The Armour Archive

woodwose

The best thing I have found, that Losthelm suggested is to get everything out, decide what you really NEED, then pare it down until you have just what you NEED (food, clothing, shelter, armour). Creature comforts come next. After that, whatever you have room for. yeah, what they said... also, if th...

woodwose

Good Master Woodwose is one to listen to about fitting lots of gear in a small place. How big is that tent you had at GNE Matt? Had all of his stuff, his armor, his wife, AND a St. Bernard. actually, the armor, being steel and somewhat easy to care for, stays outside on an old wool bedroll and unde...

woodwose

I'm also curious about shipping for the b2, to 04401 and 04429.

woodwose

So much I'd like to reply to here, but resisting the urge to do so until I have means other than my phone's tiny virtual keyboard... if late period or just outside sca period is of interest, then for accounts of traveling I recommend Johann Dietz (sp?) "Memoirs of a Mercenary" and perhaps "The Writi...

woodwose

I like your 2-handed rapier. or do you call it an estoc, or an SCA-rapierified longsword? Do you try to imitate any specific style with it? I call it an estoc. Its a 45" darkwood rapier blade, and I made the hilt. I haven't seen anything of how an estoc would have been used, so I kind of default ba...

woodwose

...and on most weekdays I would not have been overly bothered by this guy not showing up to the appointment he made with me, because I'd probably be out working in the shop anyways - but this was a day when I had worked 10pm to 9am and didn't get home until 11am, and he was supposed to show up at 1p...

woodwose

Yeah, the white backdrop looks really nice; though I'm less impressed with the photographer/reporter guy misspelling my name, my wife's name, misquoting, misinformation (my interest in metalworking did not start with making a mail turtle), that he completely blew off (without calling) the first appo...

woodwose

Not my best experience with the media, but at least I (being a medievalist from Maine) didn't threaten anyone with an axe.
http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/so ... -to-maine/

woodwose

A bit of a different style hammer of that sort, but same style of head... I found this thing laying in the road out in the middle of nowhere one morning so I picked out up. I ground both faces so I have a large side for raising and a similarly rounded smaller side for getting into tight spots. The b...

woodwose

the shape of the face is pretty important, the brickhammer shown above is not really what your looking for. Could you please elaborate on this a bit more? Calling that a brick hammer seems about as accurate as still calling a claw hammer a claw hammer after grinding off the claw... I would not do b...

woodwose

Not really new, but the first pictures of some of this that I've had a chance to get... but really I wanted pictures of an orthopedic device I made a while back. Given my tendency at events to wear low shoes with no ankle support, I thought it might be nice to have something like this in case of a f...

woodwose

Very nice!! Looks like an awful lot of work.....hope you are getting something good in return. :wink: I enjoy the sort of meditative repetition of making mail, and like the results, so I'd call it a rather pleasant lot of work, rather than an awful lot; and definitely getting something good in retu...

woodwose

If kaOz ends up not taking it then I sure could make use of it...
if KaOz does get it, then hey K, do you do or have much experience with wood turning? I've been wanting to get some wooden lasts made so I can make leather cases for some historical glassware.

woodwose

Those look nice... I made one of those a few years ago, i still have it and just decided that it might serve me better if converted to a cooking pot

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woodwose

A little off topic, but I figured some here might find this interesting... and its something a bit different than folks here are used to seeing from me... http://mailmaker.tripod.com/tops/bikechaincorset34aa.jpg http://mailmaker.tripod.com/tops/bikechaincorsetsideaa.jpg http://mailmaker.tripod.com/t...

woodwose

Painting the inside is great for rust prevention, but rather annoying when you want to re-blacken the outside with heat and oil.

woodwose

That's some pretty intense fluting on those legs. Looking forward to seeing it complete and worn.

woodwose

Anyone have any tips or advise for cutting a section of log so it will sit squarely on the ground and not rock back and forth? I have a 16" chainsaw and have gotten the ~24" diameter stump so it only has about 1/8" of rocking but can't seem to get better than that. I've been using the edge of the bl...

