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Vilhelm550

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Been eyeballing the Code 4 flat ring, round rivet myself.

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Congratulations Lufu! Glad to hear you're litle guy is doing well. My first son was 4lbs 9 oz and was in NICU for a few days before we got to bring him home, too. Scary, but it's the best thing for our little fighters. Best of luck and sleep when you can! Nothing like building the Northshield Army o...

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Greetings all. I'm looking for a quote from any possibly interested armorers to make me a pair of spring or stainless steel finger bucklers, 5.5 inch diameter, 1 inch dishing, with 8, 3/16 holes equidistant around and 3/8 inch in from the edge. That's it, just the two pieces. See, I can manage rivet...

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When I used a CoP, I had a linger gambeson and a second 4 oz weight leather 'skirt' that buttoned to the gambeson. Combined with padded chausses that when over the hip, it was very effective protection from blunt-force impacts. Currently, My lamellar extends over the hips in panels, so no problems t...

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Thanks. I really like it and it's nice to have armor I can get in and out of myself. Yeah, I went from a traditional COP, closure in the back, to the lamellar and it made a huge difference in heat disipation and mobility. I liked the COP, but the Lamellar is better for me. There is conjecture on whe...

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My body armour is Type 24 style construction with Type 25 lamellar. Works great and easy to get in and out of.

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Lufu,

It's more fun to put them together yourself. I'll post pics of mine when I get them done. Should be in the next month.

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You could have just said "Milla Jovavich".....right, artillery, not bombshells....Id on't care what the wife says, I'm still getting a tattoo of a redhead wearing only a k-pot and wicked smile riding an HE round, ala WWII nose art style I'm also partial to the siege of Gondor in Lord of th...

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Snaebjorn, My friend, you are more than welcome to join the guncrew. I think this household, while recognizing SCA armored combatants who served in the US Armed Forces in some capacity, either on a gun, or supporting it, (any 13 series MOS...) is open to anyone interested in gunpowder-propelled arti...

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Chiming in on the Carpal Tunnel bit. Had that surgery three years ago. Take care of those hands. On a side note, I've been known to do a little leatherwork, and might be able to help you out there...ok, I've been eyballing your awesomesauce scabbards for a while, trying to figure out how to make one...

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Thanks JvR,

Hey, if you study Artillery or participate in SCA Seige weaponry, you clould be an honorary Gunbunny!

I'm thinking that badge could be a rabbit under, or over, a cannon...might have to find someone who casts pewter to talk to....

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Now that would have been a fun field trip! I fondly remember direct-fire exercises...especially the one when the gun grabbed my LBE and slammed me into the trailing arms as the breech came back in the recoil stroke.....left some fun bruises. I really hadn't given much thought to doing actual gunpowd...

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Robert, I've carried a Saint Barbara's medallion for many years. We are going to incorporate her image in some manner for the Companye. Perhaps in a battle standard to be posted near our encampments, filed emplcements, what have you. Our patron saint needs to be with us no matter where any member of...

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Jeff,

That's the beauty of the Companye....We don't need to be close geographically. It's about haviong the shared experience of beeing an artilleryman in the Armed Forces....and maybe doing some siege engine activities in the SCA if you are so inclined.

Welcome to the guncrew!

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I think someone will have to come up with a name for the people who are going to be moseying around looking like a medeival Bobby Buschey from the Adam Sandler movie The Water Boy.... Pitbull, there's a market for 'em....My funds are going for armoring projects currently, but I'll keep a note for th...

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Pitbull, you need to make them invarious sizes, Like 6-Pack, for fat bastards like me, or the 12-Pack, which could be one belt strapped on above the other...man, I'm putting way too much though into this...then there could be the Party Mule, a reinforced leather vest with bags, pockets, rigging dees...

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Pair that with a Beer Back (tm) and you'll be the most popular, well hydrated man at any event! m oo, yeah, add pouches.pockets for flasks under the bottle pockets.... Vilhelm, who has taken to hauling a small round cooler and a backup flask of good Irish whiskey at camping events....might have to r...

