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Just wanted to see what the general populace thought about my half-gauntlets with mail gloves. Good or bad , let me know...

http://www3.50megs.com/johann/page2.html


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Sincerely, Johann

"How do you know she is a witch?"

I don't think I've ever seen a half gaunt with maille like that - so you definitely get points for originality from me It looks good. How long did it take you to make the glove? What size ID are those rings? They look tiiiiiiiny.

I like it a lot! I think I'll try something similiar with my maille mufflers.

Steve

Thanks for the kind words... the ID is 3/16" ... I had already cut the rings and piled them before I ever decided to start the gloves.. But when I decided what I was gonna do, I put them together in a day...

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Sincerely, Johann

"How do you know she is a witch?"

Johann,

Look nice, just like I thought they would. Did you switch gloves?

POD, That's 18 ga, 3/16". The second-smallest ID I will work in, without charging through the nose.

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~AG
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Armour Guy, Thanks.. As for whether I switched gloves, I made a second set....same glove type... but this set I dyed to match the colors I intend to use...

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Sincerely, Johann

"How do you know she is a witch?"

That spangenhelm looks familiar... is it one of those 18 ga Iberia spangenhelms?
Those aren't SCA legal, you know... If you don't play in the SCA, that's fine...
--tom

The helm come 14 guage through 18 guage saw them a few years ago in a catolog.

The helm is 14 gauge.... the top, where the straps cross, there is actually a little cap...so its 3 layers on the very top.. yikes.. If it has any problems at all for SCA use, it will be blow detection...

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Sincerely, Johann

"How do you know she is a witch?"

Beautiful helmet, marvelous,

Jomar

The gauntlets look pretty cool, one thing I would have done differently is to rivet in a narrow strap instead of tying on a thong...no little *tails* sticking out of them, that way.

Another thing that will make your leather stuff really look professional, is to get and use an "edger" [not sure if thats the right word]. It looks a bit like a fork with two very small stubby tines, between which is a sharp little bladelike area. You run it along the edges of your pieces before dying/assembly, and it slightly rounds off the corners and removes any roughness. It looks a lot slicker than it sounds as I describe it.

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<B>Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory
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I agree with both of those last posts, Edgers are very good at making your project look more profesional than it really is, plus they don't cost very much at any leather goods store. Rivits are always better too, especially if they are designed for leather working, Chicago screws are a lot easier to use than rivits, but not very authentic.

Great looking stuff though, congrats on the success

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*YAWN*.......

Nice mail! Looks particularly nice with the gloves dyed red.

Great gloves, and I like the leather thong around the face of the coif---nice detail.

That's a fun helm. I kept running into that helm whenever I did searches on e-bay. I didn't know it was SCA combat-worthy.

Keep up the good work, lad.

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Timothy D. Finkas
The Historical Forgerie
Long Beach, CA

(SCA: Henri le Brassey / Lyondemere, Caid)

Thanks again everyone for the kind words... and Gundo, Thanks for the suggestions [img]http://www.armourarchive.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] As far as this particular version of the helm being combat worthy Le Brassey,its a tank!

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Sincerely, Johann

"How do you know she is a witch?"