Make a thigh plate. The triangle edge. Pt 5 of 5, medieval armour techniques.
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2020
- Well done for making it to the fifth and final stage of making the cuisse. Apologies for the delay, I hurt my back and haven't been able to sit at the new computer all this time. But we're back on track and back to work on Monday.
In this video I take a look at how I make triangular edges. I don't think this is the simplest technique, but have found it to be fairly swift and more importantly versatile as I can move the triangle shape about as desired.
some people knock in the crease of the triangle with a chisel, I didn't enjoy this technique as it seemed unnecessary, but as I mentioned in the video this proved to be a blind spot for me and I spent a lot of time practicing this technique until it finally landed.
Hope it helps.
Very useful, thank you.
Will try to do this tomorrow :)
Brilliant video Graham - I'm defo going to make a copy cat video on my channel!!
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That's some skill you have there! I can pretty much bash out a shield boss or a buckler to a half-decent standard - but that's it. I tend to do bladey / hitty things! Lovely hammer control. I'm sure when you were doing that final roll on the edge I'd have left dings all over the face of the work. When all this corona crazy is over, do you give classes? I'd be well up for that. Are you in 'Stanglia somewhere?
HI there, thanks for the compliments. I am in Southern England, Near Fareham, Hants. I teach from the workshop but also from West Dean College ... when Covid has passed us by. Sometime soon hopefully :)
Got a nice shape going there ;)
Thanks very much :)
Very interesting, wonderful workmanship
Cheers mate :)
Graham, on the stump rocking under your anvil, have you thought about using a chisel or disk grinder on the bottom in order to "fit" your floor? If this stump is also your "demonstration" stump, perhaps you could "shape" a (thin) board to fit?
This series has been _very_ educational! Thank you very much for posting it!
My pleasure, I usually have a wedge under under there as I never get it back in the same place, so the wedge works well ... it had shifted this time. I should fix it better :)
Where all on a harness would you see this sort of edging? Breast and backplate, obviously, and the cuisses and tassets, but would you see this at the back of, say, a pair of gauntlets? On the edges of pauldrons? Would you ever see this on the side edges of articulated lames?
I think you've nailed it really, except gauntlets tend to be a roped or turned edge and not this ... but I suspect there are exceptions out there :)
Can this cuisse be assorted a certain style, like Italian, Milanese, Gothic? Or is there a picture/GollRef to the suit it would go with? That bit would help a lot *.*
THis is a generic reenactment style, based on more Italian styles around mid 15th century iirc.
@@GreenleafWorkshop just about to go to bed. This is a nice last thing to do before. U know. Saying thx.
So, what styles of armor are you willing to make? how much would say some brigandine spaulders run me? and do you have a contact email for buying things from you? (if this is not the right place to ask please tell me. )
Hello mate, happy to do most styles, desperate to make a Samurai! Best email is graham@greenleaf-workshop.co.uk
@@GreenleafWorkshop hey, I emailed the one you sent me, if its just a delay that's cool, but i don't know if you even got it, any clue?
hi how heavy is your anvil i think it says 100 lbs
I can't remember, it's only a little one, I will look next time I am in the week towards the end of the week.
This is almost a bit like Spiculum work, it seems.
I've often wondered about making some, usually when I am doing this
I finally made it through :D So this was an italian one, was it? I´m trying to compare the process to what your did here: ua-cam.com/video/ZhM4r20hGk0/v-deo.html
It appears the process is much similar, although this time you did not compress/impress the middle section over a saddle stake. In the other video You do it from 4:14 - 5:00. Why did You skip that step? Much obliged!