The Lonely Mountain Forge

Quality, hand-made armour and weapons for Reenactors

This is the new home of The Lonely Mountain Forge. Many Thanks to Christian and Rebecca of www.hoplologia.org for all of there help.

New! Clamshell Gauntlets Patterns for Sale!

In stock: Early Greek Boetian Helmet

This is an infantry helmet, possibly a precurosor to the later cavalry Boetian helmet. This type of helmet shows up a good deal in Greek Vase art. At least some of the Plateans at Marathon probably wore helmets like this. This helmet is forged of 18 gauge gauge mild steel. With a coat of paint, it can be an econmical alternative to a more costly bronze version. It is in stock and available now. This helmet will fit heads with a 23.5-24.5 circumference at eyebrow level nicely.

The Armour and Weapons of The Vikings

The Armour of Ancient Greece

The Armour and Weapons of Ancient Rome

Custom Work

The creators of the free online Fantasy Adventure game, Eternal Lands (www.eternal-lands.com), commissioned me to forge the Emerald Claymore (shown above) from their game. Thanks Maura and Radu!

Custom Work

Are you looking for some custom work to be done? Patron of the Military Arts Kevin, shown above, commissioned the fine set of armour that he is wearing from me. He also commissioned from me the two fines swords and scabbards shown below his picture. Just email me with what you need and we can work out the details. As you can see, a high level of quality and detail is possible. Thanks Kevin!

How to Order

The standard Ordering procedure is this:
To get an item placed on the work schedule, the customer places a 50% security deposit. The remaining 50% plus shipping is due upon completion. Methods of payment are: PayPal, Credit-Card-by-Paypal (you do not need a PayPal account for this), checks and money orders. My Paypal account is linked to the following email address: gijchar@aol.com
so that is the one to use for PayPal transactions.
Please make out checks and money orders to "Joe Piela".

The current wait time (also known as turn-around time) for orders is about 7 months.

My email address is: gijchar@aol.com

My Postal Address is:
Joe Piela
153 7th Street
Blakely, Pa 18447