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Very successful, very successful
而且都是非常成功的
And his got through college
他上过大学
And he said "You know what I always wanted to do?
他说"你知道我总是想做什么吗
I always wanted to make an armory "
我总是想建立一个军械库"
So about 20 years ago, he sold his businesses, went to Landshut one of the places we saw on our tapes
因此在20年前 他出售了他的沙龙 然后去了兰茨胡特 一个我们经常在电影中看到的地方
Germany, talked to a guy named Valtur very famous armor-maker and asked Valtur,
这位德国人在和一个名为Valtur 的人交谈 他是一个非常出名的盔甲制造者 并问
if he could train with him Valtur
是否可以训练教导他
And Valtur said no Valtur
说不行
He said "What if I pay you $50,000 a year?"
他说"如果我每年付给你5万美元呢"
Valtur said "Yes " Valtur
说"好的"
And so he worked with Valtur for 2 years and then came back and started making armor
因此他和Valtur 一起工作了两年 然后回来 开始制造盔甲
You see a lot of places, you go to his website
你看过很多地方 你浏览过他的网站
you'll actually see this suit of armor on his website
你会在他的网站上看见这套盔甲
He does not I don't know if we have any
他并不是 我不知道我们是否有
Art Majors or Art History people
艺术类学生或曾学过艺术的学生
He doesn't make copies
他没有简单的复制照搬
What he does is he goes to museums and he takes photos of armor
他做的就是去博物馆然后拍盔甲的照片
And then he comes back and reproduces them
然后他回来重新制造他们
He makes his own drawings
他使用自己的设计
This isn't something like obviously what you could do today take photos and then go to KingCos
很明显 这不是你们今天能做到的事 拍照 然后去 KingCos
and have them run it off and then come back it etched
将照片印出来 然后回去 参考照片进行蚀刻
But this is all hand-made
所有这些都是手工制作的
One other thing, we saw several things in those films
在这些电影里我们看见的一件事物
We saw one thing that this kind of footing adds strength
我们看见一样东西 这类甲片可以增加了重量
If you go carefully look at that stuff that's manufactured,
如果你仔细的看看这些制造出的东西
you know what they do it's just like you sew
你就会知道他们在做什么 就像你们自己亲手缝纫一样
and you go through a sewing store a fabric store and buy stuff to sew at the edge of the fabric
你参观了一个缝纫点 一个针织品店 然后买了些东西来缝纫面料的布边
You know, that's what they do
你知道他们在做什么
They just have lines of this stuff and they just spot, weld it or solder it behind
他们有许多这类东西 他们只是擦拭它 然后焊接
And so it looks great
因此它看起来很棒
But what he does is you're gonna see that this is all worked back,
他做的是什么 你将会看见所有的这些工作程序都会重复
this is all the same piece and he makes a pattern
这是同一件 他是在做一件样品
Some of us were talking before class
在课程开始之前我们其中的一些人就在讨论了
He sells his armor
他出售他的盔甲
You can have a custom suit of armor made if you're looking for a
你可以有一整套盔甲 如果你正在寻找
Christmas present for anywhere from $2,500 to $100,000
一份价位在2500美元到10万美元的圣诞礼物
And you say "Wow, it's a horrendous price range" or "Why?"
你会说"哇 这真是一个可怕的价格区间"或"为什么"
Well when I was talking to him, he said
当我与他交谈时 他说
"How authentic do you want this?"
"你们是真的很想要这套盔甲吗"
I said "Well, as authentic as I could afford "
我说"是的 就如我能负担的起一样真实"
And for example you have these hinges, obviously if you have a more expensive suit,
比如你有这些铰链 很显然如果你拥有更贵的一套
these hinges will be hand-made
这些铰链就会是手工制作的
I mean he'd hand-make everything
我是说他手工制作了所有东西
He'd hand-make the rivets
他手工制作了铆钉
He'd hand-make everything
他手工制作了所有东西
