Title: A Mere Pamphlet
Product review: With all due credit to master armourer Rob Valentine and his work, this isn't "A Craftsman's Guide to Creating Authentic Armour Reproductions", as promised in the title. Contrary to the impression I received from the review claiming this to be "A Formadible Guide to An Almost Lost Art (sic)", this is the farthest thing from a how-to guide imaginable. It's filled with very nice pictures, yes, but the detail on the "how to" is completely non-existent. I was expecting something more informative, much like Jim Hrisoualis's excellent books on bladesmithing. Unfortunately, what you get here is more a large advertising flyer for Valentine Armories (which no longer produces for general purchase), this basically being the "How we make the armor" section at the very back. Paying close to $20 for an advertising piece for Valentine's work with the absolute minimum in technique described is kind of annoying, to say the least.
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