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Ironbadger

Its good to hear you weathered the storm in one piece, Cet.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Still available.

$50 shipped to CONUS.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Okay, I'll entertain offers.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Ironbadger

I have a set of aluminum spalders for sale here. VERY light- 16 gauge aluminum. Not hardened, and I have no idea what the alloy is. Nice brass scallop buckles. Articulation is on leather strips. Two holes for pointing. They don't fit my new 15th century kit, and they were an experiment, so I won't b...

Ironbadger

Sorry this took a bit- The arms are 3/16 inch tooling leather- so quite solid and sturdy. Mild steel rondel couters. The splints are thick, hardened aircraft aluminum. (6061, T6. Main plate 11 gauge,side plates 12 gauge.) Satin finished. (green scrubby pad-easily touched up.) I started to rivet the ...

Ironbadger

Yeah, you and me both, bro.

I'm going through a very slow recuperation after months of illness.

Get better, and inspire me to recover properly.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Hm, I have a set of splinted arms with rondel elbows I'm thinking of selling.

Never used- just about finished making them, and decided to go 15th century instead.

I'll see if I can manage pics.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I've made quite a few over the years.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I actually use a bandsaw for thick leather myself.

Sometimes I'll knife cut- but only for smaller pieces in simple shapes.
Otherwise, its just too much work.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Articulation of a hussar breastplate-
Two useful videos showing the movement range.

-Badger-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL45r2AE ... r_embedded\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=ULoL4 ... =endscreen

Ironbadger

Knives are sold pending payment by Gypsy.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Amen, bro! Losing the gear sucks, but gear IS replaceable. -Badger- Better to lose gear then people. Gear can be replace... Ok, I suppose people can be replaced but generally there is more emotional attachment to specific people. Come home safe and come fight where you can die 100 times in a single ...

Ironbadger

Bump....

Ironbadger

Teardrop hammer.

I should have specified- but the only ones I can find to buy locally are teardrops.

I use the broad end to dish splints, narrow end for truing.

-Badger-

losthelm wrote:Iron badger are you useing a teardrop or flat shaped hammer?

Ironbadger

I found the nylon hammer put fewer and smaller hammer dings in the metal, so less planishing was needed to finish up. -Badger- Thanks for the advice Badger. I guess I could get out the old router and put a channel in a piece of 4x4 I have in the garage. Just out of curiosity. Why do you use a nylon ...

Ironbadger

I am afraid that even though I knew what a mempo was...I just HAD to look and find out what kind of topic this was.....

-Badger-

Gurahl wrote:Off topic, but am I the only one that giggles like a lunatic everytime I read the name of this thread?

Ironbadger

I have two of my popular antler hilted medieval sheath knives for sale. Since theres been requests for me to offer a few for sale without the hassle of an auction, I will do so for these two. First to arrange paypal gets them. Sheaths already made, leather dried and hard, so they are ready for immed...

Ironbadger

You can actually use a small mount of buffing compound and an old sock or a piece of wool cloth to get a not quite mirror finish on brass.
I've done it a few times, when my grinder was dead or packed away.

Takes forever, but for small things like a belt buckle, it does work.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Hm, more like dish the splint to fit. Theres no real standard for how much dish/curve to add...I'd say just go for what works for you, personally. I make splints by just pounding in a basic dish down the length of the splint with a nylon hammer and a two by four with a groove cut in it....Then corre...

Ironbadger

A viking dunce cap?

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Depends on the color of your trousers......

-Badger-

Ironbadger

For me, I appreciate the extra comments when I post something for sale. It makes the place feel friendlier. For me at least, thats at least as important as selling stuff. I believe the warm social atmosphere it creates actually makes folks more inclined to bid or buy. Its a good part of what keeps m...

Ironbadger

It is so frustrating that I cannot work on my own version right now.

I keep relapsing, so that I cannot breathe..
However, the lively discussion here gives me some sense of compensation while I am too weak to lift a hammer.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Aw, now thats a cutie. We had serious problems with kitten dumpers at my grandparent's place, because of a public access road that ended against the property. It was covered by trees on two sides, so anyone doing a pet dump had great cover to get way unseen. Needless to say, we had a lot of kittens ...

Ironbadger

When do the good things always show up when I'm broke?

Damn....

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I got my sallet top from Ironmonger.

http://ironmongerarmory.com/parts/helm-tops

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Much of the weight of the aventail will rest on your shoulders, not your neck.

Thats where the pound or two figure comes from.

I honestly never noticed the extra weight after a few minutes of putting my helm on.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Made this a few years back. I used a mild steel breastplate for the main forming, and a plastic shoulder dish from an incompleted clone trooper armor to form the shoulders. I found that plastic dishes, funnels and other shapes work just fine for cold to warm wet forming of leather- just wet the leat...

Ironbadger

Very cool.

Thulsa Doom lives!

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I've never had any hesitation using butted mail in something like an aventail. The drawback is that you have to repair it when it "moth-holes". The galvanized aventail I had on my old spun top, 22 years ago had to be repaired exactly once... And I fought in it weekly for practices. The butted mail I...

Ironbadger

To be honest, Losthelm has the right of it. Stakes in a variety of shapes will serve you better for armoring than a single anvil. Most of what I do, I do with a pair of the cast iron dishing forms I got from Llewelyn Goddodin here on the archive, a section of rail scrap, and some lengths of thick wa...

Ironbadger

Well, harbor freight has had chinese made import anvils for as low as $50. I have not seen one at a HF for some time, so they may be discontinued. For a purpose made anvil, prices vary a lot- but out here in California they are hard to find. I would not be surprised to see $200 or more, asking price...

Ironbadger

I do have TOMAR, but my copy was extensively water damaged a while back due to a freak flooding in the house...And its mostly a solid brick of paper-like material now, and must be replaced. Since I'd be making one of these for SCA type work, I'd likely keep to the 7 piece version. I'll have to see i...

Ironbadger

I don't suppose anyone has ever posted a pattern? I'd wind up having to draft a new one in my size anyway..But now you have me wondering how much curve I should give the plates. -Badger- I've made these. The center section is about three quarters of an inch wider in the middle. More towards the bott...

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Aluminum 14th cent. spalders for sale.

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Re: Churborg 13 breastplate details?

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