The Armour Archive

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I am at work at the moment, but, for what it is worth, I tried to take a stab at this. I fired up Blender and opened a photogrammetric model of the Parade Armor of King Eric XIV of Sweden I got from Sketchfab ( here is a video on how the model was made!). I looked at the knee cops as straight on as ...

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Are those elbow cops still pending? On the off chance the person who called dibs doesn't want them after all, can I snatch them up?

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Hello! So, I am constructing a lendenier myself in a manner similar to the fabric one Ian made. However, the experience has led me to some questions. I want to know the likely reasons it is constructed one way or another, in particular the way it is said in the Limburger Chronicle as interpreted by ...

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¡Muchísimas gracias! That is super neat! It is also sort of cute to see that the visor of the bascinet is called a "pico de gorrión", or "swallow's beak".

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Sean M:. Thanks! I will take a look at that! Dan Howard: I should have not been so absolute in my assertion of the meaning of "bouillir" in this context. I can definitely see how what you say might be true, and it very well might be! But, for what it is worth, from what limited research I have done ...

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Wow. Fantastic work!!! It got me thinking about some stuff, especially your test of boiling the leather. I can't get over the term "cuir boulli". It explicitly means boiled leather, and part of me is adamant that boiling must have been part of the process historically at least some of the time. And ...

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Ditto Ditto!!! Also, how do you pierce the overlap? Do you use a hand drift? Modified pliers? This is what got me to stop my maille making endeavors way back when... By the way, those rings are flippin' awesome. I can't wait to see what you will do next with them! Hopefully some destructive tests s...

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Well, you can always do a whole series of videos that go into detail on just that sort of thing. That would be a splendid idea if I didn't have any bills to pay. :) As it is, though, such a thing is outside of my budget. Mac I wonder if a university or something would be willing to pay you to do su...

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I am very excited to watch these videos tonight.

I am curious, though, Mac. What are the one or two things you no longer agree with?

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I wonder if it's possible to do that trick with photographs one already has. If we assume that the lens and format for different images are all the "normal" one (50mm lens/35mm film) or its digital equivalent, will these programs yield usable (if not perfect) results? Mac From my understanding, ass...

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At this point in time, the practicality of full 3D scans of artifacts is quite as feasible as high end photography. That would eliminate the distortion associated with photographic parallax, not to mention being able to revolve the view to whatever angle you want. Then, all you would need to "try o...

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Thanks for the responses, everyone! 1510 - later than you want to know about, the general answer was a gorget. Here are some examples of a few styles: http://www.allenantiques.com/Armour-Gorgets-Collection.html Wade Those are most certainly not later that what I want to know about! :) I ideally want...

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Greetings esteemed archivers! Not too long ago, it occurred to me that I really had no idea what made for good clavicle and shoulder protection. I figured that some padding, the plates of my ahistorical SCA "gorget". and the maille of my aventail sufficed, at least for my clavicle, for SCA rattan sp...

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I imagine a maille fringe as previously discussed would also possibly cover the gap and in any case help mitigate the effects of anything somehow avoiding the stop-rib of the breastplate and/or avoiding being deflected or caught by the edge of the solid ventail, and snaking up through there. Along t...

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This thread is pretty rad. Have you read "The Mastery and Uses of Fire in Antiquity" by J. E. Rehder or any of his other publications? I am not anywhere close to being an expert in any sort of field even remotely pertaining to metallurgy., but I found this book to be particularly interesting. If you...

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I have a quick question that might not be terribly on-topic, and it might be stupid to ask, but what would be the merits of having such a (presumably) padded lining to the fringe of maille?

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I have used cotton batting and is the only stuff I have used, myself. My current arming garment, where it is padded, has a single layer (I have no idea if it is relatively dense or not dense...). I do not know if my choices of where and where not to pad are advisable, but for what it is worth, I hav...

