The Armour Archive

Ckanite

Halberds wrote:May we drive up to visit and watch?
Need any tools?
I can bring sandwiches and Mountain Dew?

So many questions and so little time.

Hal

I'll have a Ham and cheese

In all seriousness, I would love to help out if I could.

Ckanite

Looks like I have another build to emulate

Very cool!

Ckanite

I would be very interested, but what price are your looking to fetch?

Ckanite

Zeth, there is no such thing as a final attempt. It's just the next big new project. And you will make mistakes on it and you will learn and you will be 100000000 times more critical of yourself than anyone else will.

Ckanite

Well... I'll help you dispose of that then...

Ckanite

Aesthetically, I like the hoodie, maille, flip-flop combo you got going on there! :mr.green:

You could heat it up and dip it in old motor oil, then torch it. And as long as the leather's treated VERY well, you shouldn't really have any problems

Ckanite

Is Black Flag really worth getting? They kinda blew the series on the last one... Though I loved Bro Hood

Ckanite

Well this is a blast from the past! How goes things on your side of the world?

Ckanite

Nah, you're good. I'd just try to increase the spray to morning and evening if possible, especially if the humidity is as low by you as up by me. (Wait, you are in Florida. It's never not humid. nevermind) No point in rigging up automated spray systems. If you ever get the desire to re-do the test ...

Ckanite

Could always go with Ti...

Ckanite

Very good Mac! Very impressive!

Ckanite

Mac, one thing that I've never understood is when we are fluting. Why do we flute the individual pieces separately then assemble and then see our mistakes as opposed to flute in the whole thing at once meaning everything attached as we do it to make 1pass of the entire unit and our lines will line u...

Ckanite

Would it be the rather backward position of the tassets?

Ckanite

1) I have been screwed over by Centaur Forge before and I would always avoid the place if you could. 2) they do not really eat away at each other. The aluminum acts as a sacrificial anode for the steel. Either way I would avoid them as best as you could. Over time they do weaken.

Ckanite

Well now that the shape seems incorrect. You can learn as much from bad repros as you can from originals. Sort of a don't do this any why. Why does it seem incorrect? What makes it feel 'off'?

Ckanite

Ask a business near you if you can piggy back an order. They'll probably be open to at least talking with you about it.

Ckanite

I have a bunch of small dome that I can put the detail on for you. If you want, I can go home and try it out and see if it'll work for you.

Ckanite

I only have a punch for the center but I'd love to help you out! I can cold cut and then file everything nice for ya

Ckanite

I'll give ya $15 for it... It should make for some good eatin'

Ckanite

Now that's an idea there KtR!

Ckanite

That is good news! I've been waiting

I hope this brief hiatus has you well rested up for another round!

Ckanite

Stunning work! All you're missing now is the beast to put it on

Ckanite

Well boys. why don't we all get together and start making some based off this data? See how things turn out?

Ckanite

Cod Pieces.

Ckanite

One tool that fits all does none all to well.

Ckanite

I'm sold.

Ckanite · Re: My work, Húrin v2 done (03-14-14) Beyond fantastic!

Beyond fantastic!

Ckanite

Woodcrafter, that's very sound advice!!

Ckanite

Those doo look pretty smexy! Even if it doesn't work for SCA combat, I'm sure that will work for some intense paintball...

Ckanite

Welcome to the Archive Kaber! There is no real "hard evidence" but if you were to look at different pictures from various combat manuals, you can get a pretty good gauge for mobility, though I'm not sure if any exist for Jousting.

Ckanite

Open it slowly with an awl and you could sew a bit around it if you wanted to. I've never had a problem with just pushing a rivet through and peening it over though.

Ckanite

It makes sense when metal is in short and difficult supply, but I'm more of the mind that they would do it with templates. 1) it's easier to imagine, and thus less mistakes can be made once you have a reliable pattern 2) it takes out a time consuming step, which makes the whole enterprise faster, wh...

Ckanite

Very well done!

Ckanite

Better safe than dead Mac.

Ckanite

Put a small through pin on the bottom to attach to the vambrace.

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