The Armour Archive

sha-ul

Padrig has a nice article on assembling an armouring bench on his website fwiw.

edit to add, geez this was hidden.... http://www.armurerieduroi.com/pages/tutorial_bench_a.htm

sha-ul

I don't see where it has been mentioned, but the midrealm has a page with various teaching videos, one there was on infighting, you might have a look& see if would be of use.

sha-ul

Corby de la Flamme wrote:I am reminded of my need to do some videos myself.

if you do please, please, please use a good microphone that picks up your voice.
His Grace Palymar did some teaching videos that were good, but he is really hard to hear at times.

sha-ul

I had a pair of the "stealth" gauntlets that all the fingers grounded out on the stick. The problem with that, for me, was the material between my fingers spread my hand out and that felt funky. I have some foam along the inside of all the fingers. The fingers are all attached to a rider ...

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Giles de Bois Guilbert wrote:And to be honest I wanted to play with the new technology and it seems to help encourage people to walk away from the standard bar grill.

so, what you are saying is that if you are going to be anachronistic,.....do it with style

cue Gallagher...style

sha-ul

If I understand the rules, the 2 outer fingers would need only minimal/no padding as they ground out on the rattan, but the 2 middle fingers would need 1/4" as they don't. but the 2 middle fingers should be mostly protected by the bridging effect of the 2 outer fingers.........correct?

sha-ul

should this thread be stickied?

sha-ul

Eirikr the Eager wrote:Shims would work, though extendable sections on each of the feet would be better.

exactly. Making the bottom 3-4" of the leg attach to a piece of 1/2" all-thread (or equivalent) and have some travel to compensate for uneven ground would be good to prevent undue stress on the joints

sha-ul

good first try, keep working on it. onward& upward

sha-ul

Giles de Bois Guilbert wrote:If this good gentle is from Texas. I had the chance to fight him and he's no slouch.

that would be Richard Gatecrasher & he is a fun fight at that.

sha-ul

Sir JP has picked up the remainder of my stock, now ends this season's 4130 episode, thank you all very much.

now if you have bought some from me and have used it please post pictures

if you have bought some& haven't used it yet what are you waiting on?

sha-ul

so um, how long was this one buried?& how did you exhume it?

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Duke Icefalcon wrote:I third Cet. He is the man for unfinished items. His prices are tooooo cheap for what you get. Laurel quality at AoA prices!

hehehehehe and a great guy to boot!

sha-ul

here is a source for aircraft die grinders
http://www.yardstore.com/browse.cfm/2,274.html

sha-ul

is that a LeBlonde lathe?

sha-ul

I see that no one has recommended "gorilla snot" aka 3m weatherstrip adhesive

sha-ul

KinnieKat wrote:Erm, sorry if this is a silly question and for going off topic, but what's an ASO and how is it different to an anvil?

Thank you,

Kitty xxx

Anvil Shaped Object

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Eirikr the Eager wrote:
Andrew Young wrote:Umm....are there any pictures of them transformed?

Do you mean the bed as a box?

I have a line drawing that is, well, crap, but better then nothing.

it looks as if the legs come off as well& stow inside the box

sha-ul

UPDATE: I now have it....see last page for more pics http://www.partsandtechnical.com/101_0787_op_509x600.jpg http://www.partsandtechnical.com/101_0798_op_476x600.jpg In about a week Ill be picking up a new acquisition: a gorgeous renaissance chest/coffer dated somewhere between 1540-1610. As many ...

sha-ul

I can wish.........

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Opps missed this thread. Here is a 14th century razor on display in the Museum of London: http://www.historiclife.com/images/MuseumTrips/MoL06/Medieval/Full/PICT0316.jpg There are a few shown in Knives and Scabbards and in another MoL book on late 15th - 17th century finds. is reference #4 2 pairs ...

sha-ul

heres some recent work.. some massive gaunts for my mate.. 4 inchs across the nuckles! got hands even bigger than me.. loosely based on the tower mitten, basic munition finish.. http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/n1412841047_30158916_3923.jpg http://i155.p...

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that is a beautiful piece Patrick

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All the examples shown appear to fold up into what appears to be a fairly large chest. If you omit the canopy, I suspect that it would be a manageable load for two people. Especially if you added handles . . not on the sides (of the bed, which would be the ends of the chest) but on the ends of the ...

sha-ul

you could always add sockets to the side& use the uprights as handles so you could carry this like a litter.

I am curious to see how the archivers adapt this into something useable

sha-ul

maille comes in farmer styles?

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I would want to see pictures of what you speak of. if it is a rotary shear, don't waste your time or money.

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steve, please get rid of that horrendously long link. these images were taken from DSebastion's site. Warriors of history http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/1-Amos-2.jpg http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/1-Amos-1....

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very interesting http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/downloadphpid20341.jpg http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/downloadphpid20342.jpg http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/dow...

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A few months ago when I was selling some 4130 Aaron was a customer, communication was good payment was good, all in all ok.

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http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/HenryVIIIarmor01.jpg and to a lesser extent: m Not common but not unheard of either. One of these days in my copious free time I'm going to make the visor of Henry's younger suit to fit my close helm... I just need to find a way to cut and shape 1/8" stainle...

sha-ul

you can always toss your galvanized maille into a vinegar pickle for a few days.... it will take the zinc& any scale off gently.

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watching eric dube's videos, he uses a weed burner, yah. and it seem's to be a good heating source i was thinking about picking one up to do all my heating needs. i dont have alot of room in my shop for a bunch of bricks. <Img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l303/Frigit_88/facemaask182227222...

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Spring steel can be heat treated to be even stiffer than stainless, so you can gain at least one more gauge number's advantage -- at quite a premium in price, as spring is trickier to work and harder to hammer. Few pro armorers are working in this material yet. just an fyi, there are some armourers...

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you gotta do what you gotta do

best of luck, hopefully things will turn around soon& you will have orders coming from your ears.....

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