The Armour Archive

For your consideration-




It's a pair of Wisby style gauntlets, in heat treated 4130. I'm really starting to love this stuff- each gauntlet comes in at about a pound and a half, including the gloves.

And...



This is a stainless barbute, powdercoated black with brushed stainless trim and rivets. It's for the Archiver Chretien le Meunier.

I'll have some more pictures of these and some other projects up on my site, as soon as I get around to updating the gallery.

That is one wicked looking helm. Man!!

That is one wicked looking helm. Man!!

and so the gloves wish that was my period!

Very nicely done!

WOW, those look sweet
Good Job

Hell_Fire

Care to give specifics on the powder coat? Was it a home application or did you vend it to a profesional? What sort of pollish did it need before hand? How did you mask the stainless trim or was that applied after powdercoat?

I just got a woody thinking about a black & white English civil war suit of heat-treated 4130 stainless with powdercoat for the black portion... yeah maybe after the lottery.

Sean

Care to give specifics on the powder coat? Was it a home application or did you vend it to a profesional? What sort of pollish did it need before hand? How did you mask the stainless trim or was that applied after powdercoat?

I let some professionals do it. The finish was about medium fine. The trim was fitted before I took it in, and was put on afterwards.

I just got a woody thinking about a black & white English civil war suit of heat-treated 4130 stainless with powdercoat for the black portion.

Unfortunately, 4130 isn't stainless. I did a pair of low profile "Stealth" gauntlets in 4130, with a russeted finish (the idea being that they'd look like a pair of leather gloves from a distance)-



Russeting is, basically, controlled rust.

WOW!! I liked the first set of Wistby's...But MAN!!!! I love those stealth ones, What would a set of those set a person back? Those would definatly go with my early 14c outfit I'm building..

d'Antioche wrote:Unfortunately, 4130 isn't stainless.

Duh! I read 4130 and was thinking 465. Nevermind.
Thanks for the info on the powder coat.

Sean

beauty gaunts EH!!!

That baby is coming home to papa, ASAP. I may get my ass kicked, but I'm gonna look baaaddd while it's happening. A review as soon as I get it, as if there's gonna be anything negative to speak of, along with an IronMonger and a Shieldbender review as well.

Back to your regualrly scheduled drooling, coveting and jealous simmering.

Beautiful work as always!
Why did you choose to use 4130 over say 1050?

Chris

Seriously sweet work.

Gotta love those gaunts. Mmmmm.


Effinglovingit

Sir Eamonn MacCampbell wrote:WOW!! I liked the first set of Wistby's...But MAN!!!! I love those stealth ones, What would a set of those set a person back? Those would definatly go with my early 14c outfit I'm building..

I'll second this request. How much?

Jon

I love those stealth ones, What would a set of those set a person back?

A pair of gauntlets like the ones in the picture- low profile 4130 Wisbyish finger gauntlets with articulated enclosed thumbs and a russet finish- would be $800.00. The same gauntlets and finish, but in mild 16 and 18 gauge steel, would be $600.00.

Why did you choose to use 4130 over say 1050?

4130 seems to be more forgiving when you're heat treating it. I've had a few pieces of 1050 and 1075 crack or shatter between being hardened and annealed. It may be my crudish equipment- a kiln with a pyrometer, but no controller. Or, possibly my hamhanded handling while the pieces are in the brittle stage.

I am, however, going to try to do a pair of Gothic gauntlets in 1050 for the Estrella A&S competition. A man's gotta stretch his limits....

I'm a little late to the thread.... but

How well does the powdercoat stand up to the normal wear and tear of rattan combat?

I've yet to wear it enough, to give a full opinion, but, the "flat" blunt impact of rattan does'nt seem to be a worry, as so much as say, it scraping other armour in my bad, or laying it on stone, or hitting it on the corner of a hard surface. I am remedying the scraping armour issue, by keeping it in a seperate bag.

The future will tell how long it holds up, and have yet to figure out how or what I'm going to do when it's time to re-coat it.

d'Antioche has told me he has one as well, and I'm sure he's had his much much longer, so he can weigh in on this issue, but methinks he's at Estrella at the moment...

Thanks ! Give us an update when you get a chance to form an opinon on it please. Cheap (extremely low end) powder coating systems are becoming affordable for us garage level hobbyists, and it sure give some very nice coloring options over the standard can of krylon paint jobs you see so much at SCA events.

Edit: Oh and where did you get your patterns for your Celata ? Extremely pretty helm, with great lines. Would you mind sharing?