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Tom B.

Many thanks Christian for all of those image

Tom B.

An earlier thread by Ernst
Mail Bevor Suspension?

Tom B.

I have created a new thread for discussion of mail bevors:

Researching Mail Bevors

Tom B.

I have created a new thread for discussion of mail bevors:

Researching Mail Bevors

Tom B.

I will be adding those examples shown in the first Thun Sketchbook shorthly. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dDXMOkP0fGM/U6F6xOF4DeI/AAAAAAAAMDE/z2KyCRrxEc0/s800/Image%2520%252316.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-M0jZNEtDsqE/U6F6wowiWKI/AAAAAAAAMC4/kBud-nJ4bSs/s800/Image%2520%252316%2520det...

Tom B.

I think that I have patterns for a couple of different standards figured out, will have a nice pizan done soon, so my next project to conquer is a mail bevor. I am collecting images of extant examples and those in art on this Pinterest board. Please point me to others: https://www.pinterest.com/tbil...

Tom B.

Haven't we talked about this before?
I vaguely recall discussing the "eye" on the knuckle.

Tom B.

A question for anyone reading along: the usual method of closing cuisses and greaves is to hinge the outside and buckle to the inside, yes? However, I seem to recall a conversation on here a few months ago that had manuscript images of the cuisses being buckled on the outside. This is the thread (w...

Tom B.

I think that Mark at Clang Armoury is responsible for the arbor press mail tools
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Tom B.

What about bifurcated gloves?

Tom B.

Sorry I don't have any more information other than the picture. I got it from the same source that Talbot posted in this thread. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=75312 This is how they have it displayed. Tom Holy Poop... THERE is where that helmet is (the one on the far right)...

Tom B.

Is anyone aware of any extant polearms that had customizable / replaceable bits? For example, a setup where you might remove the warhammer head of a bec-de-corbin and replace it with an axe head (using a rivet or something) to create a classic poleaxe? Or replacing the back-spike with a hammer head...

Tom B.

Tom, Unfortunately they don't have them all photographed. Take your pick from the list I compiled in the tailoring thread, though MET 14.25.1541a–c looks like a good candidate. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=163811&p=2487391&hilit=met+sleeves#p2487391 I guess we should h...

Tom B.

I wish there were more info available, especially about item #6 The "extra pieces guarding the shoulders and armpits" look like the sleeves that have been the main topic of our discussion in this thread. I would like to know what the "shirt under it looks like. Is it a sleeveless vest like item #4 o...

Tom B.

Last slot filled.

I will make a new post when the queue is cleared a bit.

Tom B.

I have added some options on my 6mm mail standards. I now have 3 possible variations: 1. My standard Standard :wink: for $200 + shipping The entire standard is made from the same style rings 6mm rings (50% round riveted rings & 50% punched rings) I will be making some of these in the next few weeks ...

Tom B.

Speaking of rolling, I'm still curious about the roll technique Scott mentioned. I'm sure that I'm not the only one looking forward to seeing the finished product (rolled edges and all) - I'd suggest that you use Mac's "cheat" for rolled edges on these since they need to be *really* tight: he hamme...

Tom B.

Larger copy of the the Inventario drawing.

Tom B.

Galileo, The guy in the background is wearing neck protection that seems like it is specific to that sort of helmet. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c4/4a/54/c44a545ec05620fb1b3d34c997fb6061.jpg Higher resolution images can be seen here: http://www.artita.ru/dat/g/giorgione/18.jpg and her...

Tom B.

Muzeo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. Inventory number - s1635 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SGjBYQLjNgc/Va_hRUG1fZI/AAAAAAACG_s/oqszIdLbp4o/s800-Ic42/sallet1.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hM6LN7w0KlE/Va_hRVdEjiI/AAAAAAACG_0/sfZjIl7jBzc/s800-Ic42/sallet2.jpg https://lh3.googleuserc...

Tom B.

I am interested but still a bit confused as to exactly what you have and how much of each? Could you please list everything you have again, stating how much you have and its current state? For example something like this: 6mm round rings mild steel with blackened finish 10 lbs (unmixed) pin rivets f...

