A Day at Windrose Armoury
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The left picture is the shelf just right of the main entrance to Windrose Armoury.   You can see the pre-dished helmet halves on the shelf, and the B-2 in the foreground, as well as the Baldor buffer/grinder wheel in the back.  

The right picture is the flexible belt sander that they use for a lot of the finishing and grinding.  Its a really nice unit that has three wheels instead of the customary two, and consequently tracks much better when lateral pressures are applied.

 

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The Pexto stake plate on the left is really sweet, and I hope to get one in my shop soon.  Johannes has a lot of different kinds of stakes for all the differing armouring tasks that might be necessary.

On the right, I snapped a picture of the welding setup.  He's got the oxy, the mig, and the welding table all in the same area, and (not pictured, but just to the right) he also has the anvil set up for working hot work upon it.  

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Charlie is working on a basket hilt.  Charlie works for Johannes.  

On the right HAMMERS!  Lots of hammers, big hammers, small hammers, and a hammer table I found very functional.  I've already made a copy :)

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The BIG anvil.  Not the only one mind you, but the biggest.  They've got four anvils in the shop, and they provide a lot of working surfaces for the shop.

Jeans and cowboy boots are the standard dress clothes of the master-armourer.  We'll take him out to Tumbleweeds if he ever visits.  

"This attractive middle aged man likes country music, romantic comedies, classic cars, and long walks at sunset."

 

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Helmets and work in progress shelf.  IIRC, the top 3 or 4 shelves are the shops, the next to bottom ones are for Dave (Johanne's apprentice) and the bottom one is for Charlie.  Just offhand, you can see a Burgonet, a simple bascinet, and a Wester Koburg (sp?) bascinet. 

There's another work bench

 

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Some more of the work bench.  Ever notice that armourer's shops just seem to attract pin-ups.   Btw, trust me, you wish you could see the ones on the fridge better.  

Johannes is finishing up the detail work on another of his sallets.  His sallets have some of the most recognizable lines of his helmets.  Just to his left is a bascinet in progress that he's raised from a single peice.  The italian salada hanging on the handle of the punch is his apprentice's (Dave's) work.  The punch itself is fairly cool, as it put a nice 1/2" square hole in my 14 gauge stainless helm top... easily.

 

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Box of stakes on the left, and more on the right.  Never have enough stakes seems to be the motto in this shop. IMG_1196.JPG
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A clever way of resizing a stake so that it doesn't fall through the hardy hole.  This was one of those "What a simple solution.  Why didn't I think of it."  That's why I took the picture. IMG_1198.JPG
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