The Armour Archive

Lorccan

Has anyone got evidence of a rolled-&-riveted-cone couter used in an 'Almain rivet' style of splint arm harness? The average 'Almain rivet' arm seems to have more of an overgrown roundel than a proper couter, with a minimal dish that just barely wraps around the point of the elbow. This makes sense ...

Lorccan

Yeah, the style most often referred to these days as "soupcan" is found in poleyns (knee cops) (mostly 'floating' articulation ones, from the middle to the end of the 14th century), not couters (elbow cops). It's interesting to compare some soupcan poleyns to some floating couters from the 16th cent...

Lorccan

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Lorccan

Does anyone have a pattern for the old Moric 'box'-style gauntlets?
I am looking for a super quick but safe pattern for a friend who fights SCA with glaive a lot, but just lost his nice gauntlets, and can't afford to replace them right away.
Thanks in advance,

Lorccan

Sorry for the lack of follow-through here - Count Caillin was victorious for Countess Danielle, defeating Count Loric for Countess Diana in a very close and masterfully fought 3-round final. Sirs Grimbaldus and Griffin filled out the semi-finals. Overall, it was a beautiful, clean list; a joy to par...

Lorccan

From the Gleann Abhann official email list: "Unto the great Kingdom of Gleann Abhann do We, Brian and Lorelei, send greetings. Here do We announce the List of Entrants to Crown List, to be held May 21, 2016 at Old Historic Washington Park in Hope, Arkansas: THL Lorccan hua Conchobair and Countess Mu...

Lorccan

Thanks!

Lorccan

956 AD Irish minor lord, Gaelic with Scandinavian influences. An update on my kit, as of last Saturday. New helm, mail, gorget, shield, and gauntlets. You can't see it in these, but my gorget is covered by a mail standard; I made the gorget, but the mail shirt and standard are from Darkwood Armory. ...

Lorccan

956 AD Irish minor lord, Gaelic with Scandinavian influences. The state of my kit, as of last Saturday. http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/StereoPackRat/Lorccan/Kit%20Fall%202015/SS%20right%20-%20Copy.jpg http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/StereoPackRat/Lorccan/Kit%20Fall%202015/IMGP6260-X...

Lorccan

"Each round will be winner of 2 out of 3 bouts. The finals will be best 3 out of 5 with progressive weapons styles: 1. Single Sword, 2. Florentine Swords, 3. Sword and Shield, 4. Axe and 5. Polearm. We will supply special weapons for this final round." This should be interesting. My picks for finals...

Lorccan

1/8" neoprene, layered if necessary, is the best padding for thickness I've found; good felt is almost as effective, and looks better if exposed. I get neoprene from McMaster-Carr, fabric-faced for durability: http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-foam-sheets/=xrrxiy Contact cement works well for attach...

Lorccan

What size are these? I can't find them on the site. Sorry, we are having issues with the current site while trying to get the new site ready, and the capped bolts aren't on there, among other things. They're 1/4" 20, which fits our bosses perfectly. A standard set is (4) 3/4" long, (2) 1" long (to ...

Lorccan

lebreton, if you haven't made a decision yet, please know that we haven't had a chance to update the website yet, but we have all 5 styles of boss in stock again, as well as the copper-capped carriage bolts ($19/set of 6).

Ursus Epicurius wrote:Darkwood are good people to deal with.

Thanks, Ursus!

Lorccan

My answers will be similar to Swete's but not identical in all respects, so here goes. 1) If I want to make a 28" is it recommended that I still use rope around the edge with rawhide? 2) if yes to #1, how thick/what kind of rope 3) in relevance to #1/2, do you generally pin/tack(what size?) and glue...

Lorccan

Damn, that's a great deal. With the bottom edge rolled like that, this helm ought to be extremely tough.

Lorccan

Lorccan, Of course, nothing we ever do is really authentic. Our materials and techniques are wrong, but we all have to draw our "authenticity lines" somewhere. For me, a solid rivet cast in copper alloy just does not make the cut when the originals were clearly hollow constructs of iron. You might ...

Lorccan

Mac, why wouldn't you just cast the rivets?

