The Armour Archive

hrolf

However, what I'd like to see is more battles with larger "limited fronts." This. "stuff 500 bodies into a 18' diameter circle with a 6' haybale hole in it for the last 10 minutes of the battle" is not fun, it's a meatgrinder that gets ankles twisted, people concussed because th...

hrolf

As long as there are an approximately equal number of people with different color tape on their hats than there is on mine, i'm pretty much OK. More fighting is always better. "OK Everyone let's go shake hands" was a Giant SNAFU and should not be repeated. A noble gesture, but with a horri...

hrolf

dukelogan wrote:as of tonight it is our plan to attend. we will be leaving columbia around 5am.

regards
logan

hrolf wrote:i have been girlfriended. I'm not too torn up about it

is Duke Logan going to be selling woodgrained spears there? Anyone know?

you will be getting sales in absentia from me, then! w00t.

hrolf

and i can wear wool hosen for at least 3 days of nonfighting in a row without stinking up the place.. That's the thing about wool - it doesn't tend to collect a stink the way cotton and un-natural fibers do. I'd also suggest that you buy a set of the time-appropriate linen braes (one per day of int...

hrolf

i have been girlfriended. I'm not too torn up about it

is Duke Logan going to be selling woodgrained spears there? Anyone know?

hrolf

You got it. For eyelets use an awl to push open a hole without cutting the fabric and stitch open with a buttonhole stitch. For a button hole you cut a slit and stitch open. It is the same stitch but the eyelet is stronger since it does not cut the fabric; less chance of fraying. It can only be don...

hrolf

yup, machine washable.

and i can wear wool hosen for at least 3 days of nonfighting in a row without stinking up the place..

hrolf

flat ring lets you use a thinner wire, so you get more protection/durability at a lower weight.

Round ring is fine, provided it is riveted or welded for durability. I believe round ring to be reasonably period.

SoFC is the man to ask about that though.

hrolf

Hidden armor is probably your most accurate option.

Many people use shovel greaves. They're wrong, but they're also really effective armor.

hrolf

not very well. additionally, part of what gives maille its protective ability is its mass. Maille that is too light doesn't protect, maille that is too heavy isn't functional. maille that's "just right" turns out to be roughly 18ga riveted steel, preferably flattened rings. Heavy enough to...

hrolf

that there is a stabby-pokey!

hrolf

a greenstick fracture is characteristic of the very young. Instead of clean fracture lines, the bone bends substantially before breaking, and then breaks oddly.

It's named that because the x-rays look a bit like what happens when you try to snap a green sapling in half.

hrolf

Oh, in keeping with the thread, I despise mugs hung on belts as well. The problem with the "mug on belt" thing is that it is a pretty efficient solution to a SCA-centric problem. Namely, "how do i keep my hands free while wandering parties in the bog at Pennsic where i know they'll h...

hrolf

14ga is going to weigh a frikkin ton.

hrolf

inquiring minds want to know: how did you attach the internal aventail?

hrolf

The Dude wrote:
hrolf wrote:good anvil at a good price.

cool!

i have a very similar one sitting in my basement, waiting for the day i find a blower worth a damn.

Why not use bellows? You can build them yourself.

because a hand-cranked blower is faster, easier, and more portable.

hrolf

Broach has now sold!

hrolf

Hi all, Can anyone point me to primary sources for the history of the commune of Vassy ? It was the site of a massacre of Hugenots in the late 16th c., but i'm more interested in much earlier history - preferably back to the normans - and definitely in primary sources: chronicles, histories, census,...

hrolf

good anvil at a good price.

cool!

i have a very similar one sitting in my basement, waiting for the day i find a blower worth a damn.

hrolf

strapping tape. nylon webbing. tool dip.

hrolf

Maeryk wrote:Just out of curiosity, what is the energy consumption to do a job like sintering that there skull?

to run the machine that fabricates the part? probably a lot, CNC machines soak a lot of wattage.

hrolf

Well with hrolf here I have to be careful about not publishing company secrets (where do you work again Hrolf?) I'm a bioengineer for a NIH-funded startup in metro boston. Tissue engineering stuff is one of the many things we dabble in. My primary interest in the area is developing soft tissue scaf...

hrolf

Sounds like Sean and I play in similar pools.

You can also SLS hydroxyapatite, i believe - which has some advantages over lactides, depending on application.

The trick seems to be controlling pore size. If you don't get it right, vascularization is balls slow.

hrolf

SLS rocks my world.

you can make bone implants with it! bone implants that are absorbed by your body!

hrolf

Duncan wrote:
InsaneIrish wrote:What happened to MacIntyre?

I decided to go lowlander since they are the ones who actually did things. At least in my time period. Also I got tired of being asked why I don't wear a kilt.

.. because they weren't invented yet. duh.

hrolf

thanks. it's a liberating feeling.

hrolf

"Simplify, simplify. As for the complex ways of living, I love them not, however much I practice them. In as many places as possible, I will get my feet down to the earth. "

aka, i have too much crap that i'm not using and is just taking up space. Others can use it better than I.

hrolf

no worries.

bumping - waster still available.

hrolf

go slow, use lots of lube.

a drill press will help you a *great* deal.

hrolf

EldgrÃmr Jonsson wrote:pm sent.

cheers!

Broach is sold pending payment.

hrolf

they are kind of useless for those of us what don't wear thigh armor.

hrolf

wow i wake up and find both items hit! nice.

Shipping for the waster looks like roughyl $12 UPS

The broach is $4 USPS, because i can't seem to figure out how to make UPS ship to APO.

hrolf

All us fighting women should probably just shut up or someone will set us on fire. Or treat us like shit, like Alan Frize. at least on the surface, the issue of "the history women as combatants as documented in the historical record" and "the role of women in modern warfare" are...

hrolf

shabump, and a price drop.

Broach - $40

Waster - $45.

hrolf

bump-up!

Vassy, Calvados