The Armour Archive

Tom B.

Thanks, I have my fingers crossed.

Tom

Tom B.

These copy vise grips may work!

I may by a couple of things tomorrow and see what I can get to work.

Tom

Tom B.

Something like this that I could modify would be great. I am not sure if they will close enough to set the rivet if I grind flats in the jaws to drill the rivet sets in. I also would have to shorted the handles so the overall length is 7" or less. If I don't find a solution in time for this tri...

Tom B.

Not sure how well the 7" pliers are going to work. Does not seem to be enough leverage. I still have a couple of days to find something that works. I hope to find something with compound leverage that I can adapt without too much work. I probably can at least pack my stuff in my checked bag and...

Tom B.

Mac wrote:I have never trusted the ones in the Royal Armouries. In particular, the stakes that Patrick T has shown us a pic of in his second post. They look very 19th century to me. Indeed, I own some that are identical. They came from France, by way of Kenneth Lynch.

Mac

Do you mean his 3rd post?

Tom B.

Mac, Could you elaborate on how the two ends are supposed to meet up under the flap? I had imagined that they only met up at the belt and there would be a gap below maybe spanned by points, much like my wool hose. Then this would all be covered by the flap. It does not look that way in your photos a...

Tom B.

You are not planning on doing this to me next week are you?

I should be giveing you a call when I arrive in HK next Thursday night.

Tom

Tom B.

Mac,

Thanks for your help once again.

Tom

Tom B.

Tom B.

That looks uncomfortable...imagine the impression of rings on your buttocks if you sit a while, or on a horse. I imagine that they'd have some sort of barrier between your unmentionables and the maille...plus I was led to believe that groin shots were a no-no and even then, a plastic cup would serv...

Tom B.

Well Castle Rock Museum can't be as bad as House on the Rock's armor "collection". House on the Rock would have put an Indian importer to shame. I think I may have misspoken about the collection being discussed in threads here and on the AAF. I can't find the threads. Unless they both wer...

Tom B.

I need some loose 6mm flat round rivet rings to complete a project.
My need is less than 1/2 the rings Icefalcon sells as a half bag.
The full bag is a better deal $ per ring but is way over kill for my needs.

Anyone want to split an order or have some loose rings to sell?

Thanks,
Tom

Tom B.

I have always liked the extra hand protection on the Rene sword (tent like thing on the cross guard). This would provide some extra protection for the hand especially the thumb. Tom Do you know anyone who makes a hilt like that? I need to either make or buy 2 for myself. Sean I would just make it o...

Tom B.

Since I have discovered that TSA regulations will allow me to work on riveted mail in flight (see this thread) , I am bring back some long shelved projects. A while back I acquired an extra 6mm riveted round ring fauld from Icefalcon in the hopes of transforming it into a pair of braies d' acier (ma...

Tom B.

I don't know if this is necrothread is still relevant, but I've come across this article about the center of percussion mentioned earlier in this thread: http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/GTA/motions_and_impacts.htm That explains a lot about the physics behind the sword impact. It also entails a sim...

Tom B.

I have had good results with plastidip on thrusting tips. I learned about using it from Aveloc at Pennsic many years ago. He had some polearms, axes, & maces that looked great. It works great for squishy stuff but in my experience it dies a quick death on harder weapons. Aveloc even had mixed up...

Tom B.

I'm also a regular watcher of Sunday Morning, and a few years ago Bill Geist did a segment on Gulf Wars that - overall - wasn't bad. I also saw the Gulf Wars segment when it originally aired. I agree it is probably hard to do TV segment geared at mainstream viewers without some humor. I think it ma...

Tom B.

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Tom B.

Original Post removed due to possibly incorrect comment due to misremembering the museum name.

Replaced with these links to info about the Castle Rock Museum

Newspaper article 1
Newspaper article 2
Newspaper article 3
Some photos

Tom B.

We DVR Sunday morning every week. Looking forward to it. My only concern is that Mr. Geist is their oddball / comedy interview guy. Who else would they send out to interview a bunch of nut jobs jousting? Sometimes his segments have more ridicule than I would like. Here's hoping you guys get a fair s...

Tom B.

Looks good, see you guys next week.

Tom

Tom B.

I would recommend that you plan out and construct whatever you intend to wear the mail over. this will tell you for sure how long the collar strop has to be. That measurement drives all the other work, since it must fit onto the collar. Mac That was my guess. Unfortunately I will not be able to get...

Tom B.

Tom, Here are some diagrams that I hope will convey enough information about the structure of the standard. The first shows it as if it were reduced to its component parts. The ring counts are approximate....mail is never accurate to the last ring. The last is a perspective view. It shows the cape ...

Tom B.

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:Away from the shop climbing water tanks....

Take care with that knee.

Tom

Tom B.

I have always liked the extra hand protection on the Rene sword (tent like thing on the cross guard).
This would provide some extra protection for the hand especially the thumb.

Tom

Tom B.

Mac wrote:I'll try to sketch something up later today.

Could you give a little more detail on the spring steel dog collar?
Would this simply be two rectangles bent, hinged, and latched or should it be more complicated?
Perhaps a curved shape like the better leather dog collar SCA gorgets?

Thanks,
Tom

Tom B.

If anyone is interested, I can sketch out the pattern, either in general, or with ring counts. Mac I would be very grateful. Ring counts would be most helpful. What do you think of my idea to do the collar out of Andre's 6mm flat and the cape out of his 6mm round? I have not seen these links side b...

Tom B.

Looks like pilers 7" or less in length are OK.

TSA: Prohibited Items List

Looks like I am going out to buy some pliers today.

Tom

Tom B.

The pliers are the only funny thing and I bet you could check with them beforehand on that. I definitely would have to make another set of pliers to even try it. My current set I made from a large set of harbor freight fencing pilers. I may just go out today and try to find the smallest most innocu...

Tom B.

M.Suprovich wrote:SALE PRICE for gothic breastplate!!!

170$ include shipping

Too bad it is too small.

Tom

Tom B.

It was a band of mail around the collar sewn to a padded band and a flaired skirt. Yes, it was for a kid so it has even less mail than a full sized one, but even full sized it isn't that big. I think that the extra work (not that much actually - re-cutting things is annoying. Making it from scratch...

Tom B.

As my late 15th century kit gets better and more complete one of the items still needing improvement is my standard. I have looked quite a bit for a source for a better riveted mail standard without success. It seems all that are commercially available are made from three trapezoids of mail and do n...

Tom B.

I think these are usually called steady rests and are commonly used for Turing long thin spindles. I also have seen some made from plywood and roller blade wheels. Tom Tom, Good catch. I couldn't remember the name. The ones I am most familiar with are attached to the head of a machine lathe and tra...

Tom B.

I love the detail in that series of pouches. Can I ask how large that pouch is? I have a similar pouch that I love but it barely holds my cell-phone plus some cash. That's plenty for around Pennsic (when I leave the cell behind) but at most events I would like to keep my full wallet, keys and cell-...

Tom B.

Too bad about the lathe. I would think a follower or support wheel would help but maybe that can only be done on metal lathes. I think these are usually called steady rests and are commonly used for Turing long thin spindles. A quick search for Windsor chairs lead me to this page . I also have seen...

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