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Baron Alcyoneus

Mike F wrote:
Baron Alcyoneus wrote: I think that would wind up heavier, more expensive, and more work than leather or metal.
People come to me for making things work, not for making financially viable solutions.

I knew you were an engineer.

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If the handle was already too far from the shield, shimming would only make it worse. The only way to reduce that specific problem (without modifying the basket) would be to shim/pad between your arm and shield. Point your finger at something, and look at the angle of your grip to your forearm/wrist...

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$35 or 2/$65 on the website. Shipping additional?

Maybe I should buy one and undercut him on ebay.

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Pictures would help. It sounds like the grip is too far from the shield, but I can't tell how the grip is oriented in relation to your forearm. If it is perpendicular, this could cause wrist pain, it really should be angled, like the grip of a 1911 pistol, or something similar. Here is how I strap m...

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Block.

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Silicone and neoprene spring to mind. Don't know much more, but consider a composite stack, with a semi-rigid inner and outer layer, sandwiching a springy layer of neoprene. That'll distribute impact while lengthening impact distance, thus reducing felt force. I think that would wind up heavier, mo...

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That blue "helmet" looks like the same shape that exists in a museum of a fabric helmet cover from Egypt, IIRC.

Hey, it got pretty hot in the Middle East. Putting a quilted cloth cover on the metal keeps it from becoming an oven in 5 minutes.

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This is a portrait of a real person, painted circa 1575. He is holding a baton and carries a rapier at his side; I have been told by an arms collector that this specific type of rapier was adopted by Elizabethan courtiers after 1570. What I am interested in knowing is the significance/symbolism of ...

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Paladin74 wrote:Does he have a website? That's a nice looking gorget...clean lines.

He's on FB under Talon Armory. If you use the wayback machine, you can see some of his past work on his old TalonArmory.com website.

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I don't know what she has online, but ask Betsy.

https://www.facebook.com/betsy.pike.50

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Spears don't work really well, it gets real hard to see where the tip is going, and you can hit a face real hard if they're on their knees. You just operate like a sewing machine going through really thick fabric. But yes, the name of the game is thrusting, with everyone bumping into each other, on ...

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Outside of the entrance: http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2d610b3127ccef0abf5a3013c00000030O02AaOXDNq5btAe3nwc/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/ At the beginning of the tunnel: http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2d610b3127ccef0abbc4ac05900000030O02AaOXDNq5btAe3nwc/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx...

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I'm not sure if it is overlapped or not, I'd think the line would be straighter, and it would be a bit of work to have it butt up so cleanly, while a crack might look like that. But they did fold them over, and sometimes braise the tip, or reinforce it with brass plate, etc. http://www.flickr.com/ph...

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I think that James Gillespie refers to this style of etched decoration as "Pisan etching", and they pretty much etched whatever they wanted to fill the spaces without much in the way of narative being required.

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Pictures of the whole gauntlet would help.

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I posted your review on his FB wall (Talon Armory).

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I'm going to have to look that up, Sean. Bodycote just bought out a heat treating company in Wichita that we've used for armor. Alcyoneus, You will have to hook us up with a Armour Archive discount then ! :D If I would have had a professional heat treat company willing to work with an individual (c...

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I'm going to have to look that up, Sean. Bodycote just bought out a heat treating company in Wichita that we've used for armor.

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I was talking to a blacksmith tonight (not as much experience as Thomas, of course, but not even Vulcan can match his ;) ), and he said that an old trick was to use some glue (Elmers used to be animal based, right?) on the piece in question, roll it in the carbon donor of choice (hair, charcoal, lea...

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I was thinking shovel.

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0b8_1296099360

It is a very long monograph about it, and they apparently made a reproduction. At the very bottom is a slideshow of an original, and diagrams on the workings.

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Nice. I logged in to see the pics, and then it would let me back to this site, no matter how fast I clicked on the back button. Better load it in a new tab!

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So what direction was the fabric cut in the different areas? Bias cut for the cups?

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You'll need them to start with a 1.75" stick.

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Definitely SCA helms.

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Sorry, she doesn't. She's about 60? or so. I've only seen a photo of her in it, I don't know her.

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http://www.theborderers.info/bodydefences3.html

http://www.theborderers.info/jack1.jpg

http://www.theborderers.info/jackplates.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _Leeds.JPG

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Glendour made this for a ME dancer in St Louis. She wore it for a performance in CA last weekend. I can say that I helped with it. :) It wasn't a terribly important bit of help, but I did touch it during the making. ;) The source of the design he worked from: http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2d600...

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What happens in the fealty ceremony, stays in the fealty ceremony.

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David Blackmane wrote:Those rivets look like pop rivets.

Yes, they do.

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The first accurate one that lands where it is supposed to, with enough force counts. All the others are just practice shots.

My opponent might throw the first blow, but mine, launched after he starts, may land first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLk1v5bSFPw

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Have you priced blank dog tags? I don't think you'll find it very cost effective.

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Compare it to this:

http://www.oocities.org/kaganate/tana.html

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I didn't have the time to more than skim the first two pages. At least I know in advance to look for the problems.

Bronze can be just about as strong as steel (even the best alloys), it is just a bit heavier because copper outweighs iron.

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