Completed: July 3, 1999
       They are made from 304 stainless steel. The demi-greave, 2 lanes below the knee cop, and the last (outer) wrap plate are 18ga. and the rest is 16ga.
       They are more or less based on the legs seen in the Churburg catalog on suit #18. They are also shown in Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight By David Edge on a Mid-15th Century Italian suite. A line drawing of the suite is on the following page. Another line drawing of them can be seen in European Armour: circa 1066 to circa 1700 by Claude Blair.
       Note the differences between the two line drawings and the pictures. The line draw in Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight seems to have mistakes. It shows the plate at the top of the cuisse extending down the side and the wrap plates being attached to it.

Notes about Patterns:        All of the patterns by Craig Nadler on this web site are on 8.5 inch by 11 inch graph paper. The large squares on the paper are 1 inch by 1 inch. If you print the patterns as 8.5 inches by 11 inches with no margins they will be full scale. Instructions on how to do this are at the bottom of this page. If the patterns don't give a size they are men's size medium.        This pattern is copyrighted, but this is only to stop someone from publishing it without giving me credit. Feel free to use any of my patterns on this site to make armour for personal use or for sale.       -Craig Nadler Armour Projects by Craig Nadler

I would build these arms in the following order:

1) cut out the plates
2) punch any holes which are on the patterns
3) finish the plate edges and corners
4) Roll the top edge of the cuisse and upper cuisse plates. Roll the top and bottom edge of the two wrap plates.
5) Dish knee cop and shape the wing on the knee cop. Shape the other plates.
6) Add a crease down the center of the legs.
7) Fine tune the articulation
8) Polish the plates
9) Assemble the legs
10) Add the straps

How to print the patterns: From Redhat Linux 5.1 with xv (Should work on any Linux or UNIX with "xv"):     Load the JPEG pattern files into "xv" (example "xv elbow_p1.jpg"). Print the file from "xv" as a grayscale image on a 8.5" X 11" page with the height and width set to 102.50%.  Remember to "Center" the image after setting the height and width set to 102.50%. From MS-Windows 95 :     If you run the program "Imaging" that's under the "Accessories" menu you can load the JPEG pattern files (*.jpg) and save them as MS-Windows Bitmap files (*.bmp). After that load the Bitmap files into "Paint" (which is also under the "Accessories" menu). Then stretch the image 128% both horizontally and vertically. I set all the margins to 0.25 inches, which was as small as the printer driver would allow. It this point I was able to print the pattern so that the squares were 1 inch by 1 inch as they should be.