The Armour Archive

I'm just showing off something that is pretty neat here, because I know the maker won't toot his own horn. I didn't make these. They were made by Brent/Sir Luther Anshelm at Anshelm Arms. To preface this; I had aquired some 14th c. spring stainless knees and elbows from him last fall, and noticed how close the designs were to several effigies (specifically Miles Stapleton and Reginald de Cobham). But the flares on the knees seemed to be a bit too much. So I asked Luther if he'd try making them look more like Roger De Cobham's effigy. He said he'd would and could even do the proto-wings and punch the holes for me.
Welll, this is what I got in the mail yesterday. And below is an image of the effigy of Reginald de Cobham.



You'll note on Reginald that the flares don't flare away from the leg like on most soupcans. They actually taper back towards the shin and thigh. But when you look at them head-long, the flares have a gentle taper away from the legs on the sides. The geometry is executed perfectly.
I have to say that I love these knees. I gave S. Luther specific dimensions, and they fit perfectly to those dimensions and appear as though they were made to fit over the padded cuisses. They are nice and deep to protect the side of my knee. I think he even got the same number of rivet holes on them. If he had colored them gold, I'd sware he had pulled them off of S. Reginald's tomb.


I'm so giddy, I can't help myself. I brought them into work to show my workmates (who could not care less about armor) and they are looking at me with worry, because I have such a dumb smile on my face like a 11 year old boy who just took his first mini-bike ride.
-Cian

Those are sexy mc sexypants!

Fantabulously perfect.

Awesome.

The paint job on the tomb is modern(ish), so doing yours in gold is probably not the right choice anyway. Nice knees, always good to see people looking at imagery from the period to produce pieces.