Intro to Weapons and Armor both Ancient and Modern

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Ancient Arms and Armor for recreation and re-creation

The roundshield is a good place to start in making your own martial equipment. The above is my adaptation of a drawing I found in an old article in Viking arms and armor. White oak or ash can be substituted for the Linden or Rowan, 3/8"; to 1/2"; thick. I use waterproof carpenter's glue for the edge joints.

Miscellany on tools for armoring based on the contents of my shop.

Planning 1/4" grid desk blotter pad (22"; x 17";), drawing board, T-square, #2 pencils, dressmaker's tape measure, engineer's and architect scales, protractor, set of French curves, set of drawing compasses.(CAD programs work wonders, but I ain't got the knack.) Layout and patterning permanant marker, poster cardstock (22" x 28"), scissors, carbon & tracing paper, china marker, metal scribe Metal cutting aviation or tin snips, cold chisel and hammer, hacksaw, sabresaw, cutting torch, power shears, Beverly shear - any of these will do, with the latter two being quickest and quietest in my experience. Leather/cloth cutting razor knife, heavy shears, hole punch Metal pounding Hammers! A claw hammer can do in a pinch, but much better are the following which have snuck into my tool chest over the years. Ballpeens - 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 32 ounce Crosspeens - 16 and 32 ounce Sledges/Engineer hammers - 32, 48 and 64 ounce Autobody/Sheetmetal forming hammers - 12 different head shapes Farrier's hammer - 16 and 20 ounce Mallets - rawhide, hardwood, plastic and brass Homemade - various different headshapes (trailerhitch ball - 2 sizes, chasing hammers from big bolts - 3 sizes) And So Forth. You can NEVER have too many hammers! Anvils Wright Pattern single horn - mine weighs 87 pounds, which is  3/4 hundredweight plus 3 pounds (one hundrweight is 8 stone, AKA 112 pounds) A homemade traveling anvil made of an 18" long piece of heavy rail 2 small cast steel jeweler's anvils 2 heavy machinest vices 2 heavy duty woodworker's vices a B&D "Workmate" with benchdogs More Info To Come!!!