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Jeffrey Hildebrandt
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 Posted: Tue 11 Dec, 2012 6:08 pm Post subject: Achilles cuirass build |
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My last project was an interesting collaboration with a client who is building a panoply based on Homer's description of the armour of Achilles, and on archaeological evidence. My contribution is the following cuirass, finished to the point where the customer can integrate a leather liner using the holes furnished. Black leather lacing and suspension are temporary. Pauldrons decorated in the same fashion are to follow.
Front
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Detail showing left side closure
Detail showing shoulder closure
-Hildebrandt
Royal Oak Armoury Website
Royal Oak Armoury Facebook
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Augusto Boer Bront
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Jeffrey Hildebrandt
Industry Professional
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| Posted: Wed 12 Dec, 2012 6:00 am Post subject: |
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That has been an ambition of mine since I first read the Iliad, and would be a wonderful project. I suspect that many of the magnificent parade shields of the 16th C took some inspiration from that text as well.
-Hildebrandt
Royal Oak Armoury Website
Royal Oak Armoury Facebook
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Jason Daub
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| Posted: Wed 12 Dec, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful work. I really like this one.
'I saw young Harry, -with his bevor on,
His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,-
Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury,
And vaulted with such ease into his seat,
As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds,
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus,
And witch the world with noble horsemanship.'
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Jack Savante
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| Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2012 1:02 am Post subject: |
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That is a wonderful piece of functional art. Truly masterful!
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2012 3:33 am Post subject: |
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Looking forward to seeing this project completed, excellent work. 
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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