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micktoon:
That looks like a nice helmet :thumbup: , A few years back there was a guy with a few step by step web pages about making similar helmets , I will have a look and see if I can find them again , it was years back so maybe not on the net now mind.
Looks like you have got away with the cement incident anyway but worth wearing them gloves next time, probably even more so if you have dry hands to start with.
:beer:Cheers Mick.

I think this is the links I mentioned http://nadler.us/armour.html He has good photos and patterns :thumbup:

S. Heslop:

--- Quote from: micktoon on March 24, 2013, 07:10:44 PM ---That looks like a nice helmet :thumbup: , A few years back there was a guy with a few step by step web pages about making similar helmets , I will have a look and see if I can find them again , it was years back so maybe not on the net now mind.
Looks like you have got away with the cement incident anyway but worth wearing them gloves next time, probably even more so if you have dry hands to start with.
:beer:Cheers Mick.

I think this is the links I mentioned http://nadler.us/armour.html He has good photos and patterns :thumbup:

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Thanks for the link. The patterns will definitely help with figuring out how big to make the blanks when I get to that stage.

I felt pretty lucky finding this series of videos, since he makes pretty much the exact style of armour i'm interested in. I've watched his videos alot and even went as far as to keep notes on each step and the tools used. My next video might be about making a stake, similar to one he uses, while I wait for the refractory to dry.

I'm trying to take most of this a step at a time now though. If I got carried away thinking about later steps i'd probably get burned out on the idea before I even got so far.

micktoon:
I have just had a quick look but those videos seem really good.....I will have a better look later on, there is a really good book an making armour too by Brian Price , its expensive but you can order it for a small charge from the libary ( if you can find one still open :palm: ) this is a link to Amazon anyway http://www.amazon.co.uk/Techniques-Medieval-Armour-Reproduction-Century/dp/1581600984
I have got some good stuff from the scrap yard before for stake type tools , god knows what they were off in the first place but all you need is a big lump of metal roughly what shape you need.
Cheers Mick.

Divided he ad:

--- Quote ---I've got a bucket of blue nitrile gloves that I keep forgetting about in moments like that.
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Well at least you're prepared :lol:

Having now watched the video (and part 8) I think I'm going to like where this is going :thumbup:

Ralph.

S. Heslop:

Finally got around to making part the fourth. I suppose that's the forge complete but i've still got a few other things to do before I can start using it to try and make anything.

I've got about 2 more videos ready to edit but I haven't had alot of free time in the last couple of weeks. Even this video was kind of rushed in a few spots.

Also thanks for the offer of the microphone John, but my old one packed in half way through recording this video and I ended up just rushing out and getting a new one since it was probably the only day I was gonna have free for a while.

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