Ed's Mid 14th C. kit

[Sir Wolf]

well remember. by the early 14th century you wore a poupoint to hold up your pants, maybe a linen tunic, a aketon or arming garment under you mail, mail then your coat of plates. you gain a little bit of room then ehhehe. besides some of us are built like barrels

[Sir Edward]

It's hard to say. These days, it's a pretty safe bet that most enthusiasts are a little larger around the middle than they'd prefer to be. But they're not always designed that way. The Revival Clothing pourpoint I ordered is pretty snug in the middle, but I can slightly overlap it over the top of the chest. It was clearly meant for someone more athletic than myself. Either that or they want you to really be able to tighten it down around the waist and reshape yourself a little.

[Sir Brian]

Yeah my Revival Clothing pourpoint has become a little loose with the weight loss so I'll have to take it in or I might just strategically put some eyelets in sides or back to snug it in tighter. 

[Sir Wolf]

sir edward!!!! got wintertree. heres what he said to me: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=123655&highlight=

I don't work in aluminum. I can, however, make these in stainless for a small extra charge to cover the difference in materials cost if your friend is concerned with maintenance.

If weight is his sticking point, I would throw out there that for an average sized person these steel CoP's weigh 8-9 lbs tops and when properly fitted and worn you really don't notice the weight difference when compared to say a 4-5lb aluminum CoP.

I actually have some blue leather left over from another custom CoP that may be sufficient to make another one. If not, I can order most reasonable colors pretty quickly.

I have attached a pic of a CoP made with said blue leather. The client was larger than I am so the CoP fits very loosely in this picture, but you get the idea.

My contact info is on my website and my turnaround time is currently about 2 weeks out if you or your friend have any further questions or want to place an order.

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Winter Tree Crafts

[Sir Edward]

OK, now that's awesome. Stainless, and blue, that would be sweet!

[Allan Senefelder]

I got to talk to and see some of Erics work ( Wintertree ) at CW. He does nice work. I think you'll be happy.

[Sir Wolf]

totally. just get the rounded teardrop dags at the bottom. not that you have to, i just think it would look neat. haahha so excited to see others get armour.

[Das Bill]

Cool.

For whatever its worth, I don't think there's much evidence for coat of plates being made with leather. I think that's a modern thing. So if you wanted blue, but have any trouble finding someone to make it in blue leather, you could always go for another material (which might even be cheaper).

[Sir Wolf]

that is true Das Bill. but leather might hold Sir Edward up a little longer for what he is wanting it for. wouldn't be cooler though as leather doesn't breath as well as linen canvas material. but it does look nice hahah

[Sir Edward]

Yeah, linen canvas would be great, but I'm OK with leather in this case. I don't mind fudging things a little.

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

I know that we use leather for the foundation material of our C.O.P`s. I`m not sure there is proof either way as to what was origionally used, as the remains of the finds at Visby are so deteriorated. ( I would be interested in finding out myself) Most of us chose to cover the leather with coloured velvet to give the desired effect.
 You may find this to be a suitable option.
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[Sir Wolf]

well Sir Edward, what did you decide?

[Sir Edward]

I've been waiting to see what the roof repairs are going to cost on my house. Looks like it's not as bad as I feared. I may go ahead and have Wintertree do it in blue and stainless.

[Sir Wolf]

thats gonna be awesome. i am totally jelous. now I may have to make one for me hahaha (ahhhhhh wait i dont have a 14thc kit yet! NOOOOOOOOOOO heheh)

[Sir William]

Man...I'm envious, but in a good way, Sir Edward.  Your CoP is gonna RAWK.