woodwose

I kind of wish there were more options out there for finding a set of hunting knives that fit somewhere in the 1400 - 1600 timeframe... a hunting trousse with a relatively large/heavy and wide bladed knife, together in a sheath with a couple smaller knives, and a pricker/poker. Now I probably would ...

woodwose

works for me, using google chrome browser. Looks like a fun metal masher, I'd like to find someone local to me with a power hammer so I can try one out someday.

woodwose

It looks like I have taken off in the wrong direction..... The pics that you posted certainly show sewing, and there is no reason to suspect that it is not original to the objects. I have also found my copy of Goubitz, and skimmed the section on etuis. He certainly thought that sewing was much more...

woodwose

Here are a couple more pictures of a case I found through Karen's linkpage: http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI01695a06a.jpg http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI01695a05a.jpg The very visible stitching seen on the one I posted from the MET - I thought that it could have originally been glued and sewn bac...

woodwose

I ask this because 1. is the glue vital in the construction? 1. It is certain that some sort of adhesive is used to attach the outer layer of leather. Try as you might, you will not find any stitching on the outside, nor any traces of where stitching might have been "buried" in the leather. This is...

woodwose

I might have some, I'll look for them when I get home.

woodwose

The link for the Larsdatter page gives me a forbidden error message. Sad, as I want to see details for our puppy's collar. strange, it worked fine for me on the laptop and phone. Larsdatter.com is the first place I go to look for stuff like this if I'm not already headed into my little library with...

woodwose

Zackwhite.com was recommended to me by several hours people so thats where I've been buying from... i don't know much about leather quality or prices from other places though so i can't really say how they compare to other places... though i have been happy with all the veg tanned that Ive used from...

woodwose

I've done a little - I've used linocuts to print T-shirts (I don't have a degree in printmaking, but did it for 4 semesters at UMaine). I'll second Myron's suggestion for Graphic Chemical oil based ink, though you might need some goop called Miracle Gell Reducer or Easy wipe to mix in with it becaus...

woodwose

Does anyone have information on collars for dogs, pre-17th century? I want to make my pup (black lab / st. bernard) a nice collar fitting for 1520ish Bavaria/Alps. I've seen some very low-res and not very detailed photos online of collars in the dog collar museum at Leeds, but cant find much of anyt...

woodwose

There is a good thread on leather hardening in Interpretive Recreation right now. Worth a read even if it isn't for armor. Sean A pretty inspiring thread really. A couple years ago I made a hardened leather case for a deck of cards - watered & baked veg tanned, then waxed. It turned out well enough...

woodwose

you should make yourself some leather thimbles if you will be doing more sewing - Duct tape has formaldehyde in the glue so it's not so good over the long term. You can google them up for a few examples. I love how everything is going together for you hmmm.. I once found that if I got into a patch ...

woodwose

I've found it to be far easier to slash fabric while flat, before sewing pieces together. If I'm cutting the slashes before sewing the garment together then I tend to use a rotary cutter for most of the cutting and a strait edge to keep everything strait along lines I have marked. I use to rotary cu...

woodwose

I haven't used metal clay, but have seen other people do stuff with it. My main concern is that (from what i have seen) the resulting product is more like cast metal.

Also, would carbon added as you say really get into the steel paricles, or would it just stay between them?

woodwose

Dan, would this be like a canvas weight linen, or the thinner stuff that is more like regular cloth? Also, Vendrad, I'm not sure what kind of leather you have, but don't underestimate the breathability of leather - especially thinner stuff like goat, deer, pig, etc... I have joined hosen that are li...

woodwose

My experience with etching comes from a background in printmaking and etching copper printing plates, but some of it should also apply to etching other purposes... Make sure your metal is clean before trying to transfer your toner image, or before applying a resist. Any little bit of oils or smudges...

woodwose

I've also been using something similar to what Louis de Leon posted, but with a less fancy fire box... mine is more of the "brick pile" approach rather than built into a sheet metal box. This has the disadvantage that heat leaks out more through spaces between bricks, and I have to be careful not to...

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