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Getting there.... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/A8e9p6VNvzLg6dq7GsubNl3i4xDZW3siR3wd8Qf5tT_CYSTqq3oTAE9cuK4HGrUmDucc3coOgjeem8GGnYbIk0qRUkPJyGBW5-NasbnrmNETRxz3OanZMPQfVzvC-z0a51Xe2QVSkUtMz2VaozIdno3DBswR_NeyKlaiQbO8u7pgbCLdkA3kWJso5_jakFErNUdMjmjtTwjqYAKQDr7i9Y-yiyXNmkz7eQV551r3UzQhCiRdClOCZVyk...

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The process is smoothing out with repetition, and I'm getting faster as well. The state of my elbow(s) still keeps me from just sitting down and finishing the job in one session, thought. After the "tails" of the "squashed hearts" are cut, hog out the material in between the fleurs with a Dremel. ht...

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For those who are wondering, this is how big an escapement file is. Some have longer handles (all the higher quality ones do), but the business end is only about 45 mm long. DSC_0570.JPG The thing about buying files sight-unseen, is that it's very difficult to know how wide they are. I had a bad ex...

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Might it be that the 'broccoli' are actually pinecones showing a little Augsburg pride? Possibly... But then again it may represent the lapsarian broccoli with which Adam and Eve covered their shameful junk. :lol: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ad/5a/82/ad5a82accd3b69b7860b964e28465820.jpg https://i.pin...

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Rene K. wrote:Mac, for myself i would prefer to clean out the lines anderen edges, but it has to match the customers helmet, and he wanted it fully black.

Did you try to convince him that he needed bright details on his helmet?

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I got another pair of lames done today. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LvCsTuWGcykQjJozDPMdqKsRjmeNhgLWaP57rU5ALKflpHusqkJEdhaRFBOcF-N72Z5UVE5KfZQnnqedeRcRx2crloltShzs8apjQLuP1SlVxVmF84MR-5UMgRsnAO7MZ_fFp84HpzaNGlWJIB7pzuS5tbfr99TebFyTeaJzV7BaAvO5cIaiYAqkENLeqfjnJotTr99tUKrwFEi4JXP7Do3Qp2USgqHJWB...

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Nice color!

Are you going to leave it like that or bring the hems and swooshes up to bright steel? Either way would look good, but I think a bit of bright would really make the whole thing "pop".

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This is where I'm stopping for the day. Both cuff plates are at this stage now. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DpusEWgTElFR-BZ5LHXsQMvp5Dr4ElagWbsmHENrL9nDr9mIAzeIB4-lE9dO-r_5wvNvibWa3A_zceOVts91WfDqSjHGMNCRB8tjWlpN64wtK0tpwmzq5LYEo8HulOwlMhqju2tqSS2BCjB8CZ22G6cRxuE1fpjShBT7i8PxloPbPikbm9VR2ChhVC...

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While the bulk of the edge work is going to be a series of "conjoined, drunken fleurs" with the negative spaces being "squashed hearts", the stuff in between the flutes is a collection of different things. In the middle, there's a "turnip" in the negative space, and the positive stuff has "skinny fl...

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Rene K. wrote:I do this work mostly with square files as big as possible. In the holes i use a triangular one to make the heart-points and lense shaped ones to round out the hearts a bit.

I've got a small square file in the same set as that half-round. I'll give it a try.

Thanks!

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The edge work is going to be a slog that will take several days. I started with the cuff "doors" last night, and got them done this morning. The first step is to turn the conjoined holes into "squashed hearts". That involves a small half-round needle file and patience. Next, I hog out the material b...

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Now Im even more embarassed of putting my gauntlets here for everyone to see :) Those are nice gauntlets! There's no need to be embarrassed about them. It's a matter of some consolation to me that there are no pics of my earliest work available online. :wink: Those thumbs seems to be simple plates ...

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I got piesced and filed work done on the main knuckles. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/b5J3ZGZgxUUmWdLRAFnLw8-OtmMRi2plNue3MixVDoKHwpD_0mongCiKHMiH1hFxKGYIpb_1GBW4vEzo7_s8od81NCaN-MZ8afQfBX6B_U28t7NW7CBqXr0gs0qZJb1xQpPr7XdZqyY63fzhRepgyjJ_SDX2gtZpg_Cw3nA_dXm_selr-HkLjcYdFWxMbTkX649M8KBtplXgS95g6i...

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Xtracted wrote:I have nothing interesting to say, I just came here to throw praise in your general direction Mac.

Bloody gorgeous. Too bad they are a size too small and not for me.

Thank you for your encouraging words.

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Things are proceeding, even if slowly. The finger assemblies are caught up with the other parts now. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CCrmLWE9SFVeh5gyOjCdeOBkIeQJENggDb5J8taYaStid03Ebre_zb-V8VVA17qmesmFfAuZ1pkW1qVSdIsWPA3d7D1nNtEAIn7gmpJkU29nbs24ZCSjT8cHRu3rrLB4ouEcnhUwOCNbnUH_vTpuacsSnxhgGMW5-B9E7...

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I'm currently sitting on four different orders (2 bascinets and 2 sallets) which have already been half paid, but the customers all insist in not sending me their measurements, for whatever reason. Measurements taken by the customer seldom really help the situation. Over the years I've received.......

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Oh, right! I see what you are up to. I either missed that in the first place, or forgot.

