03-26-2013, 02:46 PM
Suhel.
The bronze statue of Valentinian that shows the outside hinge is similar to what I made on the one for Doug' Arnold and is indeed much better than to try to make them as part of the cuirass.
This comes from the fact that a cuirass has to have a shape that fits the body of the man it is made for, and then of course comes the problem of how do you fit the pins that have to go through these hinges.
The cuirass I made had to travel the length of England a few times for fitting first the front half which came back for minor alterations, then both pieces with the back half and slight changes again.
What many do not understand is that in ancient times a craftsman would have had the person to make the fittings as it went along or they would have had a model of the mans torso for that is the only way to get a piece of this type of armour to fit correctly.
Here is another picture of the late Doug' Arnold wearing the one I made for him and it fitted him with comfort. I would however point out that the method I have shown earlier in that drawing is indeed a very good and tidy way to fit the 2 halves together, then rings that almost touch each other on the outside that can have leather thongs but do not put these rings so far apart as in the other one you produced they need to be close to the join of the armour.
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The bronze statue of Valentinian that shows the outside hinge is similar to what I made on the one for Doug' Arnold and is indeed much better than to try to make them as part of the cuirass.
This comes from the fact that a cuirass has to have a shape that fits the body of the man it is made for, and then of course comes the problem of how do you fit the pins that have to go through these hinges.
The cuirass I made had to travel the length of England a few times for fitting first the front half which came back for minor alterations, then both pieces with the back half and slight changes again.
What many do not understand is that in ancient times a craftsman would have had the person to make the fittings as it went along or they would have had a model of the mans torso for that is the only way to get a piece of this type of armour to fit correctly.
Here is another picture of the late Doug' Arnold wearing the one I made for him and it fitted him with comfort. I would however point out that the method I have shown earlier in that drawing is indeed a very good and tidy way to fit the 2 halves together, then rings that almost touch each other on the outside that can have leather thongs but do not put these rings so far apart as in the other one you produced they need to be close to the join of the armour.
[attachment=6810]duo1Medium.jpg[/attachment]
Brian Stobbs
