Forum: European Armoury
5th June 2017, 11:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th June 2017, 12:17 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2017, 02:16 PM
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Constructionally here there are a number of...
Constructionally here there are a number of positives beyond the rivets with cut washers for securing the glove leathers at the cuffs. The surviving thumb plates, while having a replaces leather,...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2017, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 11
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Based on what i'm seeing constructionally i'm...
Based on what i'm seeing constructionally i'm inclined to believe this piece to be original. While the gussets are a good sign, the edge beveling around the arm openings is as well as the slot rivet...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2017, 01:22 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2017, 01:19 PM
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More pics of both inside and outside of these...
More pics of both inside and outside of these including the plates of the still intact thumb would be of great assistance. It appears that the cuff rivets have washers for holding the leathers for...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2017, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 15
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What Ulfbert said. These helmets were made in...
What Ulfbert said. These helmets were made in large quantities and in order to keep the plates for each one of a set together this sort of matched punching was sometimes used. There was a second...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th February 2017, 11:00 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th January 2017, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2016, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 27
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Constructionally, based on photos of course, I...
Constructionally, based on photos of course, I see lots of things I like, the proper hammer marks inside the bowl indicative of being raised from a single piece of steel as well as the marks inside...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th November 2016, 01:52 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st August 2016, 11:09 AM
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I would like to see some inside pics as well,...
I would like to see some inside pics as well, close ups on a few of the rivets and cut washers wouldn't hurt. I'm picking up a few flags from the pics there are ie. the nasal bar has no rivet set at...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st July 2016, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 6
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A couple of things that concern me here. First,...
A couple of things that concern me here. First, the upper and lower visor should have a method of securing one to the other, either a sneck hook like hold the lower visor to the chin of the helmet or...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th June 2016, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 7
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That's what I thought I saw. The hammer marking...
That's what I thought I saw. The hammer marking from working the tail plates lengthwise is visible as well as those inside the bowl from planishing. The somewhat raggedy edges of the inside rolled...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2016, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2016, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2016, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2016, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 5
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Jean, without any arsenal or control marks to...
Jean, without any arsenal or control marks to work with assigning a regional attributation is of course a guess at best but with the flared front edge of the cheek plates and the bit deeper bowl of...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd April 2016, 11:12 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th April 2016, 10:51 AM
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Cerjak, the bowl on this one is a bit deeper ...
Cerjak, the bowl on this one is a bit deeper than some examples I've seen having it be a touch more akin to its Turk roots than more western European examples so I would say the Styria attribution...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th December 2015, 11:06 AM
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Elfina, as a recently retired reproduction...
Elfina, as a recently retired reproduction armourer of about 20 years experience the opposite is true. A burgonet is a pretty complex bit of shaping and few but the upper end of expirience will try...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st November 2015, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 8
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I have no idea what this is but thought it odd...
I have no idea what this is but thought it odd that the two holes were punched from opposite sides, one punched front to back, one punched back to front ( as shown by the remnants of the cone created...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2015, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,018
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2015, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,515
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Forum: European Armoury
18th October 2015, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,515
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