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horsefriend

In my ECW unit the philosophy is to use it up. My new gear trunk has a split from being exposed to severe weather changes. My wheeled barrow has just had the hub rebuilt. Wooden spades wear surprisingly well My doublet has a number of carefully repaired holes, as do my breeches, as well as the occas...

horsefriend

I highly recomend using a commercial barrel. The best one easily avaiable for a 1450 era handgonne would be the Colerain Jager barrel in 31" and .62 ($175). For a later gun, the Colerain Griffin fowler; 12 ga. and 42" for a musket ($190) or 20 ga., 36" for a carbine ($190). If you have very good mac...

horsefriend

On a related subject; does anyone know a source for 8 oz. elk, not the 3-4 oz. stuff usually available.

alail/scott

horsefriend

I also wear a reinforced standard. The mail is sewn to a collar of canvass stuffed with wool, and shaped Kidex plates. The plates are undetectable unless you bottom out the wool padding.

alail/scott

horsefriend

"Im planning on making a 1400s handgonne. The type with the primative squared stock and short barrel. One of my friends has an old breechloading shotgun barrel. Its it quite good shape. If one were to put a good solid breech plug in this would it work well for this purpose?" DO NOT DO THIS!!! I make...

horsefriend

e-mail me and we'll talk.

alail/scott

horsefriend

Halvgrim,

Not sure, here's his email: aelwell45@msn.com

Ask him. I don't know if he's got rebated in stock but he usually has at least 40-50 pieces of Lutel and del Tin on hand.

alail/scott

horsefriend

Please be more specific, I'm in Sac. and do both SCA and WMA (rapier), and Schola St. George is down in the south Bay.

alail/scott

horsefriend

Lutel is great!. If you don't want to deal with them directly in CZ, try www.a-work-of-art.net,
a dealer here in Ca.named Art Elwell, good guy.

alail/scott

[This message has been edited by horsefriend (edited 09-24-2003).]

horsefriend

ECWSA is widely variable, unfortunately. My unit is O.K., folks who've been in a while are good, new folks are iffy for the first few events. Shoes seem to be everyone's biggest problem, we had a fellow from the U.K., Roland Sellis, show us how to make correct latchet shoes and about 2/3rds have got...

horsefriend

Thorgrimr, It may depend on the knock-off but none of mine do, the HF dies have coarser threads on the ones I've got. mrks, Halberds: The #7 & 8 are designed to reverse the handle , somewhere I've got the factory instruction sheets. Halberds, The one your talking about is the 15/16 models? There is ...

horsefriend

I've got 2 #8's (one's actually old enough to be an Imperial, not a #8), 2 # 5's and what's left of the last half a dozen HF specials. A HF lasts me 3-6 months, but I wait 'til they're on special for $9 and literally buy a dozen. I've broken them in many amazing ways, but then I buy them as throw-aw...

horsefriend

Eric, Finally put one together, went well. Still trying to source "LOCAL" 1050 for us, am working through the NorCal Thomas registry and have perplexed many a purchasing clerk to date. Have a lead about a source in the City to run down, will let you know. I can get 1070 reliably from SoCal. The gaun...

horsefriend

Lucien,

Asked 'em about the K0, seems he got a HUGE offer from Japan; low serial # and very low mileage = very high price. Bike go in box and go home.

alail/scott

horsefriend

You probably don't need to hear this (you've already come to the correct conclusion, I think), but anger has no place on the field. It is not safe, anger usually interfers with focus and control, and neither is it honourable to take out frustration, etc; on someone who did not engender them. Vigorou...

horsefriend

Out here (Ca.) $50 is a d#@m good price, $75 is closer to average for a 4"

alail/scott

horsefriend

Lucien,

There's a '69 CB750 K0 (with the original sand cast cases) available here. Should I even mention the price?

