Unfortunately, the original file and site link are gone and I'm unable to recover them. I do apologize.

That's understandable, however you must bear in mind that many modern reproductions are tailored too long in the torso. The top corners of the breastplate actually rest just above the natural waist, allowing a full range of movement. I'm hoping to make an in-depth video in the future at my current shop at the Jamestown Settlement Museum. You can see a video of me making a helmet at this link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9SXldZ8s7etoH0.htmlsi=dKMzOSoXrAt5_bm-

@@ParkerBrown1979 I do know that as well. In fact I'm fairly hypersensitive to it - I dont even prefer many historical breastplates that are nearer to the navel, or the peascod styles you had later on that were articulated in order to be longer, like youd have with gussets or plackarts. And thank you for responding. I wasnt expecting to get anything, it was quite a surprise.

@@TheCompleteMental I appreciate the inquiry :-). Though I don't post much on this channel anymore, I still like to respond to commentary. The nice thing about making historical armor is you can pick what's going to suit (no pun intended) your needs for what your doing (MMA, LARP, SCA...etc.). The more you know, the bigger your mental toolbox is ;-).

Thank you very much! That means a lot :-).

@@ParkerBrown1979 are you still making things?

Thank you. However, a beer stein would likely be far out of anyone’s price range :-/.

As I seem to recall (bear in mind this was 10 years ago) I started with 18 ga. sterling silver.

Generally I have started by hand drawing, but I eventually do a cleaner layout on Adobe Illustrator which is then saved as a PDF.

They were likely made from gold amalgam using mercury gilding. It's a process that I don't have the proper safety equipment for.

Оригиналы имели золотую пластину внутри.

With present cost of materials ($21.67 per ounce as of March 14, 2023) a cup like this would come to approximately $950.00

@@ParkerBrown1979 more then expected , i see they sell whole water bottles 925 for 500 and even down to 250

@@Revelation13-8 They might have more affordable rates for Jefferson Cups. I do hope you find what you are looking for :-).

The good news is that most medieval European armies were not ever that large. At the abnormally large Battle of Caravaggio in 1448, contemporary to the design of this helmet, there were a total of 35,500 combatants. At most, you were looking at 20% of your forces actually wearing armor at all, so let's bring that number down to 7,100. Of that, these were pieces of armor already owned by the private wealthy individuals who owned armor because of their social status. They were not commissioning all 7,100 armors at the same time. That said, if you had 10 armorsmithing workshops to order from, each producing 710 helmets like this, that's 30,530 man-hours of labor. These shops would have had 50-100 workers. So each worker is looking at 611 hours individually to complete the order. Working 10 hours per day, that order could have been completed in only two months. Our image of how medieval arms manufacturing needs to change. These were not individual smiths working away to provide armor for vast hordes. These were highly-regulated and organized manufacturing businesses servicing a high-paying clientele. Think less like the village blacksmith and think more of the modern automobile industry.

Thanks Eric, I actually started with a smaller diameter disk of 12 ga. sterling which I hammered out into a roughly 18 ga. thickness. The diameter of your starting disk is the sum of the widest and tallest measures or, for a dome, twice the length from the dome’s highest point to the edge of the dome’s base.

@@ParkerBrown1979 Thanks Parker for your quick answer. Here is my calculation based on Monticello's website: silver sheet diameter 5 5/128 inches; thickness 5/128 inch /weight 4,8 ounces. Do you think this is correct? Thanks for your help!!

Because that “blue shit”….as you put it….was requested by the client so it would have a level of weatherproofing. Next time you wish to comment on my thread, be less of an ignorant ass….just a suggestion.

@@ParkerBrown1979 Ha ha, it was not my intention to be an ignorant ass, I just thought it's so annoying when a fine piece of craft gets ruined by such a new-fashioned nonsense - that's all.

@@michaelintile7836 Heat-blued armor was a historical technique, not "new-fashioned nonsense". armthearmour.tumblr.com/tagged/blue%20and%20gilt

Hi there. So you use 10 or 8 mm spacer and Bolt (and a heavy hammer)? How many hits per link? The step is a brilliant idea!

@@BasildeRayen I use a 3.3lb ( 1500gram) cross peen hammer. And the piston has a 5mm step on it to make each ring 5 mm thick. I use the 1 shot flatten with the piston. with the number of rings desired, and work involved less strikes per ring more rings are made per session hammering. I do have years of smithing practice so repeated hammer strikes by raising the hammer to the same height each time also helps keep rings constant. .

@@johnfollansbeeiii152 Thanks, I'll try it. No smithing practice here just enthusiasm.