The Armour Archive

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i hobbled from the tent to the watch shack and into the merchants once I spent most of Gulf with a re-injured back getting massage therapy from one of our camp mates who does it for a living so i could walk well enoug to go to drill Saturday and Sunday (20th and 21st of March) That night i stayed up...

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Michael sorry if offended

we're a bit testy about our rights of late

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p-90x

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That piece is the devil. I think had i not worked on the corizina i could have finished everything else. It has just been the rivit eatingest washer devoweringest thing ever. but it's gonna be pretty. Post those pics of it if you can Lufu Oh Willie's legs are done. i finished someone's BP tonight bu...

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"why does a private citizen "need" an assault rifle? "

Why does anyone _need_ a suit of armour?

Or a sword?

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lufu came by

he saw lots of yalls stuff

i'm working.

back into the shop

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need's in the eye of the beholder

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No not you yet Angus

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only one casualty so far

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dang

i wanted one for each hand

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would you take armour in trade for the CETME?????

just wondering

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heat treat went ok so far

hopefully nothing cracks

big quench tank was still frozen so i'll be going back Sunday

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i'm usually in favor of belting people

what did this Hauburke fella do?

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i just felt that i had to post to a thread this long.......

that is all

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i sell "overstock" i don't do anything with the site sorry i do know they were at Estrella and may still be dealing with the restock and repack from that to get ready for Gulf Wars. Just a guess... Brian is dealing with school so i suspect Anne is in the ware house lugging stuff about and ...

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Heat Treat pushed back in the week

just means more stuff will be ready for the kiln

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Inventory changes to often to post it anywhere

i am also a computer retard so i have no webiste

I will be at Pennsic in theory, if you want the high boots at Pennsic just get em from Brian he sells there, i don't

I don't have any here either

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The pisiona faulds were just sooooooooo dang long I could not get something i felt was actually practical with as many lames as the piece shows on the carving. I tried to get them the same preportonate size they apperaed in the art work and the thing was so long it would imo be a PITA to wear on foo...

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I hate your Cori John

It simply will not get done

ssssoooooo many rivits!!!!

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If i had $500 and an FFL....

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Those look like Revival US/ Chiv Bookshelf not Revival Clothing

easy mistake

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i'll 2nd the instock thing lots of things become WAY harder to do when you start doing them. Not even construction difficulties, but things like riviting....3000 rivits in a few weeks It sucks and after about 1200 you don't want to do it any more. When i finish off the queue i'm probly going that ro...

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i'll be gone already by Friday

i have drill that weekend

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I think i have the boots in stock i'll check t9o be sure

i have the Stephen hand book for sure dunno about the other one

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i have now gone through at least 4 bags of copper rivits on this corinzina now and at least as many fancy washers i now have to make more fancy washers. Only 4 plates left i think so something like a million more rivits took a brake to sand stuff going to do another heat treat Monday or so it seems ...

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computer died for a bit

back now gotta set everything back up

discovered that i need to punch more holes in the cori than i did for mounting the straps. not that big a deal just annoying

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Tamed-ish

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you'll be done

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Getting the cori down to the last few plates left with new buckler specs i can finish that really soon. Tim's 2nd box is almost ready to ship. Met some folks at Estrella while i worked the boothe. I f--ked up my back at Estrella. I spent the last 3 days of Estrella on a cot unable to walk, or hunche...

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Kewl

Is it mainly from this past one or if it from all of em?

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BP Guants arrived

Kalles Arms are probly on a boat

Iain's Globose is probly in a truck somewhere between here and Michigan

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Anton BP is OTW

so is Billy's guants and Kalles arms

Waiting on 2 addy verifications

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Getting close to finishing the COrinzina umm working on a bunch of BP's The pisiona faulds hate me, i think they sit up at night and screw themselves up so the fit sucks SHOULD ship Friday Anton and Ian's BP's Friday, KAlle's arms Tim's Lamaar and Vams annnndddd something esle i can't remeber. Gotta...

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"Perhaps the legs in period harnesses were much lighter than the ones we wear for SCA fighting. " Think Chef hit this mostly Most SCA legs are _WAY_ heavier. For ex, a friend of mine has a set of stainless legs. 1 of his stainless 3/4 legs weighs almost 50% more than both my HE legs and th...

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Yeah probly

what ya looking for?

Pisiona metal work is almost done, still futzing with the fauld

last of the brocade bits on the corinzina are drying