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Hisselint

I want to say two things:
1 Uber cool , I never built Japanese armor myself but researched it extensively this is very very good.

2 Where , where , where do you get the lacing?
tell me please

Hisselint

Everything is labour intensive , Baron.
Especially if done with quality in mind.
As the shield production tech. if you plan to make a number of them , fiber glass or carbon composit will beat shaped steal any time.

Hisselint

I would suggest going to http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/Categor ... ducts.aspx
they have a number of youtube instructurals , I found very useful on some armor related work

Hisselint

Masterfull work , pleasure and privelege to see it

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Eric !
Thank you Thank you Thanl you

I waited so long for the new video !

Thank you !

If I may ask , I seem to remember video of you working with someone else to make 2 halves of a helm using different technics , could you post it again ?

Hisselint

What a master !!!

Thank You so much for sharing this , You made my day!

Hisselint

Shank pieces .... Well to be brutally honest I can appreciate the amount of work that went into this and it makes my fingers hurt. It is well crafted , strong , no doubt about that. But the overall result strikes me as rather unrefined and a little bit sloppy . I do not want You to think of it as cr...

Hisselint

Magnificent info assortment Thanks a lot

Hisselint

This is indeed an impressive piece , regardless of its usability as actual armor I am shocked by the artistic performance and sheer craftsmen skill presented in this .

You are my hero !

PS
I am surprised there isn't a crowd of lady fighters itching to place an order with you.

Hisselint

Vertical : Horizontal Note if you do not know the "whys" you can go far astray on the "hows". When my wife first started spinning she commissioned a solid black walnut wheel from a fellow who was a retired master machinist. He went to a local museum with his micrometers and got exhaustive measureme...

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Karen Larsdatter wrote:http://www.larsdatter.com/weaving.htm might help you.

I say this is a lot of links !
Some are dead but digging is fun by itself
Thank you

Hisselint

What is the difference , in two words ?

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My Lady ,has asked for a loom , as in medieval style loom . That she could use to produce home made garments (circa 10-13th century). Being of DIY persuasion I began to dig for blue prints and such. Sadly I found A LOT of people who undertook similar projects but very little in the way of step-by-st...

Hisselint

I am a rather fresh member , but will be glad to help in any way I can.

Hisselint

This is a very good piece of work .
Kol Ha Kavod , as we say in Hebrew (Deservs full respect if translated )

My only question is wouldn't sugar loaf helm be a better topping for this suit ?
Just a thought

Hisselint

Very not bad !
As first times go this is damn near master-piece.

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If I may impart some general reasoning Quenching is usually used to achieve one of two goals : 1 Hardening the metal 2 Blackening as you harden. For hardening you would naturally want something with high heat transmission ability .The quicker medium drains heat from the treated object ,the harder th...

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Mr MacPherson! I m a novice in the armor making field , but I know just enough to appreciate great work when I see it. I can only second what Pitbull Armory s statement . If You did that 20 years ago I d pay money ,big money to see what You can make now. As for "inflammatory" posts , after year plus...

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This is the best photo set I ve seen since Nicole s first run in this armour !
Gods and Demons why why why there s no sports illustrated ,dedicated to ladies pictures in full armour .

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Jiri! let me blunt , how much something like that may cost?

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Eric rules !
I just keep up hope he ll make more of his majestic videos.

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Metal work is verry good , nearly perfect as far as I can say from the photo ,but I cant say I get the general design at all .

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Ornamental work is great, not overcomplicated and not primitive - juaast right.
But the real peach is dome assembly , so simple ,yet so elegant.I expect it makes producing multiple helmets simpler and faster.

Hisselint

Meaning no offence , I feel I should mention following. Tirion is a name first use by JR Tolkien in "Qwenta Silmarilion" and then in "Unfinished Tales". Tirion was the name of the greate fortress city of the house of Feanaro (Feanor) of the Noldor elven people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirion Th...

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Not wishing to sound patronising or god forbid ,snobing - few tips on Aluminium - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium . Aluminiun has melting temperature of 660.32 Â°C, 1220.58 Â°F ,wich as you understand is to low for any kind of glowing to show up. In any case heating aluminium alloys bears som...

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Ok since I know russian I ll clarifie few things : 1 Festival is called Volk - Wolf in Russian and Ukranian(langages are very close), the movement is called Reconstructory (Reconstructors) 2 It s a third or second largest fest in former Soviet Union ,after Vyborg. 3 Primary type of weaponry is dural...

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I cannot express how much I appreciate these pictures .
Please , please ,please keep it up .

Hisselint

Erick, this is bordering on sadism .
Every time you post this stuff I must almost drown in drool ,in order to NOT quit my job , sell my relatives to slavery and start forgery buiseness .
Brilliant as ever ,thank you ,for being you

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Verrry well done .

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2 audax I m not quite sure what to do here . >>Failure to get it << , severe at that ... oh my . I probably should alert moderator , but then ,may be this actually is a misunderstanding. A little piece of advice if you don t mind : 1 You don t like being called "dude"? Probably shouldn t address lik...

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Flittie :D No SCA code is irrelevant in this case . I've read it ,at least I think that was the most current version , around 10 months ago. I tend to agree with what it sais ,since I was part to compiling similar documents in russian LARP and reconstruction community in Israel. However the SCA thou...

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Ummm. I would disagree. Ignoring the creepy fetish look of it, aren't you concerned that she will not be able to move (and thus, fight) in it? Jess Good news by the way , I m starting the project , hopefully it will be less then 2 months . As for the concept Weeeeel , anything remotely similar to a...

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I may be stating the obviouce here , but this desigh : http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/download.php?id=15484 May actually be best possible armour for any female fighter provided there is an upper part of the breastplate with cups in place . Unlike lamelar suits it provides armoured hard shell...

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I was not priveleged to see those events myself ,when I lived in Russia they were nowhere near that degree of sophistication it has reached in late 90 .
But I ve met few people who were .
It is always cool to persons eyes begin to glow

when they speak of it

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1 General walkthrought of the fest http://spburger-senior.livejournal.com/8169.html 2 The Bugurt (turk and russian) main team against team melee http://nikolkaya.livejournal.com/248881.html 3 Mounted tornament and main battle http://www.tristana.ru/albums/p/gid/502291 :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :...

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Shank pieces

Re: Loom help

Loom help

No offence intended

Meaning no offence

Regarding Aluminium and alloys

Ah Crievens !

Rubbing the acking jaw

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