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Michal Plezia
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Hello friends. Currently I'm working on the next brigandine project. This time with silk velvet 
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Michal Plezia
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| Posted: Fri 17 Dec, 2010 10:23 am Post subject: New brigandine |
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I’ve recently finished the new brigandine.
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The brigandine has 183 plates and 1840 special solid brass nails. It is made of two layers of linen and 100% silk velvet outer layer.
It has 5 brass buckles and straps made of vegatable tanned leather, oxblood dyed, oiled and waxed.
More pics:
http://elchon.unikod.com/galeria.php?c=39
It already has an owner.
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Michal Plezia
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A test of the new steel that I've tempered recently. Almost impossible to brake, you can only bend it if you try hard  There will be nice daggers made of it 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTsSVyzdCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRsVhNFI3ZE
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Aleksei Sosnovski
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Could you please tell what steel is it and what heat treating process did you use?
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Michal Plezia wrote: | A test of the new steel that I've tempered recently. Almost impossible to brake, you can only bend it if you try hard There will be nice daggers made of it
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That second clip looked very exhausting and frustrating to try and bend the blade.
Doesn't seem like they are likely to break but since it was a test I would think you couldn't be sure it wouldn't break before you tried ? I would just be a little concerned should it suddenly breaking and a piece go ballistic in an unfortunate direction. 
I assume you might have been wearing face and throat protection as well as gloves and maybe a thick leather apron ?
I also assume you know what you are doing. 
Should make some daggers one wouldn't worry much about bending it too hard or breaking but the same steel should make a very tough sword if you can get it in long enough length ?
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Michal Plezia
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It is a tool steel used sometimes for making chisels of jackhammers. It is good for long blades including swords. It can be tempered for the greater hardness than spring steel while being more resistant to breaking.
Jean- I was wearing eye protection don't worry.
I've tried to break that smaller bar by punching it with heavy hammer, and it bended eventually (L shape) but didn't break.(I didn't make a movie  )
The only way to make it snap was to make a cut with angle grinder first. The shorter bar was tested for hardness and it has 53-56 HRC, IMHO more than enough for the sword or a long dagger.
Of course it is possible that in some circumstances the blade made of that steel would brake (there is no hollywoodium in nature ), but it is less possible than with other types of commonly used steel.
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Michal Plezia
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The new piece: the mokume-gane cross made of alpaca and copper.
Dimentions (without ring) 26,5mm x 19,5 mm ( circa 1 in x 3/4 in )
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more pics:
http://elchon.unikod.com/galeria.php?c=43
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Michal Plezia
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I've done a very interesting project recenly: 14th entury arm defence. (By the way what is a proper name for this part of armour? )
There are 128 copper rivets, curved plates, thick leather and hand made brass bucklers.
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More pics:
http://elchon.unikod.com/galeria.php?c=44
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Michal Plezia
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Hello again I want to share with you pics of some of my recent projects.
The dagger scabbard:
Wood with vegetable tanned leather, hand stiched, dark brown dyed and waxed.
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New mid 15th cent. gauntlets.Made of 1,5 and 1,2 mm steel. Note that the finger joints are riveted steel to steel
Fingers are made of 46 plates. I had to drill 184 holes in steel and pin 112 rivets for the fingers alone.
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More pics:
http://elchon.unikod.com/galeria.php?c=46
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Michael Curl
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The arms in english are either called vambraces, or you can break them up into components and call them the vambrace, couter, and rerebrace, (forearm, elbow, bisept)
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Michal Plezia
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Thanks
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Michal Plezia
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I've made a video shoving how the gauntlet works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DXdLcbGU6E
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Reece Nelson
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| Posted: Wed 27 Jul, 2011 2:39 pm Post subject: guantlets hourglass |
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wow! That is some nice articulation! I really like those a lot. Some great work you did on them
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Wed 27 Jul, 2011 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: guantlets hourglass |
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| Reece Nelson wrote: | | wow! That is some nice articulation! I really like those a lot. Some great work you did on them |
I'll second that: They would seem to be a good as one could get for a gauntlet that wouldn't negatively affect one's use of a Longsword.
The sound of the hand closing and opening is really cool: Almost sound and look as if the fingers are " spring loaded "  
I assume that sizing correctly to hand size make a good gauntlet design even closer to perfect.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Michal Plezia
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| Posted: Thu 28 Jul, 2011 12:13 am Post subject: Re: guantlets hourglass |
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| Jean Thibodeau wrote: |
The sound of the hand closing and opening is really cool: Almost sound and look as if the fingers are " spring loaded "
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I think this is mainly because the finger plates are riveted steel to steel, not simply to the leather strap. I like that sound too
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Michal Plezia
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My latest knife. It's not historical design, but still quite traditional.
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www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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