The Armour Archive

Hubert

CTrumbore wrote: So you aren't attracted to sweaty men with hair like girls, huge pectoral muscles, and loincloths then?

Wait are you describing Manowar or Broadway and his moobs?

Hubert

saw the show last night, nove may become my 8pm slot for wednesdays. It's in mine, but not every episode is as cool as this one was. There's a lot of less interesting stuff, still one of the better science shows around though. I'd like to see a whole series around this sort of thing, with folks rec...

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Oops, thanks Mike. Gonna have to fully read it then, mea culpa

. I'd lost track of the thread and just went looking for it again today cause the last show was so good.

Hubert

If we could have had at least one session with Mike to try and do something about the technique he was using it might have gone differently. I was the odd man out. I wanted Jack back in. Speaking of Mike, I am curious. When he moved teams, I thought it was pretty poor sportsmanship (at least appear...

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I'm curious as to where Ansteorra's Steppes Warlord would fit. Haven't been active in several years myself but it is (or was) a pretty big event.

Hubert

Brasso and buffing can turn any brass into bright and shiny, if it's big enough you could probably use a buffing wheel. I've used that combination on old handplane brass and have taken it from. Finish it off with some renwax and that should hold the shine for a while between cleaning. http://www.fla...

Hubert

Agreed with butterfly keys. They're the traditional way of dealing with movement splits, and they're fairly good looking too.

Hubert

May as well add photos from the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde Denmark too

http://www.flashblack.us/images/categor ... ?cat_id=37

Hubert

lacquer not lac was what I was saying was portuguese for lac (or rather where the term derived from). I'm aware that lac itself is sanskrit (or Indian of some sort).

Hubert

Yup what you just described is a wiping varnish. Its what I was recommending above (modern varnish is polyurethane). You can mix it yourself or go with an off the shelf product such as the general finishes stuff. It works very well, provides much more protection than oil alone and doesn't significan...

Hubert

Maeryk wrote: erm.. Japanese laquer (at least some of it) is actually poison ivy..

Well I stand corrected on that, I'm not big on Japanese stuff so lumped it in. I do know that shellac itself has a long history in India and China.

Hubert

Shellac goes back a very long time, but yeah I wasn't sure of its use in medieval Europe given where the lac bugs are native to. It played a large part in Asia however. Remember true "lacquers" are shellac (or rather derive from the lac bug as well). What we refer to today as lacquer is polymerized,...

Hubert

RenJunkie wrote:So, if we're after a more period finish, then just the oil, and/or wax, yes?

Shellac as well, though it would probably depend on what region is being portrayed (I don't know the geographic distribution of shellac use but it is a very old finish). And paint.

Hubert

A properly applied wiping varnish finish isn't going to change the look beyond straight oil. The problem is most people haven't got a clue how to actually finish which is where the "fake" look comes into play. As for scratch, its not that easy to scratch a properly applied poly finish or mixed finis...

Hubert

It won't get on your clothes, the oil itself will eventually dry given that it has chemical dryers in it (the "boiled" in boiled linseed oil). It doesn't dry particularly hard, which is why its not a great finish on its own for stuff that takes any abuse. It does accentuate natural wood nicely thoug...

Hubert

It's just a walnut stain, not poly. I am planning on finishing it with linseed oil, just haven't gotten to that point. I'd use a mix such as Arm-R-Seal in satin. Its a wiping oil/poly blend, it will give you better protection without looking like a poly over simple linseed oil. Its quite nice, I li...

Hubert

Hurt my left knee at the end of July in 2007. Dr pushed non-surgical options in case it might heal 'without the MRI'. Xrays only. First was a wait and see for 4 weeks, then two sessions of steroid injections, then more waiting. Then hurt it worse in November, again the wait for a few months, then P...

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Teeth: Most of us over 20 years of age have too many. Is that really accurate though, I know I've heard that for years, but does the anthropological record show it? When I was taking anthropology in university we did some work with skeletal remains (real, not mr body types) and while they were most...

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the cups are historically accurate. what you cant tell is that its the walls that are styrofoam. :P Hehe. Apparently my eyes are just getting old. I have to apologize to you and Maeryk (gah say it ain't so! Me apologize nevah!), in some of the cups I could see the rim, but not the pattern/glazing d...

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Pretty sure not all of them are. The patterned ones in the foreground may be.

Hubert

Okay, Okay, You've got actual MediÃ¦val buildings to play in over there. Stop rubbing it in already... Geesh... Pretty badass photos there though. Yes but they make up for it in styrofoam cups ;). Seriously the location is very sweet and the shot is a good one. That also seems to be a ripe photo fo...

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I like Suzerain's idea. You could also try to camouflage it into a hat. I'm assuming you don't need to fiddle with it too much, and if it has anti-shake tech which most camcorders do nowadays it would truly be point and shoot (or look and shoot).

Hubert

Heinrich H wrote: ( Have to add that i like the Krenow-style but prefer japanese planes when I need a low plane )

You work with your feet then?

Hubert

Well that would be 16th Century-ish given that its a Durer painting. The positioning of the blade in the smoothing plane looks further back than later western planes which were creeping towards the front even before the metal Bailey designs. My 19th C Mathieson's both have the mouth closer to the fr...

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Hubert, As someone who used to work for a high end hand plane manufacturing company, I just have to say, those are very nice! Thanks, I really appreciate that. I'm very happy with how they turned out. With a good sharp blade in there, I've been able to take shavings that are about as thick as half ...

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Yup. While I am quite respectful of the late mister Krenov, even by his own accounts a lot of what he is often credited as "inventing" is really him researching and rediscovering as it were older techniques, especially the placement of the mouth. I realize its not necessarily appropriate for the thr...

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These are beautiful Krenov-planes , but how are they in any sense medieval? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Krenov Hence my point that they weren't necessarily appropriate for the thread. Though Krenov pretty much just "rediscovered" old plane technology anyways. His principles for building incl...

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Not sure if this is really the thread to post these in, but I figured what the heck its not like handplanes haven't been around for thousands of years. Here are a few I made recently. Giving one away as a gift to a friend today. Also wanted to note that I've gotten a little bit better than I was whe...

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Maeryk wrote: yup.. when Tasha really grins, sunglasses are required.

Oh I've no doubt her smiling is as dazzling as the rest of her, but that's not what I was talking about. That pic makes it look like she knows something or is up to something

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Hubert

Effingham wrote: Jeez, who came up with that punishment? Clara Bow?

Holy sequitur Batman!

Hubert

I've seen it, it looks really cool. Just a couple things I have noticed though. It seems to be designed for straight cuts ONLY. Anything more than the most gentle of curves cuts could be impossible. Also, the cutting width is pretty much twice as thick as a regular saw. Given that its a circular sa...

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Primvs Pavlvs wrote: work boots?

Dude they're called Kodiaks. And I'm surprised you of all people don't have a Canadian reenactors suit

and yes what you described was pretty much my school uniform in middle school

Hubert

I was about to ask how one does a Canadian re-enactment, but I'm afraid I'm all too familiar...

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Personally, I vote ninja personas, because if they're doing it right, I'd never have to see them. Plus, no more "AAaaarrrrgghh, me mateys!!" from some pud wearing an eye patch under their glasses. Do you honestly believe they'd be done better? Most of the "pyrates" want to be Johnny Depp. Most of t...

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[quote="Chris Gilman"] I would have to disagree; I do not think a majority of people here can tell the difference between really great work and mediocre or amateurish work. Perhaps a bit more fair, they are not able to see why they are different. But also I do feel that people have a tendency to sho...

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