The Armour Archive

Marco-borromei

I think he's producing the same effect you'll see in this video at 15 seconds in: https://youtu.be/m4hwWpthyoE?t=15s This is common in custom auto body fabrication and repair, they're just doing the same thing much faster because its a pneumatic hammer. I've seen my brother do it with an english whe...

Marco-borromei

The hidden costs might matter. With a new piece of steel, you don't have to remove paint or galvanized coatings, or tap put dents or folded edges that you don't want in your final piece. That extra work takes TIME, which may or may not be worth $ to you. Removing paint or zinc plating will require a...

Marco-borromei

I'm struggling to know how to explain what I did, and may have to sketch something. I'm also looking through old photos to see if anything is obvious. To start, I took a series of measurements of myself, possibly more than I actually needed. I didn't really know what I was doing, only that the stand...

Marco-borromei

I made a breast and back generally following Eric Dube's videos. Mind you, I'm nowhere near as skilled as him, and haven't the experience yet to "see" a flat pattern from a imagined finished piece, so I always cut sheets with some waste on the edges until I know where the metal is going to move. I s...

Marco-borromei

I made a breast and back generally following Eric Dube's videos. Mind you, I'm nowhere near as skilled as him, and haven't the experience yet to "see" a flat pattern from a imagined finished piece, so I always cut sheets with some waste on the edges until I know where the metal is going to move. I s...

Marco-borromei

I did NOT listen to everything the guy in the film was saying, so I am not sure how reliable the words are. I am only really recommending the pictures for reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42oEPWVGNBw Ian typically knows what he's talking about. He's been doing this for a while. ;) Good to...

Marco-borromei

Also this is part 1 and 2 of Eric Dube raising an armet. This will give you some idea how the pieces work together for a 2 piece chin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpPVf8Z58Xk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6ML-fQC6U Edit... there's a part 3 that is relevant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk...

Marco-borromei

This video has a lot of comparison photos and some animations that show how the armet/maximillian 2 piece chin works. I did NOT listen to everything the guy in the film was saying, so I am not sure how reliable the words are. I am only really recommending the pictures for reference. https://www.yout...

Marco-borromei

There doesn't appear RIGHT NOW to be a market large enough to support another person making off the rack SCA-combat armor; Icefalcon has a lot of that market already. There doesn't seem to be a non-SCA market right now; HEMA isn't generally using steel armor, and there's no big social/movie/tv/inter...

Marco-borromei

I'm awfully impressed by Diglach's fencing so far, since I get to watch it firsthand. He's not telling you that he was half of the most wonderfully and violent "novice" tourney I've ever seen a few weeks back... the 2 entrants had a combined 60+ years of combat experience, but were new to SCA rapier...

Marco-borromei

Interesting, I'm currently using a Cricut with fairly generic vinyl to make the same sort of stencils and paint gold onto armor borders. I hadn't considered yet trying to acid etch with the vinyl... but now I'm more inspired.

Marco-borromei

I blackened a pair of 4130 articulated elbows 5 years ago and have used them weekly in SCA C&T combat with steel swords... and in some grappling and other steel on steel combat against people in plate or mail. The finish is AT LEAST as resilient as properly applied rustoleum and professionally appli...

Marco-borromei

cast a concrete block around a 4x4 post and pipe to drop the leg into. Cast it inside your shop and make it big enough to be stable and a pain to move. I have a portable throatless shear that's bolted to a 6x6x12 chunk of wood sunk in a cat litter bucket of cement. Stable enough to cut almost anythi...

Marco-borromei

I was only able to make 5 years of producing SCA fencing swords and helms APPEAR to be a succesful business because I had a real life professional job with a lot of flexibility. Most of the big name suppliers for SCA seem to fall into one of 4 categories: hobbyists with real jobs, importers, busines...

Marco-borromei

I've done it a lot of times to repair both quality swords and cheap wall hangers. Got a pic of the tang? How are you using this sword? If for any combat purposes, be aware that you are adding a weak point that WILL break eventually. As you gain paactice by fixing that weld when it does break, you'll...

Marco-borromei

From a practical experiment point of view... Many years ago, at a NOT SCA EVENT*, I had a pair of 8ft polearms with flexible steel dagger blade points and heavy leather pieces making the ax faces. I used this against people armed armored roughly* to SCA rapier or C&T standards, acting to roughly* SC...

Marco-borromei

I'd forgotten that I made this odd contraption half a dozen years ago or so. Its single purpose was to make consistent SPIRAL creases in a deep pointed helmet, so all the angles are weird and nothing lines up except the upper "chisel" and lower "valley" between two round sections. https://goo.gl/pho...

Marco-borromei

Not a pro, but I spend at least as much time creating custom tooling for odd problems as I do making armor: I have often thought about building a 2 foot square box about 4 feet high with an open top. I'd place an anvil and stand inside the box [perhaps just using a big piece of 6" round bar as the a...

Marco-borromei

I bought a helmet in 2015, 12 month lead time. I later paid the extra 25% surcharge to get it made/delivered early as a RUSH item, still worth it. There was a LONG breakdown in communication because they cashed the check before making note of the email address written on it, and later could not matc...

