The Armour Archive

Theo

Yes. PMed you.

Theo

I should be able to do that.

Theo

See title. This has basically been sitting in a drawer for about 2 years. Bought from Icefalcon. Weights 3 lbs. 10 oz.

This is regular mild steel, not stainless.

$125 shipped in the continental US, anywhere else we'll talk.

Thanks!

Pic: http://imgur.com/a/S7P7r

Theo

I have a blackened riveted short aventail that's unused. 9 mm flat rings. Got it from Icefalcon 2 or 3 years ago and I've never used it. I'd be willing to let it go for $125 shipped to anywhere in the continental US.

Theo

Tried to sell this back in April, the sale fell through. Still available for $180 shipped to the lower 48 states. http://imgur.com/zH48DkA Specs: 18 g. mild steel, 6 oz black leather, weighs about 18 lbs. I was 43" chest, 40" waist when I made this although there's a bit of room in the belly. Opens...

Theo

Theo

Additional bump. Now cheaper

Theo

Bump w/ update to shipping and lower price

Theo

I've got these guys. They're not strapped, though. $70 sounds about right:

http://imgur.com/R0bQrXF

Theo

Bump. Price once again lowered.

Theo

This is actually my own work.

Theo

Bump, price lowered.

Theo

Edit: lowered price a bit. - 4/14
Edit: lowered price a bit. - 4/17
Edit: price drop again - 4/18
Edit: price dropped yet again - 4/21
Edit: price dropped yet again - 4/23
Edit: lower! 4/24
Tide: Lowered even more: 4/26
Edit: No longer available. 4/28

Theo

Back when the Chainmaille Board was a thing a guy would take his (not bright) aluminum hauberk to the car wash and spray it down with the high pressure hose.

Theo

Cleaning out the scrap bin/unfinished armour/dead project sale! Good for parts, turning into your own (maybe hidden) armour, loaner gear, or add to your own scrap pile. All stuff is 16 g. mild steel. 1. Breastplate + placard: Fits together, kinda/sorta. I'm 5'10" and 200 lbs. You could probably rewo...

Theo

The HF shears are serviceable but expect a lot of edge cleanup. The fastest way I've found to do edge cleanup is an angle grinder (which you should have anyway) with a flap disk and G-jaw vice grips to clamp the thing to the table. I do metal art too and for me it's been the fastest way to deburr do...

Theo

I was going to recommend powder coating for two reasons: 1. I've seen powder coating ovens at a local university sale for like $100-$150. Normally they have computer stuff, lab equipment, office furniture, that sort of thing but sometimes they have weird tools and industrial equipment. Granted this ...

Theo

My money is on the rows of rivets between the plates just being there for aesthetic purposes: you'll find rows of closely spaced rivets on the cuffs of hourglass gauntlets, coats of plate sometimes had more rivets than were strictly necessary to hold the plates to the shell, etc. Part of armour was ...

Theo

These are also from the Met's photo archive and I'm not sure they count since they have integral sleeves:

http://imgur.com/a/kjSou

Theo

There's probably a lot more to this and I have the terrible habit of saving armour and armour tool pictures with little context but someone set up a mail ring drifting jig on an arbor press. There's a short length of tubing the ring slides over, and a little notch to where you can line up your rings...

Theo

1. That looks phenomenal, and 2. It might be the Martin Burgess article, but there's a thing from the 50's or 60's that talks about mail ring metallurgy. All I remember is that there were slag inclusions in the wire due to the smelting process. I read this online and it's probably on Erik D. Schmidt...

Theo

Some book recommendations: Arms and Armor of the Medieval Knight is cheap if you get it used. It breaks everything down century by century, the text isn't overly dense, it's profusely illustrated... it's just a good, general thing to have, with pictures. Bengt Thordeman's Armour from the Battle of W...

Theo

If the sleeves are a giant tube that bell bottom thing will happen. I made this thing in 2001 with hole row contractions and it pretty much doesn't do that, even though it's a little tight.

http://i.imgur.com/FgyURCP.png

Apologizes for butted mail and bad facial hair.

