thank god i found a way 2 cut it

blackbird · Post by **blackbird** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:24 pm

im rathe new here and i posted a question about a month ago asking how to cut stainless steel, well i found a guy with a plasma cutter and now finally the breastplate, back plate and spaulders are ready. i must say that becasue its used in larp and not SCA its not very authentic.

http://planet.nana.co.il/rd_omri/1-1.jpg

i think its not bad for a 17 year old with only one flat hammer and a small I beam as an anvil.

ArtemisGreen · Post by **ArtemisGreen** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:32 pm

blackbird wrote:i think its not bad for a 17 year old with only one flat hammer and a small I beam as an anvil.

Imagine that! That's how I started! I used my dad's 3lb sledge (unmodified), my stump in my backyard, and my Ibeam anvil to make my first spangen, at age 17. A few months later, I'm on to a little more sophisticated things, with more sophisticated tools. I can see that you'll go far.

~Arty

freiman the minstrel · Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:28 am

That looks like a good first effort! I especially like the way you took the time to work the nipples onto it.

I think you might be happier if you re-did the shoulder protection (spalders). There is a great pattern here on the archive for them, and they are actually pretty easy.

As for tools, there is a fellow here on the archive that makes tools for new armourers, and they are really good. Here is the thread for them. He has just started selling them.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=27869

good luck, and don't stop making armour. You will get better with each piece.

freiman the minstrel

blackbird · Post by **blackbird** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:34 am

thanks for all the advise compliments but the problem is that i dont even have a back yard (i work on my balcony) and i live in israel which means that sending anything to here from the US will cost a considerable sum of money.

ill check into those spaulders but can you direct me the specific ones you ment

Stacy Elliott · Post by **Stacy Elliott** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:35 am

Blackbird,

Are you in the SCA shire that is starting up in Israel?

blackbird · Post by **blackbird** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:44 am

well they havent orginized anything yet as far as I know but when they do im sure ill take part of it.

ArtemisGreen · Post by **ArtemisGreen** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:51 am

http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/pauldrons_ab/
http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/spaulders_sinric/

Both are pretty easy.

~A.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:11 am

Nice work Blackbird! That was better than MOST of what I've done.

-Aaron

Stacy Elliott · Post by **Stacy Elliott** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:55 am

Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi (Zachary Kessin)
Phone: +972 (0)51 809 717
email: zkessin@cs.brandeis.edu

Try sending a note to this person, he is listed as the point of contact for Israel.

I think they have an event this Monday or perhaps it was last Monday.

If you cannot get in touch with them let me know.

freiman the minstrel · Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:01 am

So, Blackbird. Have you fought in your new gear yet?

The reason I ask is that it looks like the spalders will bite into the side of your neck when you raise your arms.

C'mon, let us know how it is working out!

freiman

blackbird · Post by **blackbird** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:10 am

well i did fought in it but only a little beat, not enough to see if it will bite me, i will check into it thou.

I didnt had the tools to roll the edges so i just coted them with straps of led but now i think ill no other way but to duct tape the edjes, anyone can suggest something better?

Stacy Elliott · Post by **Stacy Elliott** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:21 am

Blackbird,

Did you go to the event on Monday/

Stacy Elliott · Post by **Stacy Elliott** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:25 am

Blackbird,

Did you go to the event on Monday/

Vladimir · Post by **Vladimir** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:28 am

If you can't roll the edges try folding them over. I haven't gotten into making metal armour yet, I use leather mostly. But, the few pieces of metal I did years ago had folded edges and it worked fine.

Nice work btw

Vladimir · Post by **Vladimir** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:29 am

If you can't roll the edges try folding them over. I haven't gotten into making metal armour yet, I use leather mostly. But, the few pieces of metal I did years ago had folded edges and it worked fine.

Nice work btw

blackbird · Post by **blackbird** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:02 am

its stainless stell 1.5 milimiters thick so folding or roling the edges in any form with just my one hammer is impossible, I was thinking in the direction of cotting the ends with somthing.

I didnt go to the evet on monday because as far as I know the events are in Jerusalem and I leave in tel-aviv, a long way to go.

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