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Greetings all!
I was asked by my centurion to write a tutorial for our legion on how to construct a Corbridge A type lorica segmentata based on how I made mine. It took me a while, but I am happy to inform you all that I have completed it and you can download it at one of the links below:
[url:2s8t0aj2]http://www.travelsoutwest.com/docs/seg_instr.pdf[/url]
Adrian Wink is kindly mirroring the document here:
[url:2s8t0aj2]http://www.romanarmy.net/corlorica.htm[/url]
It is targeted for beginners and those who have little experience with metal working. I hope it can be of help to anybody who wants to make one, but feels a little intimidated by the prospect. I have included many photos and tried to give fairly detailed instructions for some of the more challenging tasks.
I'd like to thank Edge and Chris from Leg XI CPF (Atlanta) and Matt Lukes for their help and encouragement when I was making mine.
Enjoy!
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Laudes added. Many thanks for the effort. This will help a lot of people who don't know how to start, I hope.
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Great work, Brother. Your seg shows it, too.
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Just scanned parts of it, and it looks great! I just completed making my own segmentata, and it looks like you did a great job on this manual.
Laudes!
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Wow, that is a fantastic tutorial! Well done Alex. You can have a laudes from me as well.
My only question is this (addressed to everyone)...the fittings package available from Keltica...the lobate hinges look more like Cor. B style than A. I see a lot of Indian built lobate hinges with this simpler style. I didn't think it was correct?
Anyone care to elaborate? I ask because I was going to purchase that hardware to make my Corbridge B (avoiding use of the buckles and strap hinges of course).
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Thanks everybody for the positive feedback 
Quote:My only question is this (addressed to everyone)...the fittings package available from Keltica...the lobate hinges look more like Cor. B style than A. I see a lot of Indian built lobate hinges with this simpler style. I didn't think it was correct?
I'm certainly not an expert, but I glanced at Bishop's Lorica Segmentata, Vol. 1, and it looked to me like there was an example of this style lobate hinge on what I believe is a Corbridge A type (Cuirass 1). I would also be interested to know if there was a difference.
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A reminder that both volumes on the Lorica Segmentata by Mike Bishop and Mike Thomas are online:
http://www.mcbishop.co.uk/armatura/vol1.htm
http://www.mcbishop.co.uk/armatura/vol2.htm
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4084177/Corri ... s-I-and-II
You can search for inspiration for all manner of shapes and sizes.
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Quote:Thanks everybody for the positive feedback
Magnus:1bjbw97l Wrote:My only question is this (addressed to everyone)...the fittings package available from Keltica...the lobate hinges look more like Cor. B style than A. I see a lot of Indian built lobate hinges with this simpler style. I didn't think it was correct?
I'm certainly not an expert, but I glanced at Bishop's Lorica Segmentata, Vol. 1, and it looked to me like there was an example of this style lobate hinge on what I believe is a Corbridge A type (Cuirass 1). I would also be interested to know if there was a difference.
So far as I am aware there is no correlation between particular lobate hinge shapes and cuirass types. It is all too easy to think the units in the Corbridge Hoard represent archetypal fittings, but they are in fact a hotch-potch and I don't think you can be too dogmatic about such fine details when you are talking about a pre-industrial society. I suspect what you are seeing are mimetic attempts at an ideal lobate hinge, all of which fall short of the ideal in some way, some more than others ;-)
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Ok, that is most welcome news! I have no interest in making my own fittings, and the kit at Keltica is a godsend lol. Also, Scott Jenquin still makes some of the best lobate hinges around.
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Wonderful job! My only question is item #6, the hammer, which is a pretty specialized raising hammer, which I use for really smooth hammering in bronze and copper. Do you really need that or can one of the others, like the peen, do the same job?
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Quote:My only question is item #6, the hammer, which is a pretty specialized raising hammer, which I use for really smooth hammering in bronze and copper. Do you really need that or can one of the others, like the peen, do the same job?
I'm sure a ball peen would work, I just liked using that raising hammer better since it leaves less noticeable hammer marks than the ball peen and seems to distribute the force a little better when I'm flaring the edges. I'm pretty sure I said somewhere in there, that a ball peen would suffice if someone didn't want to buy the specialized one.
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Thanks for that reminder, Jim. Laudes.
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Very good work, especially helpful for beginners. Laus for you!
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LAUDES, Alex!
Well thought out. Documentation! Huzzah!! And an easy to follow format.
Well done!
I have very few technical diasgreements, mostly philosophical.
Two technical "glitches" jumped out at me.. the use of a raising hammer (and you explained your choice! .. and suggested a suitable alternate) There are also two terms. Page 9: you use the terms "folding" and "flaring". They work but a more technically better set of terms might be "rolling" and then "upending". But that's very minor.
Great job indeed!
Great contribution to the hobby!
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Nicely done!
Lauds to you!
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