Lorccan

Mac, I'm happy to see that you're back at this. I'm sorry the winter has been so hard on you. It was a tough one for me too. I hope the spring finds you soon. Thank you, Tab! It's surprising, how many folks here have some sort of depression. It seems to come with the territory somehow. Mac Every ar...

Lorccan

HalldorrBustass wrote:" You can take the boy out of the geteld...."

"If you ain't from the geteld..."

Lorccan

OK, the tent is SOLD pending payment! Thank you for looking!!

Lorccan

I'm selling my geteld for $500, or best offer, delivered to Gulf Wars! I love this tent, had a hand in making it, but can't justify it for one man anymore. The uprights are 8' tall, and the footprint is about 20' long by 14' wide – wider if the awning side is opened. There's loads of usable room (I'...

Lorccan

They are a beauty Lorccan, but I don't have the ability to finish them myself right now, and can't really afford to sink more in to paying someone to help. I appreciate you putting up the info. Thanks, and no problem! Believe me, I know how time-consuming it can be, even with a ton of practice! For...

Lorccan

InsaneIrish wrote:how thick is the SS?

It starts out as .040" thick - depending on which chart you consult, it's around 19 gauge. Looking at that set, I believe the steel is alloy 1050, and painted black on the insides after heat-treating. They will take one hell of a beating.

Lorccan

You can get copper nails and heat zinc pellets up. The key is making sure the zinc and copper have good contact. I did something like this once, though not en masse, and not sure what hammering would do to what is essentially a glaze. Ursus, I understand, but I think we're still in 'more time & mon...

Lorccan

You might try a boating supply site. I have some bronze roofing nails that I got at a marine supply store. They have to be annealed before peeing to ensure a nice dome. Alec, do you have pictures or measurements of the ones you found? I have looked locally (I'm not far from the Gulf Coast, so there...

Lorccan

Thanks for all the ideas! I'm not certain which way I'm going to go, yet, but I'm convinced the easy way isn't.

Lorccan

I used a block of tool steel [O1], drilled a hole the same diameter as the rivet, and hardened/tempered the block. Now I can drop a round head rivet into teh block and peen the head into a larger diameter flat, then turn the block over and use a nail to push the rivet out. It takes a bit to make th...

Lorccan

For splinted limb armour and coat of plates I use 12ga. x 3/4" copper roofing nails and have them tin plated locally. If you're going to use them in volume then you could get them brass plated. True, although I am not sure it wouldn't be about as economical to get custom rivets made of brass - if I...

Lorccan

Might a two-piece approach be acceptable -- nail and snipped-out/punched sheet bronze washer? Like the sort of thing we've suggested with upholstery tacks. You having a shop, are you willing to go hot-work and head your own nayles from round rod? Two-piece is another possibility, just not ideal. I'...

Lorccan

redrook wrote:You may try R.J. Leahy.I know they have brass flathead rivets and bronze ring shank nails.

http://www.rjleahy.com/

That was the first place I checked - my favorite source for rivets.

Lorccan

Rivetsonline may have what you're looking for. They had the closest thing I could find - BR5-8B brass brake lining rivets http://www.rivetsonline.com/brass-brake-lining-rivets-clutch-facing-rivets-en-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36.ht...

Lorccan

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=1929&nobot_crawl. they sell burrs also to use them as copper rivets for leather Jamestown have some very useful hardware, but the copper nails you linked are, well, copper - I need brass or bronze. The silicon bronze ring nails Jam...

Lorccan

I am looking for brass or bronze roofing nails to rivet splints to leather. Copper, steel, and stainless roofing nails have done well for me in the past, but I need the look of brass to match other elements of this project - if I can't find what I need, I will have to use brass round-headed rivets w...

Lorccan

I recently finished a 6" x 6" test patch of alternating punched and welded stainless for Scott (nominal 1/4" internal diameter, 3/8" external diameter) which does pass the drop test. Proof that you don't have to use "micro-mail" to be legal. It also looks more like medieval mail that I've seen in p...

Lorccan

I am really sorry to miss this, but I can't make BAM at all this year. Darkwood Armory will be there, though, with a few pairs of our 'stealthy' spring stainless finger gauntlets - you'll be able to pick up a pair in time for the raid! ;) http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/StereoPackRat/Gauntle...

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