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- Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:53 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Auction: Franciscan Stoneware
- Replies: 41
- Views: 701
Re: Auction: Franciscan Stoneware
Last bump to get this seen. Top bid is $100. My wife's birthday is tomorrow and sometime tomorrow I'll call the auction closed. NOTE: I wake up at 4:30 AM every day, so it could be early before I make French toast for the birthday breakfast before going to church. And...if you win ALL THREE auctions...
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:51 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Auction: Pile of SCA Weapons
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1191
Re: Auction: Pile of SCA Weapons
Last bump to get this seen. Top bid is $100. My wife's birthday is tomorrow and sometime tomorrow I'll call the auction closed. NOTE: I wake up at 4:30 AM every day, so it could be early before I make French toast for the birthday breakfast before going to church. And...if you win ALL THREE auctions...
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:49 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Auction: Atlantian Sweat Lodge (Dayshade)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 927
Re: Auction: Atlantian Sweat Lodge (Dayshade)
Last bump to get this seen. Top bid is $126. My wife's birthday is tomorrow and sometime tomorrow I'll call the auction closed. NOTE: I wake up at 4:30 AM every day, so it could be early before I make French toast for the birthday breakfast before going to church. And...if you win ALL THREE auctions...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:56 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
- Replies: 40
- Views: 845
Re: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
True!Corby de la Flamme wrote:What Sigurd said.
Also, if you continue to have a problem, just move to Atlantia.
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:53 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
- Replies: 40
- Views: 845
Re: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
Eventually you will be able to base it upon feel. With a good friend who is good at calibration, go ahead and cover your eyes with a blindfold (duct tape over the eye area works) and then fight them with the intention of determining good calibration. Go ahead and throw shots and move, dodge and weav...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:57 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
- Replies: 40
- Views: 845
Re: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
Sigurd of Jorvik wrote:Shoes and gauntlets! Gauntlets first!!
But otherwise, NICE KIT!
-Aaron
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:04 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
- Replies: 40
- Views: 845
Re: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
Explain first that you might not feel the shot as well as your opponent would like. And you value the esprit de corps and joie de vivre more than any victory, so if they think the blow was good, you will accept it, no questions asked. All that matters is the joy of combat. I’ve found that once my op...
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:34 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
I will redo the casts when I can then, if the armourer requests it. As it is, I think that the socks and casting material reflect the hosen and light ShockTech padding I'll be wearing under the greaves. But this is the first time out on this, so I'll take his view, as well as the views here, and mak...
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:54 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Plenty of Shoes in Stock at Viking Leathercrafts
- Replies: 21
- Views: 814
Re: Plenty of Shoes in Stock at Viking Leathercrafts
I was very impressed with the customer service AND the speed at which the repaired shoes and new shoes arrived. And the quality is fantastic!
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:52 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: 15th c. close salet project for BoTN
- Replies: 18
- Views: 980
Re: 15th c. close salet project for BoTN
Beautiful work!!
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:39 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Thanks!
I like that idea!
I like that idea!
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:12 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hummmm...I guess I could ask about the Mac Method and see if the armourer would like it in addition to the casts. But with kids as my helpers, I think this is as high-tech as we'll get.
-Aaron
-Aaron
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:30 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Torvaldr shutting down all on line and custom orders
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2843
Re: Torvaldr shutting down all on line and custom orders
Look, now you won't have a wait time. If the buzubands you want are done and in the "in stock" area of his website, then you have NO waiting and just have to beat the other people to put in your credit card number in time! This plan Torvaldr has is EXCELLENT IMO and I look forward to seeing product ...
- Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:33 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
What is Mac's method?
I used industrial veterinary casting tape, available on Amazon. It's used for horses, and is cheap per box.
-Aaron
I used industrial veterinary casting tape, available on Amazon. It's used for horses, and is cheap per box.
-Aaron
- Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:38 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Reviews on Customers
- Replies: 77
- Views: 1442
Re: Reviews on Customers
Thanks!
-Aaron
-Aaron
- Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:23 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Torvaldr shutting down all on line and custom orders
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2843
Re: Torvaldr shutting down all on line and custom orders
Someone said custom items should take three times the price and four times as long, but in my experience a GOOD custom item is three times the price and TEN times as long to complete. It's just harder to make a dream come true. Cue the Impossible Dream sequence! 
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
BTW, if you can cut the casts off with scissors, the cast isn't thick enough. That's a lesson learned for us. The metal/leather shears worked OK though.
One knee pad is toast though.
-Aaron
One knee pad is toast though.