Halberds,

Does that Bultaco run. I know were there's an Ossa that needs company.

alail/scott

horsefriend

"Rapier and Smallsword" A. Norman. IIRC, hat's where Darkwood, et all, get their designs. Always go straight to the source.\\alail/scott

horsefriend

e-mail sent

horsefriend

Kit I once fought in, mediocre mild steel northern italien 32 lbs mail 11 lb sallet w/ buff 16 lb breast & back w/tassets 7 lb pakte arm harness (pr.) 14 lb legs w/ cased greaves 2.5 lb gauntlets approx. 15 lb of clothes, sweat, rust, dirt, oh, and weapons. At the time I weighed a stunning 135 lb, i...

horsefriend

The E-bay helmet is not Swiss as far as I can tell. Neither is it Swedish. I collect the damn things nowadays and it looks very much like the British helmet that came out right at the end of WWII, replacing the "doughboy" style. However, I don't think the Brits were using metric sizing at that point...

horsefriend

My wife is currently in the planning stages for a tunic with simple clavi. According to many of the experts, the decoration is originally woven with the fabric, when a garment wore out the salvagable clavi and orbiculi were frequently cut out and apliqued to a new garment. As many of the surviving g...

horsefriend

Wolf,

If you're talking the foldover style with buckles, e-mail me privately with your adress and I'll mail you a copy of mine. You'll have to resive the pattern I'm sure (I've got BIG feet for my size) but it will certainly give you a good start.

alail/scott

horsefriend

If I've got the right boot in mind, you're looking for a boot that is essentially "modern" in basic construction; built on a last, with a rand, 2/3 layer sole and a stacked heel. I've built a pair of latchet shoes from scratch for ECW that have the same basic construction (after a dozen hours of tut...

horsefriend

I've been using a 15" steel buckler with a 6"X3" center boss and a rolled rim for years. I have not recieved a single negative remark.(the edge is rolled over a 3/16ths bar for added stability and for a rim a full 1/4" thick)

alail/scott

horsefriend

What style/ There's a LOT of change in the century you specify. I've made several pairs in different styles so I can probably point you in the right direction. Ideally, post a pic (or referrence to one) of the style your after.

alail/scott

horsefriend

e-mailed you.

alail/scott

horsefriend

Red is definitely not hot enough! I've never had a sucessful weld below (very) high orange, butter yellow is ideal with the steel I usually forge weld, any higher and I end up burning it.

alail/scott

horsefriend

Well Done!! Many thanks to both His Majesty and his Highness. On the same theme, our last Fall Coronet (Cynagua) had helmets as you wear, I was one happy T-slot camper.Dmitry, if I ever have the misfortune to actually win, I want to talk to you about how the Mists handled your decree, . . . alail/sc...

horsefriend

To start up at the Fort I usually start with a crumpled sheet of newsprint with a number of 1/4 - 1/2" sticks crossed over it. I pile some of the best coke left from the day before on top, light the paper and start a slow, steady pull on the bellows. As the coke catches, add more and pull some coal ...

horsefriend

Very good hammers and dishes, was disapointed at the lack of offset on his 3" dogleg stake. All in all nice stuff though.

alail/scott

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horsefriend

Try e-bay. Pexto cross-peins show up regularly. Also, check for a local farrier's supply, won't be cheap, but you can swing it and pick whatever feels sweetest. My local farrier's supply (Horseshoe Barn) usually has half a dozen types of crosspein in stock.

alail/scott

horsefriend

I lurch in and out of range a lot if my opponent won't do it for me. I've got no knees and therefor can't put hips into a shot (multiple dilocations scare the support staff, I've found) Closing with a target allows me extra speed and force in a shot. I also shift my torso back and forth several feet...

horsefriend

Honest, I didn't pay them for those coments. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Thanks for the endorsements! Mind if I snip 'em and use them on the web site I'm finally getting set up? alail/scott H. A. Enterprises Scott McCartney 3204 Pegasus Way Sacramento, Ca. 95827 smccartney@midtown.net...