Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction: The 14th Century Paperback – January 1, 2000

This book is just fantastic. It may be titled "Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction" but don't let that fool you; you don't have to be in the business of reproduction to enjoy this. Anyone who likes mechanisms and engineering...well, this is a must-have. I bought it because I was interested in it and curious about the designs and expected to be able to apply them in side projects.However, I was blown away by the sheer amount of detailed and interesting information concerning every single facet of armor production. The organization of the content is brilliant as well; the entire book has a few misc sections but is primarily divided by what piece of armor rather than what specific suit of armor, and each armor part section has details about how different types of armor changed from the 14th to 18th century.I came into this book from curiosity and intrigue and even after just a quick 20-30 min browsing through the pages before leaving for work after getting it, I immediately wanted to build myself a segmented gauntlet because I never quite realized how cool the engineering is for it.If you want to build reproduction quality armor and want a good resource for it, go no further: you've found all you need right here in this book. The one thing I would say is...get the hardcover edition if you want to reproduce stuff from it. It may not look like it from the picture, but it's 500 pages and...well, they could charge $60 for paperback and I'd still would have gladly paid.

It gives a detailed history on making armor during the middle ages and goes on to discuss armours before then as well. It also explains several techniques on how various pieces of armor was historically made and explains how a person would go about making it himself with a large emphasis on keeping it historically accurate. This is a great book if you are curious about how armor is/was made or if you are a metal smith wanting to know how to make armor. The book does have a small learning curve if you're interested in the latter but don't have any experience because the book is written more for a person that is already a little familiar with metal smithing. Besides that it would be a great reference to have if you are a metal smith or just curious about medieval armor and or metal smithing from a historical perspective.

I just received this book earlier today and am very pleased with it. It arrived much sooner than the arrival estimate lead me to believe. It was well packaged and arrived in great condition. It details the history of the armouring craft very well and has helpful informaton for getting armourers started in their craft. I've already made a full chainmail hauberk prior to this purchase and now I look forward to using this book for making some plate armor. Very good buy.

Well organized, good details for what it covers. Offers background and reference material resources for all items discussed. Overall outstanding in my opinion. About as good an instruction on the crafting of period style armor as I have found. Not to say perfect, but it really is good! Aside from making a dvd with videos on how some of the patterning was done, I cannot think of how he could have made it better.

This is a great book that belongs in every endevoring armorsmith's library. With many pictures, hints, and in-depth look at tools, I found this helped greatly in my struggles.However, I must add that this is not a novice's book. While the tutorials and other information is rather basic, this is not made for someone who just wants to buy this and get going. A terrific helper, but one must have some basic understanding of metalworking and a little experience beating on steel.Take it from me, find some patterns online, acquaint yourself, and then have a go with this book.Best of luck to you, and my thanks to the author!

This book has been possibly the best thing I have spent my money on. Being a novice armorer it helped consolidate so much information that normally would be scattered to the winds. This is a great buy and I would very much recommend it to anyone who is interested in the medieval craft.

Very well written. This book is a tremendous help. If your interested in medieval armory reproduction this is the book for you. Would definitely recommend this product.

Excellent book for the beginner to intermediate armorour. This book covers all the basics in great detail and after studying a student can make basic munitions grade armor from the detailed instructions and examples. Just remember a good armorour has and keeps mirror polished tools!

This book is a total must for those wanting to get into armour smithing! There is more information in this book about the actual construction and design of armour than any other book I have been able to find purchasable and through the internet. I can only hope after 17 years Mr. Brian Price, (or anyone really) would write a sequel for advanced armour smithing techniques such as advanced hammer work and raising techniques, and armour advancements made from the 15th and 16th century.For someone not used to spending more than 30 dollars on a book this book was/is worth every penny and I will cherish it for years to come.I am honestly tempted to buy another just to give the author another token of my appreciation for his time to put this together.Also, as a note the book came with free two day shipping and it came in oneStop reading these reviews and just buy this book.

西洋の甲冑製作に特化しためずらしい本です。オールモノクロながら掲載画像も多く、英語が苦手な方でも大丈夫でしょう！本の厚みは約3センチと大変分厚く読み応えあり！西洋甲冑製作ブックでは洋書ナンバーワンでしょう。

Als Einsteiger in die Materie des Plattnerns ist dieses Buch für mich eine wahre Goldgrube.Der Autor erklärt sowohl Basics der Metallbearbeitung als auch fortgeschrittene Techniken des Plattnerns in gut verständlichem Englisch (damit meine ich: Wenig Fach-Chinesisch+Glossar).Viele Anfängerfehler, die den Einsteiger möglicherweise entmutigen werden hier direkt angesprochen (und auch erklärt).Eigentlich wird alles wichtige abgedeckt:Werkzeuge, Werkstatteinrichtung, Sicherheit, diverseste Arbeitstechniken (treiben (raising vs. doming), nieten, entgraten, Kanten rollen, verzierungen ätzen, usw), wie vermisst man richtig, herangehensweisen an verschiedene Projekte (Schulterpanzer, Topfhelme, Knie- und Ellenbogenkacheln, Stundenglas-Handschuhe, Bascinets etc.). Diese Auflistung ist bei weitem nicht vollständig...Wirklich alles sehr umfangreich beschrieben und hervorragend bebildert.Viel Spaß und Erfolg mit diesem Buch!

Per tutti coloro che amano le rievocazioni medievali questo si può considerare il punto di riferimento per chi desidera apprendere le basi per la realizzazione delle armature.

I have this book in both physical book and Kindle versions (literally just received the Kindle version a day ago prior to this review).As much as I like 'real' physical books I realised that my copy would get worn out quickly, as this book is simply a joy to read. Having recently acquired an iPad, what better than to get the kindle version.The physical book suffers very slightly in that (in my copy at least) the photos are a touch too dark and unfortunately some of the detail is lost.The kindle version benefits from brighter enhanced reproduction of the photos.I personally would have paid extra for colour photos, as in some of the photos, grey metal against another grey metal makes it hard to work out what you are looking at. Convex can look concave in photos. But this really is a minor gripe.The kindle version has odd page splits (the captions for illustrations are not necessarily on the same page the images they are referring to are on). There is the odd typo, but this doesn't detract from the content. Section/article navigation is made easy by links in the contents page.A well written, passionately researched book, stuffed full of information, and very clear instructions on turning yourself into the knight in shining armour for your lady.