-Aaron
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:10 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, If you can make it to Ft. Meade, MD, I still have old socks with the toes worn out and a second box of casting material, if you need a cast made of a limb. Before I go to BotN 2014, I will need to have my torso armour upgraded, and so someday you'll see a torso cast done by kids. But this time I...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:07 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, Trying to cut costs, I went with vetrinary casting materials, like used for horses. It wasn't a bad plan IMO, but the casting material itches and you'll need steel wool to get the excess off your hands. The casts aren't bad. They show that my legs are different. And I run every other day and the...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:03 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Or casts are Tebowing just like I will after a BotN bout, because I’m very thankful I CAN Tebow after a BotN bout.
The casts are all taped up and ready to ship…as soon as I build a box to fit them put an address on the box, etc….
The casts are all taped up and ready to ship…as soon as I build a box to fit them put an address on the box, etc….
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:01 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi,
Finally, here are the casts, “taking a knee” while bowing to the opposing BotN team and making a salute.
Finally, here are the casts, “taking a knee” while bowing to the opposing BotN team and making a salute.
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:00 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Other side
Back
As if I was stepping on your face.
As if I was stepping on your face.
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi,
As if I was stepping on your face.
Here is the final product, left leg (the one that didn’t take the hairs on the back of my thighs with it):
Side Front
As if I was stepping on your face.
Here is the final product, left leg (the one that didn’t take the hairs on the back of my thighs with it):
Side Front
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:54 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi,
Front
Other side Back
Front
Other side Back
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:52 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, Aaron Cast 16.JPG So the next time, we went with a flexed knee and ankle, and doubled the amount of casting material. Aaron Cast 17.JPG IMO it is better for the armourer, not fun for the customer. But the product will be better armour IMO. Here is the final product, right leg (the flexed one): A...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:50 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, Nick continued to add material to the left leg cast, which was not flexed (the right one was flexed). Aaron Cast 13.JPG Aaron Cast 14.JPG Nick did one layer for the sabaton area (not enough) and two layers for everything else (good). Then Nick and Caitlin wielded sissors, razor blades and shears...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:47 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, I made sure I had socks over my sabatons, to protect those beautiful sabatons. Aaron Cast 10.JPG Then we put a tube up the back on the left leg. It was an attempt to make cutting easier. It did NOT make cutting easier and the tube idea was avoided for the right leg. Aaron Cast 11.JPG Nick did on...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, I put on my Viking Leathercrafts turnshoes (BUY FROM HIM!) Aaron Cast 7.JPG ...and Halberd’s sabatons (BUY FROM HIM TOO!) Aaron Cast 8.JPG ...and did NOT put on my hosen from Black Swan Designs because I didn’t want them to be ripped or cut (BUY FROM HER TOO!). Then Nicholas pointed out why we s...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:43 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi,
Then I put socks over the calf and knee pad so that I would not lose the hair on my leg. And the socks simulated the woolen hosen I wear when fighting.
Then while Nicholas soaked the casting material (hint…don’t do that)…
Then I put socks over the calf and knee pad so that I would not lose the hair on my leg. And the socks simulated the woolen hosen I wear when fighting.
Then while Nicholas soaked the casting material (hint…don’t do that)…
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:40 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, The kids and I MIGHT have to try again. I'll get feedback from the armourer who volunteered to make the spring-stainless greaves (I can't call it "hired" at the REALLY cheap prices my friend is quoting me). I already feel like tipping him... Here is the photo essay of making casts for full greav...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:29 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Reviews on Customers
- Replies: 77
- Views: 1442
Re: Reviews on Customers
Heh. OK, you made me smile. Thanks!
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:38 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Auction: Atlantian Sweat Lodge (Dayshade)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 927
Re: Auction: Atlantian Sweat Lodge (Dayshade)
WOW! $126!!! This is good!
But the auction is final SOMETIME on 02SEP12...depending upon my wife's whim. And that whim is very variable.
But the auction is final SOMETIME on 02SEP12...depending upon my wife's whim. And that whim is very variable.
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:36 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
Re: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
I'll have pictures out on Saturday!
-Aaron
-Aaron
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:28 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: My kids and I made casts of my legs!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 611
My kids and I made casts of my legs!
Hi, My kids and I made casts of my legs last night. And, wow this was a test in trust. As the sun begins to set, and the kids are tired yet caffeinated, it is a show of trust when Dad says, "OK kids, please put casts on my legs, then use razor blades to cut me out while you are tired and caffeinated...
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:36 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Problem with Derek Stiver of Performance Armour?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1210
Re: Problem with Derek Stiver of Performance Armour?
I wouldn't buy in-stock armour from Performance so my PELL could wear it. His reputation is THAT bad that I would fear for the safety of my pell if my pell wore Performance armour...but I really wouldn't have to worry because the armour would never arrive, so my pell would be safe...but still do NOT...