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wcallen

Also, at some point I expect that you will find out that sign material is pretty thick. Getting a good roll and hinge in that will be more trouble than it would be in proper thickness material. A lot more trouble... I don't know if you have any scrap yards around you, but it can be worth spending a ...

wcallen

right now Im wondering if I should diverge from the original and other reproductions of it by not having the hinge be integral and insted making a seperate set of hinges and making them fit up to cutouts where the hinges would be otherwise, thoughts? Gorgets were made both ways. With integral hinge...

wcallen

I think that the involved discussion on the "Can" method of making helmets is worth having in one of the lists of good threads. Whether you actually want to "can" the piece or not, there is a lot of general volume information and discussion of helmet form. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/view...

wcallen

Mac,

I'll get some in the next few days. Stay tuned.

Wade

wcallen

This is probably my best existing picture:

It gives a pretty good impression of the cop.

Wade

wcallen

I don't have all that many knees. They are annoyingly hard to find. I do have: https://www.european-armour.com/A-200.html https://www.european-armour.com/A-162.html https://www.european-armour.com/A-169.html My other knees are part of knee length tassets and they are often not designed to work compl...

wcallen

As an example of lames crossing each other under the knuckle plate: https://www.european-armour.com/images/A-122-inside-knuckles.jpg This case is a lot more aggressive than Mac's drawing. The hand is on the right, fingers on the left. You can see the thumb hinge on the bottom. In this case, when the...

wcallen

Yes, producing a book is a LOT of trouble. Most people have spent time building armor instead of writing a book that won't sell many copies. Back in the day, a little bit showed up in "The Hammer." Brian Price did do a very good job of documenting a very specific set of builds for a specific set of ...

wcallen

and... the same gauntlet fingers straight:

Wade

wcallen

Mac, That is very well thought out and described. Thank you so much for putting all the work in to show the theory behind these things. I own one piece that reflects a (well done) version of what you are describing in the latest post. I had to take a new picture to show it properly curled up to refl...

wcallen

The torso form on which I have the thing hung at the moment (only one I have that works for this shirt at all) extends a little to far in the center back and center front to allow me to really simulate a human crotch. It also has a centrally mounted post support, so that gets in the way too. I have ...

wcallen

Interesting to see a brayette without the front triangle/pouch! Based on the description on your site, you would surmise this was an intentional design, and not a later-life removal? When I was looking at it for purchase I assumed that it had lost a front triangle. It may have. But... there is at l...

wcallen

It has been a while, so I guess I should put something out here. I recently purchased a new (to me) shirt of mail. People who know better than I have helped me to date it to the 15th c. It includes a little crotch flap. I have marked the main body of the piece to show how it was tailored to actually...

wcallen

Madmatt - you are in Ontario? Look up Eric Dube on youtube. He was one of the first to really publish good stuff on building armor out there. And he is (at least sort of) up your way.... After you watch the videos it can really help to see if you can stop by and visit with someone with a shop. We al...

wcallen

Mac, before You continue - it might be possible You are blinded by focus. The direction You are modelling the articulation in only occurs in gusseted elbows (compression articulation). Everywhere else the bow is on the other side. I mean, technicalities still apply. Just thought...before You get to...

wcallen

Looking good. As to the pauldrons catching under the backplate when you move forward, I have encountered that problem. There can be a lot of underlying issues that lead to this. The most basic thing that can cause this is when the upper edge of the pauldron at the back is more vertical than normal. ...

wcallen

I took the images at the Frist a couple of weeks ago. So they are new. I live in the third world country of North Carolina, so my internet connection is terrible. Normally I am only able to share when I get together and I can use a USB connection. I took 20 + hours to upload these images because Tom...

wcallen

I own the 2 volume set by Boccia that covers European Arms and Armour. It is one volume of text, and one of plates. There are 600+ images in the plates. So it is better than most of the time, but almost certainly not what you are hoping for based on the current state of the art. I own the catalogue ...

wcallen

You will want a full roll at the face.
I will toss you a picture of the Wallace Greenwich.

Wade

wcallen

John,

Some knife makers have suggested he try the wavy edge belts like:
https://popsknife.supplies/collections/ ... 312-j-flex

We look forward to Mac's results, but we could try them too.. It seems interesting.

Wade

wcallen

Rene, I see questions about armor stands off and on, so I started to put together some information about different options. You built a spectacular stand for the Max harness. I see an image of the internal frame on page 4 of this blog, then some images that show more of the structure added, but with...

wcallen

I noticed you were playing with one of your barbutes... what does this one look like?

Wade

wcallen

where's the "like" button? Of course, Mac is right. the removeable wings are often part of the design with inner elbow plates. Back to the basic question - a lot of the real stuff seems to have cracked right there, so if you aren't willing to deal with that at some point, ... well.... But going back...

wcallen

I remember when we found that example of a terrible mismatch between helmet sides. It is really one for the ages. I know that it is crazy, but I just had to have it. The other one where the brim and crest don't line up is more "normal" for these things. Symmetry really was "more of a guideline" in l...

wcallen

It was fun to play with a big lump of steel in the power hammer. And I actually got to pull out the "normal" flat hammer and one of the pieces of tooling that we built for the power hammer in a second team build. I knew that it would be good to have that stuff someday. I think you have a typo. We we...

wcallen

We will see if this can happen this year. It at least hasn't been cancelled yet...

Wade

wcallen

As Gustovic said. Mantova.
They are published in Boccia's book on the items found there. Le Armature Del '400 A Mantova.
They seem to be pretty straightforward, normal Italian pauldrons.

Wade

wcallen

Thanks Patrick for digging these up.
That was an amazing weekend. Good people, lots of time in cars, not enough sleep. WHEEEE!
Putting Mac, Wade, Ugo and Patrick in the same room can lead in various odd directions.

Acanthus leaves? Anyone got any acanthus leaves?

Wade

wcallen

The Sommerset and Smythe burgonet skulls are pretty different from each other, so I expect you will point one way or the other in the end. The one of mine that you posted is a third shape. Since we have lots of shapes going anyway... This might be the most applicable skull in my collection even thou...

wcallen

If you participate in FB... As usual, Tom B has an album of images of this armour:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 648&type=3

It looks like they are a combination of images taken at the KHM and images taken during the Last Knight exhibit.

Wade

wcallen

.... One of the best examples to study the making prozess is the unfinished costume-armour in vieanna. This suit has all its surface hammer finished, maybe rough filed surface, with not any engraving line beneath the flutings or ropings. Mac often points people to that armour. And, as usual, he is ...

wcallen

I finally got to the bottom of the article. It actually references two of my pieces. A-170 and A-212. It should be noted that the outside flute on both A-170 and A-220 are different from the other flutes. They are "one sided" - functionally a step - and only have one "engraved" line. This is more ob...

wcallen

How can you get access to the pictures? I just put the title into google and found the academia.edu link: https://www.academia.edu/39887302/Specific_Manufacturing_Features_of_Stiffening_Ribs_on_Maximilian_Armors I didn't bother to sign in to download, I just scrolled through the article on the page....

wcallen

If you can see images, look at Figure 20.

It is.. interesting. It seems to show a very short bot of parallel lines in the wrong place. Maybe. One of them ends in a ding that doesn't make any sense with this type of proposed tooling.

Wade

wcallen

I took a really quick pass over the article. I noticed a couple of things. Looking at his sample that "shows" that this method matches the originals. Hmm. They don't look the same to me. And the sample is a simple straight, basically flat piece. This type of tooling would require reasonably precise ...

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