Thank you everyone for your kind comments and support! It really means a lot to me. I do plan do make more videos about my sewing and painting projects and how they relate to the medieval era, but I also still have a bunch of videos that I recorded last summer that I just haven't gotten around to editing yet. A great opportunity that I've found since moving is that now I can regularly attend a HEMA club every week, so hopefully I'll be able to produce videos about that as well. Thanks again, you guys are great!
Living Manuscript hi i disnt know if there is any other way i could have messeged you but if you would email me at jacob48039@yahoo.com i really apreceat it
at the beginning of the video I noticed that you adjust your parts when cold, you should use a propane torch to soften the steel and make the work easier.Moreover a heat source helps greatly to flatten the surface of your room and have a more beautiful finish, you have a good base young men but still a lot of gaps to fill to become really good ;-)
I must say that I have loved seeing this process and truly think you are talented as well as resourceful. I know what’s it’s like to have a work space and sadly having it taken away from you. All I can say is I hope you enjoy some of your time at college. And I would love to see some of your painting and especially your sewing projects since I mainly dabble in the sewing proses of medieval and or ancient clothing. Either way you do what’s best for you man and good luck at college. From your long time viewer and supporter: Callum .A. Bancroft.
Thank you very much! It really is a bummer to not have the workshop all the time anymore, but it forces me into paying more attention to things I neglected in the past, such as proper medieval clothing. Thanks again for your support :)
7:43 don't feel so bad for it not being a proper replica, the smith who made the original was more than likely a skilled smith, who had probably more than enough experience working steel, as was his job to. Something else to keep in mind that they had a forge, and worked the metal while it was red hot, giving them far more freedom in design to shape and curve the metal in appropriate ways. Also in regards to transportation, do you even have a bicycle to get around on??
Dude you're an inspiration for sure. I just graduated and feel the pain of not being able to do much of what you want as far as workshop goes. But you seem very dedicated and best wishes! p.s. be my friend....
Dude that anvil is ringing like a bell. You might want heat it up and let it cool so it's not damaging your inner ear and ours. Although I don't have an anvil of my own so I should the fuck up. But it's good practice in general. Awesome helmet man.
Im really sorry for your situation maybe you could do more videos on sewing or similar projects until you manage to go to the workshop Hope to see more from you soon
Thank you, I am planning to give more attention to sewing and whatnot, every once in a while I can get to the workshop, so I still hope to make metal armor videos too. :)
you should absolutely see if your college has a metal shop or suchlike. I bet they'll have a space conducive to your needs. Start an Armory Club and pool resources.
I'll definitely look into it, I know there are a few public workshops in the area, but that'll cost me. If nothing else, this way I'm forced to focus on other aspects of historical recreation that I should have payed more attention to from the start anyway.
Thank you, though I'm afraid as far as patterns go I usually just make my own. I can share the basic shapes, if you'd like, but they aren't strictly exact and I tend to change them as I go.
you should modify your hammer to repel the steel by slightly rounding your pane to not make a mark and have more pushing power. the plumbing tuillot is a good idea but it will be better if you buy solid cylindrical bar and grind them, you would have much easier to push your steel
I noticed at 0:53 you used the railroad rail horizontal. This video is old but if you flip it vertical it makes flaring MUCH easier since it acts more like an anvil. Believe me I have done it both ways
I know iss super late, but congrats on the college! Certainly hope iss goin' well for ya, yee, and hopefully you can find a shop or the like to keep goin' - fantastic work so far! :o
Thanks! So far I haven't been kicked out yet, so I guess that's pretty good haha. I have since found a small workshop, but I can only make it there once a week at the moment.
Thanks. I had considered a bellows faced sallet as I was doing research into full faced sallets, but then I stumbled across this sort and kept going down that road, and here I am now. I also hadn't seen any recreations of this style which made me want to do it even more.
Just discovered your channel and I gotta say, I'm impressed! Awesome work, have you considered taking orders? As a jouster, I'd love to support an up and coming armorer!
Hey thank you! It's good to have you here. I actually am working on a commission at the moment, with a few offers lined up afterwards. The catch is that it just takes a while for the pieces to be made because of my situation with transportation and whatnot.
Thanks! Admittedly I just drilled the first holes in the wrong spots, but it's covered by the bevor plate haha. I did end up padding the helmet with a suspension liner, though I just haven't made a video for that yet unfortunately. Hopefully I will soon!
