The Armour Archive

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I've just been told that my pics in this thread are no longer showing up. I can still see them, but perhaps they are in my computer's "cash". Are they showing up for other people? If not, does someone have an idea where the problem might be? The pics are hosted on a Google Photo album, and I have no...

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https://i.imgur.com/LzThYGM.jpg Oh yea... Kevin is right.... this is too short from front to back. :cry: The important thing is that the crest line will make the spacing along the mid-sagittal plane look huge. That's just a thing to be gotten used to in planning. You will need volume that crest pro...

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That's an unusually tall helmet. If you are a tall guy with a long neck, then go for it. If your proportions are more main stream, you might want to chose a different helmet.

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I was not expecting random projectiles of molten metal :shock: I've been reading a lot about oxy acetylene welding safety and procedure but had not come across that. I suppose that's what they meant by "clean workplace". The most typical cause of one of these pop-n-spatter incidents is getting the ...

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ergosum found a 13th century inventory from Naples with: barrile unum guarnitum circulis ferri pro ferbuendis armis "one barrel garnished with iron rings for furbishing arms" barrile unum pro minandis armis cum stallo suo "one barrel for minare -ing arms with its own stall" barrile unum pro minandi...

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In prep to use my new source of heat really felt I needed a clearer workspace. Here is what my previous one looked like (plus some clutter from moving stuff) The plastic bags, tarps, and the large painted swamp cooler make me hesitant to use torch flame around there. I did stuff in the backyard (di...

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Did you check out its sister sites while you were there? http://effigiesandbrasses.com/ http://armourinart.com/ Mac[/quote] In general, though, those breasts get less and less common around the time the boxy breasts appear. Were boxy breastplates always part of an entire harness or were they also wo...

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In that last pic, it looks like the crossbowman said, "Hey! This windlass doesn't work right!" and threw it on the ground. clearly, just look at the handcranks... :-D https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a1/9a/a7/a19aa77674730d5ebbd5f27c24274eee.jpg I think the lesson here is that a guy who paints pictures is...

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I've never seen boxy breastplates being sold "off the shelf" for that price. Any suggestions? I'm afraid I don't. Some people are making them as bespoke and one-off work, but I have not seen anything I can recommend. You might have a look at my Kastenbrust page on Pinterest for more examples of thi...

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Guess my memory didn't hold up. Looking closer now, it seems the artists may have simply been depicting armours that were rough from the hammer, thus the slight highlights? Or perhaps it was a characterful elaboration. Either way it appears darker, not necessarily blackened i suppose, or blackened ...

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I would be interested to see that painting! I once heard that at least in a lot of manuscripts, the black colour of the armour pieces were a result of oxidation from silver, which was used to let the armour in the drwings shine. That idea that black armor in art is based on oxidization of silver is...

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The manuscript is available online here: Manuscript - Ott.lat.1417 Here is a cropped bit from 24r, which maybe the image you were referring to. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vUWpfNDc5HpqLI3f0pzismy98hi6BxPG3RM6n5Cqvo8NR5BgtU0ZpkZz4M0Vht9ad84aozis-I-ePPvoQet4xr1vyXLkWEorcxjyN6DqCXhJPLoaR2MxxcoZm...

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That's a pretty good breast for first decade or so of the 15th C. Was this type no longer used after the first decade? That stop rib is getting a bit old fashioned by 1420, and breasts would be starting to get a bit boxy by 1425 or '30. Have a look over on the Manuscript Miniatures site and try som...

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Is it possible to get a simple but accurate 15th century(-ish) breastplate below € 300? And when yes, where? I saw this breastplate but I'm not sure whether it's accurate enough. It would be worn over an aketon with haubergeon and it's not for a rich and fancy character so it doesn't have to be per...

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Rene K. wrote: But i'm very pleased with the final overall view.

...and well you should be pleased! It looks very good!
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I have been happy with whacking my sheets in half so I don't have to wave around 8' sheets in the shop. Maybe it is because my shop is small, or maybe I am almost always alone. Wade I'm with Wade on the advantages of the half-length sheets. There will be slightly more waste, but it will really pay ...

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This time no stress cracks formed but I let the edges get too lumpy and disordered. This led to folds. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3f1XTRyz_s88j4Tm8K-22VZYO9vXVqtjQQQ4pq49Jl4r2V-MgE021_D7AehdxVH3Y_cZWVUWqnSZGApt7rdz3yQ9dUXjMwqIH0pbdzcM3yiOmeJFfku3M79lfh6-kw66FPbSKiuxyZzp_HMUaOa0w9i=w8...

