The Armour Archive

AB Hammer

I resharpen my own but you have to know what angle to shave from. I keep an extra set as well for my B2 for I use to have a B1 and have broken the blades before.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

LOL! LOL!

Looks good and clean But!!

How about 12ga. stainless and then fluted.

http://creationtime.com/photos002.html

One glorius insane moment in time.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

Hay Cat I see your from Ohio, well I'm in Ky. maybe you might want to take a trip down here, for some lessons. A visor like that you will need to be able to dish deep, and longated in the center and a bit smaller pattern, the width of your pattern shouldn't be more than a couple of inches longer tha...

AB Hammer

LOL I knew what is was, Randal didn't. The V-code is what started our disagreement, and thin got flakie after that so we both got out of hand due to it. So we both agreed to start over and I truely believe that my last email must of got lost or he forgot I sent it. Oh well he got his update here. AB...

AB Hammer

No Randal I returned message from your message on 9/9/04 stating around the Christmass time period. unless it got lost which sometimes happens. The 9/9/04 was also the last message I received according to my E-Mail. Now this is cleared up, I will be finishing it as soon as I get back from my family ...

AB Hammer

I have to say it, this way people can see how much we sometimes work for.

taltosh; It looks like you got a little over a penny a ring. No offence I have made them for less.

Have a great day

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

Don't help them. I use to deal with India via someone in New York. I was traiding armour for swords back in the early 1990s. Then I found them shipping the armour to India to be copied. Of course I stopped, what they where selling where the copies but showing mine in there catalog. I am so glad I di...

AB Hammer

I think this will work, as long as it is open to everyone. "I'm in"

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

1987 I was helping Small Grey Bear to give up some freon helms and providing them with Barrel helms and spun tops, I look back, but it was all we had back then. I am so glad thangs have changed. In blunt terms when I started we went from bad to fair then 2 years later we started looking good. (for t...

AB Hammer

Bump Please!

AB Hammer

Bump bump?

AB Hammer

OK! I gues the next one will be a vendal helm

I like it though.
Very inventive.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

BUMP

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AaronT

Man!! what can I do to help you? Send her outfit to you so you can have photos taken of yourself? in the Mandy outfit?

I don't think the world is ready for that kind of a shock.

AB

Hammer

AB Hammer

Thanks to those who have helped so far but we still have a bit to go.

Thanks

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

Thanks! Thomas

Thanks for the pics, we only have 1 musium that has armour in Louisville but I will gather up the photos and post them shortly. I'm working on our websight and I will add them to the sight.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

All information is on this web sight.

http://creationtime.com/dex1.html

If you like to use pay-pal please use apprenticearmoury@yahoo.com

I will post to stop dontions as soon at it is paid for.

Thank You

AB Hammer aka/ Alan Bauldree

AB Hammer

Here is the photo of the helm that was stolen. <IMG src="http://creationtime.com/thorson001.GIF"> And the rplacement is on final assembly, and will be finished today 12-5-04. We are lacking total payment of the helm at this time (60%), "once paid for" no other donations will be taken. PM me for any ...

AB Hammer

Looks great, of course you could easly change your mind to a Sallet with what you have there. Not a recomendation. just a thought.

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AB Hammer

Alcyoneus So it sound like a christmass carol "A" All ye marie gentalmen, its time for me to say. Now it time to go and fight, on this Hasting day. With blood and gor and so much more, I think its time to pray. So come to the battel on Hasting day, on hasting day. So come to the battel on Hasting da...

AB Hammer

I could introduce you to Mandy!! I know about Ca. I have family there, and it aint cheep eather. I was also at Pedaluma Ca. while I was in the Coast Gaurd. I have thought about moving out that way myself but, I would need something going realgood to do that. What I was truely sujesting is if you nee...

AB Hammer

Ugo I have room in my shop and a fair bit of equepment to work with, and I have a few older blacksmiths around here to build tool with just 30 min. away. It would be great to work with someone who knows something with armour, instead of just students.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

I loved the photos and work, also I loved looking in the background at the tools.

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Radion Shack

You comming to Christmass Turney in KY.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

The speed you move the steel also will make a factor in your finish product. Think of it as a rolling hammer if you go fast enough you can remove the vally effect, but if you go to slow you will have smooth lows and high spots. This become more true when you work with stainless.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

Now we know, and I'm sure he, if not already soon, will here of our disaproval. I don't think any real harm has happened, eather. So from what I know of him ( being an honorable man ) this is a short live thing and hope he got alot of good info from doing these peaces. Most of my past experimental a...

AB Hammer

The real question is why is he doing this, at such low prices, and only the patterns, are the ones given for the people to do for themselves. I would take it as a slap in the face, him trying to cheapin our work, due to his pricing. I wouldn't feel proper about claiming the spangen as mine but my ve...

AB Hammer

I would recomend another suport under your lower bar.
It looks good otherwise.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

I have some question about this guy.

Who is he and where does he reside

And if he is good, why would he want to use other's patterns instead of his own

Just something to think about, I think I smell something.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

I have been copied so many time, and I have only got mad back then if the copy sucked. Then peaces where coming from India that where copies, That pissed me off. I also git pissed when someone claims one of my patterns or peases of work as there work. I have given patterns and have had them stolen a...

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Lord Ogier

I belive I have the oldest english weel in the known world. It was the one Master James built.

You must learn how to obey the hammer before you can comand it.

Use it wrong and it will mess something up, or it will be messed up.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

Tomas It sounds like your hammer was to flat. The hammer shape is one way to controle your shape of your product. If you have to curve a different way from the way you are going use the horn of the anvil or fix up a round bar and make a T stake out of it for your other direction as well as use a cro...

AB Hammer

chest plates are best planished from the inside uning a slightly rounded face hammer to a smooth/polished anvil. This will save you some time but flutes are best worked on the outside for finishing.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

I have looked at this photo and there are not alot of tools. But if you were away from the shop and making mild repairs and cleanup polishing, this would look correct to me.

AB Hammer

AB Hammer

Check with The Apprentice Armoury, in about a week and a half. My students will have some newer items at good prices. Nothing over $200.00 at this time.

http://creationtime.com/apprentice_armoury.html

Any thing over $200.00 I make.

AB Hammer