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- Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:45 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
$10, $20, $38, $60, $110, crane (which am still getting quotes on) ... I think that should cover any budget.
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:36 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
Glaukos the Athenian wrote:Thomas MacFinn wrote:Glaukos the Athenian wrote:How about a Tsuba in the manner of Miyamoto Musashi ...?
I should have a quote for you soon.
Wow. Even in laser cut steel that should not be heavy. Looking good.
$20 for a "squared off" mild steel version of that design (the original looks rounded).
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:47 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Rattan Gladius Kits
- Replies: 17
- Views: 430
Re: Rattan Gladius Kits
Eirik, you definitely will have it in your hands by Crown.
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:36 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Gambeson Construction Advice?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 566
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:43 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: WTT Four gambisons for rattan seax
- Replies: 14
- Views: 331
Re: WTT Four gambisons for rattan seax
Do you have pictures?
My son wears green, I wear red, and I was just talking to him about making a seax scabbard for one of my blades.
My son wears green, I wear red, and I was just talking to him about making a seax scabbard for one of my blades.
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:34 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: How Long is Your Sword?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1560
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I have no problems with basket hilts since many of the maneuvers done with cross hilts are not allowed in the SCA. However, I’m unclear why baskets with 7-8†"I have no problems with basket hilts since many of the maneuvers done with cross hilts are not allowed in the SCA. However, I'm uncl...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:38 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
Glaukos the Athenian wrote:How about a Tsuba in the manner of Miyamoto Musashi ...?
I should have a quote for you soon.
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:32 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
Aluminum Basic Tsuba 3" diameter, 4.4 oz, 1/2" thick: $38.00 (a HUGE improvement weight-wise over the 12.2 oz mild steel) http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/6235065619_1d8e27ece7_z_d.jpg First prototypes of black plastic tsubas Basic (left): 3" diameter, 1" thick, 3.6 oz Wheel (...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:18 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
I wonder if you could get a machine shop to do a lot production of a few hundred/thousand for a reasonable amount? I'm certain I can, however do you want thousands of tsubas? I don't. Last April, I had an idea for mass producing Pompeii gladii and selling them in batches of six for a whopping 25% d...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:05 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
Vilhelm550 wrote:Any plans for anything larger than 4.25, say 5.25? the leather tsuba on my nodachi-style greatsword may need replacing soon...
Anything I have done can be scaled up.
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:45 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Photo Contest “Me and my Armor suit”!!!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1675
Re: Photo Contest “Me and my Armor suit”!!!
That is a really sweet kit, Max. I wish the contest was about the quality of the armor instead of a popularity contest.
When I think "action shot in armor", jogging isn't the first image to come to mind.
When I think "action shot in armor", jogging isn't the first image to come to mind.
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:37 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Photo Contest “Me and my Armor suit”!!!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1675
Re: Photo Contest “Me and my Armor suit”!!!
Looks like the pretty girl and the goofy horned helmet are way in the lead. Most of the other pictures are just people standing around in armor: no sweat, no drama, nobody flying through the air. Ursus could win that contest without trying hard. http://www.bogpages.com/SCA-photographs/Pennsic-Wars/P...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:59 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 525
Re: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
... I am not clear on how, adding the elements you mentioned, are going to make the helmet safer? It was 1990 or so, but I have personally shoved a bastard sword inside a helmet. It was at the (then Stronghold, now Barony) Raven's Cove fighter practice and my opponent was Sir Loric Bane. I thrust h...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:17 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: new rules
- Replies: 218
- Views: 3754
Re: new rules
see, it's not that the rules are bad per se; it's that the rules need to be ripped apart and rewritten from scratch to eliminate alllllllll these gray areas. Blackbow I would be satisfied if the rule changes already enacted between Nov 2008 and now were actually posted in one place in the Marshal's...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:07 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 525
Re: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
You think this is a bad idea. Message understood. Is anybody else out there actually enthused that I am trying to make my helmet safer and look a little less like a patch job? In addition to the helmet, because my current gorget rests on my gambison and coat of plates, I cant wear the buff coat that...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:44 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Idea for hidden female armor.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1112
Re: Idea for hidden female armor.
Doing the padding layer and the hard stuff layer separately as was done historically has not only stood the test of time, it's practical. You can wash the padding layer. (Yes, women care about this.) You can omit the padding layer if you want to on one of those nasty hot days. The padding is not ge...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:51 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Jousting on Foot
- Replies: 14
- Views: 337
Re: Jousting on Foot
Looks fun.