Marco-borromei

In a month I'll be traveling through the mid atlantic states and I'd like to try to visit any of the fabric shops'warehouses that don't sell online. I've occasionally heard of there being some places out that way. I'm looking for locals to tell me where they go for fabric. I'm particularly looking f...

Marco-borromei

I have a student who is looking to sell a Starfire scimitar/scabbard and a short straight sword; neither has been used at all, just sat in a closet. No damage or rust. Pictures at https://goo.gl/photos/NEjRjoo26rsqzGxP7 You can see from these pictures that the scimitar and short sword are in perfect...

Marco-borromei

Sin of all sins, I stuffed it will conveniently on hand POLY stuffing. The terrible truth is that polyester batting is a better helmet stuffing material than cotton. Poly has superior loft and is easier to quilt. Mac It certainly ACTS more like the horse hair stuffing I handled once, and I'm freque...

Marco-borromei

I recently started from scratch on new helmet linings, but had not seen that article. Here's what I did which is [edited to add] LOOSELY "in a period style" but by no means "period." Photos are here: https://goo.gl/photos/38takdFHeWPGv29b7 I started with cotton muslin, enough for 3 layers of 15"x36"...

Marco-borromei

I use a dental drill on an air compressor foot pedal. There's LOTS of shape burs available on amazon and ebay. Also, if you ask your dentist nicely, they might save up the ones they throw away every day for a week or so, sterilize them, and give them to you. Ask a week BEFORE your appointment, and b...

Marco-borromei

You could ask AL shield makers if you can ship them the materials [is they don't stock it]?
http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cf ... top_cat=60

Marco-borromei

For the same weight per sq ft as .08" thick aluminum, consider .025" thick 4013 steel sheet. Its more form-able, so you [or a smith that you pay to do it] could make a fat rolled edge that would both strengthen the shield AND give a blunter edge without adding weight with separate edging material. I...

Marco-borromei

I've had these inward stand-off rivets on a set of legs I use weekly for 2.5 years now. Each one is a pan head 3/16th rivet. I made a 3/16 hole in each strap and a small slit "upstream" on the strap to turn it into a button hole. Both the straps and the buckle holding straps connect this way. Leathe...

Marco-borromei

I'm looking for a copy of Sir Vitus' translation of the famous Krotchpunt manuscript. Its anyone willing to part with their copy? Or are originals still sold anywhere? I wasn't able to find any links from old threads that still worked.

Thanks,
Marco

Marco-borromei

I just received my helmet, it fits and is what I expected. 10/29/15 - order finalized for a close helm, barred visor, stainless 11/18/15 - 50% down payment mailed, target completion date of 10/12/16 1/14/16 - I agree to pay an additional 25% "rush order fee" for a completion date of 4/22/16. 4/20/16...

Marco-borromei

I just received my helmet, it fits and is what I expected. 10/29/15 - order finalized for a close helm, barred visor, stainless 11/18/15 - 50% down payment mailed, target completion date of 10/12/16 1/14/16 - I agree to pay an additional 25% "rush order fee" for a completion date of 4/22/16. 4/20/16...

Marco-borromei

http://www.mcmaster.com/#2896A13 $1.44 each. Note that Mcmaster.com does NOT show you the shipping and tax on your shopping cart, taht's added later. Expect to pay another $5-7 for a box of drill bits. I buy the sizes I use in dozens at a time, and start a new project with a new bit. Its STILL cheap...

Marco-borromei

Not kevlar - viewtopic.php?f=7&t=102767&hilit=kevlar+knife
It cuts very easily.

Marco-borromei

I made a breast, faulds, and back mostly out of .032 [or .035?] 4130... I think the faulds were .025. I did this as a learning piece, with no intention of grinding at all, just leaving the temper colors and waxing the piece. I use it for steel long sword combat, it while the finish scratches, there'...

Marco-borromei

I made bench mounts for all my punches... its awesome. I will never go back.

Marco-borromei

Its worked before on MILD steel, not stainless. I've had STAINLESS PERF sections of mild steel pieces get darker, but the tiny surface area means I might just not be able to see the spotty pattern emerging. Same prep, same variety of finishes on this test piece. Same heat cycle before attempting to ...

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Re: Armouring As A Career

Re: CTE / TBI Update

Re: Greenwich Buckhurst armour

Re: Oil-Blackening Mild Steel

Re: stand question for a leg vise

Re: breaking free...but how?

Re: Converting a "rat-tail" sword tang?

Re: Polearm question. Halberds/Poleaxes/Spears

Re: need three hands

Re: need three hands

Re: Illusion Armouring

Mid atlantic fabric warehouses

WTS 2 Starfire swords

Re: Questions about padding a helmet in a period style for u

Re: Questions about padding a helmet in a period style for u

Re: Touchmark

Re: WTB THINNER Aluminum shields

Re: WTB THINNER Aluminum shields

Re: Strapping a Breastplate/breastplate critique

WTB Krotchpunt

Re: Anyone heard from Illusion Armoring?

Re: Illusion Armouring - taking orders / contact ?

Re: Drill bit suggestions?

Re: Need advice on puncture proof plastic

Re: Metal thickness for a breastplate?

Re: Punching Many Narrow Holes in Thin Metal

Re: burnt oil finish... on stainless?