Living Manuscript good to know there's too few videos on sewing garb iv just straight to upload making turn shoes my self I look forward to seeing your prosses best of luck to you in your persuts
I agree, I'm much more of a visual person so looking through extensive blog posts is a bit of a pain when trying to sew things. Hopefully I'll be able to remedy that problem for people who are the same way.
I suppose once I get an oxy-acetylene torch or a special forge, but right now I just can't justify the cost. I might be able to build a forge of some sort, I just like working on the armor more when I get the chance hahaha.
Only usually on certain armor components where saving weight is more important than outright protection. For example, my greaves are 1.2 mm, and vambraces could be as well, but for most of my armor I use 1.5 mm. For helmets I prefer to use between 1.8 and 2 mm.
I think 1mm would be alright for lighter sorts of fighting, but historically they tended to be thicker. I should, however, make an amendment to my earlier comment about thicknesses, since I was thinking exclusively about steel or iron without any sort of heat treatment, I've seen armors made from thinner than 1mm, but they were always very well hardened and tempered.
As far as shape goes, it's not so bad because of the length, although there is that cutout on the bottom which I don't believe will be found on any original breastplate. If I were to be pedantic about it, the "back plates" didn't usually come around the back that far and were more for protecting the sides of your ribcage. But that's not the worst thing to have. So historically it has the length going for it, but the cutout at the bottom takes away from that a little. I think it could be closer, but it's certainly not the worst I've seen, if that helps at all :)
the big mistake you made is to grind your helmet before having removed all the boose and asipirité with a smoothing hammer, and that's why your finish is not perfect
Thank you everyone for your kind comments and support! It really means a lot to me. I do plan do make more videos about my sewing and painting projects and how they relate to the medieval era, but I also still have a bunch of videos that I recorded last summer that I just haven't gotten around to editing yet. A great opportunity that I've found since moving is that now I can regularly attend a HEMA club every week, so hopefully I'll be able to produce videos about that as well. Thanks again, you guys are great!
Living Manuscript hi i disnt know if there is any other way i could have messeged you but if you would email me at jacob48039@yahoo.com i really apreceat it
at the beginning of the video I noticed that you adjust your parts when cold, you should use a propane torch to soften the steel and make the work easier.Moreover a heat source helps greatly to flatten the surface of your room and have a more beautiful finish, you have a good base young men but still a lot of gaps to fill to become really good ;-)
I must say that I have loved seeing this process and truly think you are talented as well as resourceful. I know what’s it’s like to have a work space and sadly having it taken away from you. All I can say is I hope you enjoy some of your time at college. And I would love to see some of your painting and especially your sewing projects since I mainly dabble in the sewing proses of medieval and or ancient clothing. Either way you do what’s best for you man and good luck at college. From your long time viewer and supporter: Callum .A. Bancroft.
Thank you very much! It really is a bummer to not have the workshop all the time anymore, but it forces me into paying more attention to things I neglected in the past, such as proper medieval clothing. Thanks again for your support :)
Living Manuscript I will always support you. You are talented and deserve all the support to continue being as creative and awesome as you can be.
7:43 don't feel so bad for it not being a proper replica, the smith who made the original was more than likely a skilled smith, who had probably more than enough experience working steel, as was his job to.
Something else to keep in mind that they had a forge, and worked the metal while it was red hot, giving them far more freedom in design to shape and curve the metal in appropriate ways.
Also in regards to transportation, do you even have a bicycle to get around on??
Dude you're an inspiration for sure. I just graduated and feel the pain of not being able to do much of what you want as far as workshop goes. But you seem very dedicated and best wishes!
p.s. be my friend....
Thank you very much, my friend :D
Dude that anvil is ringing like a bell. You might want heat it up and let it cool so it's not damaging your inner ear and ours. Although I don't have an anvil of my own so I should the fuck up. But it's good practice in general. Awesome helmet man.
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Im really sorry for your situation maybe you could do more videos on sewing or similar projects until you manage to go to the workshop
Hope to see more from you soon
Thank you, I am planning to give more attention to sewing and whatnot, every once in a while I can get to the workshop, so I still hope to make metal armor videos too. :)
you should absolutely see if your college has a metal shop or suchlike. I bet they'll have a space conducive to your needs. Start an Armory Club and pool resources.
