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Sigeric

Wow... very nice. Now if he was only wearing a metal tie to match...

Sigeric

I'd like to thank you Craig for allowing a few of us newer armourers to use your patterns. One of my first projects was your basinet and I have to admit that I learned alot about how metal moves, how to planish, polish and assemble. I wouldn't have been able to do that without a starting point... to...

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I recently purchased a pair of 13th century shoes, which I'm very happy with. I'm alway leary about buying things with sizes online, so I asked a bunch of questions and they were answered very promptly. OK Frank... answering questions at midnight is a little extreem, get some sleep man :-) For these...

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The person that I was going to have weld the stainless is a friend of mine that does welding for a living. I won't have to send it anyplace, but I though it would be nice if he could weld it on his own time and not have me holding each piece. I did buy a spool of .030 stainless wire for my mig welde...

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When you say "I'm not able weld stainless at my shop" this insinuates that you can weld other things. Why not stainless? If you have a welder, have you determined you actually can't do it? Sorry I should have been more clear. I have a small Craftsman wire feed mig welder (85amp) with a Argon/CO2 ta...

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Greetings All, I'm wonding if any of you use a jig or have any tips for holding bargrill pieces prior to welding. My dilemna is that I'm helping a friend make a grill out of stainless, however I'm not able weld stainless at my shop. Thus I will be bringing all the parts elsewhere for welding. At thi...

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The scan got a little dark, but you can see two pieces (assuming leather) that stretch towards the elbow. You can also see the lacing under the arm. This picture came from a book called Shakespeare's England.

Sigeric

I will see if I can get it scanned this weekend and post it.

Sigeric

Jantien, this is very nice work! I've been researching this piece for several months and have been compiling articles from different books and research, people have done. (I wanted to recreate what they did, but you beat me to it...lol). Now I have someone to talk techniques with...hint..hint.. :win...

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Since paint has a tendency chip/flake off after a few good whacks... we started baking on several coats of paint. Use your paint of choice (like previously suggested) and bake it in the over over low heat 180-200 for about 20 minutes. Repeat... 2 or 3 more times. This really helped to reduce the wea...

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Your site is very professional looking and is clean and easy to read. Personally I'm not a huge fan of drop down menu's, but would rather see pictures... My preference would be to click on "Leg Armor" and see pictures pop up of the two subcategories. Then click on the subcategory to get further info...

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Hey Erik,

What time?

Tim

(p.s. sent you a AA message)

Sigeric

Sasuke wrote: Oh, maybe you just need to adjust the rivet holes. Move them up a bit to get your added length. Then just plug the old holes.
Chris

Great idea! I think this will work.

Thanks All,
Sigeric

P.S. Anybody have about 8 Round Head 3/16" Brass Rivets they want to part with?

Sigeric

The bead of weld would actually be completely hidden on the inside, then ground down. It probably only needs to be extended about 1/4" and about 1" long. It just needs something to stop it from over extending. Making a new piece is a possibility, but I would like to investigate other options too. Th...

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Greetings all, I've been asked to see if I can do a quick repair on a set of steel arms a friend of mine purchased. These are full arms, with 4 lames plus the elbow. The problem is that one of the lames may have been cut a little to short, so when you bend your arm tightly, the lame will sometimes p...

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Very nice indeed.... Forgive my ignorance, but I have a quick question regarding SCA requirements for the bargrill (picture 1). In helm construction it requires steel/iron rivets no more than 2 1/2" apart. Does this requirement also include the attaching surface of a bargrill?? It looks like you may...

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I would have creased the front and back straps, but it looks pretty good! You know I thought about doing that.... (After I started to rivet that first panel) :oops: I did do a little welding just above the center of the nose point. I cut a 'V' shape then formed the eye slot area before I welded it....

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Yah... we told her that she will look like 'Shredder' from the Ninja Turtles :twisted: She currently has a full plastic kit which is completely hidden under... get this... a Dress. At events you would not know she's a fighter until she puts her helm on. We are going to continue to make more pieces t...

