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Ironbadger

I've actually got an unfinished basket hilt in .090 T6 in the garage. Took me a couple of days to get the pieces dished enough to rivet them together, and by the point I was done doing that, I gave up. I might post a pic- Not sure if the thing is really worth ever trying to finish up into a usable p...

Ironbadger

Hey, if we can get enough interest together to actually organize one, I'll be happy with any day we can grab for it. :D Sorry to sound dense- but whats the Pas? (I might know already...but the abbreviation is stumping me at the moment...Or I'm still in food coma from the birthday run to the Brazilli...

Ironbadger

So, lets see. The list should include some asian styles, turk and polish, and maybe one or two very late types like burgs and close helms. If I assume that only one real greathelm is included for now, I think I can get 15 or so on the page with enough room for bare text descriptions. This is a hard ...

Ironbadger

Vladimir- These are close to what I have in mind for the final version- though the bottom one is incredibly "busy" with too many images, and I find it visually confusing. (So many, theres no room for text.) Obviously, I'm going to need to make a complete list of what exactly is going on the final ve...

Ironbadger

Thanks for the comments, guys. Yes, the finished version will have names- though approximate dates are a good idea I had not thought of. A few folks are kind if missing the point though, so I will clarify. The sheet is a bare bones starting point. As such, it is intended for people with no backgroun...

Ironbadger

Since I did not know where else to post the question.... Has anyone ever brought up the subject of a combat of the thirty on the west coast? I'm not sure I'll ever be able to get the time and the money together at the same time to attend a Pennsic, and the only other version of the event I have foun...

Ironbadger

This may be useful as well.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=145510

-Badger-

Ironbadger

This is far from finished- but I had an idea from a post last week that seemed like a good one. A sheet or sheets of basic SCA helm types that newbies could look at to familiarize themselves with the most common styles of helm in SCA usage. I'll declare the finished version free for general SCA use ...

Ironbadger

I second plum brown, if you want an even finish. If you are looking for an uneven, "picked it up out of a turnip patch" look... Peeing on it will work. The uneven nature of the splash will give you a variable amount of rusting. You could also sweat into it, then stuff it in a sweat soaked duffel bag...

Ironbadger

If you are not familiar with helmet styles, this site may be useful-
Helms of the SCA.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/808073@N24/pool/

I am also working on something that may be of more use in deciding a style, or for describing general styles of helmets.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

If thats anything like Man-Faye, I thank you for the pre-emptive strike.....

-Badger-

Sasha_Khan wrote:I wanted to forestall anyone photoshopping Broadway into a bikini...

Ironbadger

Already specified with my Red Sonja reference, but thanks for the thought. :) -Badger- It only qualifies if it comes with a hot 20 year old blonde in a bikini.....;) -Badger- in a chainmail bikini ...get it right!! A FEMALE hot 20 year old blonde in a bikini - there, fixed it for you before some rul...

Ironbadger

I stand corrected.

However, if its a chainmail bikini- Shouldn't the girl be a redhead?

-Badger-

Kenwrec Wulfe wrote:
Ironbadger wrote:It only qualifies if it comes with a hot 20 year old blonde in a bikini.....

-Badger-
in a chainmail bikini...get it right!!

Ironbadger

It only qualifies if it comes with a hot 20 year old blonde in a bikini.....

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I signed up last night.

Looking forward to using the site.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

As for Polish winged hussars. They have always had a special place in my heart for their truly magnificent armor and kit. So I congratulate you and your husband both on your choice of persona. That style armor and helm is a bit difficult to obtain here in the states, but seems a popular choice among...

Ironbadger

Well....Its quite....biblical.

-Badger-

Swete wrote:
Halvgrimr wrote:
Shire of Shittimwoode.

Holy S**t! Is that really the Shire's name?!

Ironbadger

Agreed. Measurements are the main thing. Style and period are just as important. The main measurement is around your head, level at the temples. Length of your neck is also important. I am sure I am forgetting one last measurement, but I'm being dense at the moment.... I am sure we have enough other...

Ironbadger

Since my search-fu is weak.... When making poleyns in aluminum, what gauge would an experienced armourer suggest? Say, in softer and hard aluminums? I have some 16 gauge thats not butter soft, and I have made things like rapier guards from it that have handled some pretty serious abuse without so mu...

Ironbadger

I'll register for it some time this week.

Nice to see any alternative to the evil ebay empire.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I've always loved the m44 carbines. They are usually tack drivers, and the recoil is mild by my standards. I have an unfired, unissued Polish M44 that was the last one left at a small gun store about 10 years ago. They took the arsenal paper wrap off this one to show what the rest looked like. Those...

Ironbadger

Argh!

All the way across, on the wrong coast from me.

