Going for a 1430s German harness (pic 3) and looking for new legs, think I’m gonna go with some from Mardinus in Poland. Thoughts on segmented/slotted legs vs articulated legs with enclosed greaves? Aesthetically, functionally? Harness is for harnischfechten use (pollaxe and longsword)
We received this little guy from the cat distribution system a few months ago, he started showing up at our house at regular intervals for food a year ago so we brought him inside and got him vaccinated and neutered. We’re not sure how old he is, the vet said 1-5 years old when we got him neutered. Maybe 2 months ago we noticed he’s been sticking his whole foot into his mouth and gnawing on it, when we inspected the foot we couldn’t find anything - no litter stuck in the toes, no irregular claws, and no signs of irritation or injury from the gnawing. We did notice on one of his feet he has a cutaneous horn, but he’s only been doing this with his back feet which seemingly have nothing wrong.
Is he just being a weirdo? We’re scheduling a vet appointment tomorrow for him, just wondering if anyone has experienced this before?
8mm round ring, fully riveted, 6-1 collar and 4-1 mantle, tailored some expansions in. Thinking of redoing the leather with some blue and stamping it, maybe get some fun decorative rivets, and I have some clasps I’m going to replace the straps with. Will probably also add a 2-4 ring brass border. Any suggestions/comments welcome
Not sure how I did that but it’s pretty well broken, I’ve ordered another pair from them but does anyone have any other recommendations? Anything sturdier? I made it through maybe 6,000 rivets with them so not too disappointed. The 6mm brass rivets from them is probably the culprit
Made this collar a year ago, collar is 8mm E 6-1, mantle is 8mm E 4-1 with flat rings. The mantle is just a basic rectangle so I’m looking to redo it to the attached pattern. My question is: what ring type would look better for the mantle? I have 6mm round rings and 8mm round rings, the 8mm match the. Oar section, the 6mm just looks gorgeous and dense. I’ve never mixed ring types like this, would that even be feasible? Or should I just stick to the same 8mm rings for consistency.
Going for a 1430s Bavarian Harness (minor nobility/wealthy man at arm), arms and legs came in last week and the wife is finally back in town to help put it on. This was just a rough fitting that she begrudgingly helped with at 11pm, so the pointing needs some adjustment as well as the fauld.
I forgot to put my plaque belt on for this but I’ll include other pics with my plaque belt as well as brigandine. I also have a tabard & surcoat that will be worn with the plaque belt for tourney. Wanting to commission a houppelande but I’ve been stuck trying to decide on a style for months now.
Harness List:
Linen Braies, wool/linen hose - hand sewn, brocaded arming doublet, linen lendenier, leather turn shoes, continental style sabatons, mail standard with 6-1 collar, teardrop shoulder cops, full articulated spaulders (not pictured), 3/4 arm harness, enclosed greaves, plate cuisses, bascinet with aventail, pierced visor and Higgins style hounskull, mail fauld, breastplate, brigandine (not pictured), plaque belt (not pictured), girdle belt (not pictured). Everything is custom made except for the breastplate which is from Artos Munitorum
Any thoughts/advice appreciated as always! I’ll include some inspiration sources as well.
If you’ve made it this far, my final question is: what helm would accompany this harness best? I’m split between either a frogmouth or an early armet, or possibly a chapel de fer with mail bevor- practically the armet would function better for fighting in but the drip of a frogmouth is hard to beat and a chapel de fer is also major drippy.
Also trying to get a Kastenbrust breastplate and a Pistoia style full cuirass in the next year or so.
Just got my first rondel from regenyei, my gauntlet fits quite nicely but I can see how quickly grabbing it will tear the handle up. I’ve seen some people suggest superglue, but I’m trying to limit modern materials in my harness, would soaking in beeswax produce a similar result?
I also placed an order with Kvetun ~1 year ago for an Easton Longsword, I’m sure most of yall are familiar with what happened, but I opted for no refund because tbh it didn’t seem like they could process it, they’re saying potentially another full year to receive the order. What should I do here? Are there any other reputable longswords useable for Harnischfechten that won’t break the bank or take a year to deliver? I live in a very remote area of the U.S. and am ~3 hours from the nearest club, so I can’t just borrow, but as I’m just starting out on my Harnischfechten journey I also don’t want to overinvest and have multiple longswords before having enough experience to justify. Do I just stick to my pollaxe an rondel for another year? Arming sword? Or find an affordable Longsword? What would yall do?
Made a new aventail leather a few weeks ago and just redid the leather for my mail fauld. Reworking the mail on the aventail was a much bigger pain than anticipated but im happy with the results. The fauld belt im extremely pleased with how it turned out. Leather projects #3 & 4. Any comments/tips/advice appreciated!
Part 2 of this: I just got a new visor made for the klappvisor, and it is absolutely fabulous. Needs a different mount so I’ve got one ordered from archeo studios who made my bellifortis visor that fits gorgeously. My issue is this visor seems just a little too narrow, it fits perfectly against the bare helm, just seems a little narrow at the top, with the mail. It still seals against the mail, but there’s a gap towards the top, I think an extra ~2mm on the sides or 1° wider and it’d sit perfectly flush. Can I just bend it a bit with wood?
Got a pretty decent collection of Sherry Topaz, been careful to keep out of sunlight, I’ve been told only ~12 hours of direct sunlight will cause them to go clear. Is there any way to stabilize the color/prevent loss? I’d love to facet these for jewelry. Park city jeweler is taking clear ones and irradiating for their ‘desert flame’ and ‘desert sand’ topaz.
Is there anything I can do? Uv resistant clear coat? Annealing? Specific UV wavelengths? Or do I just need to bring them to park city to get beamed