When was your first commission?

AaronT · Post by **AaronT** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:37 pm

And what was it?

Mine was Oct '04

Boot armour for a fighter.

And I'm so motivated that I am going to sleep with my hammers and patterns tonite.

HOOAH!!!

And how many commissions have you filled since?

Me, I may have another for a set of boot armour.

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:45 pm

My first commission was a pair of tooled vanbraces in the spring of '97. I saw a picture of them recently....they were horrendously ugly!

I've filled more than I have been able to keep count since then.....I'm a squire, I have a hard time counting past 3. :twisted:

I'm currently in varrying stages of work on about 18 commissions. I've recently taken in commissions for some cuirasses, that I'm really looking forward to. Body armour is a real joy to make, I especially love the flow of the body harness into pauldrons and leg harnesses. Done correctly the lines are just wonderful.....Its getting the lines to flow that I am learning to get better at......

I don't sleep with my tools and such, the girlfriend has enough problems dodging all of that stuff throughout the rest of the apartment....she prefers a less clutered sleeping area! :twisted:

AaronT · Post by **AaronT** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:05 pm

House of the Wolf wrote:My first commission was a pair of tooled vanbraces in the spring of '97. I saw a picture of them recently....they were horrendously ugly!

I've filled more than I have been able to keep count since then.....I'm a squire, I have a hard time counting past 3.

I'm currently in varrying stages of work on about 18 commissions. I've recently taken in commissions for some cuirasses, that I'm really looking forward to. Body armour is a real joy to make, I especially love the flow of the body harness into pauldrons and leg harnesses. Done correctly the lines are just wonderful.....Its getting the lines to flow that I am learning to get better at......

I don't sleep with my tools and such, the girlfriend has enough problems dodging all of that stuff throughout the rest of the apartment....she prefers a less clutered sleeping area!

18 commissions.
One day, I will attain the skills and knowledge required to accomplish this.

Are you a full time armourer?

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:42 pm

Yes, I am a full-time armourer.....I post so often, I keep forgetting that we have new members all of the time.

I deal completely with leather armour. If you get a chance check out my website. The url is part of my sig line.

Gerhard von Liebau · Post by **Gerhard von Liebau** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:55 pm

House of the Wolf wrote:Yes, I am a full-time armourer.....I post so often, I keep forgetting that we have new members all of the time.

I deal completely with leather armour. If you get a chance check out my website. The url is part of my sig line.

Lol, sir... He's not a new member:p. He's posted around here more than you!

As for my own commissions, I have done none, yet. I'm interested in Bronze Age equipment, and after I finish up a couple more sets of my own stuff, I hope to start making some nice, authentic shields for people. Currently I've got one completed shield to sell, which I hope to get around $75 for. Several more are on the way. These are and will all be of Egyptian Origin, but are done with a cheaters skills.

-Gregory-

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:00 pm

Gregory J. Liebau wrote:Lol, sir... He's not a new member:p. He's posted around here more than you!

Don't I feel like a dweeb! :oops:

Should have read his info before posting. :lol:

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:05 pm

may-ish last year. it was a buckler for someone at my archery club. 18g mild Ã‚Â£10

Halberds · Post by **Halberds** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:09 pm

This: A sugarloaf in 14 ga. mild steel for member Uryen in the land of Oz.
In the winter of 1999.... I have been doing this for 5 years now.

In return, I received a mail coif that is impervious to spears, arrows, swords and axes. The most dense liquid metal I have ever held or had the privilege to wear.

I lost count a long time ago on how many commissions I have filled.
If I think about it.... they may be counted on my 2 hands.

Halberds

Ps: This is one of my favorites:
http://home.armourarchive.org/members/h ... Cobra5.jpg
I appreciate the opportunity to do fantasy.

(edited to add some more bullshit

AB Hammer · Post by **AB Hammer** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:56 pm

1987 I was helping Small Grey Bear to give up some freon helms and providing them with Barrel helms and spun tops, I look back, but it was all we had back then. I am so glad thangs have changed.

