Int. - Suspending a Pauldron
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2001 8:07 pm
Hello archivers,
I am dishing my pauldrons at long last. But as I dished this afternoon, and tested the fit/depth as I went, I realized that the pauldron will press uncomfortably against the muscle just to the side of my neck - the pauldrons are one-piece. I have made a collatin to which the pauldrons buckle, but the collatin also partially supports the breast and back-plates and will be working overtime.
So I am trying to devise a method that will distribute any pressure on the outside of the pauldron onto both the collatin and the shoulder at once.
I was thinking of two internal straps, riveted above and below the ball of the shoulder, perpendicular to the arm at rest against the side. If I rivet the straps so that they rest a 1/2" off the metal, will this suspend sufficiently?
Although it uses up valuable leather, I have done all the other straps by this method. Of course, those straps are meant to keep the armour against my body, whereas these would be used to hold the armour "above" my body.
Any advice welcomed. Thank you.
Idëval
(p.s. the arms are finished, and beautiful!)
I am dishing my pauldrons at long last. But as I dished this afternoon, and tested the fit/depth as I went, I realized that the pauldron will press uncomfortably against the muscle just to the side of my neck - the pauldrons are one-piece. I have made a collatin to which the pauldrons buckle, but the collatin also partially supports the breast and back-plates and will be working overtime.
So I am trying to devise a method that will distribute any pressure on the outside of the pauldron onto both the collatin and the shoulder at once.
I was thinking of two internal straps, riveted above and below the ball of the shoulder, perpendicular to the arm at rest against the side. If I rivet the straps so that they rest a 1/2" off the metal, will this suspend sufficiently?
Although it uses up valuable leather, I have done all the other straps by this method. Of course, those straps are meant to keep the armour against my body, whereas these would be used to hold the armour "above" my body.
Any advice welcomed. Thank you.
Idëval
(p.s. the arms are finished, and beautiful!)