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accdntprone

My hands are fuc$%#$ killing me. But on the plus side I earned enough to cover the copay on my sons root canal AND buy a planishing hammer :D. Wont have an air compressor big enough to run it, but Ill have the planishing hammer and I can start wathing the newspaper for an aircompressor. So all in al...

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Yeah, the thread about blackening from a while back really paid off

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So somone mentioned putting oculars on some of my spangens instead of just the nasal that I usually do. Think Im going to try it. So some questions that come to mind, Should the ocular be purely ornamental and sit outside the bargrill (as the nasal I currently make does)? Or should it be an actual s...

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Have your new guy hit me up whenever he is ready, Im not going anywhere. Oculars.... Has me thinking. Should they be ornamental and sit on top of the bar grill like the current nasal does, or should they be part of the helm with the bargrill starting below them? I have seen hats both ways, not sure ...

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Ron, good to see you are still alive.

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I agree, both my tools and my skills have room for improvement. I make a solid hat, but it is no where near what I WANT to make. Its all pretty much a work in progress. The fact that I had to start over getting tools and such just about a year and a half ago has not helped, but I am slowly getting t...

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Hmm. After cost of mats, prob. about ten, maybe twelve on the outside. That number may change if I can find a better price on steel.

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Got your PM and replied by same.

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Im not sure if any of the above is suppose to be a shot in my direction, so I suppose I shall show a tad of restraint in my reply. I am trying to find a way to make the stuff I make a little prettier so as to make it sell, without having to jack my price up so high that people can't afford to buy it...

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let me know how big , and how thick. If they are at least 14ga I will be happy to turn them into helms

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Hacky2447 wrote:I can attest to the quality of his helms. The one I ordered from him is rock solid and great quality! You wont be sorry orderding one from him.

Thanks bro.

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Sorry about that. I usually flare the bottom of a spangenhelm, but not a greathelm. Mostly becaue the greathelms seem big enough to not need it. That said, I would have been happy to do so had I known you wanted such. I can still take care of it if you like.

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Thanks wAUrrior and others for passing word around.

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Also got the hinge made. Just have to finish up the bar grill (tomorrow prob) and hat is ready to go.

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Ok, let me try to address some of the questions, Yep, I will size then to fit. The one in the pic is sized for me (23 1/2" nugget) The panels and cheelplates are 14 ga. The connecting bands are 16 ga. The slats for the back are 1/8th" by 1" bar stock. If you go with a solid back, it would be 14 ga. ...

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Kid needs a root canal and insurance only pays a part of it. So I need to sell two of these post haste. Turn around time will be about a month (total for both hats) Price is $175 each. PM, or post or email or whatever if interested. Hats can be tweaked a bit as needed, if say you want a solid back i...

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Guess Ill have to look for other was to pretty up the spangenhelms. I already dress them up a tad by blackening part of the helm and polishing part of the helm. Maybe Ill try brass rivets and nasal on a completely blackened helm (welded inside anyway, so it will still be legal with brass rivets)

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Konstantin the Red wrote:Like the shape on the point of the helmet a lot. Does the nape tuck in any?

Slightly.

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Most of the items I was interested in looked cast, not etched. In any event, having looked into it a bit I have to say the price of just the mats is prohibitive.

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basinet.jpg Still gotta dress out the weld, I think Im going to go ahead and make the bargrill removable instead of fixed in for dont mind. I wont charge any different. I just havent made one in a while, so figured I might as well just do the thing ya know? Anyway, do you want it polished or blacke...

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Found a solution. I just had to do something I really didnt want to do, and link my bank account to my paypal account. That said, I can now move funds directly from my paypal account to my checking. Did I mention I REALLY dont like paypal?

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I can make you one. Take a couple weeks, cost about $150 unless you want brass frufrus on it.

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Got no issue with your guy. I'm just looking for a way to make my spangenhelms look a little less humdrum. That said, I sell them for $150 - $175. I can not spend hundreds of dollars to pretty up a $150 hat. So I'm looking for some basic (and inexpensive) brass work.

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Look what I found lol. My old geocities page!
http://web.archive.org/web/200910211214 ... index.html

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Yep, pretty sure "Raymond's quiet press" was the one I saw at pennsic. Prices are insane however. Anyone else with similar stuff at lower prices?

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I would offer to help, but I would kinda need access to your head. Did have someone send me a plaster cast once lol

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I had a card from him and lost it. Anyone know who he was? Or another source for the same?

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Not completely riveted in this pic, cause I had ran out of 1/8th" rivets

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Price is kinda what I'm trying to figure out. what sounds fair, and for which type?

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Can anyone out there sell me a 2' X 4' chunk of 14 ga mild, and except paypal for payment? I have cash in my paypal account and no quick way to get it into the real world and Im out of metal. I would usually resolve this by buying a chunk of mild steel on ebay, but there isnt any listed at the momen...

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Anyone need them? Either the old barstock type or 16 gauge stainless?

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I did that before I got the welder. Now I pretty much put the whole hat togeather except for the bargrill (assuming its not a closed face helm) polish, then layout, center punch, drill and rivet.

One week, 5 helms

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completed basinet for saritors noob

oculars

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completed spangen for aedanmac

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Basinet, post blackening.

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spangens for sale

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In progress pic of basinet for Saritors new guy

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Talk about a blast from the past

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Guy at pennsic with all the brass frufrus for helms

Spangen for AedanMac

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I f^%$^ hate being out of mats, kinda urgent

shield baskets

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