Very successful, very successful
而且都是非常成功的
And his got through college
他上過大學(xué)
And he said "You know what I always wanted to do?
他說"你知道我總是想做什么嗎
I always wanted to make an armory "
我總是想建立一個(gè)軍械庫"
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 他出售了他的沙龍 然后去了蘭茨胡特 一個(gè)我們經(jīng)常在電影中看到的地方
Germany, talked to a guy named Valtur very famous armor-maker and asked Valtur,
這位德國人在和一個(gè)名為Valtur 的人交談 他是一個(gè)非常出名的盔甲制造者 并問
if he could train with him Valtur
是否可以訓(xùn)練教導(dǎo)他
And Valtur said no Valtur
說不行
He said "What if I pay you $50,000 a year?"
他說"如果我每年付給你5萬美元呢"
Valtur said "Yes " Valtur
說"好的"
And so he worked with Valtur for 2 years and then came back and started making armor
因此他和Valtur 一起工作了兩年 然后回來 開始制造盔甲
You see a lot of places, you go to his website
你看過很多地方 你瀏覽過他的網(wǎng)站
you'll actually see this suit of armor on his website
你會(huì)在他的網(wǎng)站上看見這套盔甲
He does not I don't know if we have any
他并不是 我不知道我們是否有
Art Majors or Art History people
藝術(shù)類學(xué)生或曾學(xué)過藝術(shù)的學(xué)生
He doesn't make copies
他沒有簡單的復(fù)制照搬
What he does is he goes to museums and he takes photos of armor
他做的就是去博物館然后拍盔甲的照片
And then he comes back and reproduces them
然后他回來重新制造他們
He makes his own drawings
他使用自己的設(shè)計(jì)
This isn't something like obviously what you could do today take photos and then go to KingCos
很明顯 這不是你們今天能做到的事 拍照 然后去 KingCos
and have them run it off and then come back it etched
將照片印出來 然后回去 參考照片進(jìn)行蝕刻
But this is all hand-made
所有這些都是手工制作的
One other thing, we saw several things in those films
在這些電影里我們看見的一件事物
We saw one thing that this kind of footing adds strength
我們看見一樣?xùn)|西 這類甲片可以增加了重量
If you go carefully look at that stuff that's manufactured,
如果你仔細(xì)的看看這些制造出的東西
you know what they do it's just like you sew
你就會(huì)知道他們在做什么 就像你們自己親手縫紉一樣
and you go through a sewing store a fabric store and buy stuff to sew at the edge of the fabric
你參觀了一個(gè)縫紉點(diǎn) 一個(gè)針織品店 然后買了些東西來縫紉面料的布邊
You know, that's what they do
你知道他們在做什么
They just have lines of this stuff and they just spot, weld it or solder it behind
他們有許多這類東西 他們只是擦拭它 然后焊接
And so it looks great
因此它看起來很棒
But what he does is you're gonna see that this is all worked back,
他做的是什么 你將會(huì)看見所有的這些工作程序都會(huì)重復(fù)
this is all the same piece and he makes a pattern
這是同一件 他是在做一件樣品
Some of us were talking before class
在課程開始之前我們其中的一些人就在討論了
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 如果你正在尋找
Christmas present for anywhere from $2,500 to $100,000
一份價(jià)位在2500美元到10萬美元的圣誕禮物
And you say "Wow, it's a horrendous price range" or "Why?"
你會(huì)說"哇 這真是一個(gè)可怕的價(jià)格區(qū)間"或"為什么"
Well when I was talking to him, he said
當(dāng)我與他交談時(shí) 他說
"How authentic do you want this?"
"你們是真的很想要這套盔甲嗎"
I said "Well, as authentic as I could afford "
我說"是的 就如我能負(fù)擔(dān)的起一樣真實(shí)"
And for example you have these hinges, obviously if you have a more expensive suit,
比如你有這些鉸鏈 很顯然如果你擁有更貴的一套
these hinges will be hand-made
這些鉸鏈就會(huì)是手工制作的
I mean he'd hand-make everything
我是說他手工制作了所有東西
He'd hand-make the rivets
他手工制作了鉚釘
He'd hand-make everything
他手工制作了所有東西