The Armour Archive

Cet

There's a movie about him ( with a cast of tens of thousands!). Apparently he had a magic tablecloth.

Cet

Thanks for taking the time to post your results and methods Sinric.

Dave

Cet

I don't think you could, or should, get your card yanked for a single instance Hjalmar. If you continually injure people by snaping their necks with face thrusts then you have a problem but otherwise I'd say don't worry about it.

Cet

Anvil Dragon,

I may well have missed it but I don't recall you submitting either your credentials or your research for anyone here to ignore.

Cet

As Asher said it's hard to say without knowing what type of top it is. If it's a simple round bowl that's it's one thing if it's got a point of some kind it's another.

Cet

I'll agree with Sir Gaston and Pheylin; go with miller and if you can find a good price on a used machine go with TIG. the Tig will take a bit longer to learn to use ( less if you have gas welding experience) but once you've got it down you can do just about anything you'd want and the cleanup time ...

Cet

I think question 1. and question 2. are at odds with each other. If your fighting people with open faced bargrill helmets you'll be at a disadvantage if you are using a period visor. "I would like to learn to fight first, then, fight in a period kit." You might want to reconsider this Matt. Why not ...

Cet

Thanks for the quick responses guys. To answer your question Jamie it's for armour- I do blades and small tools in a propane forge built on Don Foggs' design but I've been wanting to start doing armour as well. Sinric, the advice about the updraft from top loaders is something I hadn't considered, t...

Cet

Is there any reason that a pottery kiln couldn't be used for heat treating assuming it reaches sufficient temp?

Cet

Steve, how difficult would it be to modify one of these so thst it opens down the front like some of the examples from the Churburg collection?

Cet

If your just concerned with cutting barstock for grills and such you can use a big pair of bolt cutters. If you want to do intricate cuts in sheet and plate a metal cutting bandsaw is great to have.

Cet

What Chef suggests is on lines with what I would like to see done with CA in the SCA. I don't get real worked up about CA as it stands partly because the common tactics employed by the archers (sniping fire) render it inconsequetial in most cases. The biggest hitch being that missles with as little ...

Cet

Hi Tristan, While my interest is in the same time period my knowledge (what there is of it)is more concentrated on Italian and English fasions of armour. The HRE was a big place and exactly where you come from in it may have some effect on your choice of harness. Assuming that you may place yourself...

Cet

I'm pretty sure that was a thread started by Steve Forth about a new project he was starting. Try his site for pics of you can't find them here.

Cet

I usually grind and blend welds with 60 and 120 grit and then hit the whole helm with 220, 320 and sometimes 400 or 600 grit, followed by polishing with emery on a sisal wheel and stainless compound on a spiral muslin wheel.

Cet

Here in the states we used to be able to find punchouts from giant hydraulic plate punches that made great dishing forms- picture the little puch out that you get from a whitney punch scaled up to about 5cm thick and 15cm in diameter. Ican't find them anymore since everyone seems to cut holes that s...

Cet

Just a cautionary note. Ed Fowler, a well known bladesmith prefers to use ballbearings for his knives and warns that they should be heated and normalized before welding since the heat stress from welding can cause a hardened bearing to shatter while you weld it.

Cet

Hi Aife, Fustian is not a "blend in the modern sense. Today we useually use the term blend to describe a fabric woven from threads of mixed composition, that is to say, the individual threads are composed of two or more materials. Fustian, on the other hand seems to have been a fabric woven of cotto...

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Hi Andre, As I'm getting a better sense of what you'll be offering I might suggest considering fustian for the outer layer of the garment. I think it would be more appropriate as it was cosidered more of a luxury fabric in period though you could probably find it for a lower cost than pure linen. As...

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I use a Coote with a 10" contact wheel for just about all my finishing. Info is available at: www.cootebeltgrinder.com. He sells them without a motor so you can save a alot by buying a used motor or using one you already have. You can get some pretty good prices on new baldor motors at Tool Crib (do...

Cet

Congratulations Jeff, the pieces your showing on your site look splendid and I look forward to you expanding the line. If you wouldn't mind answering a few questions: what type of kiln (size and heat source) do you use? and in selecting the thickness of the various pieces are you sticking to period ...

Cet

You'll want to make the mail voiders larger than the gaps to alow for shifting of the plates during movement.

Cet

Very nice. I especially like the visor mount and the crease at the peak is nice ansd crisp. Nice polish too.

Cet

I mainly use mine to contour the weld joints bargrills but they are usefull for any tight work spaces, especially if you want to remove a realativly substantial amount of metal.

Cet

I'll second Sarnacs' comments. I recently bought some eyelet mounts from Tim; they are beautifully made and his customer service was excellent.

I missed the post on the Mongol buckle, is it still around? I've got several Mongol friends who'd be interested.

Cet

I believe that they are false eyes intended to confuse opponents by making the wearers appear larger and more threatening than they are. similart strategies are employed by several species of moths.

Cet

I would take it; though I think a case could be made that the archer was behaving in a fasion "takes deliberate advantage of an opponents chivalry or safety consciousness" (Marshals Handbook III B. 6). Of course I don't see how archers aren't always in violation of this. http://www.armourarchive.org...

Cet

Does anyone have pictures of the Churburg #14 in profile that they could post or e-mail?

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Can any of you folks fill me in on the rules regarding visor openings used by any of the various rebate groups? Thanks in advance.

Cet

Too cool, thanks for finding and posting that.

Dave

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This one's good too:

http://198.144.2.125/Siege/Blueprints.htm

Cet

Saw it.

Cet

That's a great piece of work Jeff, I can't wait to se it polished and assembled with the rest of the harness.

Why did you choose to use the higher carbon steel for the one plate?

Cet

The company that I've been using will accept cad drawings just simple line drawings.

Dave

Cet

If by "hilts" you mean to include quillons and pomels I'm not sure that they did. It seems to me that all the period swords I've seen used iron or steel quillons and pommels. As far as what it is the best info I've seen indicates that it is a broad term covering a number of copper alloys. I'd love t...

heat treating kilns

Churburg #14 pics ?

rebate visor rules?