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"I here do swear that if any person of any degree so ever high or low shall deny or gainsay our Sovereign Lady to be the Queen of the Middle Kingdom or that She ought not enjoy the same, that here I stand as Her Champion, ready to defend Her right in combat with any who would deny it." Each of the f...

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Take it to the Cut & Thrust field, where we'll all love you. :wink: Also, in the Midrealm, I think you'll have a lot less trouble than in some other kingdoms. The fighting style here will not be particularly hampered by wings. Also-also, I think you should consider building the frames for the wings ...

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Love them. Own several. I used to despise making tongs with a burning passion, and I typically hate "legacy" tongs as used-up hunks of junk. But as Mac suggested, this takes enough of the hassle out of the process that I'll go ahead and make the right tool for the job. I don't know what category of ...

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Nice! If I can offer a suggestion for your channel: people aren't just looking for instructional content, they're looking for content . A handful of build videos (with or without narration) are better than the perfect instructional video. And given how varied the challenges are on every different pr...

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I always enjoy watching your cutting videos, but you may have outdone yourself. How much difficulty did this add to a normal cut?

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It's frustrating hogwash. The author deserves to be horsewhipped for crimes against history. And logic.

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A 15th century steel-hilted rondel dagger

And a 15th c. Grossemesser (converted from a Condor Dynasty Dadao

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https://teespring.com/i-survived-gulfnado

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You should know those finger rings won't be functional. You can't reach around the small side loops the way they are. You'll need a much wider loop to do any good there.

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Yes, but I don't know how durable it is. I wasn't trying to do it, it was incidental to other stuff I was doing. But yes, I have seen stainless blacken under a polymerized oil finish.

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Rats! Oh well.

If that falls through I'm in.

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Destichado, what are your favorite images of a bycocket in the latter half of the 15th century? I tend to think of it as most common in a 14th or early 15th century setting, but I think there are exceptions. I just can't put my finger on them right now. You've got me thinking. :D Oh goodness no, it...

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one of the doublets to go over the plain sleeve doublet with partial false sleeves.

http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/zbz/Ms ... 0033b/3v/0
Like this?

Or more like this?

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THIS. MAKE THIS YOUR STARTING POINT. :D http://www.historicenterprises.biz/misc/refpics/testard_pourpoint.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZNsIh4I.jpg?2 I am so happy you have decided on the 15th century for your household. I think this should be the mark-1 mod-0 starting point for SCAdian men, because it's s...

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Like a besegew? They didn't forget how to make those you know.

Besides, it's up too high for that, and if that were its purpose you would expect its shape to be inverted.

I think it's simply a practical innovation that became fashionable.

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I still can't find the name of this flange, but its function is to seat the butt of a musket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1WwQkeDuXs

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The Tiger and the Dragon measured themselves against their children (and allies), and found themselves perfectly matched. On the Rapier side (Midrealm) I was very pleased with the courtesy and calibration of the fighting. Atypically for my kingdom, I actually enjoy a good stiff shot, but I've been f...

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That's very insightful.

I just tried that out on a few of my own swords, and I think you're on to something there. I think I'll pass this on to a few folks who know more than me, and figure out what characteristics (other than, "good sword!") we're actually measuring with this test.

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When I started 16 years ago in the Middle -right around when Rittermark did- I was somewhat less than impressed with most of the armor on the field. Not all! Baron Connel in particular had an awesome 14th century tourney kit at the time, and was one of the best looking on the field locally. A lot of...

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Woah. You really think those are hollow formed pieces? I would have sworn up and down they were simply solid bar, punched and drifted.

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COMBATANT - CONSORT Duke Palymar of the Two Baronies for Captain Magrat Catte Duke Dag Thorgrimsson for Duchess AnneMarie de Garmeaulx Duke Edmund of Hertford for Duchess Kateryn Bronwyn of Gloucester Sargeant Kith von Atzinger for Countess Tangwystl Count Tarquin the Red for Countess Aibhilin Earl ...

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There's an artist from Winnipeg who has recently been making these gorgeous repousse plates as stiffeners for the front covers of medieval pouches. (specifically for Hungarian tarsoly.) I've very much admired the beautiful work he's been doing, and at the event this past weekend I was looking with d...

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Finally uploaded some build pictures. I started out with a 16 ga shield blank dished lightly to give it some structure, and welded a piece of 1/4" rod around the perimeter. That was pretty much a matter of torch work, tacking it down, more torch work, more tacking, etc. And then I TIG'd it in two pa...

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http://i.imgur.com/N6WFPDH.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/o6P6SmZ.jpg Talhoffer's design makes for a solid, lively little buckler, with amazingly awesome control surfaces. 14" x 12", 3.0 lbs. It's not perfect, but it's about as good as I know how to do, and I'm pleased as punch with how it came out. The ...

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Oooo, love that tabardo! That's a beautiful kit all together, but I'm especially covetous of the formal third layer.

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The plastic barrel will not crack.

Can you cap your barrel? If so, fill it to the brim and cap it off. You won't have a bit of problem.

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What do you think of them?

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I've done Corazinna back-plates in the oven. I use Kydex rather than HDPE and I run a little cooler than you do. I usually have to flex the back-plate to get it into my oven... but that's OK as it's going to flex anyway on shaping. I also don't do a 2nd heat repolymerization step since I've been ge...

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That's true (and I didn't want to say so), but it's also not quite as bad as you might think. You're not dealing with steel, you're dealing with hot taffy-like plastic. If you really wanted to, and you were clever, you could simply sculpt the desired armor piece you want in clay , directly on top of...

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Exactly.

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Des, What sorts of limits have you encountered? Can the knees and elbows be deeper? Do you think you could do a deep breastplate if you had a big enough oven? Mac The knees and elbows can *definitely* be deeper. I designed them to be deeper! But when I was shaping the molds, I chickened out. I thou...

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Random thought, but with your cop setup, what if you were to extend the clamp for the shaping pieces further out and mount them on hinges? Might help with ease of production, stretch the plastic and just flip the clamp over and set your screws. Heeheehee. But if you do that, you'd have to mount you...

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at about off gassing? Any dangers in having 350 degree plastic & plywood in your oven? Nope, the polymer is totally stable at that point. You will not have issues until the mid 600s F, and most ovens cannot achieve those temperatures. From the standpoint of HDPE, this is totally safe. It's a non-is...

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Yep. http://i.imgur.com/wpupsnj.jpg?1 Thermal expansion is a strange and powerful thing. That piece used to be bent the other way. Even if you can figure out how to quench it without distortion, there's just no reason to induce needless stress. Honestly, this process is so fast and easy that the onl...

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