The Armour Archive

Adamo

That is a pretty good deal.
And a pretty helm.

Adam

Adamo

Conrad the Mad wrote:ANYWAY I am thinking I can carry in my armour box a few cans of wd-40 and hose the stuff down after each use

That would likely ruin the leather strapping.

Adamo

Hmm...well if Carlos can pass as a crusader helm, it'll probably be easier than trying to make the spangen kit look distinctly Norman.

If it's not too late I'd like to change my order to a Frankenhelm kit.
What size bits did you use to make the dogbone breaths?

Adam

Adamo

Ashcraft Baker sells them for $15 each I think.
Adam

Adamo

I'm in for one of the SCA spangen kits.
Adam

P.S.- What sort of period might the Carlos helm be appropriate for? That might affect my choice.

Adamo

Adamo

lol I'm put under for a few hours and the Archive decides to delete my thread!
Halberds, did we hit the 6 kit mark yet for the spangen kit?
I can re-start the thread later if need be.
I would really like to purchase that. I think it would look awesome with a spiffed-up cross.

Adam

Adamo

Not to derail, but is there another LI practice besides Islip? And what's the schedule for the Islip one?
Adamo

Adamo

I had noticed that the leather was easier to cut along one side of the vambraces, but I hadn't really thought that it would make them softer. They've gotten a little stiffer, but I still might pad them or splint them, I guess I'll wear them a few times and see how it goes. They were dyed with Tandy ...

Adamo

Here goes: The leather first needed to be soaked. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/skywlker85/soaking.jpg Then, as one might imagine, it needed to dry a bit. You can see the tools used to edge the leather. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/skywlker85/drying.jpg Next came the dye job. Appa...

Adamo

I've gotten two helms through him, one as recently as a month ago. Highly recommended.
Adam

Adamo

Yeah I'll try and remember to take more progress pics, rather than less.
This just occurred to me though, when I take the (mostly dry) leather out of the oven to put on the glue, so I just paint on a single layer and stick it back in the oven?
Adam

Adamo

Alright after a consultation with Jeffrey the Younger the patterns have been re-done and the leather cut. Now i'm up to this: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/skywlker85/allpatterns.jpg The plan is to soak it tomorrow night, take it out around 8 am, go to work on it at around 4 pm in this orde...

Adamo

Thanks for the tips, I didn't realize that the leather would get so hard that I would need to hinge it. Also the picture really helps with the articulation, now I'm thinking I'll leave the vambrace longer, keep it inside the cop, and use a single central strap to hold it in. Audax, I'm using 13-15 o...

Adamo

Ok, so I have the leather and the cops, some rudimentary patterns, and an idea of how I want to harden it. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/skywlker85/armormess2.jpg So now my questions are about how I've messed up the pattern for the vambrace. The greaves one I'm happy with, but i'm unsure of...

Adamo

Ok...if I'm going to harden the leather by wetting it, forming it and drying it in the oven, is it necessary to use the armor bend leather, or will 13-15 oz saddle skirting be sufficient?
Adam

Adamo

Is the question you're asking related to where to attach the elbow cops ? Sorry, but I'm just not following.... Pretty much. Sorry about the confusion, but looking at the pic I posted, should the single strap attaching the cop to the vambrace be at the bottom edge of number 1 or the bottom edge of ...

Adamo

I think it is better to have the opening of the vambraces on the inside of the arm. I'm not sure if this answers your question. As far as attaching them to the cops, one strap down center will be less cumbersome. I think it's hard to do this in words. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by the insi...

Adamo

So it looks like I'm going to be putting together a simple set of leather vambraces with fanless cops and probably buying a set of splinted legs and making my own greaves (or getting them made locally). My questions are: On the vambraces, I'm planning to do some wet-forming, hopefully heating it to ...

Adamo

I've held one of those tips in the picture (or at least something that looks remarkably alike) and I don't recall it squishing enough to be used as a thrusting tip.
Something made in its image specifically for a SCA spear though....that could be cool.
Adam

Adamo

I'd be interested in a small.
Adam

Adamo

PS: You used acceleration due to the force of gravity...you need to know the acceleration generated by the person throwing the blow... Yeah I know....I was thinking just to get a number, assuming that you are holding the mace at the end in one hand and just kind of let it "fall" onto your...

Adamo

Getting hit in the shoulders and the hip hurts most for me. Though I guess I'm hit in the head and left leg the most. I think the longest-hurting shot I ever took was to the left leg, through the armor. Today at practice I fought with polearm and then a round shield for fun, and my left hip accumula...

Adamo

I have another one, while everybody's at it. Given the same input, which hits harder a) .5 mass at the end of a 1m lever arm? b) 1 mass at the end of a .5 lever arm? Serious question, goes into analyzing historical mace designs. Mind you I'm a student, not a professor, but here goes: Torque=(distan...

Adamo

If we consider all other variables to be the same (force of blow, length of blade, movement of target, etc.) how much harder will 1-1/2" ball = 8oz on the tip of a 3' sword hit when compared to a 1" ball = 2.37oz on the tip of a 3' sword? Hmmm....these are what came to mind. Which is most...

Adamo

Sinclair Hawkins wrote:Did this work for you??? The shaving down the handle and then building it back up with hardwood?

I just need to get my hands on the washers and then I'm set to put one together this way. I'm hoping in the next few weeks. I'll post pictures of the results.
Adam

Adamo

But I was practicingthe "wrap shot". And I got to noticing that this wrap shot could potentially hit me. So I started wrapping my self, and I just built up from slow taps. I tested some other places too. But I kept it to legal SCA targets. I'm basically hoping that this is a good way to p...

Adamo

We have filmed the treb working and can see quite a flex in the arm. We figured hard wood would have no flex in it and as such would snap when it came to a stop. Do you have footage of the failure? Also I suppose that where your trebuchet "brakes" at the end of the throw matters. One poss...

Adamo

If I'm understanding you correctly you have a "traction" trebuchet. I don't know why though you'd want the arm to be flexible. Any reasonably strong wood should work, depending on construction techniques, any hardwood would be fine. On my last one (5.5' axle height, 10' tall at tip of arm)...

Adamo

My experience is similar to Baron Alejandro's. The thumbs on my gauntlets are solidly attatched to the gauntlet (rivets, not a leather strap) and have an enclosed tip. I hold onto my polearm with my thumb over my fingers and I haven't had an issue.
So yes, such gauntlets do exist.
Adam

Adamo

Oswyn_de_Wulferton wrote:There is documentation in the Maciejowski Bible. There is someone sitting on the ground, pulling on white quilted leggings, over green hose (to help narrow it down a bit).

Yup.

Adamo

Double post.

Adamo

Draw knives work wonders, if you can get one. You could probably do it with even just a swiss army knife though. If you have the patience, files work too. At some point I read something on the 'net which recommended sawing down to the depth you want to remove above and below your hand on the grip, t...

Adamo

I have a barrel top shield sitting in the garage. It was given to me used, as a trainer shield, and at some point in its life it was beaten badly enough that it's no longer the proper shape. I don't know if that was from fighting or being run over though. Keep in mind that I normally use a heater, b...

Adamo

Mad Matt wrote:Also been meaning to do properly shaped greaves (better calf shape) they'll be about $80 (guessing). If you told me you wanted em it'd light a fire under my butt on those.

Would that be the sort of thing offered in stainless or mild?
Adam

Re: best rust prevention????

If I stare at it long enough will it turn into armor?-it did

Re-doing kit...leather question

Re-doing kit--new leather question!

Re: Looking for someone who can answer this physics question