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- Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:49 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Who made this?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 886
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:16 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Hans Prunner: "THE BAVARIAN ARMY MUSEUM" by Carlo Paggiarino
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1163
Re: Hans Prunner: "THE BAVARIAN ARMY MUSEUM" by Carlo Paggia
How much was shipping?
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:00 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: So many feathers
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1664
Re: So many feathers
Consider that estimates of arrow usage at Crecy(?) were on the order of 250,000....you need a lot of feathers.
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:50 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: God bless Western museum curators
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10475
Re: God bless Western museum curators
This is really the East German border clerk at Checkpoint Charlie scene from Gotcha!, isn't it?
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:18 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: heat treating gauntlets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 878
Re: heat treating gauntlets
I've sent some ss gauntlets to heat treat, and they had the parts bolted together in place of rivets, but it was also a type of ss that doesn't warp much, and didn't involve a quench.
I like Tascius's idea of threaded rod for steel that gets quenched.
I like Tascius's idea of threaded rod for steel that gets quenched.
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:30 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Historical Etching Recipes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5482
Re: Historical Etching Recipes
So, which of the various recipes would you recommend using?
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:28 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Holes on the top of breastplates?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3196
Re: Holes on the top of breastplates?
It could also (armor appropriate) be used to point it to the garment, or armor underneath. It would keep a gorget from coming out from under the bp, for instance.
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:26 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Late 14th Century Hungarian Splinted Armour
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1880
Re: Late 14th Century Hungarian Splinted Armour
Looks nice!
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:44 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Neck-rondells in bascinets, fiction or not?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2371
Re: Neck-rondells in bascinets, fiction or not?
Also, The Altar of St James at Pistoia Cathedral.Gustovic wrote:Why use a rondel when you can get a full set of articulating plates?
Italy, 1374
- Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:44 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Updated Post and Lower Prices for Medieval Book Collection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 637
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:26 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Gokstad ship chests with bound corners?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2153
Re: Gokstad ship chests with bound corners?
It makes it simple to transport by wagon/mule from the point of mfg to market, you're not packing air.
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:40 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: CoP with "exposed" plates
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2281
Re: CoP with "exposed" plates
I am really note sure all/most of these are showing exposed plates but are showing the plates under the foundation later of fabric. Because leather is so common we miss this visual but you see pretty clearly the plate edges with fabric foundations which from my research seems to be by far the most ...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:24 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My New Hero
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1446
Re: My New Hero
Awesome video series.
- Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:54 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Need help (problem solved).
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2858
Re: Need help (!)
Liquidating someone else's armour...Galileo wrote:His most recent posts was liquidating his armour here on the classified board, saying he was getting into auto racing.
- Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:04 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Authentic Templar sword for sale on ebaY?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2625
Re: Authentic Templar sword for sale on ebaY?
From Jeff J, and he's willing to pay!Paladin74 wrote:A fair assessment Jeff J - I just wondered at the sack on this guy, suggesting it would be worth that much. And I got a response- he said he could provide a CoA for it.
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:15 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Hardening 4130 in 18 gauge?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2069
Re: Hardening 4130 in 18 gauge?
I've baked a LOT of metals at 400F for 3-4hrs to prevent hydrogen embrittlement, typically when nickel or chrome plated.
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:11 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Heat Treating PSA
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1316
Re: Heat Treating PSA
They have a minimum charge for an order, and a per pound charge- there may also be an extra charge if you want some sort of special treatment. Let's call it $225 minimum, which is fairly standard (I inspect aircraft parts, and see heat treat bills from Paulo and Metal Improvements pretty often). If ...
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:10 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Aventail Rondels
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1291
Re: Aventail Rondels
They're also contemporary with the armor on The Altar of St James in Pistoia Cathedral. If there are tails for the groin and butt, you can probably put them on helmets. http://armourinart.com/media/armourinart.com/original/293.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f0/97/51/f097517e8a937909fd...
