Just a thought; Some high end cameras save all information about the photo in the image metadata. If the images that you are not at liberty yo publish were taken with such a camera you can find out what focal length, aperture and so on the pictures have by right clicking the image (PC), choose prope...

Here is what I meant with my edit above. I have highlighted the curve of the visor point in red. Is that visible? I've "weaseled up" the snout a bit. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ufPeYKtNkTFAibYF0HORIfwW6t-c_Da90iB34GmwUDpm_10i_3zHqM43rYvJ-0cKs7SJcfssyF4TnpheZ5HkLSIeEOZDE0SdhzmNnuc8iD2mw7oJtVx...

Here is what I meant with my edit above. I have highlighted the curve of the visor point in red. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gOw0O5cj1JLAoVzGCaC4D8InMlN4p4ZXhBMhN5pnhBvYitNig0AFUSmtM1YQ64scPi-5foYeGR2-POEHE0Xp-fCDmpf810ZCCCl6LcLb1QXjCef2zae3K5KmHLEWUteeoSe6a01rjfEBu3k6xh4SRuD65u1GWMqWtbBlJpIUE...

Mac, Looking at these new pictures I can spot 2 more small things that you might want to turn your attention to if you are bent on getting it exact. 1. The transition from the brow area down towards the ocularia is well defined in your visor and a smooth transition in the original. It is easiest to ...

Hi Mac, I'm usually just lurking about here but i thought I'd give you my 50 cents. Looking at the first 2 comparisons it seems like your angle from the... nose up to where the occularia will be is much more acute than on the original where the transition is much more smooth and less defined. Does i...

Kristoffer is right! Awesome place, good museum. Also, I can show you around

If you decide to go to Malmö, you can also reach out to Per Lillelund who lives about 1 hour on a commuter train east of Malmö close to a town called Ystad.

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Would it help to make an asymmetric Y on the strap to offset it to the sweet spot?

Will you be doing a normal hem on the bottom of the sallet or something different? A small square hem would look great and tie in nicely with the bevor and pauldrons.

Ever heard of the Stendahl Syndrome? The picture above with the besagews gives me that.

Thanks for the tips! Looking at your picture Wade, the flutes are very subtle and not at all as pronounced as on my pair and with this the restriction in motion amplifies when the flutes don't line up. I had not considered lengthening the slots but since they are already a tad too long I think I'll ...

Yep! As I wrote in the first post, it seems like they have inverted the flutes between the lame and the metacarpal plate but looking at their previous work it all lines up. The smith is unreachable and a friend of mine never received his gauntlets. It is crappy work and all the things you mention Ga...

Thanks Tom! What did I do wrong?

Weird. They show up for me but that might be because I am the album owner but I can still see them logged out.

Try this direct link to the album.
https://goo.gl/photos/PMaNiDhJvpYYZF1V8

A while back a had a pair of gauntlets made based on Wades A-213. The blacksmith had previously posted some pictures with excellent grasp of how the articulation should work and how one plate should meet the next. I believe however that some time between those photos and the creation of mine, there ...

Sure! https://www.facebook.com/groups/xivcenturyeuropeanarmour/ I'll try. The whole harness seems to be laced at the back and instead of sewn holes for the lace there seems to be brass aiglets. To me this might indicate that it is a later reproduction (or perhaps restoration). So, what I was asking ...

There is a discussion about this on Facebook as well. You have countless of hours staring att paintings and originals Mac, whats your take on the aiglets? I was looking into this a while back and could only find aiglets with e.g. flower on the front for belts and from the second half of the 15th cen...

Mac, would heat reflective PPE work to extend the time you can spend in the inferno enough? A quick google search gave this but there is surely loose sleeves to buy. http://www.sfm-tusker.com/products/ppe-protective-clothing/heat-reflective-clothing-ppe/heat-reflective-protective-clothing-tusker-alu...

Just like you write at the start of your thread, I have been watching here from afar for many years (lost my old login) but not posting. It's really cool how far you have come since last year and it is really inspiring! Maybe i'll come "out of the closet" soon as well ;) Keep up the good work, it lo...

Ah! Once again the time of the year starts when I update AA in my browser almost on an hourly basis, even though I know you are all asleep over there for most of my day. Mac, as so many before me has written, this is valuable beyond describing! All the knowledge you have aquired over the years out i...

For many years the development of hand protection for HEMA practitioners have been stagnant with the bulky sparring gloves as the standard. Saint Mark as mentioned above have moved towards more motion for the fingers and they are quite good. For a few years the ProGauntlet has been in development (i...

One way to do it without losing too much quality is to screenshot the entire image fully zoomed and then stich the screengrabs back together in photoshop. Takes time but the quality would still be there.

Sounds like you are hiding in the bushes Wade

I instantly thought of the Tofta coif aswell since it was found and displayed 3 km from my house :) 13th century coif with round rivets. Here is the archeology report (google translate is your friend) http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/4721/ru2008_22_gal.pdf?sequence=1 The whole report i...

I´ve always been a silent follower of your awesome work Mac and I really appreciate how much I learn from this thread! I was just thinking, would it not be easier to glue a large washer on the surface and file that down when you can access the whole surface properly, or is there a downside to that? ...