Late 14th Century Shoulder Armour

Finished Dec. 24, 2019

This shoulder armour is sized for someone between who's height is 5'10"/178cm to 6'4"/193cm and who's weight is 225lbs./102kg to 260lbs./118Kg.
The lames are made from 0.035"/20ga/0.9mm 17-7ph stainless steel and the shoulder cop is made from 0.050"/18ga/1.3mm 17-7ph stainless steel. The plates were heat treated to condition TH1100.

Finished March 15, 2014

      This shoulder armour is sized for someone between who's height is 5'10"/178cm to 6'4"/193cm and who's weight is 225lbs./102kg to 260lbs./118Kg.
      The lames are made from 0.032"/21ga/0.8mm 4130 steel and the shoulder cop is made from 0.040"/19ga/1.0mm 4130 steel. The brass trim is 0.040"/1.0mm half hard 260 brass.
      The plates were heat treated to a Rc48 hardness by heating them to 1650F/899C then quenching them in water followed by a 500F/260C 30 minute tempering step. From what I've seen the plates should resist denting as well as unhardened 304 stainless steel 2.8 times the thickness.
      The plates have been blackening with Sculpt Nouveau Black Magic Patina.

Finished March 1, 2014

Latest Patterns

CAD DXF file of the patterns for the plates. You can use this file to machine cut the metal plates.

late_14thC_shoulders.dxf
late_14thC_shoulders_hardware.dxf
late_14thC_shoulders_leather_straps.dxf
late_14thC_shoulders_brass_trim.dxf

The center leather articulation strap is 7.5" / 191mm in length. The spacing of the holes from the top end of the strap is as follows: 0.50" / 13mm, 2.50" / 64mm, 4.75" / 121mm, and 7.00" / 178mm. The outter leather articulation strap is 7.75" / 197mm in length. The spacing of the holes from the top end of the strap is as follows: 0.50" / 13mm, 2.75" / 70mm, 5.00" / 127mm, and 7.25" / 184mm.

Documentation

Name: Rhodes Knight
Dating: 1403
Location: Archeological Museum, Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece

Name: Pierre Millet
Dating: 1375
Location: Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, Paris, France

Name: Warwick Knight
Dating: 1375
Location: St Mary's Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

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