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Why have I not seen this thread before? ;_; And, yeah, I'm about to sound all wishy-washy, feely-goody, but... Thank you, Zetheros for doing what you do. I will buy this game for sure, regardless of its state, as a matter of principle (as soon as I have the money ;)). The world needs artists like yo...

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I am very excited to see where you will take this! Others have chimed in with great info already. But, if you choose to go for a grand asiette construction, I recommend Tasha's (Tailoress here on this forum! Check out her posts and website!!!) wonderful pattern for the Charles de Blois garment . Ian...

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To me this helmet has too much sprezzatura to be fake. Haha! Such a perfect word for this! And I can sympathize with that sentiment. The gap between the ventail and the torso just plain bothers me no matter how I look at it, though. Anyway, I know this thread is about more than just this particular...

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Are we sure that the venice bascinet wasn't messed with somehow in a way that might explain the odd shape?

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Ok, so... Am I correct in my understanding that making a given amount of iron into a large, thin piece like a breastplate means more exposure to oxidation and, therefore, more loss of iron during the forging process than making other things with the same amount of iron? Aside from amount of iron nee...

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Wow. I haven't spent enough time looking at armour from earlier eras. It is certainly apparent that there are a variety of configurations! I wonder, though, what are all of them, and what are each of their reasons for existing. Some don't seem to make sense to me, but they must have been effective i...

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Thanks for the great responses, everyone! First off, Ernst, I do understand the statue of St. Mauritius the Egyptian isn't a funerary effigy, but it is an effigy nonetheless. And thank you for pointing out the headband thing. I was wondering about that. What would it be holding in place? I could ima...

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Greetings esteemed Archivers! I have some questions and would also like your opinion on something. In particular, I would like your opinion on this video by Lindybeige which just came out. For those not in the mood to watch the video, this individual is wondering (as I am wondering!!!) how maille co...

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Why did my car have to break down this year? I was saving up for one... Well, I will see if my brother is interested. If not, will you be making any more that will be for sale later this year, particularly after June?

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In that case, an appropriately rounded corner of a hard metal object (harder than the annealed tong surface) with a sharp enough edge would do the trick, no? This object could be the end of a punch of high carbon steel of a circular cross section of diameter (at least on the end) on the order of the...

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I have been thinking about making watershed swaging tongs, and I think it might not be too difficult in principle. I think what could give the right shape, or at least the approaching the right shape, is using a rotary tool with a cylindrical grinding surface of an appropriate diameter, perhaps the ...

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I remember reading a post by Mark Schmid a long time ago mentioning that the overlap was the least likely part of the ring to split and fail in destructive tests he did of his maille. Another maille enthusiast I followed who made similar looking maille (which was still very nicely made, mind you... ...

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Please do, people! These kinds of things can make a difference!

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http://bennetdictionary.com/frayel/

I am not sure if this is right, but perhaps "frayel" means basket?

Also... "massuel" might be related to the modern french word for "mace", which I think is "massue".

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Ernst, I really like that explanation. But I have some confusion about the costs surrounding riveted vs. punched rings. Would not punching iron rings from a sheet be relatively wasteful compared to slitting sheet and drawing wire? What would one do with the left-over discs of iron left behind from p...

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What? ..... don't tolerate passive aggressive behavior..... Isn't that the main mode of communication? Doesn't everything start with "You could do that......" But I guess I am taking the role of "master" not apprentice. I usually follow that with all of the reasons that the suggestion would result ...

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This sounds so much like my line of work. I am currently a graduate student in Molecular and Cellular Biology seeking my PhD, so I am, in effect, an apprentice. Probably most professors (and certainly mine) will tell you that more often than not, a graduate student costs a lot more than their work b...

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I am loving this thread. This has answered a lot of questions I've had for some time! But... allow me to air a grievance about English-speaker pronunciation of "é", "et", and the like. I have always found it extremely baffling that, in general (it seems), English speakers (such as myself) being taug...

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