I can make anything you'd require or request for armor fittings. I have about 374 bronze scales right now to sell and can make any armor plates plain or ornate, ring attachments, knobs, Pteruge weights etc. I also do porpaxes and shield fittings though I don't have pictures of those on my website. www.dioskouri.com
Personally I'd stay away from lion heads etc as they are just drawer pulls.
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Lion's head drawer pulls are available all over the internet, but they are just what Michael says. If you want to get off on the right foot (authenticity) from the start, go to www.dioskouri.com for hardware, they can make ANYTHING and it will be correct. If you want to know how all that stuff is constructed correctly, go to www.thehoplites.com then select The Goat's Pen.
This is my first post ever so be gentle with me! I'm currently constructing a linen faced leather cuirass and have done all the basic cutting out of parts, facing, and painting and now need to stitch parts together. I was wondering where you can pick up the fittings that the leather thongs are attached to? (eg, the lion's head fittings with the rings)I've been all over the internet and can't find a supplier.
Thanks!
If your'e in the USA, you can get them at Lowes or Home Depot in the cabinet fittings.
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Hello All! I managed to get some metal fittings to customize my linothorax, these pieces are inspired on the Alexander mosaic. I have doubts about the best position for the chest plate, because the linothorax was originally designed to be worn without fittings.
Just now the shoulders doublings are fixed in a single point that is in the lower part behind the metal plate in the picture. In this place, the metal plate covers that point and allows the upper painted patter to be seen. The problem is that it seems that the metal plate should be better placed on the top of the chest, but then it would cover the pattern and leave the single fixing point visible.
On the Alexander mosaic this piece seems to be much bigger, covering most part of the chest in the linothorax. Maybe a leather frame around the plate would help to fix it in a correct position an cover both fixing hole and pattern? Any advice, suggestion, idea is welcome.
Congratulations in obtaining such lovely fittings.
I think it comes down to what you will be most proud of displaying.
I have a cupric alloy plate on one of my T&Ys and it is placed up where you surmise it should be and looks very effective being displayed between the yoke arms when the armour is closed. Yours could still leave the painted border above and if you had the border replicated below that would provide an excellent frame in itself.
Put the armour on someone and move the plate around to see which way you like it best. That, I think is how I have solved these sort of decisions when it all looks good-but you want the best.
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richard
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