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"Easy" armor suspension for armor stands
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2013-07-16, 15:43:59 ---The pic's gone, Sir James.
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Internet gnomes. Seems I lost track of it when I moved most of my stuff off photobucket to my own hosting. I'll get some fresh ones.
Ian:
HE stocks good brass chapes for affixing to the ends of your laces and points if you prefer. They're about $1 a piece but they really look the part. I used them on my arming points and they're not hard to work with. You just insert the bitter end of your lacing in to the chape with a little glue, pinch it closed with a pliers and wipe off any squeeze-out.
http://historicenterprises.com/reenactment-goods-c-102/dress-accessories-c-102_165/chapes-lace-pkg-of-12-p-1116.html
Sir William:
I actually picked up a pack of 12 of those sometime last year I think. Good looking stuff.
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: Ian on 2013-07-17, 11:08:52 ---HE stocks good brass chapes for affixing to the ends of your laces and points if you prefer. They're about $1 a piece but they really look the part. I used them on my arming points and they're not hard to work with. You just insert the bitter end of your lacing in to the chape with a little glue, pinch it closed with a pliers and wipe off any squeeze-out.
http://historicenterprises.com/reenactment-goods-c-102/dress-accessories-c-102_165/chapes-lace-pkg-of-12-p-1116.html
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Great minds think alike, I used the same on the arming points for my pourpoint, gambeson and arming coat. The points on my armor stands are stapled to the stand itself, so I went with something cheap (and that I wouldn't have to braid). Those HE chapes work very well, I've only had 1 pull off, and the point was too short. The "secret" is to pull the chape through, but when pulling the points to raise the leg / arm harness to where it's comfortable, pull by the point and not the chape.
Sir Martyn:
Sir James -
Thanks for this. Were you able to come up with a workable solution for affixing the gauntlets? Did you end up using the rare earth magnets, or do something else?
When I got my armor, my friends in Novi Sad suprised me by also giving me a very nice stand to go with it :) The only difficulty with it I've had since has been in figuring out a way to hang the gauntlets. At the official unveiling they had temporarily suspended them with fishing line, but that was a one-off solution for that one event.
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