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gr ben

hi guys

this is how i do my chapes on another forum.

hope this helps

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... ht=#214022

gr ben

hi,

i did a DIY on my armoury on how i make my scabbards hope this helps

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... ht=#214022

and the finished scabbard and belt

http://www.theupperclass.nl/index.php/g ... d-scabbard

gr ben

you could try the guy's at http://malienkolders.nl/shop/.
i know they do some tailoring on their pieces

gr ben

a few more photos

gr ben

Hi Enrico most of the time I make the inner form of the chape in steel so i can work around that with brass or steel. just fold the brass around the steel form cut it in the midle and braze it. then you can make the cutouts and the point and braze them together. then give them a good polishing. and ...

gr ben

i use thin veg tanned leather 1 or 0,8 mm the corect stitching method i have seen on originals is a nomal sadlers stitch. leave the leather to wide then sew it together and then trim it just above the stitching and rub it down and flat with a piece of bone. http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.ph...

gr ben

thanks for the reply's guy's

gr ben

Hi all made a helmchrest inspired on the San Romano Battle fresco. made from 1 piece of 1.5 mm brass, welded on 4 mm rondels and a black horn ring. can hold up to 7 feathers one behind every ridge hope you like it helmet by Roman Tereschenko pictures by KAOS http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/gr...

gr ben

if you are using a gilding salt you can have problems with aloys containing tin and ofcourse tin it self.
you can first copperplate the object and then goldplate.

gr ben

you can try http://www.boomsma.nl/nl/home they have all the tools and leather you wil need.
personaly i wil use a stabbing awl and two needles on a thread for a sadlers stich.
this wil make a authentic stich and is mutch stronger than a machine stich

gr ben

the effegie is heavy damaged hope you can see what you are looking for.

i think i have pictures some where

gr ben

I always use ash for a pole weapon shafts
Make sure you get a piece of straight grained wood.
This wil make the pole a lot stronger.

gr ben

here some more dutch text about the bone trident. http://www.eindhoven.nl/nieuws/actueel/Deel-27-Been-met-drie-tandjes.htm this text is about: a find at the 18 Septemberplein in eindhoven. they also state that these tridents are a common find from the years 950-1200. they are mostly 3 to 4 cm long a...

gr ben

hi Halbrust, The translation is: Two special findings will be taken to the broadcast a knijpschaar(Shears) and a benen drietand(bone trident). What the purpose is for the trident is a question which the archaeologist don't have a answer to. the digg ended the end of last year. At this moment the arc...

gr ben

Hi Mac I would realy apreciate that. for other reads: knives and scabbards Museum of london. isbn; 9781843833536 sheaths scabbards and grip coverings (findings from finland) isbn; 951-96801-4-4 publication by c van driel-murray veertiende eeuwse zwaardschedes uit leiden(fourteenth century swordscabb...

gr ben

Mac do you have some good reads on the subject of scabbard making?
i'm always looking for more information.

gr ben

just sand it down with a 220 grid. this is smooth enough

gr ben

i mostly take 4mm for the glue line and use bone glue (non-corosive)

gr ben

Hi Marshal iI never use power tools to make my scabbards. they make way to much noise, I like working with just planes and chissels. I use power tools all day at work(Welder). Mac thank you for the kind words. I think that you can get a better schape for a bluntsword. with the dugout method you can ...

gr ben

i use the dugout method. you can get a non bulky scabbard just plane the wood down till you can see the light comming trough the wood. and work with poplar. and Mac is right most scabbards are way to bulky. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/grben/Bentotaal.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/...

gr ben

the dutch army museum in delft http://www.legermuseum.nl
for amsterdam the http://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/ some armor and medieval stuff.

when will you be in amsterdam then there maybe some events

gr ben

Just cover the straps in velvet and gild the buckles, stoprib and lance rest.
do some file work on the lance rest and put the same velvet behind the file work.

gr ben

here a wambuis from the amsterdam historical museum 1550 - 1599 found in 1978 at the Oudezijds Achterburgwal partly restored and reconstructed. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/grben/jerkin3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/grben/jerkin1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/grb...

gr ben

me like this helmet uhhh prety.
can't wait to see the end product

gr ben

graag gedaan Mac

here anothere foto of the armor with me in the back (big dude with black brigandine and KAOS from this forum small dude with black brigandine)

here you can beter see the velvet is blue

gr ben

from another thread rope belt

One of the English sumptuary laws

http://rosaliegilbert.com/sumptuarylaws.html

gr ben

the armor has blue velvet.
and no brass all gilded spring steel.
armor is made by a german armourer Peter Müllers Plattnerwerkstatt

gr ben

hello

try http://www.bractea.freha.pl the make great Belt Plaques

gr ben

and one more.

gr ben

here a picture from the grote kerk Breda the netherlands

a breast plate no backplate and a arret

gr ben

hi

i can make them if you know what you need.

http://www.theupperclass.nl

ben

gr ben

hi

Mathew makes brass rivets.

http://bayleyheritagecastings.co.uk/

ben

gr ben

on the botom of the picture is a button called opslaan this means save

gr ben

This is a DIY how i make my scabbards and chapes.

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... t=scabbard

The cabbard finished
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... t=scabbard

Hope you like it

ben anbeek

gr ben

love the couters looking superb

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