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Baron Alcyoneus

Another piece from Finland is the crayfish pin. The National museum has a number of these (again sorry for the poor photo) I made these in Bronze, like the original and also in Fine Silver. Original: http://www.globaleffects.com/Temp/crayfish76.JPG My copy: http://www.globaleffects.com/Temp/crayfis...

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I voted "Yes" as a heavy fighter, but I'd modify it to "Armor as Worn".

If you aren't wearing armor (steel) in a particular spot, then you gain NO benefit to that spot from our presumed armor standard.

Bare flesh, cloth covered, leather or plastic?

It penetrates.

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the shape is a bit differend than in oryginal ...it for customer's head fitting I'm not specialist in this kind of the helmets ...but I hope it looks not so bad (?) It looks exceptionally good. The curve at the bottom of the helmet doesn't look exactly the same as the one you were using for your mo...

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I think it is hard to determine exactly how it was done because the cotehardie covered so much of what you want to see. Glendour uses a sleeveless pourpoint to point to his leg armor and it works very well. The cotehardie which he wears over it covers the top of the leg and bottom of the pourpoint. ...

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The order would be...

"St Louis tunic" (under tunic)
Pourpoint
Cotehardies can go over this, and you really wouldn't want really tight fitting sleaves on top of other really snug fitting sleaves...

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Also, this type of bascinet has extended cheeks compared to other styles, so it needs some sort of padding a bit further forward than they do.

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You have enough posts for an AA webpage...

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In my experience to get R&D'ed from the SCA (something that happend not nearly enough) you either have to do one really stupid thing gloriously once, or a very long series of stupid things, somewhat less noticable, more than once. The process is very long, and not taken lightly by the Kingdoms ...

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Ace Hardware, probably Lowes, or Home Depot as well.

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And I was thinking when I read the topic that they found either The Haggis, or The Fruitcake.

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Those options didn't always exist...

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You need something like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_dresser

You might want to rig up some sort of jig to hold it with so that you get an even surface when you are done.

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Do you have a picture of the other side? If there is a pair there as well, it is almost certainly for a lining. Perhaps the cheeks were lined separately from the rest of the head.

(or after-market)

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Who's your daddy?

[img]http://www.billingsgazette.net/h/blogs/ychromosome/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rockemsockem.jpg[/img]

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I do it regularly with knives, I put the blade in a bed of finely ground charcoal powder, then heat it to at least cherry red for an hour or so. What matters is that the powder bed be not letting in any oxygen. Usually I lay down another layer of small hot charcoal pieces over the powder layer. For...

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Spray glue+foam, and you've made it yourself.

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The shield on that column is essentially a flat bottomed kite shield.

Another interesting photo:

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Wouldn't you say that particular mindset was somewhat modified when Humanism enters the picture?

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It helps if you ... soak some epoxy in the place where the handle meets the blade... That's a really interesting idea. Thanks! Alfred I usually put in a bit of leather, or rubber. It is rather important to sand off the edges of the guard that make contact with the rattan, because if it is a straigh...

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I picked up a 1/2" and a 1" tape maker a week or two ago, and after trimming off 1/3 of the front overlap (on both L and R sides) on my pourpoint, used the 1" (actually, it is 1/2" after folding for use as bias tape-I don't know why the list it like that...) to close the edge. I ...

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Why don't you post this on the weapons page rather than the armor page?

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I waited for 5 minutes to see her choke a reporter, and he wasn't from the NYT?

"I think I'm still a bit woozy, can I lay back for a few more minutes?"

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That last picture may be making it appear different than it is...

Just how 'sharp' are you making the 'cutting' edge?

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There is at least one surviving kite that had the top cut off flat when the styles changed. Whether it was for display, or use...

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I doubt that many marshals would even check that close, Josh.

I've sewn some 1/2 "aircraft felt";) into the demi-greaves of my knee harness, and it makes them so much more comfortable than when I had foam in them. I don't even have padding in the cop itself.

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sweet. i do miss the days of LH shaving [img] You do? m Usamah tells another story, this one passed on to him by a bath attendant named Salim, who had once run a bathhouse in the town of Ma'arra. One fine day a Frankish knight came in to use the facilities. (Contrary to modern stereotype, medieval ...

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I checked with a vegetarian friend, and he can make sure she gets one meal a day (merchant, and that is all he cooks for himself), so if she can figure out how to eat during the day... Garick spent a couple years in Omaha, he ought to be able to check for return rides from Pennsic with locals with a...

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Why not try it as an experiment with experienced fighters. That way the delicate flowers don't have to worry about it. Just opt out, Audax. I've seen a piece of rattan, on it's first day of wearing tape snap in half virtually the first time it struck a helm. By "snap in half" I mean it lo...

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freiman the minstrel wrote:Sorry to have over stepped.

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You haven't.

I have an idea, I'll check into it.

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It took me about 15-20hrs total to finish mine.

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Textiles and Clothing 1150-1450 shows woven tape that has been folded over to be attached on the edge of garments.

Are there historical examples of actual bias tape being used?

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Check with Tasha. I think I recall someone doing one off her pattern.. IF not try Brewer and Kass at Reconstructing History That was me. m If you take that pattern, and modify it slightly, you can have what is depicted in Talhoffer, which is mid-late 15thC. [img] m[/img] Kass has a wide variety of ...

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Der Ritterschild shows several shields that are about 2x3, one of them being that of Edward II (III? I'm at work). It is flat topped and sides, and about 1/2 round on the bottom.

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You have dished the knees and lames well past where you should have, this adds bulk to the assembly, pushing them further out than they should be for optimal articulation.

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Why Omaha?

http://www.lonelytower.org/

You might have her go to Calontir.sca.org, sign up on the email list, and find out if anyone has room to bring her back from Pennsic.

I'll check with a friend in KC.

Re: Took some time to make some new things (Finnish Viking)

Re: my first sallet in this type

Bias tape?