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And passing it on, of course!

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If you have splints on leather, and it doesn't wrap around (I include simple straps in this), what would keep it from turning into a flat sheet, or hold it in place? The straps help it maintain its shape.

You are correct, there isn't a need for excess.

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Well, duh, of course we want it transcribed!

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This popped up on FB today. Pinzgauer-Norikers, also called Austrian Tiger Horses https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/531208_474627732565825_736210272_n.jpg http://www.angelfire.com/ab/draftdreams/breed/pinzgauer.html Pinzgauer-Noriker Other Names: Austrian Tiger Horses Origin: Austria Color...

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Thanks for the reply, but I'm still maybe missing the point, are these meant to be the same armour or are there elements of one in the other or are there images in the Inventario Illuminado that aren't immediately against the link above? Sorry for being slower than normal with this one. :) No, the ...

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Forgive my ignorance, but is the first suit real, reminds me of something that Samuel Pratt might have tried to pass off as real: http://blog.royalarmouries.org/2011/05/27/fake-forgery-or-replica/ It is drawn that way in the Inventario Illuminado, circa 1544-58. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2009/...

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Kind of like this:

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They are available for free from B&N for Nooks. I "bought" it, but couldn't open it so I found it on the Internet Archive.

http://archive.org/details/educationalchart00metrrich

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Good point, but they were laced to each other, not riveted along one vertical edge. I just looked in my copy of Wisby, and none of them were constructed by a simple row of rivets along one edge. With the exception of a handful of plates that are probably quality control issues, they had multiple riv...

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That seems to be the best way to cast arrowheads.

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Oh, really?

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It is a period example of something similar to what you posted previously. Most likely, it is drawn by someone who didn't understand how armor needs to work. There is only a limited amount of flexing needed from side to side, since the human body isn't jointed to bend that way. We bend forward and b...

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Yep; ugly. (Maybe "awkward" would be a better description. There is really no flow to it. I wonder if it was cobbled out of several examples by some collector or curator.) It is drawn that way in the Inventario Illuminado, circa 1544-58. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2009/armor/armor/index.shtm

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For iron, you might want sand casting. For lost wax, RTV is good. What are you wanting to cast? Techniques might be different for a buckle or rivet than a mace head. I've helped a friend with jewelry, and I've also done mold making for composite/plastic/fiberglass aircraft parts. Jewelry is a lot si...

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I'm not fond of the helmet, and the R rerebrace is odd, but it is an interesting jousting rig. It was good enough for Philip, it would be good enough for me.

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Since you've worked with fiberglass before, I don't need to tell you just how labor intensive it is.

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Congrats!

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----->Vitus von Atzinger.

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If they were cast, they'd need filed, or something to come to their best point. IIRC, a very sharp point is more likely to be damaged upon impact, limiting penetration than a 1/32"? square tipped point. But it has been a number of years since I was talking to someone doing the research.

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Kilian_the_warlike wrote:[If it wasn't for some SOZ guys hearing the noise,

SOZ guys?

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And as a quick aside, I recognize the word "Gypsy" in the modern usage, as a derogatory, but signifying word. A gypsy is the woman in Rome shoving her baby in your face so her other children can pick pocket you. Don't be a dirty gypsy and spread glorification of the stereotype. If you do, I'll curs...

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Those were ornamental Ottomans.

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Here are some pics from the Nimrud finds:

http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/se ... yrian&pg=1

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... imrud..jpg

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Enrico di Venezia wrote:My guess is that is a laten border.

Take a look at Chris Gilman's sugarloaf in this thread and the bascinet under it further down in the thread.
His work is repoussed copper filled with pewter / solder.

Tom

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Here is a c1500 suit that had rings, possibly for lanyards, but it was a rather unique harness to begin with.

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Evaporust is available in gallon jugs in auto parts stores, as he mentioned, as well as places like Harbor Freight.
$10/qt $30/g

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There are a couple surviving examples of those chain lanyards.

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A 24" short sword, properly hung would keep me from having to acknowledge blows from my lower ribs to my knee. Hanging a sword across my back/shoulders could eliminate one side of my head as a reasonable target, and protect me from wraps.

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I don't know if this is the same, I don't think it is, but it is at least similar, and said to be silver. ~Chimu Silver Plate Armor (850 - 1470 AD)~ http://www.precolumbianweapons.com/images/armor.60.jpg http://www.bookofmormontruth.org/ARMOR.html The pic in the OP looks thin to me. A couple pieces ...

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E. Shields must be controlled by the hand; use of passive shields (not controlled by the hand) will be treated as decorative armor and subject to effective blow acknowledgment. I didn't find weapons mentioned, but it has been written down somewhere in the past, I'm pretty sure. Adding impenetrable a...

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My guess is silver, but it is possible it could be tinned/silvered copper or bronze.

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Calibration is supposed to be objective, not subjective. A good shot MIGHT make you go "OMG THAT HURTS!!!", but if you upgrade to 1/2" thick depleted uranium armor, you should call the same blow good- not demand that your opponent hit you hard enough to get the same reaction through your ton of armor.

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There was a LOT of logwood imported to Europe from the Americas for dying, it might be colored with that. http://www.wild-about-trapping.com/tips/tips_021_dyeing_and_waxing.htm http://depts.washington.edu/chem/people/faculty/documents/kahr/KAHR_2.pdf All of my logwood research was on another compute...

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This could be a very good resource!

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