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Toshido

2480 days since payment confirmation, or 6 years, 9 months, 15 days.

I have long ago chalked it up to a very bad first experience trying to buy armour. But 7 years later I am looking at picking up a stick again

Toshido

Hey Otto. I am the TAG Photos on your list.

Please contact me so I can make sure you have my updated address.

Either PM here, or E-mail at toshido@hotmail.com

Thanks.

Toshido

I know I run the risk of starting or continuing an onslaught of information requests.

BUT....

You still have my order information and maybe possibly a guess as to how far down the queue I am?
Not a delivery date or anything, just an idea of how many orders ahead of me...

Toshido

From a Ben Dunfirth (Hamilton, Ont) practice.

Toshido

Best thing I have found so far on this is a picture of all the parts of the armour, here This is the first place I found the armpit protection as well. Also clearly shows the separate "codpiece" trapezoidal plate. Other web based source I have found states that trapezoid is a solid plate as opposed ...

Toshido

If you think cross country shipping sucks try shipping into Canada

Thanks for the advice. I think when i get to that point I will be using upholstry tacks, knock out the tack, punch and use real rivets.

Toshido

Upholstery tacks are a convenient resource for decorative washers. Pull off the shank, flatten & punch a hole. Very pretty, very cheap. Now that sounds like a plan. The revival washers look pretty enough but for approximately 50 cents a pop way too much for a full brig, imo. Especially considering ...

Toshido

I am planning a brig with a wool or cotton outside layer, a layer of canvas then plastic plates inside. Then sew on a canvas liner on the inside of that.

Toshido

Anybody try it? is the shank to skinny or just not peen? Any other issues? I am in the process of making a gambeson and will be cutting material in the next couple days, then comes a brigandine. Was planning on using roofing nails for the rivets on the brig but then got to thinking of brass roofing ...

Toshido

Came across a new term today and I am curious what it means.

just started looking into it and so far it sounds identical to brigandine, but I know that can't be the case because the book HERE talks about it in addition to Brig.

So what am I reading about here?

Ooops, page 58 of that book.

Toshido

I have both but have only fought with a split headed polearm so far. My thoughts so far (very inexperienced) Split head is lighter, faster and has a more familiar sounding and feeling hit with it. Should make it easier for your foe to acknowledge a hit then the softer squishier hit from a padded pol...

Toshido

Sad to think that many crappy, fairly unhelpful pics of armour are the only ones we've got. Someone, do something! God I would love to, would even buy a nice macro lens for armour shots if I had the access.... Maybe I should do a tutorial for the off-topic forum on photographing armour bits and det...

Toshido

I've honestly never seen such depth in any picture of armour before. Ever. Not hard to do actually. That pic looks like one light far off to the right, pretty much perpendicular to the picture. That light brings out texture. The other light is likely approximately 45 degrees off to the left, that l...

Toshido

Sasha_Khan wrote:
Baron Eirik wrote:There is only the final 'g' in 'whining'

Unless you live in the UK, or Canada, or New Zealand, or South Africa, or Australia...

Don't lump Canada in with that weirdness!

Toshido

OttawaClassicalSwordplay wrote:I'm certain that there is a fortune to be made by parking lots to provide secure fully enclosed bike lockers.

The Kitchener, Ontario bus terminal has a few bike lockers like that. Drove by them a few times and recognized what it was, but that is the extent of my knowledge of them.

Toshido

ruthardus wrote:id love to come, but it's a 19 hour drive...ouch!

It's a nice drive and doable in a day if you are motivated like I was.

Toshido

Yes I have read that thread several times. Still mostly comments on the armor armstreet made and not much on the history of the style of armour. The qianlong emporer armour seems to place it in the mid 1700s. The Yuan dynasty armour linked to by Ogedei is from late 13th century (1400s?). Now I am no...

Toshido

I really like the long almost skirt like flowing lines of the armour. I am figuring a persona around the armour, not the other way around. First thoughts are start with the long ankle length gambeson, red with black trim. The body protection would be a simple Brigandine style vest in black with red ...

