The Armour Archive

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People like Rhys, with their badass stick, ready to beat-up anybody who disagrees with them is what makes the SCA great. Ever wonder why so many in the SCA have their lives in disarray? Too much of this testosterone induced wiennie waving. Rhys knows everything there is to know about European Mediev...

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What kind of armor do you wish to make? Are you trying to make historical reproductions, or are you trying to make sports armor?

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I think that helm is called "The Iron Pope". At least he is not in pickle barrel plastic like his noble opponant.

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20th century. And that's what most of them fight in

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I very much doubt this stuff is authentic. If it were it would be under glass and a security system. See that Roman helm there on the ground? A Roman helm in that condition would be worth more than I will make in 10 years.

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I think they are talking about something like a madu. Nothing cool like a spiked shield

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Copper by itself is far too soft to make a weapon out of. When copper is smelted into an alloy, it becomes bronze. It was the primary source of weapon material in the "Bronze Age". The Greeks, Romans, Hittites, Egyptians, Mesopotamians and Assarians all had large bronze weapon traditions. ----------...

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Read Sasha's article. Thanks.

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I have been working this piece of 16 g mild steel. Well, as you all probably know, it has this thin blue-grey coating all over it. I suppose it is there to retard rust. Anyway, I looking for any suggestions to get it off. It comes off with sanding and a lot of work, but there has got to be any easie...

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Calidan Wrote: "There is a guy here in Calontir who made a full suit of samurai armour out of nothing but black plastic trash cans and lacing.From a distance and even when you are up close,you cant really tell if it is plastic or not. For plastic though, it doesnt really look too bad." I don't think...

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Forgive my obtuseness here for a minute but...

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I don't think the main piece is at a 90 degree angle... It looks to me like he has two lames up top. That is usually how it is done anyhow. The main plate only curves about 45 degrees and the rest of the bend is managed through the lames.

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I am raising it.

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I recently started working on a breast plate. I have never worked on a piece this big before. Well, it rings like a *&%$# every time I hit it. Any suggestions on how to dampen the noise?

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Every time you use it

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By the way, leg armour has some pretty complete compound curvers. You might want to start with something a little simpler like shoulders.

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On rolling: Mark where you want the roll the roll to START on the piece. The mark should be about 3/8 to 1/2 inch in from the edge. The thicker the gauge, the more distance you will need to produce the roll. Make sure to mark the piece on the opposite side of the direction you want the role to go, i...

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18g for elbows? maybe. For knees? no way. You will put enough of a load on them when you kneel to twist them out of shape. 16g at the minimum.

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I'm not sure this was made clear:
Thou is used as the subject of a sentence (Thou goest...).

Thee is used as the object of a sentence (...givest thee a basket).

Thy is possessive (thy hat.)

Thine is the same as yours (takest thou what is thine.)

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Pathfinder Wrote:Here's a link to some diagrams of some 15th C. Italian armour,some that was made asymetrical.
http://www.stormthewalls.dhs.org/armour/ItalianArmour.htm

That is the best website I've ever seen! Thanks for that one.

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If you want the "best" product out there- you probably want Renaissance Wax. This is a micro-crystalline wax. Basically, it is a wax with a very fine molecular structure that can penitrate into all of the little nooks and crannies of the metal surface. It was developed for use in museums to protect ...

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The top is good for just a hard surface to work on. The horn is close to useless. It is flat and the surface paint chips off a kind of rough iron underneith.

They list for $50, don't buy it for that. They go on sale for $25 about every other week.

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Bela wrote:
"what are some methods to keeping mild steel rust free, besides elbow grease; oil coats, wax coat, secret commercial preperations?"

What's wrong with elbow grease; oil coats, wax coats, & secret commercial preperations?

What exactly are you looking for?

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I don't know if I would take sensitivity advice from someone who calls themself the "fightin' whitie".

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None of the above. My weapon of choice would be a horse and a lance. None of these guys can help me out here.

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Mild steel are cheep, easy to find and work well. They are probably the most accurate for the period you are aiming at.

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I think Crystoll is right. A lot of people take light shots just to be sure to not be accused of cheating. They would rather walk off the field than be accused of being a Rhinohider.

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I must admit my ignorance about never trying to make my own hammers. Will an everyday $40 bench grinder work on a case hardened hammer?

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I was just wonder where people get their planishing hammers. I need to buy another one, and I am looking for sources.

I have one that I bought at The Contenti Company: http://www.contenti.com. It has worked well for a $25 dollar hammer, but is a little on the light side.

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So I have been reading Le Morte de Aurthur lately and they keep talking about lacing and unlacing helms to take them on and off. I am just wonder what your opinion is as to how the wore helmets and as to what their liners/lacy bits looked like. I know that I have yet to see anybody "lace" on a helme...

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I think the consideration for you first project is not necessarily how complicated, but what you have the tools to compelete. There are projects that I would like to do, but I just don't have the forming stakes to be able complete it. A better approach is to look and see what tools you have or could...

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I think the period solution was to get yourself a couple of squires or valets... or are you asking how the valets would have done it

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I think other groups disdain the SCA not for what it is, but what it claims to be. SCA combat is what it is for good or bad. But it is not historical. We have changed so many little things that in the large, they leave us distant from historical accounts. Each one of these little things can be justi...

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The part that I am concerned about is the wing that extends around to the back of the helmet. How is that attached, or is it not. The rivets on the front of the plate will hold it in place fine, but what keeps the wings extending around the back from coming loose?

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Okay, I final have put an image up to see: http://johnlarsen.members.easyspace.com/helmet.bmp It is clear that attachment for the visor goes through the frontal plate. But from the look of the picture, it looks like the back wing parts are attached to the helmet below and there is no visable rivet. ...

Mild Steel Coating

Dampening Breast Plate

Planishing Hammers

Lacing Helms