Reply #65: I just helped a local antique store assemble a full suit of armour ...

[Lisa]

I'm more interested in the armour of the Roman era, but I also do medieval stuff. I've made a lorica segmentata and would like to learn how to do proper metal-to-metal articulation (as seen on knee joints for post 14th C armour) when I have more time and have acquired the right tools. For working 18 and 16-gauge mild steel, a proper throatless metal shear and a work bench to bolt it to would be much better than aviation snips and a hacksaw!

I currently own some replica helms -- Corinthian (c. 400 BC), Aquincum (1st century AD), and Deurne (4th century AD) -- also a 2nd-century Roman helm (Hebron model) which is currently out with the members of Legio XXX. (Some of the guys are freeper-types, but I guess there's no helping it!). I also fixed up a Deepeeka Gallic "H" for them with the cross-bracing installed as extra protection by the legions during the Dacian (Romanian) wars.

(the guy in the middle is wearing my helmet)