is of public domain, and I think it can be stored somewhere on the AA databas...

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Academia.edu-Late Medieval Bling-bling

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Academia.edu- Brigandine article

Academia.edu article - Williams - Bullet Dents in Armour

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Re: Cuirass Arm/Neck cutout advise...?

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Armour of the English Knight 1400-50: PRE-ORDER IS OPEN!

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Re: Goll's Thesis topic #3: Controversial or Suspicious Item

Re: Leather armour in art? (brown with metal strips & rivets

Re: Leather armour in art? (brown with metal strips & rivets

Re: Goll's Thesis topic #3: Controversial or Suspicious Item

Re: Forming a late bascinet, Wallace A74

Re: Goll's Thesis topic #3: Controversial or Suspicious Item

Re: Goll's Thesis topic #3: Controversial or Suspicious Item

Re: Goll's Thesis topic #3: Controversial or Suspicious Item

Re: Goll's Thesis topic #3: Controversial or Suspicious Item

Re: Buckles holding maille arms tight?

Re: Leather armour in art? (brown with metal strips & rivets

Re: Buckles holding maille arms tight?

Re: Leather armour in art? (brown with metal strips & rivets

Re: Leather armour in art? (brown with metal strips & rivets

Re: Leather armour in art? (brown with metal strips & rivets

Re: Forming a late bascinet, Wallace A74

Re: PDH thesis armour production (photo download links added

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