Theo

Angle grinders: chainsaw cutting discs http://katools.com/images/LANC_SQUIRE.jpg fit in angle grinders. They are very scary tools, but highly efficient for hogging-out. Emphatically, use both handles in your angle grinder and wear shop goggles. With chainsaw discs, surprises are bad things. Had thi...

Theo

I have two workbenches: one's a relatively heavy duty squarish thing with poplar planks on the top, 4x4s for the legs, and 2x6s holding the thing together and reinforcing the top. There's also a platform beneath the table with an old wooden wine box to hold stakes and stuff. Top dimensions are about...

Theo

It's linked to on the page, but they also have one with a Piezo ignition. I've used one of these torches for melting ice and stuff and they'll occasionally go out if you don't have the gas set up just so. Otherwise it's a functional tool that actually works despite coming from HF. It's slightly more...

Theo

1. Secure plate to the corner of table with 2 G-jaw vise grips, letting the edge overhang 2. 4.5" angle grinder w/120 grit flap disc It's slightly tricky because removing the burr can leave a knife edge if you go too heavy, so checking for this is part of my process. The vise grips are real easy to ...

Theo

"Look! It's for a boy!", as if adult men don't come in a variety of sizes. This reminds me of a picture of WWI combatants showing Continental Europeans as much shorter than Americans, British or the Russians. Just due to nutritional differences I could see your average 1360's peasant as being, on a...

Theo

I've degalved a mail shirt and a few coifs using (diluted) muriatic acid and it worked ok, minus some spot rusting. Basic process was dunking the mail items in the acid using thick rubber gloves and eye protection, wait for the fumes to stop while maintaining a safe distance, agitate the mail with a...

Theo

https://reno.craigslist.org/tls/4822687287.html

This is not *my* defunct sheet metal shop. Passing this along for anyone who may be interested in the equipment. Friend just linked me to it thru Facebook. It's a month old but is still up, so hopefully they still have stuff.

Theo

Instead of the '14th century' spaulder I start them on this one http://www.allenantiques.com/images/GothicArmPatternsOrig.jpg from Allen. It has a more historical base andonly a few parts which need to line up so not too difficult. Does Wade have other patterns on his site? This is the first I've s...

Theo

I've seen pictures of an iron age anvil pulled from a bog that was like a truncated inverted pyramid, only the edges weren't so nice. Wider on top, thinner on the bottom, but still stable is probably the way to go.

pic of what I'm talking about, no idea about the size of the original, tho.

Theo

I use a propane forge it works great. No need for oxygen and propane can be picked up 24 hours a day. You can see a pic of it here https://www.facebook.com/36453330869/photos/a.47689975869.70941.36453330869/10152392007565870/?type=1&theater Can we get some more details on your design? What is under...

Theo

Isn't there a 16th c. mail shirt and/or bishop's mantle that's decorated with brass stars?

Theo

If something's hot enough to melt itself into the sole of your shoes, it's too hot to pull out with your fingers.

Re: FS: Blackened riveted 9 mm flat ring aventail, like new

Re: FS: Blackened riveted 9 mm flat ring aventail, like new

FS: Blackened riveted 9 mm flat ring aventail, like new

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Re: Kussnacht style coat of plates FS (mild steel/leather) $

Kussnacht style coat of plates FS (mild steel/leather) $115

Re: Help with aluminum chain shirt

Scrap bin / unfinished armour / dead project sale

Re: Throatless shears

Re: High-end rust-prevention on hidden plates.

Re: Splint rerebraces

Re: Looking for photos of extant mail armpit defenses

Re: Introduction and High Medieval mail project

Re: Introduction and High Medieval mail project

Re: New player in the Armour world - need some help

Re: Mail cuffs

Re: First Armor Project Spaulders

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Re: Torch recommendation for hot raising?

Re: Deburr / Finish edges?

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Re: Galvanized coif

Sheet metal co. going out of business (Reno)

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Re: Dreaming of a WIDE anvil surface.....thoughts?

Re: Oxy propane torches

Re: Anime decoration?

Re: Saftey shop tips... please add if you have some.