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The Schloss Tirol altarpiece (c. 1370-1372) and the Toggenbuerg Bible (c. 1411) both show big checked blue-and-white pillows at the head of beds. Those would most likely be linen, hemp, or cotton although medieval beddings could be of worsted or silk (Mary's bed has checked pillows, and She was not...

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It will be easier to get those deep hammer marks out before you weld on that skirt. whether you are hammering from the inside or the outside, tool access is everything. A couple of unpleasant hours spent now will save you a dozen unspeakable hours later. :wink: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3...

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Have made a little bit of progress on this helmet. The bowl shape seems like its getting close and I started on the skirt. Im contemplating if its would make sense to roll the edge? Some of the two piece ones seem to have a turned lip around the upper edges. Barbutes with more-or-less-closed faces ...

Mac

It looks like you did a fine job on the hosen!

A slightly longer skirt on the arming garment would be enough to keep the hosen "decent" under most circumstances. The ones in the iconography seem (mostly) to cover the gluteal fold. So... I'm thinking about three fingers longer in the back.

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Hi mac, remember the tryouts i made with a sharpened steel disc i used for cutting the lines. This was very robust too working with, without any wobbling or so. All you need for this job is a lot of routine, like a glas cutter or engraver has. I just re-read what you wrote back in 2015 . Have you b...

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I wonder what they did about lighting ... too much can be as bad as too little. Maybe some nice burgers at Murano offered lenses to hang in the front window of your bottega on cloudy fall days? Or scheduling the fancy decoration for spring and summer? Good question! I'm sure that they must have had...

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None of the dog bone catched my eye, Mac! The flaws you have on your gauntlets is right, at my eye according to originals. But, you know that better than me, I think. Thank you! On the whole, I think the level of flaws is similar, but they have a slightly different character. My lines are a bit les...

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Today, I got the thumbs ready for final polish, and cut all the lines. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OElfLooJKDe281slbbqENjN9PC4PNq0AvrHFuDPnSFfIc3NIcuBpOO24b3sn5kpVbIZ7bYt9hRV4y2QESdRyQI_rYugbNqmdtCqQZZyef-D2oC3sV5XU_qt5qsGkSb4n8Zyb0zXxTwlixoeuFWmvNBVQldf_IAqfgnL-eCJr2s1-RZWLtT1Wds5qN4Mro8WASBJ...

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Mac, Is this a public board I can't seem to find it. This is a subject that I have more than a little interest in. Doh! :oops: Quite right. I had it set is up as a secrete board. I usually start these boards as secretes and then reveal them when I get enough pins to make it seem worthwhile. I just ...

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I impressed by the job you are doing here, Mac! It is a pleasure to read your posts! Thanks! I was looking to my pictures of the Maxmilian 1st gauntlets and I would want your opinion about that small lame on one of the fingers. If that lame is original, it seems that it was at least two techniques ...

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The thumb tails more or less filed. I can't seem to get those fine lines that are trailing off from the hearts and paisleys. Perhaps I'll have another idea in a bit... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h8FLb6S8aQ2R0zMuY7ZtkNuftsshcmeX0pNQH_xr5w9dLLK5aSfhkRkfQf2VVidUw2gfNzByOpZ7mhJIC3Pbd8WgsKNO3Cl4Ko...

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Today, I'm working on the thumbs. Here's a pic of the right one, showing approximately what the edge has to look like. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/x8cNjNjKFFezzv60ToVEZumDb2OLo5gYLn2x8mhMXe-hEhyAbrl8cBjQBjVCS0z678f3rdTEOSWrTcmf7p6rguhJTtmRxkymscQCdda4tb89Wz9NDfCgJ2y7B32ritutqbIZS60esiuTUyegxI3...

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Nice overcut :) These cuts seem to be a tad wider than I have seen, is this my imagination (having a bit of trouble with the perspective) or are we in search of something with a really fine kerf? Thanks! They might be a bit wide, or perhaps just a bit to square in section. If they still look wide w...

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I like the "swooshes" !

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The famous nad-tasset rides again (beware saddle horns!). I made it be removable. Just in case. While working on this armor, though, I thought that it might be possible to turn a permanently attached "DPU" back up under the fauld. This would keep it from interacting unfavorably with the saddle, but...

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Here is the business end of my "dog bone" punch. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rS2VExixiz_-C8YIFp-8FkIvtWiNeJREJGZkRuqmlAdGz9wuBzMN0xPJrSsF2EVD0fnBgD_64fIgr3jafEPFJI8vz-7CkPebpasjcHbQUFXHAq9qKFKN1bSZnD5xxUiCWQtT4_3VZ4axEYRp6xzua9ayJQPbKeoWAIGrs2NoKWuX-SqrH_V20etE8JH_mTYjVrf4DyvSdyUNMLsCVswE799DZ...

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The grinding work is proceeding. Most of these parts are up to either 180gr discs or A65 structured abrasive belt over a padded platen. The knuckle plates are a bit behind the rest, and I haven't done anything about the finger plates yet. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L-bvZDqTxqpZ25Oho-h7VB5QH0m...

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Hi: Check out the gothic pierced/fluted gauntlet at the Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21928?fbclid=IwAR007RJF2CnG4jx4eCtTfJqSTRYHABdM8-9gJQa9gPUt-ELh9grgkdYM0gM Ilkka Salokannel Mac: You might like the thumb on that gauntlet. Even shows a finger nail on the tip. And the gaunt...

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