The Armour Archive

hrolf

i take the strands out completely and just use the outer shell.

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simple! don't wear cuisses!

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perhaps what leo meant is represented by the current list of the members of the order of the garter.

that Dame Thatcher is a real menace with a pollaxe, i hear

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Alex Baird wrote:Let's put it this way: If we met in the Lists, it is unlikely I'd compliment your beauty.

aw man. and i showered today, too..

hrolf

whoever hits the other one upside the head first wins, and whoever is an ass is an ass. Who said I don't abide by that? That doesn't mean I cannot regard my honored opponent as a Lady; it is by no means a comment on her competency as a fighter. I shall continue to strive to give the courtesy due a ...

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The problem is, there are times when I face off with a female fighter, and that nine year old boy pops back into my head saying, "No! What the hell is wrong with you? Pop is going to beat your ass seven ways from Sunday - NEVER HIT A GIRL!!! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!!" oh, i hear you....

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Baron Alejandro wrote:I haven't seen a cloven fruit in probably a <i>decade</i>.

I saw one at a christmas party last year. Non-scadian, and filled with awkward goth kids.

i lold.

hrolf

while in armor, fighters don't have a gender. I look at it slightly differently. A woman off the field is a Lady. A woman on the field is a Lady who is trying to "kill" me. nope. fighters are genderless. you aren't a dude, she's not a chick, you are both fighters. whoever hits the other o...

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http://www.clovenshield.org/gallery/album17/abm?full=1 The guy in the center with the axe is Grettr. I will PM you his number. I'm in the market for gauntlets, too - but in a more speculative "well, after pennsic" sense. If some random easterner comes up to you after a battle at pennsic a...

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while in armor, fighters don't have a gender.

hrolf

my brief knowledge of quivers in period, based on a conversation with my instructor: In time of war, massed archers are most commonly depicted with a reserve sheaf of higher quality arrows stuffed through their belts, and cheaper arrows just jammed into the ground in front of them for easy access. I...

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some folks i know who have wooden shields have solved the problems caused by all the lacing holes by rimming the shield with successive layers of metal, rope, and then rawhide - so the rawhide cover is enclosing a thin braided or twisted rope which is resting on a band of metal. I just used rope and...

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but I've learned that while rawhide will form while wet, it doesn't stretch hardly at all. soak it more. rawhide is *plenty* stretchy. I soaked mine for ~12 hours, fully immersed in cool water. But I can't seem to find a way to get it to follow the curves around the edge of the shield without buckl...

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I can heat it if necessary using firebrick to concentrate the heat. What kind of shaping did you have in mind? I dont think i would want to do much in the way of hammering on it to get it to shape though. Maybe if i can get some people to help, but i dont think my #55 Harbor Freight ALO would appre...

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do you have the ability to hot work it? that expands your options greatly.

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Effingham wrote:Damn. I just want mithril. Wouldn't have to worry about oil *or* rust.

i mean, welded titanium is pretty much there.

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Ooooooooh titanium chainmail! Where can I get a shirt of that??? Will they take children as trade? I have four fine sons to choose from! Some very good ideas so far! I like the body belt idea alot. I'm thinking of that same general idea expanded into a wisby get up made out of kydex strips sewn bet...

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I wear a heavy (but one-layer) linen arming tunic, unpadded, over hexpads. Period appearance, targeted modern padding, and breathability. works out pretty well for me, YMMV. I fight with some hard hitting folks and haven't had any body shot issues yet, but i also don't mind getting bruised.

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Keep in mind that when it comes to steel, 'hard' is NOT the same thing as 'tough'! Tough is what you want. Hard steels have a tendency to crack and even shatter. Be sure and test your results thoroughly. We might want dentproof, but a dent is better than a crack. which is why the process is Anneal,...

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Stone Cold to White Hot

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Kenwrec Wulfe wrote:
sha-ul wrote:for some real fun look into "super quench"

I will look into that.

it's a hoot. the metal squeals when you quench it. the addition of a surfactant ( dish soap) helps keep bubble formation at the metal face down, so you get more efficient heat transfer from the work to the quench.

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Black Hydra makes *pretty* gear.

I own a clang greathelm, the thing is damn near impervious.

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J. Morgan Kuberry wrote: Caesar wasn't the only writer to suggest they practiced human sacrifice, Tacitus also did. However he wasn't exactly unbiased either.

and never actually travelled to "germania".

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I want me a Tearloch helm. Just so that when i travel to out of kingdom events, people will know that the Northern Army is around

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Graedwyn wrote:Or he might mean Sir Balin from the East.
He fights pretty much naked,
except for a manica, helmet and little
leather loin cloth.

-Graedwyn

yeah. and note the lack of bruises on him.

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i can fit my 14x12 wall tent from panther into my toyota matrix. I have a roof rack so i didn't even bother jointing the poles, i just lash a 2x4 to the roof on the racks. I can fit three more people's gear (two fighters and a lady) into the car if i have to, but i usually only have passenger space ...

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They'd fit me just fine.

unfortunately, i'm poor these days.

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Tatsuo Okami wrote:Say it with me.. "Mithril"

that'd be welded Ti...

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round or wedge riveted?

icefalcon, von sussen/highland arms are probably the cheapest in the conus.

hrolf

dude. seriously. learn to use IMG tags. On to the afternoon. Here is the base doublet on me. m around that url, just add [IMG] at the front and [/IMG] at the back of the URL. no linebreaks, use Preview to see if it works. Alternatively, highlight the URL and click the "img" button at the t...

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these gauntlets cannot let that happen until you break a rivet : http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_29&products_id=54 these can : http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_29&products_id=56 make sense? What is ...

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groovy. threadjack ova!

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Dayum, Hrolf. Hope that heals up! I've got what the local marshall says is a very good pair, although for best safety it'll require a couple little plates to be added on. I'll be sure to work in extra padding under them and the bazis. heh, thanks. i do too! surgery means that i'll have a hand again...

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get. good. gauntlets. Bears repeatin' and embiggenatin'. http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/582/0312092238.th.jpg this is what happens when you're stupid enough to fight in egg gauntlets with a close range weapon. i find out in three weeks if i need surgery to repair the torn ligament in my thumb.

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double-taps. throw the same shot twice, fast. usually you'll batter your way through. if you can't get around a shield, try to throw it out of position by hitting an edge and forcing it to move. be very, very aggressive. a defensive axeman in single combat is a dead axeman. Typically i see successfu...

Re: This rawhide shield edging

your crazy blacksmithing video of the day

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