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Applications Aluminium bronzes are most commonly used in applications where their resistance to corrosion makes them preferable to other engineering materials. These applications include plain bearings and landing gear components on aircraft, engine components (especially for seagoing ships), underw...

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The hook has been set well enough he's reeling himself in.

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Which is different from iron/steel how?

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I think you're right. The customer would have little reason to know the differences in the different types of "latten", but the producer would. The client says "I want a latten X", and the producer knows that he gets the best results for X using ABC latten- just as people in the SCA say "I want a T-...

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That is in pretty good shape, I'd say it is a reproduction, but perhaps an accurate one. I'm not familiar with "Zertsalo". Looking it up on Google, Wiki shows it as "mirror armor", I'd say not. It is far more like other, similar Cop/Brigandines from the 14thC, such as this one. http://www.oocities.o...

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Leather armor and leather straps? Sew them together, you don't have to worry about corrosion rotting the leather when you replace the rivets. You also won't damage the leather when removing the rivets that aren't there. ;) When riveting leather to metal, just remember that you will need to replace t...

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So the difference between him and Brian Price is the volume of the larceny, and Brand claims to not have done it intentionally? With a pattern of behavior that says...

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0.03cm is 1/10 of 3mm. ;) Right, I think that's what I said. Though I don't usually trust my math... Kamphaus seemed to be saying that Coles tested a 3mm copper shield, but Coles said it was .03 cm, or 0.3mm. Functional bronze armor was 3 or 4 times that thick. Matthew Not quite. ;) By nearly chopp...

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I never said they could make it to Canada, or Greenland, even. That last stretch is a doozy. Prevailing wind and currents would make that Northern passage extremely difficult in the boats the Irish did have, pre 1000 AD, Iceland and the Faro Islands are hard enough to make it to. It seems to be tha...

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0.03cm is 1/10 of 3mm.

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With that in mind, a high-tin bronze that has been properly hammer-hardened is harder than wrought iron, in fact it's harder than a lot of ancient steel. But was that practiced back then? Yes. http://www.angelfire.com/me/ik/earlyBBA.html Here's the strongest bronze (copper) that exists now, but the...

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Gun barrels were made in the Renaissance from bronze, and were thinner than iron barrels because they were stronger, and could withstand more pressure. (Robert Held, A&A Annual, 1973). Stealing this from a blackpowder site: Obtainable yield strength @ 2% offset dependent on alloy and mfg technique B...

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/did-irish-monks-find-the-faroe-islands-400-years-before-the-vikings-29514674.html Did Irish monks find the Faroe Islands 400 years before the Vikings? Email Print Font Size 57 Share BY STEVE CONNOR – 21 August 2013 New archaeological evidence shows t...

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4) As far as the authenticity of leather, its use in a marshal context is in a minority. There are instances of leather armour being used in eastern cultures, certainly. However, the evidence of leather being used by European cultures is scant at best. In the cases where leather armour can be confi...

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Jasper wrote:So that where the cats stashed their flea comb. The bottom right one looks like a flea comb.

They work fine for lice.

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It doesn't take as much skill to make functional leather armor compared to metal. Bad metal armor looks really bad, bad leather just bad.

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You can find lists of folks willing to transfer guns in a state fairly easily. I think that Shotgun News, MidwayUSA have a list, among other places. Typically they charge about $25 for the service (shipping, etc, gets paid on your end).

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I've never seen a male martial double effigy (as in the sculpture) but considering flat monuments, I know of four (3 in Belgium, 1 in France). Then there are a couple with two males and one female. I don't think I've ever run across a 4-person of any sort. Isn't there a brass with one noble with 3 ...

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Yes, I did, but Royal Cheese is actually how it is written on the menu. ;) A friend that took a cheese making class was told that most cheese was whitish until 1600, when coloring agents were added so that they would look like one particular type of cheese that yellowed as it aged, and was more expe...

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Stole this from Russ Mitchell Before you engage in combat, mind this: the blade of your saber is nothing else – and cannot be anything else – but an extension of your own arm, and equally: your entire arm, from the armpit right to the hand which is grasping the hilt, is nothing else but an extended ...

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You might look into this, I have it, but not with me to say how much 16-17thC stuff is in it.

http://www.amazon.com/All-Queens-Horses ... %27s+horse

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I've done .080 stainless on mine, only outside curves. The problem was in leverage, rather than blade issues. Mind the gap needed and it'll do heavier than it is rated for easily. (Also eats 1/8th aluminum with no complaint.) Put a larger/longer pipe over the handle to get more leverage, but at som...

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I picked this off of the USA Knights FB page: Thanks for the order. We are shipping USPS Priority Mail # 9405 5036 9930 0303 0402 38, 5 sq ft 3/8" SHOCKtec Air2Gel HD $50.60, less 30% discount for USAKnights.org $15.18, shipping $6.00, total $41.42. One of the other members that have ordered is Jame...

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Messengers had certain items that were "required", and I'm pretty sure that The Met has an article about one, where he is seen in the distance near a gate. I'll try to find it. Here's the painting: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/470304?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=messenger&when=A.D.+...

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... A18097.jpg

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If they can make it to Canada, there is nothing preventing them from traveling down the Eastern Seaboard.

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They were probably just as susceptible to the diseases of the Old World because of their isolation. If they weren't wiped out, they were probably absorbed by the time anyone started living in the area. They might have even been pushed west, like the rest of the Siouan peoples, such as the Mandan.

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http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Old-Spanish-document-suggests-Irish-were-in-America-before-Columbus-190817901.html?mob-ua=Y Old Spanish document suggests Irish were in America before Columbus 1521 Spanish reports indicates Irish may have settled in Georgia and the Carolinas By: KERRY O'SHEA | Publi...

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Luck!

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There's also the Berkasovo helmet, somewhere in Yugoslavia.

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What about the scallops/zig-zag on the front of the ankle, and the scoop by the ankle bone on his right foot?

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