How It's Made: Armor & Swords

Post by **Beornmann** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:22 pm

A friend said he saw an episode of "How It's Made" about armor-making. After a little searching, I found the video on YouTube and another video about sword-making.

So, if you ever wondered how your Albion was made.
The armorer is ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â°ric DubÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â© MaÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â®tre Armurier (St-Mathieu-du-Parc, QuÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â©bec). His website

Armor

Sword

david lewis smith · Post by **david lewis smith** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:09 am

well, now that I have seen them put hilts on I think I will have an easer time of it

I have been doing it the hard way and sliding it down over the end of the tang and then putting the pommel on

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:29 pm

MAAAAAN! Now I'm gonna have to start gathering everything I need to try to make a shield boss. That is after the boots project. I haven't checked out hte sword link yet. This sorry dial-up takes forever to boot a video. But here goes.

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:15 pm

Wow, in that short 5 minute video, I learned a lot that will help me on my knife projects. That was really interesting. The tools they used for securing the hilt and pommel would not be that hard to make with a piece of say 1" to 1 1/2" pipe and a piece of plate welded on one end.

david lewis smith · Post by **david lewis smith** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:56 am

I have some stuff down here and have made a few boss before

that sounds odd "a few boss"