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jgalak

I was originally thinking about 18ga mild for my CoP (#21 Wisby), but I just gained access to some stainless. Would 20ga stainless be enough?

Thanks,

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Unfortunately, metal-working classes are rare around here (NYC). I'd have to travel 2-3 hours for one, and that's just not time I can afford. I found a slitting shear from McMaster-Carr that will do what I want, but it's expensive. I thought I'd seen a cheap (~$50) one from HF or something, but I ca...

jgalak

If I don't find an inexpensive shear to use I'll probably end up doing just that.

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

I'm looking for suggestions on how to easily cut straight lines in 18ga steel for making a CoP. I have lot's of plates that are the same width, and would like to be able to cut them in one pass. I have an electric right angle shear, and as soon as I finish refurbishing it I will have a B2, but it se...

jgalak

Michael Shedden: On that, I agree with you completely. Every piece I've seen referenced has had faulds, not those rectangular things. A bit ago I was going to build a corrazzina to fight in, and I planned on putting faulds on it. If that's your main objection to the Met suit, I agree with you. I am ...

jgalak

If you can dig up a copy of the Compleat Anachronist #69, the author there discusses several aspects of cloth-covered armor. In AAotMK, p. 75, there is a 1376 silver altarpiece (middle picture, extreme left figure) which shows a figure in what appears to be a cloth-covered breastplate, split down th...

jgalak

McMaster-Carr has a good selection, in different weights.

www.mcmastercarr.com

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Is this the guy that supplies Chivalry Sports? Some of the stuff looks very similair..

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jgalak

Chandos - that would be nice! Do you have an idea of when they will be available and what they will cost?

If I can document this for a skirt, I'd definitely be interested...

Any chance at stainless?

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Is wearing a scale skirt (with either leather or steel scales) with a CoP documentable? I'm also working on a CoP, and want protection for that region. I was thinking of just extending the bottow row of plates to be lone enough to cover the hips down to my leg armor, but if this is more authentic, i...

jgalak

Yes, but are they appropriate for a Mid-14C kit? I seem to recall seeing some like this, but I'm not real sure.

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

What about these:

http://members.home.net/waldryk/Arms/elbow%20cops.jpg

?

Are they appropriate for the period?

jgalak

Hmm.. I looked at Mandrake's site, and the elbows in the pic look two shallow - are they deep enough in actuality?

The other problem is that I want fans (or rondels), as I don't think fanless elbows offer enough protection.

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Edward: Yup. The issue here is that I need to put my kit togehter in a hurry and on a tight budget. I can't make soupcans, and I don't have the time or money to comission a set (although I would love to do so). So I want to take a pair of 5-lame elbows (that are available all over the place, as in-s...

jgalak

Well, you can start here: http://gerfalcon.tzo.com/medieval/armor/brig1.jpg http://gerfalcon.tzo.com/medieval/armor/brig2.jpg http://gerfalcon.tzo.com/medieval/armor/brig3.jpg http://gerfalcon.tzo.com/medieval/armor/brig4.jpg http://gerfalcon.tzo.com/medieval/armor/brig5.jpg The first is an actual 1...

jgalak

Err... Don't Charlemagne, Roland, and 8th Century all predate the Crusades? Or am I even more confused then I thought?

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Thanks Norman! I forgot about that dig. I just looked at it again, and it is interesting, but I'm not sure I'm that adventurous right now. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif In any case, while I can maybe buy the CoP being Italian (there were CoPs with upper back defences - like the Wisby #2...

jgalak

Well, I'm planning on picking the time/place based on where I can justify a kit that I like. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif The only pieces I am set on at this point is the CoP and a sugarloaf helm (which, admittedly, is a bit early, but not impossibly so). Do you have a web or book refe...

jgalak

I'm putting together a kit based around a Wisby CoP (#21). I want to make splinted arms, and am wondering what kind of elbows were appropriate for the time period. Were the SCA-generic 5-lame elbows available yet? I've seen some illustration of what look like articulated elbows with one lame above t...

jgalak

knyaz and Norman: If the site is outdoors, then I think winter is out. We should aim for mid-spring. (Aprilish?) If it's indoors, then a Winter hammer-in would be awsome, since not much else is going on. Maybe Mid-January? Norman: We can always just do an informal gather at your place some Sunday or...

jgalak

Central NJ is certainly doable, Philly is a bit tougher. If you can get Mr. Simmons to host (or even attend) it would be very cool.

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Norman: I'm definitely interested as well. Since I'm local, I'd be willing to just come down for a Sunday or something, too. It doesn't have to be a long weekend that way...

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ulrich: nobility in general which is what we're all supposed to be in the SCA anyway. (leaving out the differences between actual levels of nobility and SCA levels of nobility....

jgalak

Wow, that really is just like the SCA combat archery rules.... Neat...

My only comments on the conventions os to lose the 90 degree rule in favor of an excessive force rule.

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

WMA: Would you be willing to come down to the NYC area if we had one around here somewhere? It'd be very cool to have you here...

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

jgalak

Hey gautrau, total shot in the dark, but to you by any chance know an Erica Sontz? She used to live in Bethel, and it's a small enough town that it's worth asking... Pretty much anywhere in downstate NY, or anywhere in NJ, CT, RI, and most places in MA would be fine for me. Parts of MD, DE, and PA w...

jgalak

Danbury, CT is only about an hour away from here, that region would be great. There's still the need for some one to host... naldarn/Mad Matt: While I'd love to travel there, I'm afraid that I just can't afford (timewise) to travel that sort of distance, expecially this summer. Basically, if I can't...

jgalak

With all these Hammer-Ins happening, I feel gypped... Anyone interested in doing one in this area? I'd offer to host, but I live in a small apartment so it's not really an option. (Cap'n Atli's suggestion notwithstanding... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ) I'd go to anything within 2-4 h...

jgalak

Cariadoc's Miscellany can be found at: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/miscellany.html Cariadoc dexcribes two methods: Wax hardened and Water hardened (which he preffers) The articles are: Wax: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/perfect_armor.html Water: http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Medieval/Art...

jgalak

I bought an in-stock item from Waldryk (pair of SS half-gaunts), and it arrived very promptly and was very nice. A friend of mine got a whole lot of custom armor from him (Churnburg segmented and a bascinet with interchangeable klapvisors - globose and bargrill, and maybe arms and legs, not sure. Al...

jgalak

I've decided to lengthen the CoP somewhat relative to the original. Basically, I want to take the skirting (last row of plates) and roughly double it in height. In the orginal, this row of plates covers roughly from the bellybutton to the top of the hips. I'd like to extend it to cover the hips, cro...

jgalak

Hey, I'm in the NE! I live in NYC.

Maybe we should do a NE hammer-in? I'd offer to host it, but I live in a small city apartment...

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

Not mine, just a head's up:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1646713416

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Yehuda ben Moshe
mka Juliean Galak

jgalak

If you are considering these as your primary metal cutting tool for armoring, forget it. The problem with these shears are that the smalles curve they can cut is about 10-12" in diameter. They are really meant to cut in straight lines. On the other hand, they are very fast at straight-line cutting, ...

CoP steel gauge

Cutting straight lines

Elobows for a 14C kit

Any interest in a Northeast or Mid-Atlantic Hammer-In?

B2 on eBay