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by Tom B.
Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:08 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 3 in 1 dismountable SCA armor set based on XIV cent. legs
Replies: 12
Views: 788

Ok so suggestion number one. The pins that hold things together are not SCA legal because they're too long of a projection. I'd suggest putting a slot instead of a round hole and putting an oval end on the pin which means you have to rotate the piece 90 degrees to take them apart. So they won't com...
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:28 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Local guy selling nice Maciejowski helmet.
Replies: 29
Views: 2984

The top one is super sweet in person. THe pictures do not do it justice.
You will not find another hat like this for under $1000.

Tom
by Tom B.
Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:46 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: John Clements and the SCA
Replies: 445
Views: 18852

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQGTyolEuBA Watch the tatami bounce away from the sword blow and into the rubber tires! Its like a cutting board backing up the cut. I'd believe it if he were cutting the tatami in open air like any other cutting exercise. Tatami test cutting doesn't require "bac...
by Tom B.
Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:43 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Guess what I just found...
Replies: 29
Views: 1164

What's up with his thighs? Good question! The leg armour seems NOT to be symmetrical with itself (i.e., the left and right legs don't appear to mirror each other.). It may have to do with the way he's kneeling, but that wouldn't entirely explain the apparent anomoly of design. I think he is talking...
by Tom B.
Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:26 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Help with hammer for inside helmets
Replies: 17
Views: 462

Try this thread

tom
by Tom B.
Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:37 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Bascinets GOLORE
Replies: 27
Views: 1800

As I am sure most of you know, one should take care with this group of photos. Some are labeled incorrectly and there are some fakes and reproductions mixed in. Tom Specifically the last few, right? I am far from an expert but here are some of the ones that jumped out at me. This visor? Dean's Mod ...
by Tom B.
Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:07 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Can some one ID this breast plate?
Replies: 8
Views: 457

Found the same breastplate shown in the Churburg reprint.
by Tom B.
Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:15 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Bascinets GOLORE
Replies: 27
Views: 1800

As I am sure most of you know, one should take care with this group of photos. Some are labeled incorrectly and there are some fakes and reproductions mixed in.

Tom
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:23 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Tonight-National Geographic Fechtbook
Replies: 37
Views: 1326

Donal Mac Ruiseart wrote:What time??


10 PM Eastern
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:23 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Need help IDing an old helm
Replies: 12
Views: 763

I agree it look like a Windrose.

Tom
by Tom B.
Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:34 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Movies to watch for accuracy
Replies: 54
Views: 2064

InsaneIrish wrote:Oddly enough the armour in Army of Darkness (the humans, not the evil guys) is pretty good.

Didn't Jeffery Hedgecock do some of that armour?If so thats why it looked good.

Tom
by Tom B.
Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:43 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Video Camera for Filming Combat
Replies: 25
Views: 959

Jean Paul de Sens wrote:Thanks for all the help. Just placed an order for a EX-FH25 with camera bag, 16 GB SD card, batteries, charger, and tabletop tripod all for $305.

JP


Well done, you will not be sorry.
by Tom B.
Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:16 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Video Camera for Filming Combat
Replies: 25
Views: 959

I have the EX-F1 pro and you can see results on my youtube page (DkGaston) For high speed no other camera company even comes close! Gaston I found my EX-F1 in Hong Kong last year. I got a really good deal on it since it is not a current model. Gaston is right, to do better you have to spend $1000s ...
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:14 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Kettle hat by St.Prosek
Replies: 4
Views: 672

Is it for sale?
If so how much and what is the size?

Tom
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:34 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Sorbothane
Replies: 14
Views: 713

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:So which of the three types are recommended for gauntlets?


With the Sorbothane I went with the lowest durometer.
I have never used the Shock-Tec stuff however, it looks like the Shocktec Gel is the closest to the Sorbothane.

You might contact Duke Gaston to see which one he used.

Tom
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:40 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Sorbothane
Replies: 14
Views: 713

took a while to find it but from an old thread... Sorbothane is a brand name of low durometer polyurethane and was the original "viscoelastic polymer" marketed. The shoc-tech from kemmler is also low durometer polyurethane and their prices are pretty good. For my finger gauntlets from Morg...
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:18 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Sorbothane
Replies: 14
Views: 713

Sean Powell wrote:funky chemistry... or a fluid.

Visco-elastic Polymer
http://www.sorbothane.com/material-properties.php
Youtube video

I have used it in gauntlets and helmets for years.
Mine came from Mcmaster Carr but other brands are available elsewhere much cheaper.

Tom
by Tom B.
Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Army Rank-and-File
Replies: 11
Views: 879

Here is the book you need Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages.

The author Cliff Rogers is a member of the archive.