Tom B.

But what about A 58, the other 'Sigmund gothic', also made by Lorenz H.? Wien does have quite a lot of parts that could be arranged in several plausible ways. These are very good questions. I also would like to learn about his source for the idea of protogarniture and how he ties back to the Thun i...

Tom B.

My interest in this thread has been rekindled due to some of the info we are talking about in this other thread A62, made for Archduke Sigismund or Emperor Maximilian? It seems that Matthias Pfaffenbichler, as well as others, think that the A62 harness may in fact be part of a protogarniture (thanks...

Tom B.

On what I think is a very interesting side note, have you guys taken a look at Peter Johnsson, the sword smith's, blog? Here is the post I am specifically thinking of: Higher Understanding and Deeper Reckoning: Geometry in Medieval design Also here are some of his videos showing his ideas on geometr...

Tom B.

Here is a some more 36 Die Politik Kaiser Maximilians I. (1459-1519) Kat.-Nr. 1.7 Reste einer Harnischgarnitur von Maximilian 1. (1459-1519) Lorenz Helmschmid, Augsburg, um 1485 Eisen, Messing, Leder, H. 65 cm, B. 39 cm, T. 41 cm (Brust, Rücken, Bart) Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Hofjagd-und Rüstk...

Tom B.

While rereading Dr. Terjanian's article I noticed that he says "which seems to be a grandguard" in reference to the item in image #44. In a footnote he goes on to say "This Piece compares closely in form and shading to the grandguard at the top right of folio n66r (image 81)." Here are zoomed in pic...

Tom B.

James, there is no copy of the original Armentarium Heroicum in my city. Do you mean plate XXV (SIGISMVNDVS Archdux Austriae) from the 1735 edition? There is an online facsimile at http://dfg-viewer.de/show/?id=8071&tx_dlf[id]=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de%2Fitems%2FQ4CI2W4LKX4TN...

Tom B.

Even more intriging than who the original owner was is the notion that it was perhaps a garnature :shock: I made my best guess at the relevant images from the First Thun Sketchbook and attached them a few posts above. I am not sure how he came up with the 58 pc count. This kind of ties in with this ...

Tom B.

Some of the images from the Thun Sketchbooks that possibly represent part of the ganrature that A62 was part of: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rt_diI5hs-Q/U2qeWg5psUI/AAAAAAAAK8E/8aiBwAB2pwM/s800-Ic42/TS%25252044.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HcMAEFfwXaQ/UvADhd-cU2I/AAAAAAACEYE/97AjikE...

Tom B.

More from The Ritterturiner Book that came out from the Schaffhausen Museum last year. 98) Vollständiger Küriss für das Rennen zu Pferd mit scharfer Lanze. Lorenz Helmschmid, Augsburg, um 1484. Zum Rennen gehört die Schaller mit halbem Visier. Der Reiterharnisch bildet einen wesentlichen Rest der Gr...

Tom B.

Another from The Ritterturiner Book that came out from the Schaffhausen Museum last year. Stil und Ikonographie Form und Verzierung von Plattnerarbei-ten unterlagen den allgemeinen modi-schen Strömungen. Nördlich der Alpen waren in spätgotischer Zeit Rüstungen fi-gurbetont gestaltet und von spitzen ...

Tom B.

Another few bits from The Ritterturiner Book that came out from the Schaffhausen Museum last year. 88) Prunkharnisch. Lorenz Helmschmid, Augsburg, um 1484 (s.a. Abb. 98 und 116). Der vollständig erhaltene Harnisch ist eine der prunkvollsten Plattnerarbeiten der deutschen Spätgotik. Er wurde wohl für...

Tom B.

check out this thread

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=52942&hilit=+shoulder

Tom B.

Here are some of the photos I took at the RA in 2007
Henry VIII Foot Armour

Seems like there should be quite a few more, if I find them I will add them to the album.

Tom B.

It's true. The surviving ones are all pretty tightly grouped in time. On the other hand, the idea seems to go back further. There's that Gothic armored statue of St Georg in Nuremberg which we discussed on the Armsandarmourforum http://www.armsandarmourforum.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1355-saints-i...

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