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winterg, this keeps up, we might have to have Honorary Gunbunnies....

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Congratulations, Your Grace! Babies turned the strongest man into a blithering idiot, bit it's sucha wonderful thing. Must be a wonderful thing or I would have four hoodlums to drive me crazy (three boys 15, 13 and 2, and my daughter is just past a year old). My first son was a premee too, at 4lbs. ...

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That book has become my bible for persona and armor research. Incidentally, Thordeman bereaks down the armor into 25 'types', grouped into 5 classes depending on construction and other factors. I developed my own armor based on the tye 24 and type 25 armors. the structure of the first with the lamel...

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OK, moving this over from the Classifieds. Any current or former 13 series MOSs, Cannon Crewmembers, Gunbunnies, Redlegs, shell-chuckers, what have you, that might be interested in being part of a loosely organized artillery household, jump in. Already been proposed the name of The Honourable Compan...

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OK, Since The Artillery Thing got a bit off-topic, I'm going to start a thread in , um, I suppose the Interpretive Re-enactment forum, for lack of anywhere else it fits better. So, all you 13 MOS types,If your interested in an arty household, form up in by sections and get ready for a two-minute dri...

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Ok, Darnit...not like I need another SCA project, but damnit, I like the idea of an Artillery Household! Even if it's just former or active-duty Redlegs. Even just a registry of members and a device would rock!

Yes, we should talk winterg, we should talk....

Arty go BOOM!

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What would be a good houshold symbol? crossed legs gules or a cannon sable above rabbit rampant gules?

I'm married to a herald, please forgive me!

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Can you speak louder? I didn't hear you.....All this noise in here... And after checking the armor for soft spots, you'll need to either exchange the winter track for summer track, or change the winter air in the tires for summer air. Vilhelm M119 105mm Ammo Handler 3/6 FA, Air Assault 10th Mtn Div ...

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Well, I can't seem to find any muffler grease anywhere....and I have a howitzer in need of a Boom Test (not what you think, and a little obscure, but should make any other former Cannon Crewmembers laugh...remember your first Boom Test?) Who said 13 Bravos don't have a sense of humor? Vilhelm

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Edging, yes. Your lacing looks good, but you might want to loosen up the last couple rows to allow for more movement. I uses a thin but strong grey slit leather for my edges, and made a floting row that act like a belt, and layered the upper sections and lower drop panels to either allow for directe...

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Thanks for the replies. And... 1. Velund, "you got what I need..." 2. Bill and Charlie; nice stuff, I like it, but it's pewter, and I need brass or bronze 3. Gaukler, when are you going to make more Wisby buckles? Puhleeeeze? Ok, time to start scraping up the funds. I need letters for a be...

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Greetings all,

I'm looking for anyone that is casting alphabet letter belt mounts, in either brass or bronze, around and inch in height.

Thanks!

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I have a $500 lid that was about 6 years old at that point, and worked it so my insurance ate some of the cost, so my Rec-Specs were less than $50.00...damned good investment for me.

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Same boat with the bad astigmatism. My eyes are goofy-shaped too, so I can't get contacts, and the lenses that work limited my choises. I do indeed use Rec Specs with the photo-grey treatment, which is great for outside. I toolk my helm with me to the optometrist to find eyewear that would work. I b...

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Is that an onion-top on the proto-salet? Talk about compound curves....Brass trim and brass-trimmed aventail attached to the inside...interesting....

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Jeffrey, Looking forward to loose 9mm rings, especially the brass ones! Like I need another armouring project, but there are a couple maille projects I want to do, and I would prefer to use wedge riveted mail about that size. Are you going to be offering the nifty riveting pliers for do-it-yourselfe...

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I second ( or is that +1?) Zweihammers gauntlet kits. I had to steal my wife's set, which were too big for her elicate little hands anyways...So I could make up a set of demi-gauntlets. I use the full gauntlets, with a sewn-in pad, riveted-in gloves and leather cuffs for single and two-handed weapon...

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Same here. Tapered tube sewn closed, put 'em on like snowpants!

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