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Blaine de Navarre

Look who's back in business...https://www.westcoastarmoury.com/

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I'd try Windrose.

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puzzledeagle wrote:Are there any other reliable sites that sell armor pieces in the USA besides Kultofathena?

The only other US based seller of imported "decorator" armour that I've dealt with is http://therionarms.com.

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This guy's badass.

https://youtu.be/V_Mp1fNzIT8

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No idea about any group's regs (besides SCA, which, as noted, has no regs for mail), but the only reason for 16ga riveted or welded mail is if you want the extra weight. In terms of strength, 18ga is fine for riveted or welded mail. Back in the bad old days when butted mail was all we had, we had pr...

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I like the black stuff Windrose and a few others sell, but I wouldn't know what to call it if you're trying to get it from a non-SCA source.

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I've known a few people who went through 1 a month or so. When I'm really fighting a lot, I do 2-4 a year, with 1-2 a year more typical since i'm a lazy-ass.

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If you search the Archive (I'm way too lazy to search myself and give you a link

), Brother (now Count Sir) Amos the Pious posted pics documenting the way he covered a pair of lacrosse gloves to match the Mac Bible look. (He also subsequesntly added mail over that, which he also documented.)

Blaine de Navarre

The period way would be to add one hella bevor:

The pure SCAdian way would be to add some bars:

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This is a beautifully shot and edited video. I was particularly impressed by how well it avoided anything glaringly modern (other than tape on weapons, hose on shield edges, and plastic cup hilts, which would be damn hard to edit out of a video of SCA combat...).

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Very cool. I particularly like that all the combat shots were about the striving during and the camaraderie after, without the victory being shown. This is a group of friends. On a tangential note: I have been away from the game and this video was the first I've seen of an old friend wearing some n...

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I think Music for Pell work is a really bad Idea. It will only serve to train you into a strict rhythm. if your pellwork is in strict time, you will not be able to make natural choices in blow selection or delivery. Not all your shots should be recovering in the same time, and your natural timing s...

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This is purely speculative - I mean to try it out someday when I have more cash on hand than I do at the moment - but I have wondered whether PMC could be used in much the same way as mercury gilding. When fired, the clay binder burns off, leaving just the gold, much like the mercury burned off in ...

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Another term that might be helpful in your research is "mechanical gilding". Electroplating is obviously well past 1600. I suspect you will want to get the steel extremely clean after polishing. Like, pickled in acid clean. This appears useful (and talks about using this technique on steel): http:/...

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This is purely speculative - I mean to try it out someday when I have more cash on hand than I do at the moment - but I have wondered whether PMC could be used in much the same way as mercury gilding. When fired, the clay binder burns off, leaving just the gold, much like the mercury burned off in t...

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No problem with it at all, but you'll probably wan to invest in ostrich feathers by the bushel, because it is pretty rough on them.

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Carefully

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The pavise on the far left is strapped just like your Uruk Hai example, if considerably larger: http://mailmaker.tripod.com/armor/max-triumph-pavices.jpg The Bolognese "targa" from about the same time period was similar in shape to the pavises in the first picture, but much smaller: http://jan.ucc.n...

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He still owes me armour from October 2012. I forgot about it until this post came up. I guess I mentally wrote it off. That's very surprising to me. My guess is, if you get in touch with him, it'll be an honest mistake for which he will be profusely apologetic - at least that would be the Eric I ha...

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I can't get on the Neolucida site from work, so I'm not sure if they still have them, but at one time I bought just the optical elements from them to build my own - even if it's not among their current offerings, I bet if you called them and asked nice you could still get them. If my whole life were...

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Making leg strikes equivalent to body/head strikes will (1) make an easier target a more rewarding one, and/or (2) promote the use of longer shields, which I find unaesthetic. I don't find knee fighting to be a wonderful alternative, but it can be aesthetic if practiced similarly to the custom in A...

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Harry Marinakis wrote:A good soaking in Evapo-Rust

Don't leave it in too long, though - Evapo-Rust will eventually cause pitting of its own. I have a sword and fittings I now have to clean up mechanically because I left them in the Evapo-Rust too long.

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NeeSayer wrote:Very cool. Is there anyone taking pictures or videos?

Caid has an official FB group called "Caid Reporter" that liveblogs Crown. They don't post much in the way ov videos (just little snippets), so we'll have to wait for people's personal videos to get uploaded for the real meat.

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Finals Conrad (still undefeated) vs Mons. Caidan tradition is to make the Finals 2/3 regardless of either fighter's previous loss, so being undefeated gives Conrad no specific advantage.

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Final 4 are Duke Conrad with no losses vs. his former squire Sir Oz with 1 loss, and Sir Mons vs Sir Niccolo, both with loss.

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Check out your local art supply store for artists' canvas - I can get 7 OZ at 120" wide for a couple bucks a yard, and it's tighter weave than the dropcloth stuff, so it should shed water better.

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I was on an extreme low calorie ketogenic diet for much of 2014, while increasing my physical activity, including SCA armoured combat. I was in the best condition of my life before falling back into bad habits, and if I had the cash on hand to do another round of the same program I would jump at it.

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bigfredb wrote:This will be my first crown tourney.

Now the big question, Who should I choose for my first fight (and why)?

Personally, if there's one I haven't ever fought, or haven't fought in a very long time, that's who I pick..otherwise, I go for whoever I think will be the most fun fight.

Blaine de Navarre

I'm totally putting one on one of my coifs, now.

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Deep.

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Alecks wrote:I plan to make a liner for a sallet from several layers of cotton terrycloth sewn together, put in pockets made from linen. Basically because I have it lying around. Anyone any thoughts on that?

Sounds hot.

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Congrats on getting it built!

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Has anyone had any luck with any of the various ACH liners on the market?

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Thanks!

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Stylistically, I think I want to make the oak slips a bit smaller and/or the knot a bit bigger.

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