The Armour Archive

Thomas H

It's not so bad, really. There are a lot of members who wouldn't waste their time with it if it wasn't worth signing up for.

If you aren't happy you can always have your account removed??

Thomas H

lets not try to derail this too much you know. The forum really is a gold mine for information and well worth a little bit of hassle logging in. I personally have had no problems logging in and feel that if you PM'd Kaspar to let him know, he'd set the techies onto it Trust me, It's worth visiting!

Thomas H

Ignore gauges and use mm or inches it will save a mountain of hassle.

Everyone seems to have a different idea of what thickness each gauge is. Invest in a digital caliper and save yourself the hassle!

Thomas H

I'm English, i have to not like French.

Thomas H

Hey, they're French, what more can i say!

Thomas H

Counersinking is relatively straight forward, with a little practice. 1: Punch your hole in the desired spot 2: Take a drilll bit and chuck it up, something about 2mm more than the hole diameter. 3: carefully drill the punched hole until almost through, maybe 3/4 of the way through the material. car...

Thomas H

If we are going into pieces of exchange and such there are a few surving Renntartsche. These are basically leather and wood shields that cover the jousters left side and bevor. around 1.5/2.5 inches thick.

ill put a pic up when i find one.

Thomas H

Armoured aerobics, coming to London 2012!

Thomas H

Thomas thats the beauty of the internet....I stumbled across them under search terms akin to spanish armor. Either way they do appear 15th century given the style of the armour. We could reverse trace them....dunno if this will lead to much. But worth a try. Just reading this, do you realise how th...

Thomas H

What are the titles and dates of these images?

Thomas H

Wht are you making it from, i have no expereience with SCA shields but that sounds awfully thick!

Thomas H

I don't know if he's done one before but Ralph Snel is a superb helmsmith. He posts around here every now and agian.

Thomas H

Those are damn cool. yeah some scale would finihs it off!

Thomas H

http://content.answers.com/main/content ... _domum.jpg

Romani ite domum!!!

Thomas H

Sorry Micke D this is for the articles published by Denkstein on pavises. Yes it is a lot, but, err, i got nothing, it is a lot. Google is your friend, if in doubt, contact some of the large libraries like the one in the RA in leeds or the British library. Earnest, i don't think i'm a paid up FED me...

Thomas H

I'll probably be at Kelmarsh, i could well have my own by then

Thomas H

SmartassNativeSpeaker(TM) chiming in for a bit of nitpicking. In German the term "Tartsche" describes a medieval shield of a more or less rectangular shape. A "Setztartsche" is the big infantry version, and "setzen" is not used in the sense of sitting but rather like s...

Thomas H

Micke D: This depends on how much you want to look into pavises. It is interesting but as far as construction details nothing really. How do you mean they are not possible to find?? You may have to do some digging but some library will have a copy somewhere. For those interested, the LIbrary of the ...

Thomas H

You could carve the gutter from a solid piece. Even with a router if you must!

Any particular reason for the fibreglass resin? hide glue is a very strong option. mixed right, it won't peel or crack.

Thomas H

Some medieval shields were hewn out of a solid piece there is evidence fo rthis in the odd manuscript. However, i believe most (i haven't seen all) were made of planks or some kind of cross lamination.

Thomas H

Yeah, err, i'm extremely sorry about that. i only read the last few comments and generalised. pretty duchey at best. Sorry if i offended, should have thought.

Thomas H

Ya know, it's not a historical documentary, it's a film, like knights tale. Not EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME has to be period. When did the director say he was going for 100% accuracy??

silly people, get a life.

Thomas H

So cheap, are you not worried those inexperienced with horse care will think is wonderful and come pick him up?

Thomas H

Ideally, you want some mass in a helmet to dampen the effect of the weapon. Make it too light and it will not be as protective.

Thomas H

There are a couple of articles round and about. The first is published by the Legermuseum in Dutch, Een Zwickause Pavese. this can be downloaded from their website. There was an article published in the Royal armouries journal (available from their site) by Guy Wilson also. There are some older ones...

Thomas H

Thomas H

I have, but, i don't have the info handy, i'll put something more detailed up tmmorrow.

Thomas H

you could get some hexagonal Aluminium bar and have a machine shop chop it up into in 2mm thick blanks??

Then, acid etching might be the way to go? i don't know, just throwing ideas out.

Thomas H

seems a lot more straight forward and cheaper doing it the way i pointed out earlier. Plus, its the period technique!!! (AFAIK, YMMV)

Thomas H

One must ask a few things.

A) Who is it written by? a book caryring academic weight is worth more than an amateurish one published in an academic way.

B) Is the info new or just collated and edited?

c) hardback, soft, perfect bound or sewn????

Thomas H

These are supposedly mid/late 14th though i have no more info on them.

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http://home.armourarchive.org/members/h ... 1_4152.JPG

Thomas H

I mean, i don't see why you couldn't use some high carbon steel or T6 type Aluminium to make one though. if oyu REALLY wanted.

Then again, you could pay me to make a wooden one

Thomas H

its still not a pavise though....

Thomas H

Good question. the gutter allows you to do a number of things you'd struggle doing with a heater say. Having the gutter enable you to hold the shield one handed without having it lie flat against your arm. This means you can hold it farther off your body covering more area with more ease. You can ho...

Thomas H

Not one piece, but three, well from what i've seen i'm sure there is always an exception to the rule somewhere. Of the few i've handled and taken a closer look at, there are no signs of cross lamination. However, some later shields did utilise this method of construction. The following drawing is of...