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muttman

I'm wondering if anyone has put a curve into half inch birch ply and how do do it.
Thanks
Drefan

muttman

I'll second that. I have one that I blackened on my round- nice and solid.

muttman

Any of the pics from 09 here are in the direction I'm going in. The blue kaftan with white trim will soon be replaced with a red on with gold trim, also linen and the gold will be empbroidered shortly thereafter. Most of the pics aren't great because they are pulled off of video but they give the id...

muttman

let me see what I can find- I'll have some up thursday morning after practice at the latest.
Drefan

muttman

This: In response to the earlier thread about vikings, the people I would consider the source of Huscarl combat - which is pointedly NOT SCA combat with rebated steel - are indeed a part of a group, but they most certainly are not, as huscarl enthusiasts, representative of said group. What I meant ...

muttman

So I'm having some trouble with my persona/kit. I'm kind of waffling somewhere between Saxon/Dane, Rus and Varangian. 1050ish. I think I can pull that all together without any shipwrecks or being kidnapped by ninjas or what have you. Lately I have been drawn to basing myself out of Novgorod. Heres m...

muttman

I missed the above quoated post from Doug when I posted my earlier post. Scabs? Delicate? Bitches? Wow! You desribe all SCA fighters thusly. Why? What did I ever do to you to be insulted so? And from behind the safety of the internet where you cannot be held accountable for your words. Would you spe...

muttman

Hm, as entertaining as all this is, I find it and Dougs obvious trolling to be irrelevant to the issue at hand- that being the fourth peerage. I did find a lot of good points of view and insight in that discusion before it was derailed by stupidity and dickwaving. The thread is about to be closed do...

muttman

I stripped the galvie off of mine and then trimmed it in elkhide at the neck, cuffs and hem. Never oiled it so as not to scuzz up the elk, never had a rust problem. Usualy just stored it in a flannel pillowcase, and didn't leave it sitting in a stuffy armor bag.
Drefan

muttman

"...with a kilt and katanna..."
I dunno Aaron- that may be a pretty small peerage- I mean there can be only one, right?

Drefan

muttman

mines on by tight fit. I forced it over inch and a half rataan. I did warm the head up in water first and used a little dish soap to help. Then just rubber mallet it on.
Peace
Drefan

muttman

Absolutly, I do it all the time.
Drefan

muttman

" But if you watch videos of high-level fighters doing tourneys, you will see that they tend almost universally towards the smaller shield."

This is not neccisarily true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kz4N2KD ... re=related
Drefan

muttman

if elf ears and orcs are an accepted part of your game you are a larper.
if duct tape is completely unnacceptable in your group you are LH
if your group is somewhere in between you are SCA

Drefan

muttman

Those are some pretty cool pics Max.
Drefan

muttman

muttman

An internet challenge. How quaint. You aren't the first, and you definitely aren't the most badass to internet challenge me to play you in your game I'm also not sure how playing a game in safety equipment somehow equates manliness. I guess I'll never understand. I guess my dick just isn't small en...

muttman

I'm pretty familiar with that armet as it was originaly made for my knight. The pics don't do it justice. That hat is a definite one of a kind and IIRC will remain so.
Peace
Drefan

muttman

I will paraphrase a line from the incredibles- when everyone becomes super, no one will be.
Any further discusion I have on the matter will be in person or some other one on one basis.
Drefan

muttman

Thank you Aeric. one more question- I don't think I have enough 1/4 to do a one piece ring. How much would it affect the structural integrity if I two or three pieced the rim ring? One shield will be a 29in centergripped for crown, the other a strapped teardrop curved kite for most of the rest of my...

muttman

"I use 1/4" 2 layers but the 2ns layer is only around the edge of my round muck like an "O" glued onto the shield back they seem to last a long-ish time." So your saying the bulk of the face of your shields are 1/4in ply and its only doubled around the edge? How well does th...

muttman

I'll wholeheartedly second what Alvar said. After almost four years off I started back up again in December. What I have found is that my body is not convinced it can still do the things my brain tels it it used to do. Its rough and I think I may have to change and relearn q lot of my fundamentals i...

muttman

I feel your pain brother- One of my proudest mements a a teacher was when one of my students who is much as you describe, finaly got down power generation in a low line thrust. Sadly, she finaly got it down right in my cup. I was in the position of being doubled over in pain yelling "GREAT! THA...

muttman

So where exactly is that?(in mundania?)
If its not too too far from me (Syracuse) I'd be quite interested!
Drefan

muttman

"I forget the name of the awesome Knight who fights in Thracian Gladiator's gear. I had the privilege to fight alongside him last Pennsic and he looked like the energizer bunny.... "

I believe thats Count Master Rob Wallace of Aethelmarc. Great guy!
Defan

muttman

"but it is not fair to say that bows are super-weapons. They might be more deadly on contact than their historical originals, but they have nothing near the range, accuracy and speed. The fat tubes, especially, are laughably slow (and ugly), and can be dodged or parried. " You do raise a v...

muttman

O.K., I will admit, I did paint a group with a rather broad brush and make asumptions and generalities. However, I have been told by marshals many times that I was dead by an arrow I never felt or saw, or armed or legged as appropriate. I was unclear on that point in my initial post. I have seen or ...

muttman

Some of my issues with CA- the armour of the time of our presumed standard was (largely) proof against the bows of the time, barring short range shots or shots to the face or other unarmoured spots. CA on the other hand, can kill anywhere they hit, from any range. Archery in period was most usefull ...

muttman

nope. Its not just you

Drefan

muttman

That person would lose any possible respect from me as a vendor or a person.
Drefan

muttman

Mines in process right now. Hoping to have it to a point I'm happy with for spring crown in May. here it is so far- m still in the works- New round round shield 30 in., rawhide edge, spiffy paint job bazubands New kaftan, red with gold trim, new undertunic, undyed, Rus pants, gold, all in linen leat...

muttman

Here is the same page in English technicaly its discussing scale
http://www.ask-vikingekampgruppe.dk/uk0019.html

Here is there lamellar page
http://www.ask-vikingekampgruppe.dk/uk0017.html

Here is there home page-
http://www.ask-vikingekampgruppe.dk/uk0002.html

Good stuff- I like this site.

Peace
Drefan

muttman

PM sent

muttman

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=95121

maybe you guys should talk
Drefan

muttman

Ironmonger is where its at for baskets- m I have one of his shield baskets, and three of his sword baskets- never had any problems with them and the welds are gaurenteed for life IIRC. I've known a couple guys with the Dark Victory baskets and they were not happy with them- poor welds and screws loo...

curving half inch ply?

persona indecisiveness now with pics