The Armour Archive

Dierick

My suggestion, as far as higher education goes, would be some form of business management or accounting. It's not only hugely beneficial for running your own business, but its helpful to have something not trade specific to fall back on should the trade not work out(say you damage your shoulder or c...

Dierick

My suggestion is to throw it in a bbq pit, heat it up for awhile, then sprits it with vinegar in different spots while it is still on the pit. It will develop crusty spots that flake off easily with scotch brite pads. Then just rub it down with oil and the black will get very dark.

Dierick

I gave it a shot with for ten minutes with everything closed up and a CO detector. It's no good, and the detector started going off about 5 minutes in. The garage isn't large enough and is well insulated. I'll give it another shot today with an exhaust fan in the window. Because my garage is partial...

Dierick

I'm running a vertical weed burner forge for raising, but I'm in a residential neighborhood and can't raise without making neighbors angry. Currently I'm pretty much using the forge for annealing. I heat the piece outside, then rush back in, close the garage door, and work for a few minutes. It's pr...

Dierick

The print I would be interested in speculation of what we are seeing with the helmet slightly left of center. The image of the fragment I would greatly love to find out more about. I pulled this off a foreign language site several years ago and have it cataloged as "1435-1435 Italian Helm Fragment",...

Dierick

Ok, so here is what I've got. My understanding is that the earliest known close helms were from the end of the 15th century. Much of what we see in artwork depicting the earlier 15th century, or referencing older armour, seems to show great bascinets and sallets or bascinets with bevors. Capwell wro...

Dierick

Thought I'd bump this up to the top, as I've begun working on the helmet. I spent last night looking through some old photos, sparked an idea, and started sketching and making a 3d model. I took today off work and went ahead and make full size profiles and started raising the skull. Well, I made a c...

Dierick

On the path of making vs buying, I'll throw in my two cents. I transitioned to ww2 reenactments out of availability rather than passion. There is nothing you can make yourself to get started. I've spent shit loads of money on uniforms and weapons, and have a garage full of Volkswagen and tank parts ...

Dierick

Schreiber, yeah, he's seen most of it. He loves anything zombie or skeleton. There is not much movement of the metal. I haven't done much in the way of relief before, and haven't worked on armour in almost ten years, so it was a fun experiment. Kinda sparked my need to make something more, so maybe ...

Dierick

Yeah, that bell shape is sexy. Thinking about putting it on a stand backwards just so I can stare at it, lol.

Dierick

More pics

Dierick

He wanted to be a skeleton from army of darkness, so I offered to build him a helmet. I only spent a few hours on it, so it's something he can play with after Halloween without having invested huge amount of time. It's 20g, hot worked with a two part welded skull. I thought I'd be saving some, but i...

Dierick

Ckanite wrote:Wouldn't that more depend on the angles and spacing of the bumps?

If you pay for shipping, I'll send you a couple of sheets from a vest. One sheet stops .45

Dierick

Hi Jans,
(My son's name is Jan too, lol.) If either of you find a source for helmet sized sheets of 1050 that I can buy online, I'd be interested.

Dierick

I feel the sides are too convex. Try bringing them in a little and you should start to see the profile you are looking for.

Dierick

Bah, didn't realize I was reviving this thread.

Dierick

Correct me if I wrong, but were these helmets not tossed off to dangle out of the way after closing? Is it not possible it took an arrow while on its chain?

Dierick

Sean, send me a PM with your contact info. Pretty sure my boss just left the dismounted soldier simulator program to build a startup around this concept. If i can find out more info, I'll make sure it makes its way to you.

Dierick

I just wanted to see if anyone has any further input, images, etc. It has been three years and this helmet still baffles me. I really want to start on this, and I'm thinking I may just get some steel and go at it, seeing what shape comes out.

Dierick

I'm looking for a small pair or left hand for my wife to wear while using her rotary cutter. She is, shall we say, accident prone. I figured if anyone would have one laying around somewhere, it would be here.

Dierick

Ive had luck saving it as a .txt extension and changing it back to the correct file extension once i got it where i needed it.

Dierick

I'm curious to see how ratings fair with game of thrones premiering tonight.

Dierick

Send the usb to me and i will back it all up for you.

Dierick

The mailman just handed me my copy about an hour ago. The book is a hardbound copy of the print catalogue with a dust jacket. The flash drive is absolutely amazing. If anyone out there is hesitating on buying this, you will be sorely pissed when they are sold out. It is just that good. As a communi...

Dierick

Actually this is exactly what I said, cut and pasted from that thread; If it is a stupid comment based on ignorance then I guess I will address that. In what manner will depend on my mood on the day :wink: And unlike the Charlies and Jeffs who crave your respect, jousting is not the end all and be ...

Dierick

Once I am off active duty, I will be there in a heartbeat...

Dierick

Can anyone with Tivo quote whatever the guy said about the armour pinching, biting, and cutting into him? I didn't realize they issued SCA loaner armour to the show.

It seemed fitting, with all the flak I got about criticizing the armour...

Dierick

I'm in the north part of San Diego, Ca, your welcome to crash here for a few days if you make it out this way.

Dierick

Konstantin the Red wrote:Dierick, he's in San Francisco, Principality of the Mists, West Kingdom. He can get around throughout the East Bay by the BART.

too far for me then. I don't have a shop, but if he has a place to work I would have been willing to bring over some tools and do some teaching.

Dierick

gregory, what city are you in?

Dierick

I've tried a number of things with GIMP to bring out more detail, but the quality of the picture prevents anything new being seen. Were these pictures possibly ever in a book? I seem to be bringing out some vague ghost lettering, but nothing detailed enough to interpret as a word.

Dierick

If you are going to braze, you need something that runs at under 800 degrees. Anything much higher than that will cause all kinds of problems with the cast iron. I've used argo 49h (from johnson matthey brazing supplies) with excellent results when brazing shotput balls for planishing stakes.

Dierick

I received a black and decker jig saw and hand sander as a gift for a support our troops thing and unfortunately have no use for them. Couldn't find a place to return them without a receipt so I figured I would see if anyone here had an interest before putting them on ebay or craigslist. Preferably ...

Dierick

Its actually a close helm. Beautiful helmet though.

Dierick

I am definitely interested. Gotta make arrangements to be away from work and drive up though.

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