The Armour Archive

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My impression is that they are widely represented in art form the period. The Golden Rossl of Charles VI for example has a fully developed frog mouth helm and is dated to 1404

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Bertus, What is the ISBN for that book?

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Thanks Wade! I haven't been to see the new PMA stuff yet but might get there later this week for a couple hours.

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We'll be there Sunday this year. I'd love to see either of your early 16th century gauntlet sets- especially A-104. A-53 and A-58 would be cool too. oo! and A-63 with the associated cannons

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The example in Madrid had a bevor matched to it. I think if you built it to the proportions of the original it would leave too much of the jaw and throat exposed for most folks to be comfortable with for SCA use.

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It shares some features, particularly the visor, with the D 14 sallet of Phillip I in the Real Armeria.

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" The Merchant of Prato Frasncesco di Marco Dantini 1335-1410" by Iris Origo
ISBN 0-87923-596-9 Armour is not the primary focus but there are a few more details of items he imported or had in inventory at various times.

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Mail sleeves are among the items of armour imported to France by Datini in 1367

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You can get suitable hinges from Mcmaster-Carr:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#piano-hinges/=b4o35p

I've mounted mail on a few SCA helms this way and it works well. I added individual rings to attach to the rod through as threading it through the main body of the mail didn't work so well do to the orientation of the rings relative to the rod.

Cet

3/32" is a nice size- I like to flatten and widen the heads before use

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You put the pic up while I was posting- that will need retailoring.

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Icefalcon's aventails are not a tube, they are the frustum of a cone. Knuut's long aventails are a tube which transitions to the frustum of a cone. Linning it may work, though I am unsure from your description. It sounds like it could be too big in which case stitching the attaching row (where it is...

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Sean, I have a blast cabinet if you want to go that route.

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Most standard skull patterns will fit on 2sq/ft with minimal waste. If you need to pad the skirts/cheeks in addition to the skull you will need about 3 sq/ft of 1/2" foam or twice that of 1/4" . This assumes you are covering the entire inner surfacer with foam: if You want to use bands of ...

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If you have a woodworking store near by you can pickup dye stain or dye concentrates such as TransTint.

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Inspirational as always. Do you have any progress pics you could post?

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Hooray! Thanks Chris

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Horrible tease! Very sad now

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Link no work for me

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I may have one. e-mail and I will check when i get out to the shop.

ldr_gto@verizon.net

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What material do you want them in?

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To achieve the look of the effigies and be SCA legal you need to lengthen the bascinet below the vervell line to cover the jaw and neck. This will keep the peak of the helmet up where it belongs and allow the vervell line to be correct relative to the face. You will have a fair amount of empty space...

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I think there are misunderstandings about the shape of the round tops do to essentially a terminological difference. I call the rounds "round" because they are round in profile although when viewed form back or front they shape is essentially two converging arcs rather than single continuo...

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You bet wrong Sir!

Nice try though. If it wasn't for the English text and fractional measurement I'd lean toward Ortwin Gamber

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Hi folks, Thanks for posting those pics Matt- i really need to get something similar up on the site. To answer a couple questions: Wulfgar, it looks from your question that e-mail is still spotty for some reason so I just sent the text of my last e-mail to you via PM. The welded skulls are not typic...

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Hi folks, I will try and get some pics of conical and back point tops to D Sebastian to put on the site before I go out of town. The finished shape of all the rough from the hammer tops has a lot to do with how they are fit up for welding and they can work for a range of "conical" shapes. ...

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I always enjoy seeing your work! Where are the weld lines on the mask and helmet?

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What a cool piece!- congratulations Wade. I wonder about the two large holes on the right side: they look like mounting point for a lance rest but the fact that the upper one is partially covered by the gusset puzzles me. Does the gusset sit off the inside enough that clearance wouldn't be an issue?

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I will be adding great helm kits to the Rough from the Hammer line in December- we'll be doing the pattern testing in the next couple weeks.

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Your welcome. As another data point the circa 1400-1420 breastplate form Rhodes has a n outwardly turned hem- done over a wore core according to Karscheski. Still can't find the Gwyn pics

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I think downwards ( I tend to think of it as outwards) is most typical of 14th century examples. I had nice images of the Gwynn breastplate that showed the neck hem bit I can't find them now IIRC is was flanged out and not doubled as far as I could tell. It's a tough spot to see as the hem tends to ...

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That's the Klingbell collection. It was supposedly going up for sale a few years ago ( the picture is from he sales add) but the sale never happened as far as I know. The authenticity of many of the pieced are suspect largely due to their uncanny similarity to other existing pieces ( there's a Churb...

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Hi Ingelri,

I've got nothing in my e-mail from you. . double chejk that your are sending to ldr_gto@verizon.net and not my old e-mail at ldr_gto@earthlink.com

Cheers

Dave

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Ice brought these by the shop yesterday and I was really impressed with them. The elbow pocket is placed where it needs to be and allows excellent arm movement and the thickness of the padding should work well with out excessive bulk.

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I'll e-mail you some measurements that may help