The Armour Archive

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How big do you think it would be on someone 5'10" and about 170lbs. Jump into the stuff you intend to wear under it and check the length from your shoulder to just under your ribs. From shoulder to just under your ribs you want about 16" (40cm) Around your torso just under your ribs you w...

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post pennsic bump

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If you want one integral with the visor you'd leave a tail of steel comming off the center as the center part of the hinge.

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The Iron Dwarf wrote:heard of one a while ago nearly 1/4" thick on one side of spring steel for full contact jousting ( yes some do that here with metal tipped lances )

Some do that here too, they are only using 2mm mild though

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certainly where I live hot rolled is considerably cheaper.

Eg: cold rolled 18ga: $120/sheet
hot rolled 18ga: $80/sheet

where both sheets are 1200mmx2400mm

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get leather gloves, turn them inside out, sew the leathers on at the seams, you may wish to pad first with felt.

IMO rivet a strip of leather around the inside of the cuff (if there isnt one there already) and whip stitch your cuff to the gauntlet - it makes a world of difference.

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Black magic: its a cold blue for guns, I use it on my harness. Last two shows it took minimal damage from blunt weapons (steel hammers and maces) but scratched up nicely when hit with rebated swords. heat + WD40, this is how I started, it is quite simple to do but very difficult to achieve an even f...

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Based on LH/steel combat minimums: 18Ga (1.2mm): everything except helmets. 16ga (1.6mm): helmets, raised breastplates, raised couters, raised polynes 14ga (2mm): reccomended helmet thickness 12ga (2.5mm): stop ribs, raised helmets I have seen 1.2mm breastplates used regularly for jousting. They jus...

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I am torn between the Sigismund of Tyrol and the Henry VIII...

[Edit:] And I have the physique to pull either off too

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Theres some damn sexy etched stuff out there too.

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How thick can wiss cut? Check the piece of card its cable-tied to when you buy it. There are - to my knowledge - two versions, one which cuts upto 20ga and a slightly more expensive one which cuts upto 18ga. The 18ga will cut cold rolled if your a strong man. it will not cut 20ga stainless unless y...

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Power shear, bane of my existance but it does the job. Cheap ones have a bad habit of coming loose at the throught so make sure you have allen keys in the shop to tighten them up regularly.

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That's a great resource, Gaston. One of the requirements for my new harness is that I be able to put it on and take it off by myself. How do globose breast defenses usually fasten? Steve Good luck. Armour is designed so that you need someone else to get you into it, same for many of the fasionable ...

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bump

I need to sell this so I can get the last of the materials to make the new one.

Matthew: are you still interested? I tried PM'ing you but have so far had no response.

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I find low RPMs and a cobalt coated drillbit pushed slowly through the steel works best when drilling, if you go too fast you lose control and you'll slip, push too hard and you'll snap drill bits every couple of holes. Always punch your holes before you drill. A little cooling oil doesnt hurt either.

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pm sent

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Drill or punch. I find a bench drill works very well for anything near an edge, punches (the hammer driven kind) I use for thin metal and and/all leather and I use a cordless drill for anything in the middle of a plate that I cant reach with the bench drill - eg decorative rivets on cuirasses. I kee...

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moar photos. when I find my camera and/or batteries for my camera I'll try and get some shot of it not on me Until then appologies for show shots. http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs151.snc1/5613_121439674064_696244064_2250003_1271661_n.jpg http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs...

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I buy my steel from a sheet steel wholesaler and my leather from a leather wholesaler.

I doubt names are going to be of use to you unless your in the Brisbane area.

Yellow Pages and/or google for suppliers in your area.

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Last bumpity bump.

As far as I can tell I have no shows until september so this is officially on the market.

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Once it is confirmed I have no more shows for this season - or I get the last of the materials for the new one this cuirass will be for sale.

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I am getting the itch to get a more period kit, so I'm selling off my Ice Falcon kit to fund new legs and a helmet. I am selling a pair of Full Stainless Steel Milanese Arms, pair of Milanese Legs, pair of 14th century shoulders and a chernburg styled breastplate. <nazi> Legs are fairly accurate as...

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My mistake

I must have misread what you wrote

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A late 14thC joust harness. Have an earlier one I am working on too. Circa 1380 or so. I reckon this kit's turn of the C. hey Andrew, I didnt think besagews or uncovered cuirasses were accurate for late (1375+) 14thC? In other news heres what I'm in currently, there is alot that I'm not happy with,...

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Beeman wrote:Nice. Thank you for the pictures. Im curious though, what did you use for the large rivets that hold the straps on?

Not sure what he has used but personally I use solid shank flat head copper rivets, works very nicely.

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the "reinforce" bits are called exchange pieces

and are usually along the left side of the wearers body and used in the tilt.

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Thanks, es02 , Yes in a way. The original helmets use a bronze matrix to work the foils over. (I do not know material thickness on the originals) For my helm and the horn, the matrix is an etched plate, then pressed with about 12,000 psi with a wet leather backing. Material is .005". Hrolfr , ...

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Chis, how do you do the "pressed foils" for this? Is this the same technique found on helmets of the period?

(I'll be doing a Valsgarde 5 for my Migration Period kit and want to do it properly)

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We have tournament with citadel at 10.30am... other than that I'll see if I can manage some light sparing before sneaking off to KEG's encampment at 5pm for single combats.

So long as you don't catch me while I'm eating lunch your fine

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It was made by me. If worse comes to worse I probably can steal a squire or two for 5min. bring a belt though, I need to put more buckles up the sides. currently a belt helps hold it nicely together (I use 2, my dagger belt and my nice plaque belt) its not a requirement for fitting - although it wil...

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I'll be fighting in it at HA so yes

bear in mind its a 2 person job currently to put it on, something I will try and fix before the sale of it but as its stainless I'm not getting my hopes up on fixing that particular issue.

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with the larger pic the figures looked added to me rather than repousee

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Basically the backplate isnt quite right - needs alot more dishing, and the shape of the frontplate is a little off. The original also had segmented shoulders which this one doesn't. The covering isn't right for this kind of BP either - it could be velvet not suede. Any other info just ask in htread...

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shipping would be around the $40-50 mark to CONUS.

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there are qalso a buch of castings that would have tails on the underside that would match holes punched in the chamfron which would have been clipped off and peened over like a rivet.

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http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs125.snc1/5368_100387284289_756549289_2296880_8212416_n.jpg In a few weeks I'll be looking at selling the pictured cuirass off to fund a more accurate reproduction, it will at that time have been worn to two 2day public tournaments here in australia. I ...

Re: FS: armor

For Sale: late 14thC covered cuirass - Price drop to $200!