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:02 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Hardening 4130 in 18 gauge?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2069
Re: Hardening 4130 in 18 gauge?
Theres something I would need to know. I know of the trick of using vinegar to remove scale, but had not heard of 4130 possibly becoming brittle under the effects of mild acid. Anyone have more definitive answers on this? I'd be using something like cheap white vinegar in gallon jugs for preference...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:34 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What's the appropriate 'war board' for 14th century england?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2911
Re: What's the appropriate 'war board' for 14th century engl
IIRC, Edward III had a 2x3 shield with a rounded bottom. It still exists, if it is the one I'm thinking of...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:27 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Where can I get black brewers pitch?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1250
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:40 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Wanted: Azon/Ringmesh XL shirt for costume
- Replies: 4
- Views: 779
Re: Wanted: Azon/Ringmesh XL shirt for costume
Azon beats mailletec on price hands down- and they have more than just medium.
https://www.ringmesh.com/ChainMail_Shir ... s_s/25.htm
https://www.ringmesh.com/ChainMail_Shir ... s_s/25.htm
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:27 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: And he threw a rising flat snap into his opponent's
- Replies: 57
- Views: 9888
Re: And he threw a rising flat snap into his opponent's
I was in a tourney a few years ago, that I went to sort of on a last minute whim, with a couple friends. In this one bout (maybe my first of the tourney?) I had a very good opponent. I cautiously advanced into position, and I thought about a shot I'd used on someone a few years previously, and decid...
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:22 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: And he threw a rising flat snap into his opponent's
- Replies: 57
- Views: 9888
Re: And he threw a rising flat snap into his opponent's
A long time ago, I was in a boar hunt, and there were problems with one of them...like a boar, it was hard to convince him that he was dead, even when several people were poking him in the face enough that he couldn't advance. I mentioned it to the marshals, and they said there wasn't anything they ...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:58 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: All that practice, real world application...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2079
Re: All that practice, real world application...
His target would be dead.
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:38 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: All that practice, real world application...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2079
Re: All that practice, real world application...
He was...enthusiastic.
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 10:25 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: All that practice, real world application...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2079
Re: All that practice, real world application...
It never would have happened if the "marshals in charge" were doing their job. ;) CALIFORNIA Penal Code Section 182-185 185. Section One Hundred and Eighty-five. It shall be unlawful for any person to wear any mask, false whiskers, or any personal disguise (whether complete or partial) for the purpo...
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:59 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: All that practice, real world application...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2079
All that practice, real world application...
Nice technique, he should have gone for the collar bone.
- Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:08 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Opinions: Morgan Library MS M.763 fol. 136r
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1139
Re: Opinions: Morgan Library MS M.763 fol. 136r
I have no evidence to back up my *hunch* that this is a survival of that mail strip, but...
Some of those earlier images, like Durer's are light lancers/light cavalry.
Some of those earlier images, like Durer's are light lancers/light cavalry.
- Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:56 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Anyone know where to get thin 410?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1399
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:40 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Interesting helmet, Sebastiansaltar 1493
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2313
Re: Interesting helmet, Sebastiansaltar 1493
The 'Crown of Thorns' skullcap to Mr. Wayne's L is neat too.
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 12:24 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Hans Prunner: "THE GWYNN COLLECTION" by Carlo Paggiarino
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1908
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:41 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Legendary book is now mine!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2234
Re: Legendary book is now mine!
I think that I'd be hitting used bookstores when I hit Europe...
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:26 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: WOODWORKERS _ BUY THIS BOOK!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1822
Re: WOODWORKERS _ BUY THIS BOOK!
She likes the book, Jeff. It has dtuff in it she has bever seen, she is going through it a little at a time- "like a fine dark chocolate".
- Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:20 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: WOODWORKERS _ BUY THIS BOOK!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1822
Re: WOODWORKERS _ BUY THIS BOOK!
It has arrived in KC. Tomorrow, it should be delivered. I'll let you know.