The Armour Archive

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grind. or leave artistic tooling marks.

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Something that was very helpful to me in my development as an artist was for other artists to do an "overdraw", a digital sketch on top of mine to tweak any problems I was having with composition, pose, perspective or anatomy. Where I am I only have a mouse and MSpaint, so my capabilities ...

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First, your helmet is *excellent*. It is inspiring, intimidating, well framed and well executed. I can not say enough good things about the helmet, so I will stop there. You should be very, very proud. Critique: The problem I have is that, on the breastplate, you're putting good reposse on top of me...

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or the artist had a scatological sense of humor.

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NICE find!

Now, back to my original question. Are the blades the blades of a weapon, or that of a tool with fashionable hilt?

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Within their societal strata, the Tradesmen - I would expect - would wear the knives they found useful and comfortable. Their blades are tools first, weapons under duress and fashion statements not at all. And yes, carrying a working knife might very well mark you as a working person. That gave me ...

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Most of what we would call decorative elements would cause blisters after any heavy use. But when was this sort thing done in period? No no, not what *we* would call decorative. Take a look at the knife this cooper is wearing. Or the knives in this illustration. Very utilitarian, but someone carryi...

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The fashionable dagger took on more or less three forms in the mid to late 15th century, none of which make for a particularly practical implement. There are many long knives a butcher or a farmer might find useful -the rondel dagger is not one of them. That's fine for a young gentleman whose busine...

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Looks outstanding! Wow, yes you would need a *really* light touch -at least on the curb reins, the snaffle reins ought to act like normal. Did you opt for stainless or steel? I've often wondered if by using the opposite arrangement, with large, plated reins on the curb and the "light" leat...

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These. Check out that last rivet. A lame that long couldn't possibly bend inward with the rest of the elbow, and I can't think of any other reason for such a setup. We've got to be looking at an attempt at rotational articulation.

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When was this car made? When was the picture taken? Is it not still awesome?

Draw your own conclusions.

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You know, I'll just bet that what we're looking at is an early form of rotational articulation. In 16th century armour it was common practice to have a rotating collar or flange built into either a two-part rerebrace or the mating surface of the pauldron and rerebrace. My guess is we're looking at a...

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*chuckle*

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Sorry, I know I've seen short poleaxes in mid 15th century art, but the only examples I have on hand are from the late 14th century.

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Nice prices. I'll have to remember them when it comes time to make voiders.

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When?

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Joaquin wrote:Normally, I'm not that big a fan of the body armour of the 14th century, finding it boring compared to that of later periods. That sketch, however, is interesting. If I had something like that, I might actually think about doing the 14th century...

What he said. That's inspiring, Georgie.

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I don't know if I've ever seen anything more awesome. That was amazing.

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...The primary reason for this is that I didn't make this setup - so I only have a mild idea as to what I'd be altering, metallurgically speaking. So I'm restricting myself, voluntarily, to cold/mechanical means. What you would be altering, metallurgicaly speaking, is nothing . Nobody makes bargril...

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Extremus.

One word, all you need.

Yours means it's the one that stayed behind.

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Oh God, don't epoxy, you'll never get it back out when you break the shaft -and you probably will if you use it any.

Pin it with a nail or fit the shaft tightly and pound it in for a friction fit.

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Provided the weld is slim enough to begin with. You can even raise and dish your welds hot. Only problem there is that if everything's not perfect , under extreme shaping (dishing, usually) they will start to separate where they're not. For instance, we all followed Ugo's cavalry helmet, in which he...

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PS: Does this one look more like a Viking Axe? Oh goodness yes. The last one actually looked more 12th-13th century to my eye. This one is much better. To tweak that handle suggestion: I've had great luck using tamper handles, not shovel handles. They're harder to find, but small, good hardware sto...

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That looks so freaking awesome.

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I think I hate you now.

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You might turn the brim up first, before/while you're pulling up the cone. Should solve your problem.

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http://th06.deviantart.com/fs44/300W/i/2009/058/a/c/Simple_Medieval_Stool_by_Destichado.jpg Pic is a link to larger picture This was my first foray into furniture making. I was intending it to be a footstool but it turned more into a full-sized version, really more of a narrow bench. I know pine wa...

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Welcome to the axe-maker's club, Hal.

I've done many exactly like that, and I must say your finishing is superb.

Next time out, try using a larger pipe. You might also try splitting the pipe and making a tapered eye, so you don't have to pin the helve.

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Thank you, glad you like it. I'm self-taught. I drew that five or six years ago, right after italian anime armor first surfaced on the archive -which, until I really started to get into it, was where I got most of my exposure. But that means it *is* five or six years old... so I have that love-hate ...

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But metals prices haven't come back down to match. So scrapping this sucker is OUT. We got it, incidentally, from the water company breaking our line. They broke the line and replaced it with soft copper, so we saved the 20' length or so of old brass line. Worked with it today. Unrolling was only mo...

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I agree it looks good. I niggle with the details of course, but given the number of curvy, segmented cuirasses depicted on martial women during the 15th century, I'd say it has a pretty fair provenance. Of course, the long dress makes SCA combat difficult (if not quite impossible), given our traditi...

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I have recently come upon a moderately large quantity of high-pressure bronze water pipe; 2" ID, apx 1/4" thick. Expensive stuff, yes I know. I have the beginnings of an idea, and it would involve splitting the pipe and flattening them into several sheets to be brazed back together. I've d...

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They would not have been cast in latten and gilded or silvered, then?

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Ahh like one of those free treadmills you see on craigslist with a controlable speed motor already built in? Free != $300 even in this neck of the desert... Information on some of the machining forums as to using them as that's a fairly standard way of getting a VSD for hobby lathes. Thomas I thoug...

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I'm hardly Ralph, but it's so hard to resist a challenge... pic is a link to full size http://th01.deviantart.com/fs43/300W/f/2009/103/c/3/Fem_Armour__Redoux_by_Destichado.jpg I'm not sure if this is what Ralph had in mind, but this is how I pictured it -with a few tweaks of my own, like the tonlet ...

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*cough*

Yes it would, but that's another $300 solution to a $20 problem. Better to search e-bay for a surplus variable speed controller, if you want to go that route.

Better still to use Sean's suggestion, if there really isn't room to increase or decrease the sheaves.

Re: Would workmen wear their working knives?

Would workmen wear their working knives?

15th century stool

Working with thick bronze