The Armour Archive

I'm speaking with an armourer here in the UK on commissioning a harness based on the one made by APlaisance

Seen here: http://www.aplaisance.co.uk/15th-Centur ... rmour5.JPG

I'm loving his turnaround times and prices, so I'd rather not move away from using him if possible, however, he's let me know that he's not willing to work in spring steel. That's no problem for me, but I would be interested in having the arms done in spring steel where possible, so I'm looking for a couple of things:

An armourer able to work in spring steel, to a high quality with reasonable turnaround times
Suggestions of thicknesses of the arms for both SCA and living history displays (I'm guessing somewhere around the 20ga mark?)
If possible, the armourer should be in the UK

This isn't a guaranteed sale by any means, I'm just checking possible prices, and will go according to them.

Have you checked Stonekeep? I know he does springsteel arms, not sure if they're in the style you want though.

Go see Mark Vickers. He can work spring and knows his stuff.

Yes I need to get into spring!

Thanks for the replies! I've emailed APlaisance, and am awaiting a reply. Next emails will go out to the two suggestions.

And yes Matt, yes you do!

Could try Luke Binks or Jeff Hedgecock.

herrhauptmann wrote:Have you checked Stonekeep? I know he does springsteel arms, not sure if they're in the style you want though.

I stick to munitions grade armor..