The Armour Archive

Otto von Teich

Shoestrings will work to, but may have to be replaced every so often. I'm not sure, but I think the ones from HE are made of silk, which would make them incredibly tough and duarable...Otto

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Excellent sculpting on the onion top Cad, Your quite an artist...Otto

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Glad to have you with us Mr. Gillaspie. I've admired your work since I first saw a few pictures of it in Brian Prices book. I'd love to see more. Do you have a web site? You are indeed one of the best in the country.....Otto

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But....When Murdoch and I were finished sparring, he was showing me some fecthbuch moves at slow speed,and ran his sword between my beavor and visor. The tip of the sword went "thunk" against the rolled edge of the beavor,hiting it hard enough to jam it into my chin. If not for the rolled edge I mig...

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Very nice indeed! Clang did a fine job on those.What gauge and type material did he use?........Otto

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Hi Richard, the confimation card should do the trick, you may want to take a copy of the cancelled check also. I rejoined about 2 years ago,and never even got a confimation notice! LOL, come to think of it, I never got my membership card either. I just took a copy of the blank check, and a copy of m...

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One of the reasons they are not often reproduced is because authentic examples are fairly easy to come by and fairly inexpensive. Same goes with cabassets...Otto

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Please post some pics when you get a chance! Hope your holiday is going well! ...Otto

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The iron from the Innsbruck mines was very high quality, with a characteristic glossy silver colour when polished. It contained traces of maganese and chromium, making it more rust resistant,and it hardened well..Otto

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I've tried it with murdoch, we used 2 handed rebated del tins. No thrusting allowed,though head shots were allowed as long as they were slashes. we went full speed, and I pulled the blows a little ,though murdoch said he used regular rattan force. We both wore full plate, both lived , had a blast! I...

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I'm assuming you have a barrel helm or great helm.You probably would want a leather suspension liner styled like the type you would find in a construction hard hat, or military helmet.This combined with the padded arming cap might be just what you need and would be historicaly correct also. Otto

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Hey Daniel, I cant see the pic, but I might be interested in the arming cap, how thick is the padding,and whats it stuffed with?

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Sorry I dont have the pics posted yet, but I'll get a couple up tomorrow. The shaft is an octagon with the facets on the side about 5/8" the other 6 facets a little under 1/2" The shaft is about 1 3/8"( looking at the side veiw as it hangs on the wall) wide and 1 1/8" deep.it tapers to a upside down...

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BTW, I'd be interested to!.It might be awhile before I have any extra money though.I've got to pay off some new harness I have coming soon $$$$ Ouch!!...Otto

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Hey Sebastion,If you can find some really small boxes, you might be able to get the small packet rate.I know I can get a small box of toy soldiers from england shipped airmail for only about $2(cheaper than priority mail in the US LOL).I can ship small packets to England and Europe From the US for a...

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Ohhh, Its a halberd btw. I could try and post a couple of pics this weekend..Otto

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I've got a German example from the last quarter of the 16th century. The blade is about 3/8" thick at the shaft, quickly going to about 1/16". looking at the cross section its like a letter Y with the upper branches of the Y being very concave. Hope this helps....Otto

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Dats real nice Adam, Great work!...Otto

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Hob, I agree with you ,With the falling bars, it wouldnt fall into the "secret" catagory in my opinion. You would have to remove the outer cover for it to work, in effect revealing your "dirty lil secret" LOL.I've seen pics of both types before. This type is truly something someone overthunk, but th...

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Great group picture Victor! You guys look fantastic, love the painted sallet's..Otto

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I'm tellin ya, when your wearing Gwens linen clothes ya feel like your NEKKID !!NEKKID nekkid nekked BWAAAAHAAAHAAA....Otto

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Evanr, I got the "basic 14th cent " outfit Gwen shows in the 1st pic. Its linen, and cool as a cucumber. The most comfortable clothing Ive ever worn ! I live in alabama. The wool hood is a lil warm, but nice to wear on those cool southern winter evenings.The linen really wicks away the sweat,much co...

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I'd go with the 18 gauge. 16 is just to heavy im my opinion. 16 is more dent resistant,but just too cumbersome.The 18 might get dented,but it wont cave in...Otto

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Thats a very tricky design, I think you'll be in for alot of tinkering to get it to work correctly,that could be why we dont see that many actual surviving examples. It must have been difficult to do in the 16th cent,and just as difficult today. I dont think there are very many armourers around who ...

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I've always thought that was an interesting gauntlet design. More protection than finger gauntlets, better finger movement than mitten gauntlets. Seems like the best of both worlds, or the worst of both LOL. How do you like using them?...Otto

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Wow WMA,Pretty good fake! It would have fooled me looking at it from the side view! I bet it changed hands a few times as an original piece before it wound up in the museum.It is screwy looking from the front though LOL..Otto

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I think your ok with that for early 14th cent. The splinted armour would be a little old fashoned for that date, but I would think it could still be seen on the battlefield 1400-1410 anyway....Otto

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Ahhhh for the year 1410, Id go for the spaulders maybe with besagews...Otto

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If it was real life and death combat, I'd go for the pauldrons for protection but you do sacrifice some movement. Spaulders give better freedom of movement, but slightly less protection. I'm partial to spaulders myself,but pauldrons do look nice on a full harness. Its kind of a yin yang thing. Like ...

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You lads look awesome! Fantastic....Otto

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The amount of damage on that piece made me think the wearer was actually fending off blows using his arm as a shield,sacrificing his arm to save his head.Makes sense really,a broken arm you can live with,but if stunned for only a few seconds,your at your opponents mercy, and he could beat you uncons...

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The Salade could have been cracked in battle also,If it was hardened a good blow would be more likely to crack the metal than dent it. I had a left 16th cent vambrace, with a crack that was hammer welded back together. Also, there was a sword cut that pierced the steel,making about a 1" long cut thr...

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Jeffery, did you take any pics of the completed project before shipping them out? If so please post!...Otto

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Sorry for the bump, But I wanted easier access to this pic. Need to drool a bit more bwaaahaaahaaaaa.Man, dats some fine sculpting....Otto

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The Gothic is sweet ,Axel Guttman actually composed this suit from parts himself. The backplate, before restoration, is pictured in "Alte Waffen" the "Battenberg Antiquitaeten-Kataloge" It sold through an auction house before 1979.He added the 1st plate of the fauld, and changed the bottom plate out...