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by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:00 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Brass casters - mold material?
Replies: 15
Views: 514

It's possible to cast brass in reuseable soapstone molds, but the molds have to be baked at high temperature for a while every time you use them (drive out moisture), and I don;t know what sort of deterrioration you're going to expect over the long run. Soapstone works, but it wont last terribly lo...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:45 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for description on this technique(Brass work)
Replies: 22
Views: 571

If you have questions or want pointers, please post again. There are lots of people here who do chasing work. :)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:53 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Brass casters - mold material?
Replies: 15
Views: 514

Commercial investment plaster works well for bronze, anyway. You can also go the period route and use a variety of clay-like materials (possibly containing horse poo, straw, grass, etc).

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for description on this technique(Brass work)
Replies: 22
Views: 571

Smooth, curved lines *can* be done without too much difficulty; in my experience the keys are: 1: Tilt the punch slightly away from the direction of travel, but not too deeply or the back corner will impact the part of the line already cut. 2: Many light overlapping blows! Most people go too fast an...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:23 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Review of Historic Enterprises Maile and Kolben
Replies: 4
Views: 294

talaananthes wrote:Wow . . . how much did the club run you?


http://historicenterprises.biz/tourney- ... th=101_207

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:05 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for description on this technique(Brass work)
Replies: 22
Views: 571

CiaranBlackrune wrote:The lines are chased (or engraved, I get them mixed up a bit) That thing is not etched.


Engraving: removing slivers of metal with a sharp, hard tool.
Chasing: "artfully denting" the metal, usually with many light overlapping blows with a chisel when forming lines.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:22 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Leaf blade sword for a mutant celt
Replies: 59
Views: 2468

No. The only handheld weapons for SCA heavy fighting that are not required to be made from rattan are thrust and throw javelins, which are entirely siloflex, foam and tape and 9 foot or longer spears, which may be made using pultruded fiberglass pipe/tubing as the shaft material. It looks like you ...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for description on this technique(Brass work)
Replies: 22
Views: 571

losthelm wrote:I'm not shure but it could fall under the catigory of "wiggle work"


I don't see any evidence of that technique in this particular piece. Is there something I'm missing?

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for description on this technique(Brass work)
Replies: 22
Views: 571

losthelm wrote:I'm not shure but it could fall under the catigory of "wiggle work"


I don't see any evidence of that technique in this particular piece. :)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:09 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for description on this technique(Brass work)
Replies: 22
Views: 571

That is acid etched, with a low concentration of acid. I disagree. It very much looks chased. The "bubbles" are almost certainly indentations from a pellet punch, and close inspection of the lines shows overlapping chisel marks. Furthermore, the lines are crisp; there is none of the "...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:45 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Choosing a Tent Style
Replies: 72
Views: 1515

Eirik wrote:When I joined in '85 there was a very specific "1-1-600 to 1-1-1601" time period covered by the SCA.


This is no longer true. It covers probably 98% of what you see, but it is no longer a strict rule.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:47 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Ow, Fuck. Workshop safety advice.
Replies: 42
Views: 1121

If it's long enough, you can put your hair down the back of your shirt while using rotary tools.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:57 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Hourglass Gauntlet behind shield
Replies: 26
Views: 811

I haven't really seen many illos of center bossed sheilds from that time. There are some; the Romance of Alexander has a nifty center boss heater with the grip mounted at 45 degrees. Gaston has a nice page that has a few images you might be interested in (including one of the shield just described)...
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:52 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: West Kingdom Crown - shield size limit?
Replies: 21
Views: 801

Pardon me, I misread your post. The western standard is: shoulder to shoulder, chin to <i>crotch</i> (for heaters), for rounds they should be no larger than elbow to elbow, with your fists together.

Chin to knee would be huge. :)

Unless you're in Ansteorra. :D

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:46 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: West Kingdom Crown - shield size limit?
Replies: 21
Views: 801

I may be confused... am I hearing that folks consider shoulder to shoulder and chin to knee to be a small shield? Or is that a normal shield, and the convention is to fight with smaller than that? People outside the western tradition view that as a small shield. People from the western tradition (A...
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:45 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Next Caid Crown - no single-handed thrusting tips
Replies: 51
Views: 1203

Johno: the vast majority of fighters I have met perceive tourney and war fighting as being at least slightly different.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:38 pm
Forum: Armour - I want to be a...
Topic: Early Transitional Knight, France, 1310-1330
Replies: 56
Views: 7252

Maille chausses would be the most appropriate.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:43 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New cuises and knees, new coif
Replies: 6
Views: 480

Looking good!

