Looking for an armourer on Milanese spring steel arms

Qwertypolk · Post by **Qwertypolk** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:16 pm

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.

herrhauptmann · Post by **herrhauptmann** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:03 am

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

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:14 am

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

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:38 pm

Yes I need to get into spring!

Qwertypolk · Post by **Qwertypolk** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:45 pm

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! :lol:

es02 · Post by **es02** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:22 pm

Could try Luke Binks or Jeff Hedgecock.

Stonekeep · Post by **Stonekeep** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:26 pm

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..