The Armour Archive

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What a peculiarly medieval idea.

Very well executed. I would wish we saw more like this.

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*sigh* Gentlemen, the bar has risen again.

Mat, this is simply awesome -in the biblical sense.. Absolutely inspirational.

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You can also set the opposite side (outside) against an anvil while you do that. You are essentially "drawing down" the top of the helmet and treating it like you would a piece of really big bar stock. I think it makes things go faster.

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Ugo's suggestion is even a period solution, circa 1410.

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*whimper*

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AWESOME blade. http://home.armourarchive.org/members/dstchdo/smilies/tk2a-hearteyes_anim.gif Not so awesome hardware. The cross is disproportionately large for both the blade and the pommel, making it look awkward. The finish is sharp and crisp on the blade, but soft and rounded-over on the hilt, ma...

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That is a badass wyvern

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Depends entirely on the STYLE of sword.

Reference the Oakeshott Typology. Once you have determined what type of sword is appropriate for your presentation, you'll know how long to make the fuller. ...And also how to make the hilt, too.

http://www.oakeshott.org/images/Typomaster.jpg

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Holy smokes, where you been, Rainald?

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Yeah, that's what I thought you meant. Whew! What a valve!

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Why? It doesn't appear to be nice enough for the stamp to mar its appearance, and anything you do will bugger up the finish beyond any repair. I was recently asked to work on an india-made peace pipe similar to this . While it was simple mild steel (or possibly even a semi-steel casting) that had be...

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You're thinking of using wrought iron for... this?

see schreiber's response.

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Well, that answers that.

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Could wear it as the pendant of a necklace.

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I'm pretty sure it's where his fluting is crooked.

If so, do you rework that with the hammer, or take it out during grinding?

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*drooool*

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I am *positive* I have seen a form of draw latch on antique ironwork. It was either a scrolled or floral hook, a narrow hoop, and a lever arm that latched into an internal lock. The thing is, it was late period, and I'm not sure when it was from. After a certain degree of scrolling ornamentation, ir...

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Very nice.

Looks a lot like my early attempts, so a word to the wise? Keep grinding.
I always stopped grinding too early and wound up with holes in the finish. And after all the work that goes into these, that sucketh, mightily. Don't do what I done.

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I'm with Michael on this one. It's not THAT hard to work lumber down -or build it up!- even with hand tools. A hand axe, a plane and a rasp alone will get you almost everywhere you need to go when it comes to stock removal.

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If it was stainless, it was built within the last 15 years or so -which was probably why you toured it in the first place. That covers... oh, a little less than 10% now? of dairy plants. And if you weren't absolutely AWED by the sheer amount of pipe, then it was a small plant. Also probably why you ...

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Dairy metal is 4%lead, I would not eat off of it m -Thorpe Poor baby, I guess you don't drink out of crystal glasses either? That's 25% lead (oxide). The whole is not merely the sum of its parts. Incidentally, every glass of milk you drink has run through about 5 miles of that "OMG 4% LEAD!!! ...

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Dairy Metal. It's a copper-zinc-nickel-silver alloy, and never corrodes. EVAR. It's awesome.

I expect it will be expensive as all hell, too, but if you had a set of utensils made from it, you could pass it down through the ages.

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It's commonly used to etch circuit boards. Available at Radio Shack, among other places.

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There is and never was anything glorious about warfare. That is a very, very common sentiment in the armed forces today, and it's bullshit. It's a defense mechanism to discourage John Waynes and keep people alive, and to rationalize the frustration of fighting honorless enemies. And it works very w...

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Vistar = Eric Slayter. He ran Arador, back in the day, and he used to be one of the big boys. He was even up there with Icefalcon for a while, when it came to good-looking SCA armor. Did he flake out?

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War distills life into its extremes. What you see is what you look for.

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What were you trying to solder with?

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Yup, they exist.

There was a late 16th century pair that went even further, with finger articulation on the index and little fingers, and a clamshell over the middle and ring fingers.

Apparently it was meant improve rein handling.

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This is why I never announce when I've started projects, only when I finish them!

That's a darn fine breastplate.

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I did that on my first sword -great ugly brute of a thing- and I never had luck with it. Wetted rawhide cord will tighten up a bit, of course, but in my opinion it doesn't make good handles.

Wooden scales with an epoxy filler is by far your best bet.

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...but 12th night is tomorrow.

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I think you will find much if not all of what you need in this blog http://mckennawerks.blogspot.com/
IIRC, the blogger is also an Archiver, but I'm afraid I don't know his handle here.

And of course there's Karen's site. She has pictures of everything.

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http://www.northerntool.com/images/prod ... 729_lg.gif
These things'll solve that problem.
You'll burn through a tank in two weeks or so, but it is SO totally worth it.

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I've not used them for that application -and I don't think I would- but for some armoring purposes I've been known to turn very large rivets down from carriage bolts. You can get some ridiculously large-headed studs that way, and there's enough materiel to shape them into pyramids, florettes, or eve...

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My wife owned a froe before I married her; unfortunately her goose-winged axe is in the Smithsonian.

That should be no matter, as you have the hammer and tongs to make another.