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Main => The Armoury => Topic started by: Sir James A on 2013-10-10, 15:28:45
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I was blown away when I saw this. It's completely not historically based, but it's beyond cool - and seems he came up with this all on his own?
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=166228 (http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=166228)
I want one! 8)
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That's very cool!
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:o :D
Want!
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Oh dear... *adds to want list*
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Wow...now that's freaking awesome.
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Ooooo that pretty.
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Damn....
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Thanks for sharing that. That project is simply brilliant! It is a work of art and engineering. I am very impressed.
I wonder how much weight it can hold?
Tim
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Oh man...that is really slick! :o
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This topic came up at MD Renn Fest yesterday, and I thought I should post some of Robert MacPherson's armor work, to really show his depth of awesomeness.... he made two of my all-time favorite harnesses.
Dr Tobias (Toby) Capwell's "Black and Brass" epic armor:
(http://www.lightlink.com/armory/hojo.jpeg)
(which he sold... he SOLD! how??)
And this epic harness with meticulous brass/gold engraved trim - which I believe was recently worn by somebody at the Higgins, as some photos surfaced on FB of someone - a person I am *quite* jealous of - wearing the harness:
(http://www.lightlink.com/armory/dwayne.jpeg)
I'm sad that he doesn't make armor any more, but, even if he did, I can't afford his work if I want to eat more than once a month for the next 5 years. Still, armor of this quality is rare, and I drool simply from seeing the pictures.
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Wait wait wait wait....Dr. Capwell SOLD that beautiful harness of his!? :o
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Wow fantastic stuff - thanks for sharing, James.
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Yeah, that is some serious armor-porn right there.
If I won the lottery, I'd be tempted to see if there was some amount of money I could pay Mac to bring him out of retirement for such a project.
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Well said, Sir Ed!
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ya. mac's a cool guy. i've been in his shop a few times. :)
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James, how much would harnesses like those two Mac customs run?
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James, how much would harnesses like those two Mac customs run?
Complete guess, but I'd say $25k-$30k when he made them back in the mid/late 90s. Today's prices, $35k for the black/brass and $40k for the KD Garniture one? I can ask him and see if he'd tell me what they cost, as he hasn't made armor for a few years and last I spoke with him, he is not going to make it again either.
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To put it in perspective, we're actually getting off very cheap now-a-days believe it or not! A top of the line jousting harness runs about $30,000 now. In period, the purchase of armor was roughly equivalent in magnitude in today's terms to buying a house!
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As Sir Ian said, we're still getting off "cheap" compared to our ancestors. Unfortunately we don't have the (legal) ransom income capabilities of their day either. :(
I'm basing my pricing roughly around current pricing by Jeffrey Hedgecock / Historic Enterprises pricing, as I feel he is in the same skill level as Wasson and MacPherson.
http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-italian-milanese-circa-1470-p-574.html (http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-italian-milanese-circa-1470-p-574.html)
http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-italoflemish-circa-1471-p-575.html (http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-italoflemish-circa-1471-p-575.html)
http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-german-circa-1470-p-573.html (http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-german-circa-1470-p-573.html)
http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-german-circa-1480-p-1126.html (http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-german-circa-1480-p-1126.html)
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The Black and Brass harness sold at auction back in 2006 with a starting minimum bid of 30,000 euros... that's about $42,000 today.
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The Black and Brass harness sold at auction back in 2006 with a starting minimum bid of 30,000 euros... that's about $42,000 today.
That harness is just something special... There's lots of really nice harnesses out there, but that one in particular had a certain magic about it. I really hope that the removal of the blackening is just a nasty unconfirmed rumor.
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The Black and Brass harness sold at auction back in 2006 with a starting minimum bid of 30,000 euros... that's about $42,000 today.
That harness is just something special... There's lots of really nice harnesses out there, but that one in particular had a certain magic about it. I really hope that the removal of the blackening is just a nasty unconfirmed rumor.
I was trying to find where I saw it posted that Capwell had sold the armor and that the new owner held it privately and removed the blackening. No luck in my bookmarks so far.