The Armour Archive

kaiÃ¶

wow.. how did you get that dent in the sallet

kaiÃ¶

How exactly was it stolen?

kaiÃ¶

you might want to narrow that down a little anyway there is almost a different head covering for every 20 years and 20 miles...... and I'm only half joking . What does the rest of your garb look like? Leather loincloth. That's it. Narrowing down.. hum.. something comfortable? :S I know there's stra...

kaiÃ¶

Hi- Im looking for something to cover my head at Pennsic. The actual period doesn't matter, as long as it's older than 1600's.
Ideally something I can make at home quick or buy cheap.

kaiÃ¶

I have a very simple idea. All armorers should put their mark inside the helmet and a serial number. It's not very hard to tap one out. Then they send you a bill with that number on it. Problem solved.

kaiÃ¶

War Eagle -> 20$, black on red. I'd even buy it at Pennsic

I'll add 5 more dollars for a Tuchux symbol on it.

kaiÃ¶

Good job Kronos.. if only you could answer my pm from 3 months ago =/

kaiÃ¶

dibs until then

kaiÃ¶

I have a need for something like this, at Pennsic. I will ask a friend if he wants to split it and ill contact you tomorrow.

kaiÃ¶

the more you pay the better it will be, like everything else in life.

Try him, he's very good http://house-of-steel.com

kaiÃ¶

yup, you're right. Thanks, didnt see that picture

kaiÃ¶

Do you know what material that guy's lamellar is?

http://aiden-groundpounder.smugmug.com/ ... Hcad-O.jpg

and if plastic, what colors are they? (i cant tell very well between burgundy brown and copper...)

kaiÃ¶

or multimillion dollar budgets that allow for 20 of them to just lie around waiting to be used should one break

kaiÃ¶

your knight was an idiot. Possibly still is.

kaiÃ¶

I have one from high density foam, i think that's what you're looking for. Ill post a picture tomorrow. I bought it at Pennsic, there's maybe 10-15 different designs, about ~15$ each.

kaiÃ¶

aluminum

kaiÃ¶

I think the middle hole attached to the two holes next to the rounded part are what are used to hold the things together vertically, the extra 2 holes are for more horizontal stability. The 17 is nice but im afraid its too long and will hinder bending of the torso forward. I'm not sure what advantag...

kaiÃ¶

thats the thing, i'm not sure... I was told it would be better if I did by someone who is very knowledgeable (Norman, runs his own website http://www.geocities.com/kaganate/howlamlr.html) but I havnt yet received an explanation as to why it's better. If anyone has any insight it'd be appreciated.

kaiÃ¶

Hi- How does a plate's design affect the mobility of a full shirt? Specifically, I am looking at getting plate #8 from m extended .5 inches towards the bottom and add 2 horizontal holes to make it into a 9-hole pattern. However now I'm worried that the extra .5 inches will just overlap uselessly, hi...

kaiÃ¶

Does anyone have a mirror or anything from houseofthewolf.com? Specifically, the bazuband stuff, I found the text but not the images.

kaiÃ¶

Can i see that helmet please?

kaiÃ¶

the shoulders look decent, i will give you 20$ for them.

kaiÃ¶

kaiÃ¶

thats too bad, let me know if anything changes and it becomes available again.

kaiÃ¶

..you didnt really look did you

kaiÃ¶

CONUS? Does that mean you dont ship to Canada?

kaiÃ¶

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronninscott/3278128329/ m My scale armor made of 410 Spring Stainless, 1500 scales... that's amazing! It has a very nice look to it, but from what you've said it probably costs as much as a small car, which is somewhat higher than my current budget will allow... Can any...

kaiÃ¶

polar bear forge has a laser cutter, im sure if you ship him the titanium you can work something out.

kaiÃ¶

schreiber wrote:
kyo wrote:This is the best lamellar i've ever seen.

Really? I mean, it's alright, but I wouldn't put it on par with a lot of the metal stuff I've seen crop up over the last decade or so.

Do you have any pictures?

kaiÃ¶

I came upon this - m This is the best lamellar i've ever seen. Does anyone have any information on what kind it could be? It looks much slimmer than the other kinds of lamellar, which often look big and boxy. It also seems to use a different lacing pattern than what i've seen, with only 2 holes in t...

kaiÃ¶

It's for SCA use, most likely not gonna be hidden. The stainless is 20 gauge and the aluminum is 14 gauge, almost twice the thickness. Even then, the aluminum is much lighter than the stainless (using this table for comparison m). I'm not sure what kind of aluminum, i'd have to ask the Polar Bear gu...

kaiÃ¶

no, i only have a ballpeen hammer. Any tricks to getting this to work?

kaiÃ¶

Newbie question - everytime i ever bought rivets, the burrs that came with them never fit, i always had to enlarge the hole. Is that normal?

kaiÃ¶

The reason I don't want to use metal is because of the weight. Horsefriend mentionned that his coat weighted 20 pounds - from what i read aluminum is 8 pounds. That's 2.5 times more! I dont think im willing to sacrifice that much just for looks. Leather softens over time and gets moldy =/ When i sai...

kaiÃ¶

I am interested in getting metal lamellar, most likely aluminum, from m to upgrade from my plastic barrel Does anyone have any experience with it they'd like to share? A few of my friends have plastic and it seems to break consistently, how often does the aluminum version require repairs? I'm also t...

period head cover

Lamellar plate design

house of the wolf stuff

Re: best lamellar coat EVER

best lamellar coat EVER

burrs on copper rivets

metal lamellar