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:17 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Choosing a Tent Style
Replies: 72
Views: 1515

Dragon_Argent wrote:By La Tene I assume you mean 3rd C BC(E for the PC). Isn't that pre SCA era?


Officially there is no start to the SCA era. "pre-17th century"...

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:15 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Seeking medieval-style chain images
Replies: 7
Views: 233

You're welcome, good luck with the project! :)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:21 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Let's play a game: Find the seam
Replies: 19
Views: 519

Must there be a seam? I'm not too familiar with working leather, but I know it can be stretched or dished. A shape like this can be formed from a disk of metal via raising... can similar techniques work in leather?

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:17 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Seeking medieval-style chain images
Replies: 7
Views: 233

Thomas Powers wrote:Is the chain to close off the Bosporus still extant?


Yes, it is displayed in several sections in different museums in Istanbul. I have a couple of photos of it here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/derianlebreton/tags/chain/

And the chain closed off the Golden Horn, not the Bosporus.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:30 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: SCA vs. RCMP
Replies: 19
Views: 850

JohannM wrote:the Crown Principality of The North seems to have been the source.


AKA the <A HREF="http://www.tirrigh.org/">Principality of Tir Righ</A>.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:20 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: 250,000 persona names invalidated in one fell swoop
Replies: 23
Views: 1134

And well, anti-herald hate isn't exactly uncommon here... ;)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: I need BOOKS!
Replies: 27
Views: 552

I warn you to take Hanawalt's Growing up in Medieval London with a grain of salt, though. I read and reviewed it for a grad class last year. A lot of her sources are 15th-16th century and she generalizes quite a bit- a rather loose interpretation of "medieval" London, IMHO. That's why I p...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:18 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: too seriously? ( SCA )
Replies: 48
Views: 2084

The SCA takes itself WAY too seriously... but that has more to do with the BOD & Royalty, adherance to rules about no grapling, not competing with cut & thrust rules, creating and enforcing award structures, abolishing water-bearers etc. This. A thousand times, this. I think the flip-side i...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:01 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Choosing a Tent Style
Replies: 72
Views: 1515

My wife and I love our wedge. Inexpensive and covers quite a broad time frame.

The term "A-frame" really only ought to be applied to tents with, well, an "A" shaped wooden frame. Civil-war wedges are <b>not</b> a-frames IMO.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:45 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: too seriously? ( SCA )
Replies: 48
Views: 2084

Re: too seriously? ( SCA )

USED to be just the Laurels that would walk up, turn your hem and chastise you because it wasn't hand stitched.... In ten years of playing in the SCA I have seen a hem-check exactly once, and in the context (two costuming people geeking out) it was a welcome thing. There was no "chastising.&qu...
by Derian le Breton
Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:17 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB-Medieval Plaque Belt
Replies: 18
Views: 420

Isabella E wrote:I might in the future but I have to use a different method of casting than sandcasting because it just takes so long I'd have to charge through the nose.


Stone carving! You can do it! :D

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:34 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Choosing a Tent Style
Replies: 72
Views: 1515

Remember, you can't push furniture or boxes up against the side of your tent. It will cause the water to wick through. Nothing should touch the sides of your tent (Or so I am told...I haven't tried it to test the rumor). As a former An Tirian, let me assure you that this is 100% true. -Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:33 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: I need BOOKS!
Replies: 27
Views: 552

This book was used in my Medieval European History course in college:

<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Ties-that-Bound-Families-Medieval/dp/0195045645">The Ties that Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England</A>, Barbara A. Hanawalt.

I highly recommend it.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:45 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Heating a Shop?
Replies: 21
Views: 508

elden wrote:I only wish there was a comparable DIY method for keep a shop cool.


Geothermal cooling is a possibility, though it's considerably more effort than a simple solar heater. :)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:24 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Markland 40th Anniversary ARMOUR GIVEAWAY - possible FRAUD
Replies: 49
Views: 2409

Lucius Marius Scaevola wrote:
talaananthes wrote:It's not Doug. :roll:


But I thought he now works as the perennial AA bogeyman?


This <i>is</i> the sort of mean-spirited crap he would pull.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:25 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Heating a Shop?
Replies: 21
Views: 508

You could add a de-humidifier if stopping rust is your primary goal. I'm not sure how well that would work when the temperature goes below 0 C though.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:48 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: GWW
Replies: 21
Views: 937

Thank you! An EESB is an Extra-Extra-Special Bitter. Take all of the things that distinguish an Extra Special Bitter from a Special Bitter or Bitter (alcohol & hop presence primarily) and amplify them. :)

-Derian.

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