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- Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: What do you use to punch holes in your plates?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1347
Re: What do you use to punch holes in your plates?
I have punched tens of thousands of holes with my #5 Juniors, and only very rarely have to drill anything. The real #5s will go through 0.080" inch thick steel with the smaller sizes, up to 3/16". You will rarely need a bigger hole than that for accurately made armour. Be sure and oil the punches an...
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Articulation
- Replies: 65
- Views: 80953
Re: Articulation
Spoiler alert; the effects of synclastic curvatures on the basic principles so far illustrated.
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:29 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Looking to Commission First Armor, Advice Sought
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5072
Re: Looking to Commission First Armor, Advice Sought
I have made a fair amount of stainless stuff, such as this harness, which was for SCA combat. http://jamesarlen.com/15th_Century_Ital ... otion.html
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:29 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Mac's blog
- Replies: 1141
- Views: 1046934
Re: Mac's blog
Wade Allen wrote: Some knife makers have suggested he try the wavy edge belts like: https://popsknife.supplies/collections/ ... 312-j-flex Wow! I didn't know those had been invented. The J-Flex belts I bought years ago are already incredibly flexible and, with my soft contact wheel (stacked tightly ...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:45 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: New book: European Mail Armour
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2221
Re: New book: European Mail Armour
Thanks, Martijn! I was hoping something of the sort was the case.
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: New book: European Mail Armour
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2221
Re: New book: European Mail Armour
Hello, Martijn, the publisher says the book is out of stock. Do you know if any more will be printed soon? Thanks, James
- Fri Jan 28, 2022 10:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Miniature Armoured figures, Anyone know who made these?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4004
Re: Miniature Armoured figures, Anyone know who made these?
A pity the detail is so lacking in accuracy. If he was going to go to so much trouble to make something supposed to be A 62 KMW, he could have actually looked at it and taken some photos. He certainly didn't improve it.
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:17 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Experment: Case Hardening Mild Steel
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7944
Re: Experment: Case Hardening Mild Steel
I started out by case-hardening armour, mislead by Helmut Nickel. :wink: I used the powders found at welding shops. blending two brands together to get a better result than I could with each by itself. I only had the work carburizing for no more than ten minutes on the thinner stuff, and maybe twent...
- Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:46 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Freydal, Maximilian I's tournament book , for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1989
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:24 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Freydal, Maximilian I's tournament book , for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1989
Freydal, Maximilian I's tournament book , for sale
I'm selling my copy of Freydal, Maximilian I's tournament book, for $100. I think it is the largest book I have ever owned, and I have some big'uns. It is going for $130 on Amazon used, and I have been very careful to keep mine in utterly pristine condition. Paypal is fine. https://www.amazon.com/Fr...
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:20 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: European Swords & Daggers in the Tower of London
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1236
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:19 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Capwell's 'Masterpieces of A&A in the Wallace Collection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1640
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Capwell's 'Masterpieces of A&A in the Wallace Collection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1640
Re: Capwell's 'Masterpieces of A&A in the Wallace Collection
Price drop to $80.
- Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:34 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: European Swords & Daggers in the Tower of London
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1236
European Swords & Daggers in the Tower of London
I am selling my copy of Dufty's book, European Swords and Daggers in the Tower of London, for $60 plus shipping. It's this one. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0116705728?ta ... th=1&psc=1
- Fri Dec 10, 2021 12:49 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Capwell's 'Masterpieces of A&A in the Wallace Collection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1640
Capwell's 'Masterpieces of A&A in the Wallace Collection
I was looking at Amazon this morning to see how much Dr. Capwell's book on the Wallace Collection was going for, and I was surprised by the publication date. 😃 This Amazon ad is for one in this condition; Fair+ condition. PAGES- doodles written on first/last pages, no other writing; medium smudges (...
- Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:52 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Mac's blog
- Replies: 1141
- Views: 1046934
Re: Mac's blog
I'm thinking they chiseled the edge of the punch. That might explain why the circle punch is only irregular on the outside. They are going for a sharper edge on their punches, too. Considering that few of the hinges and latten bits other than the borders of A 62 are original (for example, the hinges...
- Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:43 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: War of the Roses era brass rubbing SOLD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1330
Re: War of the Roses era brass rubbing
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for the heads-up. Fortunately for me, somebody bought it off FB.
- Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:27 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: War of the Roses era brass rubbing SOLD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1330
War of the Roses era brass rubbing SOLD
Ironically, in order to buy Toby Capwell's book on English Armour 1450-1500, I have to sell this fellow. Actual brass rubbing, done with soft brass, made back when you could actually rub the brasses in UK churches, and comes from Isleham, Cambridgeshire. This is Sir Thomas Peyton, from the time of t...
- Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:04 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Document: 1316 King Louis X of France
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2667
Re: Document: 1316 King Louis X of France
Despite steel mail being mentioned in this inventory and other places, precious little of the mail tested so far has been steel. If little of the very fine mail mail made in the 16th century proves to be made of steel (which seems to be the case), it argues that steel mail wasn't worth the hassle of...
- Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Maximillian Fluting by Hammered Tooling
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18749
Re: Maximillian Fluting by Hammered Tooling
Real flutes often taper in width, and so do the incised lines, which often have long mis-strikes on one side or the other. I have worked on a great deal of real 'Maximilian' stuff, but I have never seen fluting consistent with such a tool.
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:36 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Arms and Armour Forum gone?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3157
Re: Arms and Armour Forum gone?
That's why I have such a mania for saving everything I run across that is of interest, and put it on two different machines. Still that massive solar flare to worry about, though if I can figure out how to open the large safe in the basement, that is where it will live. It should make an excellent F...
- Mon Sep 13, 2021 12:00 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Doug Strong's book on bacinets 1300 - 1430
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1606
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:20 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Doug Strong's book on bacinets 1300 - 1430
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1606
Doug Strong's book on bacinets 1300 - 1430
I am selling my gently used (only read once through) copy of Surviving Examples of Early Plate Armour 1300 -1430 Vol. I Bacinets by Doug Strong for $100 plus shipping.
- Tue May 18, 2021 9:53 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: 15c breastplate
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1213
Re: 15c breastplate
You have done an excellent job of nuancing the form! Well done!
- Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: How long should Cuises when used with floating knees?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3275
Re: How long should Cuises when used with floating knees?
See if you can get Craig Nadler to weigh in, but I would NOT heat the steel any higher than the dullest red in a dimly lit room. In fact, heating it past blue to dull grey (we are not talking about a glow, but the usual colours seen in tempering. That should do you about as good as it can get. I wou...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: What NOT to do with 4130
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2520
Re: What NOT to do with 4130
Drat! I forgot completely about antiscaling compounds! https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/metal-prep-coloring/heat-treating-accessories/anti-scale-coating-prod23076.aspx Most armour ever made of medium carbon steel was air cooled. Then there is a lot of slack quenched stuff during the...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: What NOT to do with 4130
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2520
Re: What NOT to do with 4130
We need Craig Nadler in on this discussion. A simple normalizing process won't work on 4130, as it has a tendency to air quench. I do think, however, that it would ameliorate any potential problems with a weld. The reason we like 4130 is that it is very forgiving of sloppy heat treating, bad cross s...
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Is there a treatise on waistlines?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13223
Re: Is there a treatise on waistlines?
I think this tells us that it is as Sean said, that Geoffroi de Charney is talking about those who are built like fireplugs, which is quite common; "... they want to pretend that they have not and never have had one and everyone knows the opposite is true." There has never been a shortage of women t...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:43 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Even moar 3D armours?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3876
Re: Even moar 3D armours?
That was... odd. Try again. Worked in preview. WILL WORK if cut and pasted. Oh, and the style isn't French; it's Italian and Spanish. French have huge cuffs too, with large picadills, but pointier. Sorry about that.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9207 ... s-unknown/
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9207 ... s-unknown/
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Even moar 3D armours?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3876
Re: Even moar 3D armours?
Sorry, image size limits. This link should do. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9207 ... known/[url][/url]
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:36 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Even moar 3D armours?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3876
Re: Even moar 3D armours?
There are some very belled-out cuffs in the 17th century, such as the Spanish pair dated 1614 in the V&A. Some of the French ones were quite spectacular.
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Carter's Blog
- Replies: 99
- Views: 18907
Re: Carter's Blog
The helmet of the famous "Siegmund gothic' in Vienna lies so flat on a table that you would think Lorenz Helmschmid had used a truing plate. This is not normal; most of them that lie fairly flat are not trying that hard. Many are what I call 'rockers', like this fellow. The RA example looks to be a ...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:50 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Brainstorming a harness for a woman with a large bust
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4981
Re: Brainstorming a harness for a woman with a large bust
Speaking of Witz, this is in the Hungarian National Museum. This would be how I would handle the problem, along with a good deep gorget. It may look enormous in the photos, but keep in mind how the real ones fit, so they look too small to modern eyes, when they see them 'in the flesh', so to speak. ...
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Kastenbrust project
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2426
Re: Kastenbrust project (old title: I made(am making) a thing.)
I have had hands-on with the armour in Vienna that is your reference, and I do not believe the pins that attache the sabatons to the greaves are original.
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:02 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Milanese Armour - Blackened?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1922
Re: Milanese Armour - Blackened?
Augusto could probably drown us in images of black North Italian armour; I have seen a fair amount of artwork that shows this, and it cannot all be explained by tarnished silver, as is the case with the 'Rout of San Romano' cycle of paintings. There is that splendid half harness in Torino, but I do ...