The Armour Archive

Token Bastard

Awesome!

-TB

Token Bastard

If something falls, whether you drop it or it drops on its own, DO NOT TRY TO CATCH IT. As Keegan said on his #2 point, everything is either hot, heavy, sharp, or a combination of the three. And, as you're working with metal, 9/10 if something falls to the floor it'll be just fine.

-TB

Token Bastard

This is fantastic. It's so extremely rare to see any Han-era armour make an appearance anywhere in the recreation scene, especially with the huge dearth of good extant pieces and illustrations. Marvelous.

-TB

Token Bastard

I'm 5'5" and used a sugarloaf for a while while fighting SCA. Ventilation was never an issue, but as hrolf said, the view got cut short from the waist down when I got up-close and personal with anyone. Really loved that helm, though. Looked purty.

-TB

Token Bastard

The only correct answer:

-TB

Token Bastard

A video of the forging... with appropriate music ensemble...

-TB

Token Bastard

DAYUM.

-TB

Token Bastard

have you thought about an arbor press, or fabricating a steel frame around a bottle jack? Not nearly enough force, unless you only want to do very tiny coins. You really want more like 150-200 tons for penny sized coins. $600 is a very good price for a screw press. Which supplier are you looking at...

Token Bastard

You might try searching the black smithing forums for "fly press" There is one on eBay for 1500+ freight though I suspect your looking for something smaller. a few listings are for much smaller leather tools used to set rivets and grommets. My room mate and I actually just found a site with fly-pre...

Token Bastard

Anyone know a source for the modern-made equivalent of something along the lines of this? http://www.coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/screw_press_sf.jpg Yeah, yeah, I know it's only period after 1550, but striking coins the normal way is out of the question for me due to extremely poor upper-...

Token Bastard

That's some bad-ass leatherworking there, amigo. And I can't help but chuckle every time I see that commercial on TV with the dude on horseback wearing the armour you made, and say to myself "Heh, I know the guy who made that..."

-TB

Token Bastard

Very nice, indeed.

-TB

Token Bastard

Donngal,

Are the Valsgarde's spangen plates only held in by rivets, or are there also welds on the interior?

-TB

Token Bastard

Using BookFinder4u (my used book source), the cheapest I could find it is a used copy for $96. Not too bad, overall.

-TB

Token Bastard

Sweeeeeet.

-TB

Token Bastard

Thanks, Jason. I'll PM you my e-mail address you can send it to shortly.

I've glanced through both Osprey books on Landskechts, and while they're better than nothing, I'm genuinely surprised there isn't more in-depth work available regarding the subject.

-TB

Token Bastard

Are there any relatively detailed histories of the Landsknechts during their period of activity one might recommend for research? Anytime I do a search for reading on them, I can only find the Osprey book, and would rather have something a little more in-depth. English-translated works are perfectly...

Token Bastard

Zeth, your work is moving forward by leaps and bounds. Looking absolutely fabulous.

I dare say, this calls for a manly salute:

-TB

Token Bastard

That's unfortunate, but I appreciate the scan posted. Do you believe that someone waging war in the Middle Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms era could have believably worn Later Han armour that we've seen examples of so far?

-TB

Token Bastard

HanPiaoJi, are you ever going to tackle some Three Kingdoms era armour to give us "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" fan boys something to work with? I'd go nuts if you put out some work I could use as a basis for armour of my own for the period. Also, do you know of any English-translated sources I co...

Token Bastard

Awesome, as always, HanPiaoJi.

-TB

Token Bastard

Sweeeeeeeeet!

-TB

Token Bastard

Dat axe...

-Ed

Token Bastard

Looks very good. Very utilitarian, while also keeping a nice ornate look to it.

-Ed

Token Bastard

Han, I think I stumbled upon your website a year or two ago, because I saved the photos of the "Armour of the Han Dynasty" onto my Photobucket album and want to use that as a basis for a future reenactment kit. Your work, simply, is superb. I haven't seen anyone capture the look of the Han Dynasty q...

Token Bastard

Looks quite nice. My preference for Chinese history is for Later Han/Three Kingdoms Era, but that is an extremely well-made suit. Best of luck honing your horseback skill to the levels you demand of yourself.

-Ed

Token Bastard

Han Chinese armour, due to the extensive use of lamellar plating, suggests it might've also been used for aventails. Guy in China, whose basic kit I'll be designing my future Han Chinese kit off of, made a very good reproduction. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y123/madnessgonesane/SCA%20Related/Ha...

Token Bastard

That's pretty damned rad, man.

-Ed

Token Bastard

MUST HAVE ONE.

-Ed

Token Bastard

Steven: Nothing wrong with the helm, as anyone near me can tell you. Just haven't had any solid biters on the piece. Everyone who's expressed interest either never followed up or couldn't provide funding. Cisco called dibs (and his query reached my inbox first), but if something falls through, you'v...

Token Bastard

*bump*

Still for sale...

-Ed

Token Bastard

*le bump*

This helm is still for sale. Could use the money. A lot.

-Ed

Token Bastard

*bump*

Still for sale, everyone.

-Ed

Token Bastard

Vasilii: You've currently got 2nd dibs if Sigismund's friend can't pull through on the purchase.

-Ed

Token Bastard

*bump*

-Ed

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Re: FS: WMA Sugarloaf w/aventail 2ND PRICE DROP!!!

Re: FS: WMA Sugarloaf w/aventail 2ND PRICE DROP!!!

Re: FS: WMA Sugarloaf w/aventail 2ND PRICE DROP!!!

Re: FS: WMA Sugarloaf w/aventail 2ND PRICE DROP!!!

Re: FS: WMA Sugarloaf w/aventail 2ND PRICE DROP!!!