Crap REALLY hard to find

[Sir Brian]

Like aigeletts (those hard metal tips on lacing cord)
I found some nice ones here: http://www.alteryears.com/


* The devil is in the details! *

[Sir Rodney]

Those are nice!  I haven’t seen such detailed ones before.  You might also want to check out Fire Mountain Gems for simpler pieces or to buy in bulk.

[Sir Brian]

Excellent link Rodney!

Yeah that's the general idea of this post to sort of dump those obscure web site links for the rare and out of the ordinary items. 

[Sir Wolf]

http://historicenterprises.com/points-arming-points-kit-hemp-p-677.html?cPath=99_112

[Sir Edward]

There's a booth at Pennsic that sells a bunch of those too.. I'm forgetting the name... but it's a large tent that's like a trader's bazaar, and has a little of everything.

[James Barker]

Thing about the aigeletts posted are they are huge and do not pass through a eyelet easy. The historic Enterprise ends are nice and small and work great.

Gaukler Medieval Wares makes them but they are a bit more pricey ($2 each if I recall) http://www.medievalwares.com/

Armor and castings also has them for $2 each: http://armourandcastings.com/index.php?page=1&_a=viewCat&catId=10

You can go down to your local hobby shop and by brass plates fairly cheap and make them yourself, I have a ton of 22g brass for just this purpose.

[Sir James A]

I have the Historic Enterprises aglets and they pass through the holes on the MRL armor that I have. They seem period appropriate, as I would hope something from HE would.

Are the fancy ones period appropriate? I haven't seen them in any artwork, but I've never been nose-deep in it enough to notice.

[Sir William]

Talk about detail oriented...I never gave these a thought!  Anyone got their costrel yet?  lol

[Sir Rodney]

For those interested in mid-15th century garments, I highly recommend the FREE download provided by the Company of Saynt George simply titled Clothing Guide - Men.  The amount of detail and documentation is incredible.  Laces, points and aiglets are detailed on page 34.

Warning! Do not use modern cotton lace or shoe laces.  Aiglets should be a plain cone made of a rolled sheet of brass, no ball at the tip and no teeth along the edge.

[Sir Rodney]

That being said, I'd still go for the fancy ones that Sir Brian highlighted.  Gotta love the bling.

[Sir William]

What are these used for anyway?

[Sir Rodney]

To make the ends of your points (strings to attached armour bits, think short shoe laces) easier to thread, reduce unraveling and add a little bling. 

[Sir William]

Oh, I'll be needing those then.  I'm using waxed leather lacing to do mine up at the moment.

[Sir James A]

I have the plain ones on the Historic Enterprises points. I finished braiding some of them and just need to wax them, then I'll post some pics. They're SO much better than shoelaces.

[Sir William]

I'd like to see...just visited the site and found out how to get them to stay on the ends of the lacings.  I take it an arming cotte with reinforced eyelets and laces is what I'll be needing then?