Splinted armour

Good day,

This project was a commission, and I wasn't planning on posting any pictures at all, but I do love the look of this one.

Dagger sheath: part III

Hello,

Here, finally, are the pictures of the dagger itself.

And yes, those are hollow rivets:

Sword in the stone

Hello,

I thought it fitting to post this, as it does have something to do with both the Middle Ages and crafts. I made this project in Jewelry/Metals class at Kent State University (quite a fun and useful class, despite my low grade).

Splinted greaves: part IV

Hei!

They're done. Here are some pictures. I don't have to tell you much, because it's all the same as I have been doing.

Splinted greaves: part III

Hello,

50th post, and 4155 visits. I'm happy.

Anyway, more work on those splinted greaves of mine. I added the buckles and fitted the holes. That is, I fitted them on one greave, which is why I'm not posting any pictures of the pair on some random legs I happen to own.

Anyway, here are the pics:

This one shows the holes in the straps; exciting, I know:



Until post 51:

Viking belt

Good day!

I'm back in business, at least until school starts Aug. 25. This project was a bit of a short deal. I didn't make the buckle set. I bought it from Raymond's Quiet Press. Excellent work for great prices.

Anyway, I dyed the belt myself, and attached the buckles. Not too impressive, to be sure.





Till next project,

Arm ring

Greetings,

This project has been an ongoing thing since last fall. I bought some 8 gauge brass wire, twisted it into a simple 'rope', and called it finished. About a month ago, I experimented with steel wire, and figured out that I could make it look more detailed without any trouble. Then, I bought some cap nuts, ground off the hexagonal bit, and soldered the finished pieces onto the ends of the ring.

This is the result, for a total cost of about $5 and one hour.





Till next time,

Coat of plates

Hello,

I've decided to post a number of pictures of items I have already made, many of which are at least a year old, if not older. I'll be posting one per day, as it will a. appear correctly on the RSS feed, and b. make you come back, giving me more hits.

Anyway, today's item of interest is a coat of plates. This was made at least back in May '06 (which is when the pictures were taken). It no longer fits me as well as it could.

It is based off of the Wisby find #1, with a few modifications.









Until tomorrow,

Romano-Briton helm: part VII

Greetings:

This is the final post about the Romano-Briton helm. It should be on its way to the owner today.

Here's a picture of the inside, with the buckling and such:



And here is an animation showing the helm from all sides:

Saex & sheath

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This is a project that I did swiftly and with few pictures. The saex is made from a cheap WalMart machete, with an antler handle, and the sheath is obviously leather and brass.

Here's the basic shape, with the beginning of some tooling (to be honest, a rather useless picture):



Here is the sheath with tooling complete:



And in the sun, to show off the texture:



This is the tip of the sheath, showing how it's sewn:



And these are the belt loops:



Here's the sheath after I added the brass edge. The brass protects the top edge, as well as removing the possibility of the blade cutting through stitching.



And with saex:



I then dyed it. This is Fiebing's Medium Brown dye; rather dark, in my opinion.



I then highlighted the tooling by watering down some paint, and filling in the crevices:



That's it. That's another finished project.

Splinted greaves: part II

Hail,

Here are the results of my latest work on my greaves.

First, another strap:





And then another:





That's one greave done. I only have to add buckles and punch holes in the straps. More pictures when I finish the other greave.

Splinted greaves: part I

Good day,

I have begun a new project. This pair of splinted greaves is not necessarily completely accurate, but it does look nice, and it's armour, which makes it awesome. Anyway, here are the pictures:

There are six splints, two each of 10", 13", and 14".



I rounded all the corners, and bent up the bottom edges.



Then I started riveting them to the straps.





Unfortunately, I ran out of rivets after the first strap, and it being Memorial Day, the store at which I buy more is closed. Ah well; more work on Wednesday, I suppose.

Romano-Briton helm: part VI

Good day,

The helm is virtually complete. All that is left is to add a string to hold the suspension in place, and one to hold the cheekplates together, and to sew in the cheekstraps. Here are the pictures of the penultimate steps:

These include all the parts I was talking about last time. You can see here the protective plates, as well as how I moved the aventail to the outside to increase room on the inside:





Here is the ring on the back of the helm that will allow the owner to attach a horsehair crest:



That is basically it; I will post final artsy pictures, and then this project will be complete.