The Armour Archive

Arrakis

Hjalmr,

Will you please write peoples' AA names and email addresses next to their real names in your receipt book?

You post stuff like this all the time and it's a hassle for everybody.

Quit being lazy; get it together.

And have a merry Christmas.

- The Grinch.

Arrakis

Kill the animal and tan it first and it won't bleed so much!

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For the grill? How do you mean?

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Oh. Duh. That makes a lot of sense.

Thanks! I might even consider a few layers of Plasti-Dip on the bottom bar or something...

Arrakis · Re: Helm for Ajax...Progress pics... 12/3/11 Ugo wrote:just gas. Like a boss.

Ugo wrote:just gas.

Like a boss.

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AvM: Nah. I made a helm liner and it kills the ring in the rest of the helm (drilling the holes for the chinstrap and the liner helped). Thanks, though.

Thanks, Gunther.

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Hey guys. Just picked up a wicked nice Munitions Bascinet from Ironmonger. I'm drilling holes for a nice liner now. But, during fitting of the liner and subsequent whack tests, I've noticed that the helm rings... but when I hold the grill with my hand, it doesn't. The grill is riveted on and it's wh...

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Make sure you specify desired helm dimensions.

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Made something similar to that last based on this .doc: http://kelly.dwarfworks.com/sca/helms/H ... andout.doc the other night and, while I haven't fought in it, it seems plenty good, even just stuffed with poly-cotton quilt batting. With a good chinstrap, that is.

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UNF.

Saw it on facebook; I know the feller it's for.

Damnation, is that ever pretty. And not just pretty pretty, but functional pretty. Rest assured, I'll be coming to you one of these days when I'm not in grad school for a non-starter helm...

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Sounds like a great plan to me. Just make sure you have someone with a nice camera and a good white shooting stage/lightbox to take a nice shot of each piece or batch or specification (for regular-type items), tag 'em into a good inventory system, and link it all together and upload the new pics on ...

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Belegarth and Dagorhir and Amtgard fighters might be interested. Some of them lurk around here.

OP: Look up Sir Vitus' bracer tutorial on this site. It's got what you need.

Arrakis

Case, bake at 180°F in the oven, shape in intervals of ~15-30min.

No boiling water at all involved at all.

Win at Cuirbouilli.

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Nice, hive. Is this what you were doing when you weren't driving over here to get wrapped by me on Sunday?

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Too big for me. Thanks.

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Can you measure the inner circumference with a fabric measuring tape?

I might be interested...

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Thomas MacFinn wrote:Baron Eirik

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Progress!

Looks sharp.

Keep it up.

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Just got mine in the mail! It's nice! Just a hair tight on the elbow, but I think that may be a feature instead of a bug. The shape, buttons, and movement is awesome.

Thanks, Ice!

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Thanks; I was debating ordering a helm from him and this is useful information.

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Make a punch? They're just metal.

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Covering both "sides" of the CoP? Surely you don't mean covering the plates from the inside...?

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Woo hoo, just what period shoes need most: Modern heel lifting.

(Note: Sarcasm levels approaching maximum; modern shoes are bad for your feet BECAUSE of stuff like heel lifts.)

Why not just a solid double sole the whole length of the foot?

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Nice! Does that mean my order has already shipped or will ship tomorrow?

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A Medium t-shirt usually fits well, a Large is typically a little looser than I like.

Chest Circumference is 40".

Please advise.

The grande aisettes look really nice on those coats.

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Does this include the "white cotton arming cote" with wool padding? Do any of the other colors have wool padding instead of polyfill?

How big is a Medium?

Thanks

Arrakis

I've been waiting for gear for TWO YEARS.

For Christ's sake!

YES, an ultimatum sounds reasonable!

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How many layers? My first (sleeveless) gamb had two layers of quilt batting between two layers of medium-weight cotton canvas and it feels kind of insufficient, even over the body.

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I've been considering shelling out for a Jolly Knight m , which is certainly in the right price range, but I would really like something with grand aisettes . Do you know of a vendor selling such a product at a relatively budget-friendly price? What are peoples' opinions of the Jolly Knight product?...

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Konstantin the Red wrote:I never mix gloves and rotating power tools -- they grab hold of gloves too.

Good idea. Buddy of mine got his arm wrapped around a borer when his welding gloves got to close. Broke his thumb, index, a metacarpal or two, and his forearm bones.

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contact cement them in with "dap" (in the red can) from home depot. takes four coats for the metal and the pad though. when tacky put elbow pad on center elbow cop and smash it in until pad bottoms out in cop. remove pads by heating metal with blow torch or heat gun and peel them out. if ...

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Never got around to making arms for my gambeson (well, I made the first one, but it sucked, so I just scrapped the idea of arms on that particular gamb). My whole armor situation is kind of a mess, on account of me being new and a grad student and therefore just trying to get into fighting kit, quic...

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Hey guys. I just picked up some simple winged cops (think they're Stonekeep) from a buddy. I was planning on riveting them to elbow pads and then pointing the vambrace-edge of the cop to my vambs, as well, for an easy-on solution to my arms. What elbow pads should I order for this? Any other tips?

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Brutal. How long did that take you?

*needs to go buy some dang sandpaper and a set of files...*

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What methods/tools did you use cleaning it up? I bought a helm from him as well and have never cleaned up a helm; mine's in incredibly poor finish: All edges sharp, weld splatter everywhere, pits, gouges, uneven abrasions, no polish or even planish to speak of...

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Re: Favorite elbow pads to rivet cops to?

Re: Favorite elbow pads to rivet cops to?

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