How to make Floating Elbow Armor

Made for a friend sometime in the early spring of 2020, here is how to make floating elbow armor common in the second half of the 15th century and onwards. No welding or heating required! Though it might make it easier...
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Finally a good tutorial! I'm a young apprentice in blacksmithing and I want to start of by cold armour forging. I wanna say that I love your channel and this tutorial will be of big help!

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I'm glad I can help! Other videos about this sort of armor piece did things a little differently, so I hope mine is illuminating in other ways :)

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I busted out laughing at the dishing from 1:12. It do be like like that sometimes.

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Holy crap the anvil rings so loud man! I hope you wear ear protection Edit - I don't mean that I a bad way it's super loud for me on the lowest possible volume. And I love your videos too. Also seems like you got more tolls and a bigger space.

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Dude those are so sick. I know I've seen them in person, but it's awesome watching you shape a piece of steel into a functional piece of armor

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HEY, I have that same anvil, anyways thanks, this helped me out

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Thank you, this was a very good tutorial, it clearly showed how you formed the piece. And looks good too!

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I'm glad you find it useful! :)

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Nice video, your armoring has improved a lot since the early days of this channel. I am interested in the way you made these, is there any evidence supporting the existence of riveted couters? All the ones I've seen seem to have been hammered from an always joint piece of metal.

[@easternblade7130]

Some of the couters on Lorenz Helmschmieds suits have riveted construction.

[@LivingManuscript]

Thanks for noticing! Like Eastern Blade said above, this type of construction is very common in german speaking areas of the late 15th century, but appear elsewhere as well. I'l believe there is a good example in the Met, but I'll try to find some that I can share :)

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Very interesting. Thanks to the both of you. It seems I gotta look for the details more when looking at armor. If even helmschmied pieces had this sort of construction it must have been considered adequate even for higher end armors.

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Very helpful video, thanks. Now I must finally start making my helmet.

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That is a good elbow

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the madman is back! also just a recomendation, maybe mute or lower the audio when those really high pitched hammer noises come cuz i was not ready for my ears to bleed xD

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Thanks! It's crossed my mind a number of times, but it's not something I'd like to tie my livelihood on at the moment. Perhaps in the future though :)

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what would be a non floating elbow armour?

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Im confused, how did you put the parts together?

[@LivingManuscript]

It's all one piece, but when I close the triangular gap (ends up being a seam on the inside of the arm) I used one rivet to secure it. Unfortunately I didn't capture this very well on camera :/

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Hi John, I just wanted to tell you that I started making my gauntlets with my friend. They are horribly historically inaccurate, but we’ll get better over time. Your channel has really been the driving force for me to try these types of projects. I have come to realize that I am going to need to make a dishing form in the future and I was wondering if you could please tell me the measurements for your small and large one? No need to respond quick, I understand that you are busy. Thank you

[@LivingManuscript]

Hello, I'm very glad that I can be helpful to you and your friend, making things with my best friend got me started with all this too :) . I can't recall off the top of my head how large they each are but I think probably 3.5 inches for the smaller and 5 or 6 inches in diameter for the larger. Those two sizes usually do the job for just about everything I need to dish, but for making your own remember that hammer size is also important, not just weight but diameter too. I was lucky enough to have access to steel pipe and a heavy duty welder for making these, but they only came after I played around with different sizes in wood blocks. What works for me might not be the best fit for everyone, so definitely try to make a few different sizes to get a feel for what is best for you :)

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Living Manuscript, thank you so much for the information and I will definitely play around to see what works for me.

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That piece of track destroys the audio! Holy shit!

[@nouchkadevries4659]

I litterly tried to make one out of one piece. Even heated steel is fcking hard to make fully symmetric.... Fck it Im just going to weld two separate pieces together

[@LivingManuscript]

Two piece ones exist historically too :) though in honesty, perfect symmetry in armor is overrated sometimes. Some pieces it matters more than others but even individual human bodies aren't as symmetrical as we sometimes like to think.

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@@LivingManuscript I agree tho. I mean, no one is going to look at one side and the other and be like: "I ThiNk tHeY'rE nOt sYmMetRic"