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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3ecmKxBihL7E8MnI7EdvpcP0GyCJY0ovtdUv-6PXyI03p-MuwaaNQTPJJXTp32DtJ6JgdPTiEMucdmZ05U_7Eu34Katp_4NMBwcCdwi8Vs6f38cXLHcXbQnt-gDVeLQxLThlBp8X_XCPyL28YbH5V_e=w800 It sounds like you've understood what went wrong here. Avoiding a twist is tricky, and armets will s...

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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3d13SHX2hQpsB9ccoj26yZHCBg1dnvgwnq_iErpSOx07dDiokegDStldbEPB1yfxf4HaA5LhefyJpHJ5Us2aRX6TlD73KgJQk9iHAGclGRzKIfVEHPodTOSv_1iLb05iSW79p-HDZbDzDYzxWJH2scb=w800 Cracks in this location are always a threat. In addition to allowing a generous radius (which you se...

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Carter wrote: As a final note, feel free to lay on the criticism and advice. It is still early into the project and any design can be changed, any piece scrapped, and any work philosophy altered. If this is worth doing it’s worth doing right.

I will be delighted to be of what assistance I can.

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Well, dang! You have sprung out of nowhere with a remarkable amount of experimental experience and stick-with-it-ness.

Welcome aboard, Carter! I think I can speak for the whole crew when I say that we all look forward to seeing your progress.

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III. Item, ballista veterem non potest conciare si cornum fractum est; si lectum vero mittatur totum, et etiam si aliud lectum non mittatur, illa ballista nichil valet et non debeat conçari. III. item: an old crossbow cannot be conciare-ed if the horn is broken: if the whole bed is set, and if also...

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I. Iuro ad evangelia sancta Dei quod omnes ballistas quas laboravo vel laborare fecero, vendam vel vendi fatiam cum suo nomine et dicam veritatem si erunt de cornibus stambicorum vel de aliis cornibus, omnes pro suo nomine de quo sunt. et omnes ballistas quas fecero vel laborare fecero de cornibus ...

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Have you ever heard of a bow with a horn reinforce in that area? I am trying to decide whether "horn" and "bed" refer to the same part of the bow. . If "cornum" can be "antler" as well as "horn", then we might be talking about the nut-well*. I'm referring to the bearing surfaces that the nut turns ...

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I see a bascinet and a sallet.

I look forward to seeing how these come out!

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bed: is this part of the bow, or part of the tiller? Is it the wooden, horn, or whalebone skeleton of the bow or what Iolo calls the table, the end of the tiller which takes the bow? My impression is that we are indeed talking about the place in the tiller where the bow is seated. Harmuth shows som...

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The accounts of Edward III do mention vice , hauce-piece , and baudric as three different devices for spanning crossbows. I wonder if it will help us some to look at what spanning devises we see in the military treatises. They are a mixed bag, of course. We don't know if the things shown were commo...

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... "The name hancepes may possibly suggest goat’s hind leg and foot, and if this identification is correct, the privy wardrobe accounts give new evidence for the widespread use of the gaffle on English crossbows in the middle of the fourteenth century." Maaybe ... That would be quite a surprise. I...

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So.. reflecting of that list, ther are two items that seem conspicuously absent. The first is the wood to make the tillers. The second is antler or dense bone to line line the nut-wells. Could either of these be the mysterious (and @ a shilling each, expensive) estaples ? It does not seem like the s...

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This lists things provided to Robert l'Artilleur to make 25 crossbows ( arbalestres ) for the castle of Rouen in October 1358: Let's discuss the items a bit. 25 staves of yew, 5s. each, worth £6 5s I wonder if this is the normal price for a full sized bow staff, or if these are special "shorties" f...

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Re-reading the Primitive Archer thread ... I think kiwijim has mixed up the documents about Peter the Saracen in 1204 and 1215, and a French document from 1358 cited in the article by Baron de Cosson: de Cosson, Charles A. "The Crossbow of Ulrich V. Count of Wurtemburg [sic], 1460, with Remarks on ...

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Has anyone got the full quote about the supplies for "Peter the Saracen"? I found something here which says he was "To make 25 bows of composite construction the document lists 25 pieces of yew, 12 "rams horns" and 4lb of shredded ox sinew". I wonder if these "rams horns" are from domestic goats, or...

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It sounds like I need to flip through Richter, I have never seen anything like those photos except for the diagrams in Bertus' article. It's an excellent reference..... even if (like me) one only has 300 words of German :oops: . I don't even know what goodies you might find in the text. They scare ...

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For the bowyers and hornbow shooters out there: what are the advantages and disadvantages of different horns (other than that if its too short or shaped wrong you have to assemble the bow out of even more little pieces that will shift with temperature and humidity)? I don't know if there is anyone ...

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Wow! That armor is lookin' pretty sweet!

It's a hell of a thick skull! I'm glad it's not me trying to flute it.

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