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Greetings All, Over the past few months I've been helping a young lady in our group to create a modified Spangen style helm with a face plate. The helm was created with the attempt to prevent some of the stress from TMJ (lockjaw), due to the type of chin strap system she was using. This helm will ha...

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Greetings All, Cat's thread on etching really got the ideas flowing (thanks Cat, just what I needed was one more project) :wink: I have a couple of questions for those of you that have done different types of etching. 1) What type of metals can actually be etched by using the RadioShack solution. (s...

Sigeric

Check out these ebay auctions:

4445815072
6260851301
6262407310

Do a search for Garland Hammer or Garland Mallet.

Hope this helps

Sigeric

Check out ebay item number: 4619249134

http://cgi.ebay.com/MEDIEVAL-ARMOUR-REP ... dZViewItem

Current price is $8.99, your not going to find it any cheaper than this.

Sig~

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For detailed work, another option is GALAXY MARKERS by American Crafts. They are primarily used for scrapbooking, however they work great on leather. They are permanent markers that shows up bright even on black dyed leather. I tried the Yellow marker on black... it took a couple of coats, but it co...

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Hi Teacher... I just sent you a PM.

Sigeric

Hi Ceddie,

I still have:

Three: "2" High, 9" Outside Diameter, 7" Inside Diameter, 1 1/4" Deep"
One: "2" High, 9" Outside Diameter, 7" Inside Diameter, 7/8" Deep"

Let me know if you need anything.

Sigeric

Sigeric

Still have a few dishing forms available... see the first post.

Sigeric

Hello Captintuba, Quick question for you... Are you looking to make armour for any particular group or organization, or are your interests more in learning something new and having fun? or both :D I know of a SCA group in Mankato area that meets weekly for armoring and I pretty sure the Rochester gr...

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Anthony, The website for the Armourer your talking about hasn't been updated in 2-3 years (depending on the page). Please make sure your REALLY comfortable that this guy is still making armour. If so, double check his prices and work que... Old websites scare me.... :sad: Just a thought, Sigeric

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Greetings, Do a search for spoon blades or spinners for fishing lures. They make these in a variety of shapes. I found this one on ebay, but I've also seen the style the Lord Ring is selling (I just don't remember where). http://cgi.ebay.com/112-NICKEL-COLORADO-6-SMTH-HAMM-SPINNER-SPOON-BLADES_W0QQi...

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Hammerhand, A couple of things to note... the HF shears is simular to a Beverly B1. As others have said before the HF blades are hit an miss. The one I had chipped all the time regardless of how I was cutting. The Beverly B2 is the most common size for people working on armor. It allows you to cut h...

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About 6 months ago I did some research regarding the punch/die sets for the RW #7, 7 1/2, 8 and WA #2. For new Round sets the price was approx. $25 per set, for oval or squares the price was between $45-70 per set. I got real lucky on ebay and pick up 14 new round sets for about half the price of ne...

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Edric... The $100 bucks estimate is almost exactly what I paid to ship my 12x12 Regent with polls, spikes, etc. My total was $98 shipping through UPS. For those of you looking this is a great deal. My tent & poles ran over $800, then add another $100 for shipping. I'd also recommend spending the ext...

Sigeric

Julio, Nice test... One other thing you might want to try on a future test is to suspend the sandbag & maille. By doing this, it will give you a better idea as to how much of the arrow impact will move a body. The arrow is more likely to go through a solid target verses a standing target that can be...

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I'll take the Stake holder... Zip Code 56303

Sure... where were you last month when I bought my panther regent

Sigeric

Welcome to the Dark Side....

It looks very nice Cat...good job. Your knee cop is actually deeper than some of the production armorers selling on AA. To get real deep, like others have said, you may want to raise them on a small ball stake.

Sig~

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