January 2020
A Reconstruction of the Jamestown Buckler Bo…
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August 2014
Co:Operation GARNISH
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Co:Operation GARNISH
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March 2014
Artistic Symbolism in Armour
Armour can be functional art. It has the capacity to communicate beyond its intended form. Anyone who has taken a stroll in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Armour Collection or the Kretzsch…
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The Kunst Schott von Hellingen Breastplate P…
Using the prepared working drawings, I like to construct a wooden framework to be used as a template as the breastplate is raised. This gives me a good frame of reference (literally). Once the frame…
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Raising the breastplate is, by far, the most labor-intensive portion of the project. Each successive raising course tends to take up to about 2 hours. The temptation to rush must be resisted; precise…
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With the narrowing of the breastplate, it would be easy to panic and think that the whole piece is ruined and only hours of reworking would save it. But what would a German armourer in the late 15th…
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February 2014
The Kunst Schott von Hellingen Breastplate P…
One of the most commonly posed questions I receive is, “how do you make a piece of armour?” This simple question is neither easily nor readily answered. Like so many craft disciplines, armoursmith…
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The first step of any armour production process is research. As you have read in the previous post, I have a good historical knowledge of the original piece. Unfortunately, the only photo I had a…
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Once a good illustration is made, I then need to match the image with the measurements. Breastplates of the period are actually made of five different parts: the breastplate, the shoulder lames, the…
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Crescent Moon Armoury
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Crescent Moon Armoury
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