I'll definitely look into it, I know there are a few public workshops in the area, but that'll cost me. If nothing else, this way I'm forced to focus on other aspects of historical recreation that I should have payed more attention to from the start anyway.
really great work, it makes a great impression. Could you give some forms according to which you need to cut the plate?
Thank you, though I'm afraid as far as patterns go I usually just make my own. I can share the basic shapes, if you'd like, but they aren't strictly exact and I tend to change them as I go.
you should modify your hammer to repel the steel by slightly rounding your pane to not make a mark and have more pushing power. the plumbing tuillot is a good idea but it will be better if you buy solid cylindrical bar and grind them, you would have much easier to push your steel
I noticed at 0:53 you used the railroad rail horizontal. This video is old but if you flip it vertical it makes flaring MUCH easier since it acts more like an anvil. Believe me I have done it both ways
I'm planning to redo the brow plate, so I will definitely try this out. Thanks!
Isn't this technically an Armet? As a close helm usually has hinges for the cheek/chin guard
I know iss super late, but congrats on the college! Certainly hope iss goin' well for ya, yee, and hopefully you can find a shop or the like to keep goin' - fantastic work so far! :o
Thanks! So far I haven't been kicked out yet, so I guess that's pretty good haha. I have since found a small workshop, but I can only make it there once a week at the moment.
I’m surprised you didn’t just make a bellows faced visor for your sallet but hey this is pretty cool
Thanks. I had considered a bellows faced sallet as I was doing research into full faced sallets, but then I stumbled across this sort and kept going down that road, and here I am now. I also hadn't seen any recreations of this style which made me want to do it even more.
Just discovered your channel and I gotta say, I'm impressed! Awesome work, have you considered taking orders? As a jouster, I'd love to support an up and coming armorer!
Hey thank you! It's good to have you here. I actually am working on a commission at the moment, with a few offers lined up afterwards. The catch is that it just takes a while for the pieces to be made because of my situation with transportation and whatnot.
at 3:30, why are there 2 holes? And what are you putting on the inside of the helmet, and do you ever pad the helmet? I love your work!
Thanks! Admittedly I just drilled the first holes in the wrong spots, but it's covered by the bevor plate haha. I did end up padding the helmet with a suspension liner, though I just haven't made a video for that yet unfortunately. Hopefully I will soon!
I'd like to see some of your sewing
Soon enough I should be starting an arming doublet for my late 15th century armor, I'll probably try to get into a lot of detail for that.
Living Manuscript good to know there's too few videos on sewing garb iv just straight to upload making turn shoes my self I look forward to seeing your prosses best of luck to you in your persuts
I agree, I'm much more of a visual person so looking through extensive blog posts is a bit of a pain when trying to sew things. Hopefully I'll be able to remedy that problem for people who are the same way.
Sooo... When are you gonna make a helmet without welding? (hot raising instead)
I suppose once I get an oxy-acetylene torch or a special forge, but right now I just can't justify the cost. I might be able to build a forge of some sort, I just like working on the armor more when I get the chance hahaha.
You wouldn't have the template / Pattern for this helmet would you ?
Unfortunately not, this was some time ago and in a different workshop.
is 1 mm armour good for sword fights like you do?
Only usually on certain armor components where saving weight is more important than outright protection. For example, my greaves are 1.2 mm, and vambraces could be as well, but for most of my armor I use 1.5 mm. For helmets I prefer to use between 1.8 and 2 mm.
Living Manuscript could a breastplate be 1mm thick
I think 1mm would be alright for lighter sorts of fighting, but historically they tended to be thicker. I should, however, make an amendment to my earlier comment about thicknesses, since I was thinking exclusively about steel or iron without any sort of heat treatment, I've seen armors made from thinner than 1mm, but they were always very well hardened and tempered.
www.stahlgilde.com/larp-armor/larp-cuirass-breastplate?product_id=765
is this any good?
As far as shape goes, it's not so bad because of the length, although there is that cutout on the bottom which I don't believe will be found on any original breastplate. If I were to be pedantic about it, the "back plates" didn't usually come around the back that far and were more for protecting the sides of your ribcage. But that's not the worst thing to have.
So historically it has the length going for it, but the cutout at the bottom takes away from that a little. I think it could be closer, but it's certainly not the worst I've seen, if that helps at all :)
the big mistake you made is to grind your helmet before having removed all the boose and asipirité with a smoothing hammer, and that's why your finish is not perfect