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I think the term 'spring steel' is a bit misunderstood. Most of the hardened carbon steels used for armour are in fact 'spring steel'. C45 is a medium carbon steel and when hardened and tempered is essentially a spring steel. In this discussion, hardened carbon steel and 'spring steel' are synonymous, the same thing.
They did exactly have the technology to reliably check for every piece made back then. You can make a high quality plain iron Helmet for non shoulder supported helmets but it's surface has to be oxidized to harden which blueing, Blueing was most often done with aqua fortis=nitric acid or Aqua Rergia=Hydrocloric acid. For health & safety reasons this would not be done today widely but it is most effective to make low grade steel or plain iron onpar if not in excess of high grade steel.
C45 is not the only medium quality steel equivalent that was used. Prior to the industrial age & machine age they tended to not as widely use homogenious steel which has sme advantages. Have portions of the armour at different grades meant you could reinforce section while making portion distribut e impact. Much of what they did was on trail & error rather then exact method which in a way they knew stuff we often don't as it was more what works works & what doesn't doesn't. As for Brigandine or more mass troop armour they were often made from repurposed cut up armour refashioned to anothers rough frame. Nothing as expensice as fabric or steel got thrown away back then. It was always reformed into something useful! Even every time the steel was reformed or reshaped the parameters for quality was much up to what was at hand & the skill of the craftmen involved. We today are use to standardized work practices but back in the day they often had to make do with what was at hand!
I think the term 'spring steel' is a bit misunderstood. Most of the hardened carbon steels used for armour are in fact 'spring steel'. C45 is a medium carbon steel and when hardened and tempered is essentially a spring steel. In this discussion, hardened carbon steel and 'spring steel' are synonymous, the same thing.
They did exactly have the technology to reliably check for every piece made back then.
You can make a high quality plain iron Helmet for non shoulder supported helmets but it's surface has to be oxidized to harden which blueing,
Blueing was most often done with aqua fortis=nitric acid or Aqua Rergia=Hydrocloric acid.
For health & safety reasons this would not be done today widely but it is most effective to make low grade steel or plain iron onpar if not in excess of high grade steel.
C45 is not the only medium quality steel equivalent that was used.
Prior to the industrial age & machine age they tended to not as widely use homogenious steel which has sme advantages.
Have portions of the armour at different grades meant you could reinforce section while making portion distribut e impact.
Much of what they did was on trail & error rather then exact method which in a way they knew stuff we often don't as it was more what works works & what doesn't doesn't.
As for Brigandine or more mass troop armour they were often made from repurposed cut up armour refashioned to anothers rough frame.
Nothing as expensice as fabric or steel got thrown away back then.
It was always reformed into something useful!
Even every time the steel was reformed or reshaped the parameters for quality was much up to what was at hand & the skill of the craftmen involved.
We today are use to standardized work practices but back in the day they often had to make do with what was at hand!
It was an interesting little tid-bit. Thanks
Will you do more kit reviews?
what about a titanium helmet?
cheers
Have you seen the video at the Russian tournament with the frog mouth getting caved in by a lance?
Is it on TH-cam? Whats the title? Thanks
@@Jim58223 th-cam.com/video/yRAvRML3YoU/w-d-xo.html
@@Jim58223 I think this is the correct video
@@Horse-n-Armour thanks