Your target looks a bit big. Even if you don't want to cut it down, I'd paint a small white circle in the center to give you something smaller to aim for.
Your target looks a bit big. Even if you don't want to cut it down, I'd paint a small white circle in the center to give you something smaller to aim for.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:06 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: What is your inspiration for your device?
- Replies: 142
- Views: 2266
Re: What is your inspiration for your device?
I've seen plenty of people who have pretty devices that they cannot draw. I wanted a device that I could draw with my mitten gauntlets on. Since getting it approved, I've slapped that device on everything remotely associated with me - even my children. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5350648059_...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:40 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Munitions Grade Arms Update - Fall & Winter events (updated)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1373
Re: Munitions Grade Arms Update - Fall & Winter events
I've got pics of those mace heads.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:15 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 525
Re: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
I'm aware that the only period face protection for this helmet is either a single bar passing through the brim or a three bars cage attached to the brim. The new visor and removable face piece I am proposing is definitely an 'sca-ism' to make the helmet safe and is no more period than the current ba...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:55 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: japanese gear.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 879
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:44 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
Are you saying "I think this would be a good design to keep costs down (for somebody else to buy)" or "I want one of these" ?
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:11 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Rattan Gladius Kits
- Replies: 17
- Views: 430
Re: Rattan Gladius Kits
Also have you ever made a Falchion waster? Is this closer to what you have in mind? http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6231983964_4fd548cd1d_z_d.jpg http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6231984042_6749164dfa_z_d.jpg Assuming I can get it to him fast enough, Eirik should have this waster for sale at...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:20 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
It is not an original idea. Japan Airlines and I may have been borrowing from the same source.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:30 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: 20 biggest events in the SCA
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1121
Re: 20 biggest events in the SCA
Thomas MacFinn wrote:Would the kingdom senechals have the attendance figures?
How about everybody writes their kingdom senechal and finds out?
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:27 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: SCA Hearldry question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 241
Re: SCA Hearldry question
I believe the way that they handled it was to take several well known real-world devices and 'register' them in the SCA database. So a search through the armorial will find entries like: France, Ancient The following device associated with this name was registered in December of 1994 (via Laurel): A...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:15 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Elephant rattan
- Replies: 21
- Views: 707
Re: Elephant rattan
(P.S. I love your shaped weapons and need to get a pair some time soon) When you are ready, I am not hard to find. I've also made a 'design your own' section at foxknife.com so that people can answer questions like "How much would you charge for a 15A waster that was 54 inches long instead of ...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:10 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
I'd love to see somebody take the stuff I can do and hand carve them further into something like this:
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
Now you need to cut a pair with the House Clovenshield symbol in the tsuba and get Nissan to come back for another round. I thought about it. If you look at the initial tsuba doodles at the Foxknife page on Flickr, you will see something similar. I even sent Nissan an email back then asking if he h...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:47 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Elephant rattan
- Replies: 21
- Views: 707
Re: Elephant rattan
I think you are right, hivemind. Between individual pieces of C. Manan there is quite a bit of difference.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:37 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tsubas: Cost vs Quality
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1423
Re: Cost vs Quality
I've seen Katzbalger S guards go for more than that, but they are twisted and BIG.. I'm not sure a Tsuba that _small_ is going to get a lot of interest.. but I could be wrong! Because our blades don't "catch" on a tsuba like they would on a real one, we tend to outsize crap to protect our...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:10 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FS- premade SCA legal weapons
- Replies: 87
- Views: 2489
Re: FS- premade SCA legal weapons
I am interested in your turnaround time as well.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:47 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Rattan Wasters - Spatha, Maces and more
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1615
Re: Rattan Wasters - Spatha, Maces and more
I carved down the sides of the small waster a bit more to give it a less chunky appearance and reduced the weight by a few ounces (but it still has quite a bit of smack). I've also knocked $10 off the price. This is a rare item. I can only make curved blades with skin on the entire striking surface ...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:05 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 525
Re: Wanted: Helmet visor and falling buff
Thomas MacFinn wrote:The buff doesn't need to actually fall, but it would be nice if it was removable like the one on the left in this link
http://images.cloud.worthpoint.com/wpim ... 616061.jpg
The link is acting up.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:57 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Does Anyone machine Aluminum?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 733
Re: Does Anyone machine Aluminum?
No no, it's simple. You don't actually make the hilt like that, you just give the impression that it's made like that. Here, I knocked this together in Paint in 5 minutes. The more darkly shaded area is tapered at a 45. The key to any work like this is to make your lines CRISP, and your surfaces fl...