Toshido

So far all I really ave been able to find is this armstreet armour but I think I am falling in love with it. http://armstreet.com/store/armor/302.html I spent several hours looking for more examples of this armour, or of the Qianlong Emperor armor that armstreet says is a later replica of this armou...

Toshido

Congratulations. My first son was also born premature on April 1st, five years ago.

Of course he was one month early at 9 pounds 10 oz. Was weird having him more than twice the size of any other baby in NICU.

Toshido

Maybe what we need is to get Otto's customers posting either in this thread or a new thread with date ordered and items ordered then we can compile a list of known orders. Would not be a complete list, but better then what is currently being offered. Hell I think I will work on that tonight by going...

Toshido

Otto may be best if you NOT mention any dates you are aiming for. Considering you already said in this thread that Thorgrims helm woul dbe done months ago. Best of luck, hope you start feeling and doing better. Especially hope I et my helm and gorget. The lack of delivery had put some maritial stres...

Toshido

Matt I understand your pain even though I am in a slightly different situation. My wife is the one on ODSP. We are constantly fighting them to get the amounts of support right. And yes it does take a toll on us as well. While I am healthy and physically capable of work I had to leave a dream job (co...

Toshido

Maeryk wrote:Absolutely, 100% drop dead gorgeous.

But.. what does this mean?

Each element of the presented complete set is madeon Rising.
I suspect whatever you are translating with is making a bad translation.

I believe he is saying that all the pieces are raised.

Toshido

Thank you for the update Otto...

One more request though....

Could you please post order dates, not shipping dates, on the list. That way those of us that are not shown on the list have a clue where we are in relation to the list.
Also so we can remind you if you miss somebody.

Toshido

Guys I know it sucks, I am out a couple hundred dollars myself from this "Sale" But let's keep some perspective on the issue.... Otto did not defraud us, at least on purpose. He made a mistake. Got overextended and is unable, not unwilling, to fulfill his commitments. I am willing to bet Otto feels ...

Toshido

MXBNW wrote:Been sending Email and PM as well, ordered in July on the first sale.
got an email a few weeks ago. told me he is just running behind.

Of course the less time he needs to spend responding to E-mails, PMs and threads like this, the more "business" time he has to make armour

Toshido

I'vs got an order in the pot as well. Be VERY patient here. This will take some time, I am hoping to get my stuff for spring. Half off sale is a first warning flag that he is in trouble. Needs money quick to pay bills, buy food, ship and buy supplies etc... When he does a sale followed by two half o...

Toshido

I understand shop space is at a premium, but for the intended purpose I can't help but think a bench grinder is better suited.
Will also move much of the vibration away from the hands and reduce fatigue that way.

Toshido

135 degree split point cobalt bits....

135 being key point.

Toshido

Sorry, imo, the best solution i to suck it up and grow stronger. It's only a 5" grinder and those I have seen regularly used one handed at times, as well as done so myself. 10-12 hour days mostly grinding like that and you will hurt for a few days, but you will also get used to it quick. For the hea...

Toshido

Nothing beats a good Dewalt Ripped apart the gears of a DeWalt 4 1/2" grinder in two days. My Milwaukee grinder on the other hand.... Same work, worked harder and nothing is ever gonna break that thing. While I like DeWalt cordless tools, Milwaukees win hands down in all fields in my opinion.

Toshido

other than that, orders are moving out and I'm working down the list but I'm still on July. Okay this concerns me. October 5th, in this thread, you said the July orders were being shipped next week. A month later and still working on the orders that shoud have shipped two or three weeks ago. Not re...

Toshido

The perfect compliment to our German Gothic Cuirass. These beautifully worked gauntlets protect the wrist and complete hand when closed around a weapon. The mitten form fits a large range of hand sizes. This is a mitten style of gauntlet, so it does not have individual moveable fingers, the whole p...

Toshido

arnolt brekswerd wrote:There is often great used gear for sale at
www.nikonians.org

Yeah, but ut is Nikon

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Upholstry tack rivets?

jazerant ???

Khatangu degel mongol armor

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