The Armour Archive

Hi,

For some reason the lames from the shoulder cop are difficult for me to find documentation on. But a huge number of sorces show a tricept armour that is basically a half-vambrace for the tricept.

Help on this one, please?

With thanks,

-Aaron

Do you mean the spaudler-like, or spaudleroid, articulation at the top of the fourteenth-century arm?

The documentation is largely pictorial, from 14th-c. funeral brasses and illuminations. They share, with some variations of form that might be considered experimental, a couple of characteristics: their profile is smooth, not stepped as a separate spaudler going over the rerebrace would be; they do not go as far down the upper arm either, nor with as many lames depending from the shoulder cop; there is no spaudler strap about the upper arm in evidence, holding the bottom end of the spaud down.

The "half vambrace for the triceps" is the rerebrace, usually going more than halfway around. (Fr. arrière-bras, upper arm; contrast avant-bras for forearm) The spaudleroid articulation attaches permanently to the top of the rerebrace, covering the deltoid and point of the shoulder, articulating upon three vertical leathers. A part of the arm and integral with it.

In the fifteenth century, the spaudler became longer, usually both growing another lame in length for overlap and also using broader lames, and became a separate component, usually secured by points at its top and a strap and buckle at the bottom.

I think I'll be making a rebrace this weekend for each arm for my 14th century suit. But I plan on cheating a bit. I've got 22 ga stainless and it's pretty flexible. Just a rebrace covered with 22 ga stainless (that's light BTW) and a thin layer of leather on top, rivetted on and bam...I've got a "splinted" rebrace.

Would that work or am I talking mess again? I think cutting all those splints will take more time than I have.

If i could find a good pic of mine i could show you.

It's not hard to do

Hi,

Cut out the leather and the steel, but didn't rivett it on last night. Looks good so far and the 22 ga steel is suprisingly protective. My bruises on my tricept hurt (big bruises) but don't hinder me doing the pushups. But they hurt. So I put the steel on my arm and hit it with a hammer handle. No pain. Weird. It really slid the shot.

I might be onto something fun for the future work, "fau splint armour".

I'm seriously considering it for my son's armour and for my own greaves for the light suit.

-Aaron

Got the rebraces done and I fight on Sunday! Yeah!

I got my radiochemisty take-home midterm done, both homework sets for radiochemistry and started on the dosimetry homework...armoured AND I'll fight too! Good weekend so far!

-Aaron