Im wondering how a lance rest is made?

Guillaume2 · Post by **Guillaume2** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 1:48 pm

well i was in a class and i tryed to find a way to make a lance rest but i know nothing of them,anyone have good picture and/or drawing?

while thinking about it i made a little drawing to show whats my idea,here it is

www.geocities.com/ordre_des_templiers/lance_rest.gif

(add a ? at the end)

mattmaus · Post by **mattmaus** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 2:39 pm

From what I've seen, you're pretty close.... I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the spring pin at all.... but the rest and mechanism look good. The one's I've seen have smaller plates attatching them to the BP, than yours, and from what I remember, just the single pivot pin. I'll look tonight and see what I can come up with for pics.

Guillaume2 · Post by **Guillaume2** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 3:10 pm

The spring pin is there to make it stay vertical when it is closed

then you push on the pin to release it and let it fall down to open position

chef de chambre · Post by **chef de chambre** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 5:11 pm

Hi Guillaume,

Most surviving lance rests are held in place with a staple and pin arrangement, rather than being hinged and permanently (more or less) mounted to the breastplate. Lift the pin, and off comes the rest.

It would be both easier to make, and more durable.

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Bob R.

Guillaume2 · Post by **Guillaume2** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 5:21 pm

Thanks chef but I dont understand your explication,could you give me a definition of the word "staple" and "hinged"

...or a good picture would be fine too,ive searched but cannot find one where we see the lance rest in detail

Friedrich · Post by **Friedrich** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 10:18 pm

There are a couple of different attachment variations but essentially...

Permanently attached to your breastplate are 3 or 4 short mounting stubbs (whether they are like ends of bars stacked vertically or rounded stock is up to you). Down the center of this vertical stack is a hole.

Next, the lance rest base is basically a piece of angle bracket with the slot holes cut out. The rest mounts onto the stubbs flush against the breastplate and a pin is inserted into it from the top.

Kinda like a door hinge pin.

I've seen a couple of variations. The one Chef wears on his, a couple at Higgins, and a couple in Germany at the Kaiserburg Museum.

Now there are a couple of variations of the lance rest too. Some are permanently attached to the breastplate. These tend to be of a 2 piece folding design so that the extended hook/rest can simply be folded back and more out of your way. But it is there and stays there and could potentially be something to grab onto or might catch when opposed by a pole weapon or sword.

With Chef's lance rest, his is removeable (except for the mounting studs). Except that a removeable one leads to loosing and/or misplacing the pin when it's not attached to the breastplate!

[This message has been edited by Friedrich (edited 01-24-2003).]