The Armour Archive

What is the one tool that you could absolutely not live without? Something that has absolutely no substitute whatsoever?

Umm... a ball pein. There is no substitute for it! You gotta have one to set rivets! Without rivets, our armour would fall apart at the sight of a phillips head screwdriver.

ArtemisGreen wrote:Umm... a ball pein. There is no substitute for it! You gotta have one to set rivets! Without rivets, our armour would fall apart at the sight of a phillips head screwdriver.

You already stole my answer. It was going to be "a hammer".

Halberds proved you can make a helm with a hammer and a hole in the ground, so I think the hammer might be the most important bit. (cuz you can dish with a ball pien if you want to)

A 1 lb german pattern riveting hammer.

An 8oz ball pien that has been passed down 4 generations by theft. I stole it from my dad in the 80s, he stole it from his dad in the 60s, and my grandfather stole it from his dad in the 30s.

My most cherished tools have been passed down through theft. I'm glad other families have the same traditions...

it would have to be a shear or cutting tool.

I have done repairs with a cupple of rocks and could see making a helm that way in theory but cutting out the plates is the hard part.

For me it'd definately be my 7lb sledge. it helped me do so,so much..........

Destruction.

A penis.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Steve

A B2. I will never, ever use a jigsaw again. Ever.

SB

If my hammer breaks I can forge another one. If the handle breaks I can cut off a limb. If my drill punch breaks I can use a file to sharpen it. If my screwdriver breaks, I can use a chisel. If my shear breaks, I can use a chisel. I can't do any of that, without coal.

Coke, coal, or charcoal, is my most important tool.

Jeez, hard question. My belt sander, B2 and hammer. Oh yeah, and my stakes. And my anvil. And my dishing bowls. Oh wait, that was more than one... Never mind...

Julian

Robert P. Norwalt wrote:If the handle breaks I can cut off a limb.

Ouch! You know, it not necessary to be that drastic. You can buy stuff with money nowadays. Cutting off body parts is no longer required...

Julian

:)

I think it should have been wich dozzen tools, But my favorite is my 150 year old, 9 lb. bumping hammer. I can use it as a ball steak or a mild mushroom, a seaming steak, a rivetter and disher from hell. It is with out a dought the strongist steel I have in my shop ( It has never ever took damage from anything.



AB Hammer

My brain, and the imagination that sloshes around in it.

Everything else I can figure out how to fake.

Sasha

Steve..

You mentioned an interesting part of your anatomy as your most important tool.... I never thought of it myself, but is that how you hold your burrs in place as you set rivets? Personally, I use a flat blade screwdriver, but my rivet set is at waist height.......hmm.... nah, I'll save that tool for when I am NOT around sharp metal...

Lothar

equally sorry for posting this...

My eyes! Last year I injured my right eye and almost lost it. As it is there is a permanent cloudy spot right in the center (fovea). Besides decreasing the accuracy of my hammering, drilling, and cutting, I can't shoot a gun looking with that eye, which all SUCKS! The moral of the story is, WEAR SAFETY GLASSES , DUMBASSES!

If a body part can be a tool.... My right hand.

If not; my hammer...


Hal

Well I have rivited without a hammer before (used a fist sized piece of steel) unless you count any tool used in this manner as a hammer.
Vise grips help me alot as I only have 2 hands.
But I would say the tool that has changed everything for me is my portable electric grinder with a cutting wheel. I can cut out tons of armour patterns in mere minutes with the thing. A totally amazing tool. I will also never go back to a jig saw -never!

Ted Banning wrote:My eyes! Last year I injured my right eye and almost lost it. As it is there is a permanent cloudy spot right in the center (fovea). Besides decreasing the accuracy of my hammering, drilling, and cutting, I can't shoot a gun looking with that eye, which all SUCKS! The moral of the story is, WEAR SAFETY GLASSES , DUMBASSES!

The irony of this is that I get more stuff in my eyes when I'm wearing safety glasses. This is also true with my welding hood. Go figure!!

all of you with your 'proper tools'

I myslef, couldn't make due without Duct Tape AKA. Silver speed tape, 90 mile an hour tape, the Blessed Ribbon of Saint Tenacioius