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You know... I wonder if there is a way to turn a situation filled with vitriol into something positive? There are people here who know Brand and speak with him on a regular/semi regular basis... I wonder if enough of us in Caid got together for one weekend a month and with permission, from Brand.......

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Gunther - If I am wrong, I am wrong. Which is why I said we needed to wait for you to reply, should you choose to. If you do business with Brand, its just that... your business and you owe none an explanation. Thank you for not reading offense into a post where none was meant. You have an excellent ...

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I think I will let Gunther answer that himself, should he choose to.

To be clear, I don't have an angst against Gunther. I am sure to his view he is helping a friend and mentor, get back on the right path.

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Samuel, in case you were not aware... Gunther has been fronting armour made by Brand and doing the polishing steps etc himself so it doesn't have to be called Brand's work.

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Samuel,

In what world does that make your point?

What was your point?

Because to my view, all you did was attempt to confuse the real issue.

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Samuel You'll likely be shocked to know Brand doesn't owe me a thing. I'm outraged not disgruntled. Edit to add... ... you can actually tell a knight to fuck off if he tells you to do something based on his knighthood... with the belief you have in the powers of the Order, you should have no recours...

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Your Excellency, Sir Samuel De Grac'e, You say that you are not angry at me, nor defending Brand. In your informative reply wherein you address the implied question, "Why haven't the Knights done anything." You characterize it as "Pissy" and "Screaming into the wind." I take offense at that. Please ...

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Looks like more completed stuff went up on Facebook. We have a few people here who are starting to get their orders. Looks like a good start. Personally, I am going to wait until ALL of what is owed folks is completed before I purchase from Brand. Samuel - Please re-read what I posted earlier. I nev...

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The other thing is that you are not obligated to sue him where his business is/was located. You can file in Alaska and he'll have to answer it from California. Serving him might be tricky but if you have a buddy in Caid finding him to serve him wouldn't be difficult. He lists that he's a QA analyst ...

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Pops likes my 3 buckle 14th century shoes so much he's been hinting he wants a pair of his own and he doesn't even play Medieval...

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If you want a true pro blue this is a good blunt skippy...

http://www.blindhogg.com/homemadesalts.html

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Heath B fraychef wrote: Mikael has again said he will make this right and that's all anyone an ask.

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That is a kick ass lid.

I wonder what you could do with a Carolingian type morion hat? One of those with a ring grill and differently shaped locking cheeks would be sexy.

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Ok Nicholas this is a formulae I normally wouldn't share. Reason being is that it is a lil dangerous but far less so than most other bluing mixes. Blunt skippy.... Disassemble.... its a B*tch but break the whole thing down into component parts. Surface & finish... blueing makes little mistakes, very...

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Cool helm... it caused me to go and look at all the other pics you have on facebook...

Do you stock those futhark bronze mounts? if so how much are they? I have a friend that wants a belt with futhark writing on it and I haven't seen anyone else doing them.

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Order of St John of Jerusalem - From The History of Costume by Braun & Schneider c.1861-1880 Braun and Schneider are a notoriously bad reference for clothing, unless your intent is Victorian "ideas" of what medieval clothing looked like. ;) Bob I believe its a YMMV.... example http://effigiesandbra...

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Since you are addressing issues... there is something I've been curious about for a while. Why is it that your product... http://armstreet.com/store/armor/sugarloaf-combat-helm-helmet-sca-reenactment-armor looks like an exact copy of... http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/sugar_loaf2_sinric/ Inqui...

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I'm going to offer a dissenting opinion. http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/gothic_darvis/patterns/Breastplate_Instruct.gif model it on a segmented gothic german breastplate. You can see, in the flat, that the upper breast portion is a loose "X" by extending the pattern a bit you can make ample r...

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Good god man get some potato juice on it and in your eyes!

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isn't Armstreet the ones that Lloyd Clark just partnered up with? If they can't handle a rivet order how are they going to manage a line of jousting armour ?!? I've seen some nice work come from them but always at a very premium price.

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Order of St John of Jerusalem - From The History of Costume by Braun & Schneider c.1861-1880

http://www.orderstjohn.org/osj/cross.htm

It was the Teutonic order that wore their cross on the left chest.

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Johnathan,

I didn't take your comment as critical or unfriendly.

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And that would be a bargain indeed.... but is out of the reach of my means.

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I've been delving these sites for buckles for the Breast & Back that another archiver is finishing for me. It just "clicked" that I had seen those and had to surf Revival, Bymyhand, Historic Ent., Talbot's Fine Accesories, ArmourandCastings, Billie&Charlie, Jelling Dragon and a couple of Dutch and S...

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How about radial flutes to pull it into a slight cone, then dishing in between?

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Here's some cool strapends set up for links.... http://armourandcastings.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=479 http://armourandcastings.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=47 Here's some spiffy square chain.... http://armourandcastings.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=334 The divider... http://...

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Just a thought....

There's a few guys out there who have a power hammer set up for dishing work. I bet if you dropped an email to one (Insert shameless plug for Gunther of Orkney) they could make one for you.

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You can get letters here

http://www.billyandcharlie.com/studs.html

or here

http://armourandcastings.com/index.php? ... ductId=780

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Verveills?

http://phoenixsteelllc.com/pmisc.php

http://clang.adkinssoftware.com/tool%20 ... %2001.html

https://www.quietpress.com/helms.html

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Cheap option: http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AB0143&name=Padded+Gambeson These are nice if you are doing the Kiev thang... http://www.forgeofsvan.com/en/Gambesons/Gambeson-NEW/Detailed-product-flyer.html These look nice... http://steel-mastery.com/en/padded-armour/gambesons/viking-gamb...

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Here's a link to a lamellar tutorial I did last year using Eldressar "D" shape aluminum lamellae. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=139828&hilit=grimr+lamellar These go together fast. Also look up Kade or Torvaldr for leather. Polar Bear Forge also does metal plates as does ...

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