The Armour Archive

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I've seen a couple of his videos I think.

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Thanks for the link, Mac. Good stuff!

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Looks like I need to get some wax! What do you guys do in between working? Like my Bucket Helm is taking me months to work and I keep spraying WD-40 on it to keep Rust at bay. Do you do wax at that point? Any problem when I stick the waxed metal into my forge? Planish? Etc?

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The Clecos are IN!!!

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Ideally, though, you can put gun oil on your armour every couple days and/or get a de-humidifier. Also I hear most people paint the inside of the amour to prevent rusting. I'll probably never work with stainless, it just sounds like a pain.

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Nice! Was your stick welder a pretty inexpensive one from Home Depot or Lowes by chance? I've thought about even Harbor Freight for the mean time. I only have Oxy-Acetylene welding experience.

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Great, This article will come in handy for sure. Strangely enough I was thinking a stick welder could be sufficient for armouring due to cost for myself. I've never stick welded before so I think it'd be a smaller investment then a TIG ,etc. If I come up with any more questions, which I'm sure I wil...

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You're the best, thanks for the input.. Overall I'm not too far off from where I thought I should be tool-wise.. I think I need to do your idea and regrind most of my hammers. I'm thinking of buying a mallet for dishing 16 gauge and then use Halberds Dishing hammer for heavier stuff. I think you've ...

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Yeah that'd be excellent and if I'm unsure I'll ask you if you could link the hammer-type or tool? I'd appreciate that. I never realized from doing HVAC/R and Carpentry how many hammers blacksmiths get to play with.

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I'm not going to lie I'm pretty jealous of your armour as well. Do you have any photos of all the hammers/ tools you used? I'm curious as to what I could benefit from purchasing.

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That's awesome. At some point I'll have to find someone to make me a stake or two like those. They seem very useful for many things. Thanks for the reply

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Nate

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Nick I was looking through your photos. Where did you get the conical-pointed stake? I'm looking for one of those to make some pointy faceplates.

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Never mind the end of the thread; I'm enjoying all of your progress! I like seeing the process in photos and video, nice work it all looks awesome. Thanks for the link!

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Misunderstanding? lol

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Thanks, Nicknizh. Do you happen to have a link to your thread? I'm looking forward to checking it out!

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Thanks Konstantin, I agree with you that it might be overly ambitious right now.. The simple steps of planishing, etc right now seem to make the great helm a nice challenge. (I worked on the great helm yesterday a bit and got some planishing done :) ) The sugar loaf alone seems like a good enough ch...

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Damn I wish I had the money for this.... I just bought the Harbor Freight one! LOL

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It's a lot of fun, no question about that. I've been taking the opportunity to draw up some fantasy helm designs in the mean time though. I'm looking forward to getting my planishing hammer and going to town on finishing this great helm! I think my next project will be a helmet like this: http://p2....

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Well I just got two wisdom teeth ripped out of my head after 5 years of putting it off.. I'm going to be laying low the next couple of days so I may not have any progress pics for a bit.

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Awesome, thanks for the link/ info. I'll be sure to get them then. Seem to make life a lot easier.. Especially since I plan on working with 3/16" 99.99% of the time.

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Awesome, Sevastian, I was hoping to hear they're reusable. I don't think they sell them at Lowe's or Home Depot's do they? I'm not even fully sure how they work. Do you require a gun to use them?

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Alright thanks for the tip, Konstantin.. Yeah I'll try my best to planish and finalize the shape of the helmet. I guess I won't know until I piece it together and get all of my holes in place. I'll likely order the hole punch tomorrow because I'm sick of not having one and I need cleco fasteners..(a...

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Awesome, I didn't know you built it. So you must've done a lot of studying on it! I personally love the one on the left with the top cap Are those the literal schematics based off of the original? If so it looks like they didn't space out riveted sections mathematically? Makes me not worry as much a...

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Now that I looked the Malden really DOES have a strange set up.. What's up with the links on the side of the helmet? I'm confused as to how that works or where they sprout from? Berrin likes the new tools thanks to IronBadger and Halberds! http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af44/nathansteeledejong/I...

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Also, if you go down further on the tumblr pages, I really really like that painted 5 piece barrel helm with Red and Yellow combinations. I like that effect a lot, although, I'm not sure how historical it would be. The paint chipping off of it adds a lot of character.

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Damn, Keegan, I picked up a traditional mallet shaped one from Harbor Freight. Oh well, that should work I suppose. Great news guys! I received my dishing doughnut from Halberds today and a lollipop stake! I can't wait to use them.. Time to go dish and planish since my stakes came yesterday ;) Konst...

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Update: 1.) Got the hammer from Harbor Freight! 2.) Got the weed burner torch attachment for a propane tank 3.) Got a particle mask finally so when I use my bench grinder and a new pair of safety glasses ;) 4.) A rubber mallet finally! Things I still need: 1.) Insulated Fire Brick for small forge 2....

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Ok awesome. Thanks halberds.. I'm running to Harbor freight this afternoon to hopefully find a hammer and the propane weed burner attachment: I've got an empty propane cylinder sitting around.

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Awesome, Halberds, that's exactly what I want to build in my basement. Glad to know it makes 14 gauge cherry red. That means it should make mince meat of my 16 gauge!

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That would be nice being able to use the combo for heating a forge but I bet propane would be enough for an insulated firebrick forge. That is going to be my next project I'm thinking.

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Awesome, thanks for the tips again Konstantin. Sounds like I will get a lot of use out of the mushroom stakes. I've never planished before or raised steel so this should open up some new doors of fun. I currently have my dishing doughnut in transit from Halberds and can't wait to use that. My face p...

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Good point. Now let me ask you what my two mushroom stakes can be used for? What else should I have besides a pair of mushroom stakes?

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I was on my phone when I read that.. You must use an O/A Rig then lol, ManOnFire?

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Can't you raise one with just a propane forge?

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Manonfire, my problem is I don't have an anvil.. But luckily I have two mushroom stakes on their way to me inter mail. One is 2 feet long! I'm sure I'll do some raising on it.. Then halberds is making me a nice dishing doughnut as we speak. I haven't been able to even finish my 14c great helm due to...

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