Tom
by Tom B.
Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Vertical cut practice
Replies: 2
Views: 127

Looks like you are still at your old bulding.

Looks like fun.

Tom
by Tom B.
Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:26 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Inspire New Guys - the Interviews! KENWREC WULFE
Replies: 56
Views: 8893

Are those knees really copper? or are they something else that was somehow colored to look like copper? I am pretty sure those are spring steel. I seem to recall an old thread where Kenwrec show examples of different colors he was able to get with different tempering. Tom Edit - Found this thread
by Tom B.
Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:11 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: The set to messer by Stanislav Prosek
Replies: 2
Views: 336

Impressive as always!

Tom
by Tom B.
Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:10 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Can some one ID this breast plate?
Replies: 8
Views: 457

That is a really nice breastplate. It is certainly a high-end version of itself and James is probably right in attribution. I like its form. Just what it should be. This is exactly why I have been hanging on to these pictures of it. I will have a heat treated spring steel reproduction made in the n...
by Tom B.
Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:36 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Arm gussets on 15th century breast plates - construction?
Replies: 9
Views: 416

I think there was a nice set of pictures of one with a spring over on the AAF but it seems to have been lost in the hacker attack. :(

Tom
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:23 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Arm gussets on 15th century breast plates - construction?
Replies: 9
Views: 416

Most 15th c. breastplates don't have gussets at all - the roll is integral to the breastplate. You could solve the problem and do it that way. Iknow that the vast majority don't have the gussets. I was hoping that they were on sliding rivets like the 16th century examples. This could allow for slig...
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:31 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Arm gussets on 15th century breast plates - construction?
Replies: 9
Views: 416

Gussets on German 'gothic' breastplates typically have no sliding rivets. They just rock inward when pressure is put on them. It took awhile to come up with the sliding rivet design. How do they rock inward? On the 16th century example I attached it looks like the top is a sliding rivet and the bot...
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:37 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Arm gussets on 15th century breast plates - construction?
Replies: 9
Views: 416

Arm gussets on 15th century breast plates - construction?

Over in the Historical research forum I created a thread about a 15th century breast plate I am interested in. It has gusset around the arm openings. I was wondering if someone had some pictures showing the interior of such a breast plate. I have found a 16th century example (see attachment). I also...
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Can some one ID this breast plate?
Replies: 8
Views: 457

This looks to be the same breast plate with the lower lames removed, opinions?
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:42 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Can some one ID this breast plate?
Replies: 8
Views: 457

Found it!

City Museum of Munich.
Any further info would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:56 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Can some one ID this breast plate?
Replies: 8
Views: 457

Can some one ID this breast plate?

I had a hard drive crash and have lost much of my armour photo and information archive, including the details about this piece.
If possible I would like its location and inventory number. It is one of the pieces I am considering commissioning for reproduction.

Thanks,
Tom
by Tom B.
Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:19 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Burgundian army composition at the battle of Grandson
Replies: 8
Views: 275

Try these pages http://www.housedragonor.org/A&S/BattleGrandson.html http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/grandson.htm or better yet this book . Tom To quote Vaughan from the book linked to above page 374 (bolding mine) "How many men were engaged at Grandson on either side? In a fit of pique, C...
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:57 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Padding a helm..methods and preferences?
Replies: 29
Views: 1153

I'll second the Skydex pads from the .mil ACH, beats any of the foams I've tried by far. Is this an example what you gays are talking about? I currently have a quilted liner with a linen shell and cotton batting inside. I also have a ring of Sorbathane hidden above the liner around the brow. Tom
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:16 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Knives and Scabbards... other sources?
Replies: 11
Views: 376

How about Untersuchung zu mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Messern It is over 600 pages in German. the pdf is available in the link above. Abstract (ENG) Analysis of 1300 medieval and postmedieval knives from German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Baltic, Russian an Polish excarvations. The analysis i...
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:15 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Burgundian army composition at the battle of Grandson
Replies: 8
Views: 275

Try these pages
http://www.housedragonor.org/A&S/BattleGrandson.html
http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/grandson.htm

or better yet this book.

Tom
by Tom B.
Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:16 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Who is interested in riveted titanium maille?
Replies: 214
Views: 8877

More or less you are freezing it @ -300 degrees F. During this process the metal undergoes a transformation that is not completely understood yet but the end result is a stronger metal. Currently it's mostly used in the auto racing community - which is where I heard about it. It allows the engine t...
by Tom B.
Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:37 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Stainless gauntlets by Grettir the Slow SOLD
Replies: 41
Views: 1992

thomas penyngton wrote:Are you sure they're mild steel?


I am pretty sure these are Nissan's old mild pair that were recently replaced with the new spring set mentioned in the thread you linked to.

Tom

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