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Ageofarmour — Burgonet and Buff
Published: 2008-12-31 17:59:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 10613; Favourites: 159; Downloads: 518
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This is what has been keeping me so busy lately. I am doing some restoration work on an original 16th century "Black and White" armour for a customer.Many of the parts of the suit are badly damaged or missing so I am making some replacement pieces from scratch.
The helmet is an original Nuremberg piece from the late 16th century but the buff (face and chin armour) is a piece that I have made and antiqued to match the existing helmet.
Though challenging, it is quite fun matching the hammer marks, dings and scratches of the centuries old original.
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That is just fantastic! What a great job you have done.
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grand work...I'd pay a lot just for something of high level of finish as this...do you sell your work on ebay at all? there are heaps of armours there
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That's pretty neat. But it makes me wonder how one could see out of it.
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awesome work i love this Burgonet, the detail is quite nice and the black is my Fave IMO im not a fan of Shjiny Armour
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Well you can have it! Hehe... I'm kidding, I do love my job.
There is a lot of demand for armour. I honestly wish there were more custom order armourers in the world. I think the main reason there aren't more is that the amount of time involved vs what customers are willing to spend makes it difficult to make a living wage. The market curve is more of a sharp spike hehe.
I have always said that I would rather be poor doing something I love than to be rich doing something I hate
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really well done. I dont know anything about metal work, but you really have a good eye. The differences between the new and old are non existent(in my eyes). Could you probably tell if you saw this helmet somewhere on display?
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Hard to be honest AND modest on that question LOL!
I can see the differences but I don't think many others would notice anything unless they looked hard. The black surfaces are a little different in bright light. Both pieces have an amber tint to the varnish but the original is a little more yellow and has a bit more of a waxy look.
Though I did antique the inside, the differences are more noticeable viewing them from the back. The original has a few centuries of oiled rust scale that I just couldn't duplicate in a reasonable amount of time.
The rivets on the buff are a little bit larger than the the ones on the helmet also.
I was pretty happy with how it turned out though... More so when I got the customer's reaction
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Very nice work, the pieces you added look like they were made in the same time as the helmet itself, meaning the antique-ing is excellent. Great job, it looks beautiful.
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