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Halvgrimr

[img]http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/temp/1/D.jpg[/img] more pics can be seen at http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/temp/1/ i dont know much about it, but i know its NOT SCA legal my ex-squire brother won in in a bardic competetion some time ago, and then i traded him something for it i needs some ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by losthelm: [B]an easy way to solve the stress concern on future helms is to drill/punch out the point of the Y and then cut in to the hole. B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> thats how ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by sarnac: OK...what gauge are the center peices?? --i am a little confused as to what you are asking so i hope this covers it: The brow band ( the lower all around the head pi...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Garreth: Wow! That looks almost exactly like the pattern that i made. I was going to send you a copy, but obviously, I don't need to. Now that I've finished moving, I need t...

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its Magneto's helmet!

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not being much help i know

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http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/010147.html

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WOOHOO!
fixed it

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i cant ever get this right
can some one tell me what i am doing wrong with the pics?

i read the bit in the FAQ's and was sure i had it right

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OK I finally got time to work on getting some pics of the new helm I am building.
First I am nowhere near the caliber of armourer that some of you are so be gentle

As you can see it is going to be a â€œas true a replica as possibleâ€

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Patrick: In the big tool find from the Viking age (was that the Mastermyr find? Gotta look up my references on that one.) there were a couple of steel drawplates found, so ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ushumgal: Sweet! Isn't the large ship the Susan Constant? Alas, I live in the middle of the midwest, so I get to see little of ships... Jamie LU2.DUB.SAR<HR></BLO...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ushumgal: You mean this site? http://www.nmia.com/~rqpltd/ Jamie LU2.DUB.SAR<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --no but thanks i know Raymonds work, he is awesome but i am lookign...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Olaf MacBrome: [B] My time period is early 11th century, Varangian, hailing from Iceland. I know that wouldn't have been common, but it's my persona... for now. B]<HR></...

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hey yall one of my many contacts pointed me to the website of a friend that makes the pressblechs and other helm accessories for reenactors (most noteably garnet inlaid casting for the Valsgarde/Vendel helms.) any chance this was any of you? if so can you point me to this web site again? i seem to h...

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sorry to hear it Broadway

i started on my new Valsgarde 6 helm this weekend

i was skeptical at first but it is going great and looks awesome (IMO)

hope to have some pics up soon

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sorry to hear it Broadway

i started on my new Valsgarde 6 helm this weekend

i was skeptical at first but it is going great and looks awesome (IMO)

hope to have some pics up soon

Halvgrimr

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by freiman the minstrel: Patrick, do you have any more information on "extant musical instruments"? It sounds like a book I need to add to my collection, even on my limited bud...

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Egfroth: No, but I think you have to look at the conditions it was buried under - acidity of soil, access of air and aerobic microbes, that kind of thing. It seems to be a truism that organics like wood and leather (and, I suppose, horn) survive best in mud, with no air a...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by freiman the minstrel: let me add that this is really all academic. the Sutton Hoo grave is about two hundred years too early for Syrus' target date. Imagine how silly we wou...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Egfroth: Very true. A trap for newbies - how we all laughed! BTW, the current belief with the Sutton Hoo 'horn mounts' is that they are actually from the neck and uppe body ...

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Hey all NB saw this post and felt "-oops! - he was indeed in a hurry when he translated the origianl info for me. Therefore he copied the text and sat down with it and made a more thorough - and comprehensible - translation. He also made it more "flowing" for you English readers â€“ he says the lang...

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Howdy yall I was going to weight in but see NB has it all covered What i would like to mention is that thanks to NB's help i now have evidence of another example of splint armor from a Vendel age grave (ie, other that that in the ValsgÃ¤rde 8 grave) Take a look at the pics and you can see why if som...

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throw lots of vertical shots and try to avoid horizontal shots Madus (spears/gw/PA/ect) are much better at blocking horizontal shots than they are at blocking vertical shot, IMO. in case i am not comeing accross very clearly when blocking horizontal shots you have a shield as big as your body (if yo...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by dukelogan: hand protection is not required to be covered at this time. one word of caution about these baldar hilts. if you block with your basket make sure that you are tur...

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btw
sorry to hijack your thread Saverio

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ny BjÃ¶rn: I echo Mr Michael B in this; could you please provide us with references? Cheers /N B <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --its unanimous, id like to see it as well id ...

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well i donâ€™t know about the 11th C but there must have been some leather Vendel period helms. why do i say this you ask? take a look at this bueat i had to recently judge at a Queens Prize Tourney http://calontir.sca.org/artsci/QPT/pics/t-qpt-79.jpg bigger pic available at http://calontir.sca.org/...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Torr of Mercia: Thats me on the right, excuse the camo pants and boots it was practice day. www.leigho.net/mrpeanut/armor/ar1.jpg [-T<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --hey is th...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alexi: ok a would a well off warrior of the mid 8th century wear lammellar? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --there is no direct evidence that the Svear wore lamellar. other cultures ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by edward atte flynt: Does anybody know of a source for those cool brass puttee hooks? (you listening Tim Finkas?? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ) <HR>...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Steve -SoFC-: I left the plastic paddles in place --hmmm, i had always assumed this would increase the chances of damaging rings but your the man when it comes to mail so i ...

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i am certainly no linguistics master but here is how i think they are pronounced: Cuisses? Que-eese-s (Que as in Quebec, eese as in geese) Cuirass? Cure-ass Vervelles? Ver-vel-s hope that's right and or helps [This message has been edited by Halvgrim (edited 01-17-2003).] [This message has been edit...

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know that 60 minutes tumbling in an old dryer will make rusty maille shiny again - that's how we polish our maille before we ship it out.[/B] Steve i have always thought about converting an old dryer into soemthing that would do this. On the one you use,...

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it was required reading by my first knight.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Could one of you guys perhaps explain to me how a skirt like this is constructed? http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzim_12.html are the arms lamellar?[/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --i ho...

is this helm worth anything to anybody here?

Xpost - New Valsgarde 6 helm i have started

new Valsgarde helm i have started

Vendel helm accessories web site?