Non-Steel and Non-Leather armouring materials

^ · Post by ^ » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:56 pm

Outside of barrel or sheet plastic I was wondering what other materials people have had success making hidden armor out of?

Maeryk · Post by **Maeryk** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:13 pm

Peder wrote:Outside of barrel or sheet plastic I was wondering what other materials people have had success making hidden armor out of?

Aluminum. Some hidden, some not so hidden.

D.Z.P. · Post by **D.Z.P.** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:21 pm

I used a tennis shoe as a cup onetime.

But other than that the most common not leather, metal thing that I have seen is like hockey knees / arms, and the like.

Oswyn_de_Wulferton · Post by **Oswyn_de_Wulferton** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:49 pm

Motocross, mountain biking, and lacrosse all have "close enough" coverage that they are frequently hidden.

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:36 pm

Wouldn't call it "successful" but my very first harness made use of car tires. Sears nylon belted radial, if memory serves.

mattmaus · Post by **mattmaus** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:44 am

Kilkenny wrote:Wouldn't call it "successful" but my very first harness made use of car tires. Sears nylon belted radial, if memory serves.

A local theater group did a production of MacBeth with a post apocalyptic set years ago.

The warriors all had tire armor, and in that context, it was pretty sweet.

The axes were very crude things. Circular saw blades cut into quarters then welded to pipe.

So before I totaly derail the thread, I'd avoid tires. After the profuse and repeated thanks and appologies said theater group offered to the workshop owner where they made the tire armor, I got the impression that the aftermath of such a project in terms of mess would never really be worth the effort.

Agnarr · Post by **Agnarr** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:46 am

Kilkenny wrote:Wouldn't call it "successful" but my very first harness made use of car tires. Sears nylon belted radial, if memory serves.

DUDE

That had to be hot as hell!

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:22 am

Agnarr wrote:
Kilkenny wrote:Wouldn't call it "successful" but my very first harness made use of car tires. Sears nylon belted radial, if memory serves.

DUDE That had to be hot as hell!

Nah. Too open to be hot. But it seriously put the UGH in ugly. :lol:

Agnarr · Post by **Agnarr** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:14 am

Kilkenny wrote:
Agnarr wrote:
Kilkenny wrote:Wouldn't call it "successful" but my very first harness made use of car tires. Sears nylon belted radial, if memory serves.

DUDE That had to be hot as hell!

Nah. Too open to be hot. But it seriously put the UGH in ugly.

I had started out i had some ugly greaves made out of stop signs, i then wore baseball knees uncovered. when ever i see pics of either i cringe. and take a long sad crying shower.

Baron Eirik · Post by **Baron Eirik** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:44 pm

We can always hail back to the bad old days of carpet armor :lol:

I've also seen garden hose stitched into a vest as armor and life-vests as body armor.

Agnarr · Post by **Agnarr** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:51 pm

Baron Eirik wrote:We can always hail back to the bad old days of carpet armor

I've also seen garden hose stitched into a vest as armor and life-vests as body armor.

Are you still fighting with the padded fireplace gloves? i am wanting to use one on my shield hand.

Baron Eirik · Post by **Baron Eirik** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:58 pm

Agnarr wrote:Are you still fighting with the padded fireplace gloves? i am wanting to use one on my shield hand.

They are hockey gloves covered with fireplace gloves - and yes. Although the stitching is failing .... (damn armor maintenance....)

Agnarr · Post by **Agnarr** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:04 pm

Baron Eirik wrote:
Agnarr wrote:Are you still fighting with the padded fireplace gloves? i am wanting to use one on my shield hand.
They are hockey gloves covered with fireplace gloves - and yes. Although the stitching is failing .... (damn armor maintenance....)

I hear ya. thanks!

Klaus the Red · Post by **Klaus the Red** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:39 pm

I wore a Tae Kwan Do chest protector (once) as body armor back in the day when my first Wisby coat was still a work-in-progress. It worked fine but it made me look like the Pilsbury Doughfighter even with a tabard over the top.

Klaus

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