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14th Century Gauntlets - Wisby Type 1
Sir Brian:
Excellent! Thanks for posting this and can't wait for the rest! Thanks also to Sir Edward for making this child board for these type of instructions! :)
Sir Rodney:
The finger tips present a special challenge as they must be rolled and then formed to properly overlap the next plate.
I first rolled the finger tip as with the other finger pieces (above). Next, the tip was placed on a lead block and struck from the inside with a custom ground cold chisel to create the ridge. Finally, each half of the tip has to be re-rolled as it deforms a bit when struck with the chisel. Take care to work each side of the ridge independently as to not mar it.
So far my material costs total $0.00 USD. The steel is courtesy of the amateur armourer’s best friend, an industrial dumpster. The lead block is an old school dive weight from a now-closed dive shop. The chisel is a junker I’ve had for years; I just created the curve needed on my grinder. The ¾ and ½ inch malleable iron pipe is scrap from an old job site. The doming block set was picked up long ago for about $25 on sale and has more than paid for itself during previous projects. The knockoff Beverly shears belong to an SCA friend. My bench vice was a gift from a friend’s father and my 1950's ball peen hammers belonged to my grandfather. :) My cost tracking assumes you already have the most basic of shop tools (hammers, bench vice, cheap grinder, sandpaper, etc.).
As an aside, use a lead block to support rivet heads when peening the shank. This keeps the heads round and pretty. This method also protects decorative rivet heads if you’re going really fancy. The head form a nice little dimple in the soft lead as can be seen in the middle of the block. Contrary to popular belief, lead is your friend.
;)
James Barker:
A lead or pewter block for riveting is good but if you have an anvil I found the rivet set tools from Clang are awesome for dome headed rivets and they are not too much. For flat headed Rivets I just rivet right on my anvil.
Sir Rodney:
Oh yeh! There are all kinds of tools I'd love to pick up from Clang and Halberds that would make this (and other) projects easier, but I'm tapped out right now. :( I'm trying to make these gauntlets as inexpensively as possible.
James Barker:
The shaping is really nice.
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