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Mid 14th Century Knee Cops


Finished December November 30, 2019



The steel cops are made from 0.050"/18ag/1.3mm 4130 alloy steel with 4mm leather trim. They were heat treated to a HRC48 hardness.






Patterns




CAD DXF file of the pattern can be used to machine cut the metal plates.

knee_cops.dxf
knee_cops_leather_trim.dxf





Documentation


Statue: Mastino II Della Scala
Dating: 1351
From: Verona, Italy
Holding Institution: Civic Museum of Castelvecchio
URL: Mastino II Della Scala


Manuscript: BNF Nouvelle acquisition française 5243 Guiron le Courtois
Folio: 2v
Dating: 1370-1380
From: Milan, Italy
Holding Institution: Bibliothèque Nationale
URL: BNF Nouvelle acquisition française 5243 Guiron le Courtois



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