In blunt terms when I started we went from bad to fair then 2 years later we started looking good. (for that time period)

AB Hammer

Kaliban · Post by **Kaliban** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:59 pm

Hmm hard to say it was 8 yrs ago that I remember .. Should have taken more pics .. well should have taken pics when I started ..

ARMOURER ERIC · Post by **ARMOURER ERIC** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:50 am

March 1983, spun dome grille face. A newbie helm for a college student in Wheeling West Virginia, IIRC, Brendan Rowan, last ran into him at Pennsic 1996, was now a Laurel. Took me 13 hours to make, got $65

Eric

LordWulf · Post by **LordWulf** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:23 am

About a month ago, got comissioned to make two sets of Wisby for Youth Combat and it has since snowballed into something I am enjoying immensely....... and thanks to ya'll here it's a heck of a lot easier with the knowledge and advice that runs rampant through here....

I've filled 4 other commissions for the Wisby's so far and have 2 looking at the "Charred Hyena"

Mike F · Post by **Mike F** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:22 am

I made a 14 gauge stainless steel standoff for a brake pedal. My mother is short.

Otherwise I don't feel confident enough (and until now, was busy with my own stuff) to ask around, and nobody had more than a passing interest in having anything.

Duane W · Post by **Duane W** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:15 am

1979 - Barrel Helm (16 ga. black iron - Polidor pattern) with a pair of shield rims (1/8" x 3/4" bar stock hammered cold to fit the face of a 24" round shield)

Got $50.00 for the helm and $25.00 for the rims which was a small fortune to a starving college student.

Alexander Caithnes

Templar Bob/De Tyre · Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:29 am

My first commission was in 1986. It was for a knee-length leather lamellar klibanion, leather lamellar gorget, articulated steel and leather leg and arm harness for the late Amir Jafar as-Safa. This was his first SCA armour.

The lamellar was leather Tandy practice pieces. It took the better part of spring to build, and had a total of 558 lamellae. The leg and arm harness took a weekend.

Total cost was $150.00.

Kenwrec Wulfe · Post by **Kenwrec Wulfe** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:43 am

Officially, this past summer.

Coat of Plates for a friend of T-Bob.

Prior to that, I finished the scales for T-Bob's scaled curiass (which, BTW, I have not seen yet T-Bob!!) - if you want to count that as a first commision.

Currently, I am working on my own armour (full suit late 14th c transitional) and 3 other commissions aside from the normal stuff (loaner gear and shiremate gear repair)

I am mostly a hobbyist at the moment.

Sasuke · Post by **Sasuke** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:45 am

January 2001 for aluminum greaves. 42 commissions since then. Many of those were for full suits or multiple items. I hope to go full time in a few years.

Chris

Artorious · Post by **Artorious** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:30 am

Delivered it Sunday at fighter practice. The Byzantine helm with the Brass Wolves on it that I posted last week. Customer loved it and it fit great.

I've sold a couple pieces before but that was my first actual commision for armour.

taltosh · Post by **taltosh** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:36 pm

My first commission was back in 1988, it was for a knee length hauberk, I was only 16 at the time and I got 450$ for it, a real fortune. Mind you the guy I made it for was 6'2" and the whole piece was close to 40000 rings when complete and that was before I learned to power wind coils.

Since then I've sort diverted from maille, though I make rivited maille now. I mostly do tooled leather commissions nowadays and the odd woodworking and metalworking project.

Cheers

AB Hammer · Post by **AB Hammer** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:10 pm

I have to say it, this way people can see how much we sometimes work for.

taltosh; It looks like you got a little over a penny a ring. No offence I have made them for less.

Have a great day

AB Hammer

Otto · Post by **Otto** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:07 pm

Something like 21 years ago, give or take... Most likely, it was a homely but functional spangenhelm.

All this time and hundreds of commissions later... and I'm still not very good at it. Oh well, perhaps I should teach, since I can't seem to do!

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