Life is not fair sometimes.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

My thoughts for a while have been to make plaques in something like 1/8" thick brass stock and decorate the surface with punchwork. Rivet holes at the corners for attachment, and maybe enamel work if I feel ambitious. One type of belt I know I saw somewhere, was round plaques spaced between I beam s...

Ironbadger

I've been thinking about buying one of these myself, just to experiment with. I'm thinking its probably a low grade spring steel, and KoA sells it cheap enough to be worth getting one for costuming, if not combat. I can certainly make maille myself, and have done so in the past- but its so time cons...

Ironbadger

Now see- This is why I like the archive so much! :) I just spent an hour or so perusing Galfrid's site, and now I have to agree. Rondel poleyns don't seem to exist on effigies, and after taking Wintertree's comments into account, I see that I have to have been mistaken. I have no idea why I thought ...

Ironbadger

I'm working on patterning right now, and that means I am using up leftover aluminum to work the bugs out of the patterns before I commit to steel. Now, this means the armor I make is not likely to be used for real fighting- though much of it could be. I'm planning to set most of these aside as costu...

Ironbadger

I have access to upholstery velvet for cheap, locally. The only problem is, its a remnant place, and sometimes all they have is stretch velvet. I'm sure its poly or some other content, but theres absolutely no info on it..its just in piles. I've been thinking about a brig or coat covered in velvet m...

Ironbadger

You may just inspire to to dig out my casting tools again, Knots. :) Haven't done more than lead and pewter in 20 years, but I'm feeling the itch again... No idea what I'd cast though. Maybe I'll just play with some fancy cut brasswork for sale to others. I've got a ton of 16 gauge brass sheet lying...

Ironbadger

Anything that creates a cavity will work to start. You can drill and chip, carve, saw or do anything at all that takes initial wood out. Then you just hammer the indentation down until its nice and smooth, to suit. Some folks have done techniques like burning out a cavity with charcoal briquettes or...

Ironbadger

Yep. The Napoleonic breastplates were supposed to stand up to a musket ball at, I think 25 meters. Curious story, the initial order delivered did not stand up to this requirement.. So the French ordnance committee reduced the requirement to withstanding a musket ball at 50 meters... (The ranges are ...

Ironbadger

Gypsy got payment to me the same day I got him a total, so his responses were among the fastest I have yet experienced on the archive.

I would happily do business with him again.

Enjoy the sharp and pointies.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

8 foot ash pole, octagonal, 1.25 inch diameter.

http://www.garden.com/item/ash-pole-8ft/G26598/

Hope this helps.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Not to rain on your parade... But what you are asking for is repousse work. (I think I spelled it right?) And rather precise work at that, if the exact font style is to be replicated. Expect to pay some serious money for such a job, and its not an overnight task either. It would probably be cheaper ...

Ironbadger

Something I found at a local metals place. They have a shelf full of dusty pipe fittings, some of them quite large. The description is that they are weldable, and they look like they were formed by metal spinning of some sort. The steel or iron is quite thick walled- on the 5 inch to 3 inch reductio...

Ironbadger

Always remember Mister Scott.
When you promise by a longer date and beat it, you are a God....

When you underestimate and miss the deadline, you are a Dog.

-Badger-

Aaron wrote:
Duke Icefalcon wrote:
A good armourer pads the estimates by seven I guess.

-Aaron

Re: Making aluminum knees- gauge suggestions?

Re: West coast combat of the thirty?

Re: Work in progress- basic SCA helm types ID sheet for newb

Re: Work in progress- basic SCA helm types ID sheet for newb

Re: Work in progress- basic SCA helm types ID sheet for newb

West coast combat of the thirty?

Re: WTB: HElm for my Itty-Bitty girl head

Work in progress- basic SCA helm types ID sheet for newbies

Re: friend wants to rust arms purposely

Re: WTB: HElm for my Itty-Bitty girl head

Re: Mid-Life Crisis?

Re: Mid-Life Crisis?

Re: Mid-Life Crisis?

Re: Mid-Life Crisis?

Re: Started a New auction site

Re: WTB: HElm for my Itty-Bitty girl head

Re: WTB: HElm for my Itty-Bitty girl head

Re: WTB: HElm for my Itty-Bitty girl head

Making aluminum knees- gauge suggestions?

Re: Started a New auction site

Re: WTB Any World War II rifles

Re: Lots of hickory stumps in N. Virginia

Re: Plaque belt brain storming

Re: "high tensile" steel

Re: Rondels on late 14th century articulated poleyns?

Rondels on late 14th century articulated poleyns?

Re: The best way to use velvet in 14thC armour?

Re: New Knotwolf bronzes

Re: Stump Doming Dishes

Re: Napoleonic BP!!!

Re: Review of Iron Badger

Re: Spear shafts

Re: off topic, vintage snap on tool box restoration.

Weldable reducing pipe fittings?

Re: Professional Armorer ?