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Ironbadger

I'd like to order some buckles from them- but I keep hearing stories about bad service.
Mostly, its on custom armor.
Just wondering if they fill orders for small stock items reliably?

http://revival.us/14thcenturyscallopbuckles8pak.aspx

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Payment had been received and gauntlets shipped.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I don't need them at the moment, but I do want a pattern set when they come out. I almost bought a pair of originals at a gun show a long time back..To pick the stitching out in order to make patterns. But I resisted the temptation. Its got to be about the only thing you can't find a decent pattern ...

Ironbadger

Thank you for offering an Inverness coat pattern! Thats one of the ones I have never able to find, and I've wanted to make one forever. Any chance of men's early 20th century riding breaches? (General Patton/cavalry style- Also called "aviator's trousers" sometimes.) I drafted my own patte...

Ironbadger

I had someone link me the tutorial Sir Vitus did. I hadn't known of it till then, and it was most informative. The stacked leather construction was new to me- But it makes sense. I need to get more rattan before I can experiment.. Fortunately, I live within easy driving distance of Frank's cane and ...

Ironbadger

I need to check finances, but I may be looking to purchase a gauge and pole.
I assume a money order is acceptable for payment?

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Interesting stuff. I used to make weapons for Dagorhir, and a few rattan pieces back in the day. This is making me wonder if I want to try my hand at a few realistic designs for SCA use. Are you using a thin strip of rattan on the cutting edges, or just a leather one? I assume some closed cell foam ...

Ironbadger

What about the idea of stacking shaped pieces of aluminum to create the guard? Quarter and half inch flat stock, built up to the appropriate thickness and riveted/bolted together. Just file the outside bevels to what you want. I did something similar a long time ago to make prop weapons in much thin...

Ironbadger

I praise you as much for your patience as your skill in metal.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

PM sent.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

All right.

Hamish, that makes you next.

PM me for details, please.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Yes, yes it does.
But I'll give Galvyn until 6PM sunday night pacific time.
That should be reasonable enough...I have a bill that needs paying very soon, so I can't give a long time for dibs this time out.

-Badger-

Hamish Nisbet wrote:hey, that puts me on deck.

Ironbadger

depends.
Do I get a scantily clad young woman to faint into my arms and a decrepit old castle to fortify against the outraged peasants?

-Badger-

Konstantin the Red wrote:Would ya settle for an electric torch and a three-tine garden cultivator (and handy outdoors back scratcher)?

Ironbadger

Well, I haven't heard back from Galvyn yet.

If I don't hear back by Sunday, we'll move on.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Would this work for you?

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp ... l+Aventail

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Okay.
Trying to measure these was a pain, as the tape kept trying to go into the knuckle depressions.
I get a bit less than 5 inches on the underside across the knuckles, and 5 3/4 inches across the top.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Dammit, I wasn't THAT drunk! I can still see out of one eye, you know. And it wasn't a rabbit fur bikini...It was a genuine jackalope fur kilt! Some people these days...make one mistake and they never let you live it down. *grumbles and wanders off back to the buffet table.* -Badger- (nobody tell Ba...

Ironbadger

First dibs released- Yojimbo has second dibs.

PM incoming.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Yep. Pretty much what I told him. But he just kept on me about it for months. I got the "Can you make a traditional katana in folded steel" question many times, way back when. But his was the worst. They all had one thing in common though- they all wanted it or expected it for under $200. ...

Ironbadger

PM has been sent to Aidan.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Its off of a large sheet of leftovers from a local metals supplier that deals in cutoffs, so the exact alloy is unknown.
Its all from the same sheet, though.

-Badger-

aidanhroarsson wrote:dibs... what kind of aluminum was used...?

Ironbadger

All right. I could not recall what time period it was from, bu at least my memory isn't completely gone. -Badger- Ironbadger, That is the later 16th c. style thing I was talking about. Definitely an example of something that opens up in the front and hinges (usually) in the back, but not close to th...

Ironbadger

Something I originally made in 1981 when I was a teenager and had no sources for wire in bulk. This was originally a mail vest, then a mail skirt, and has been used at various times for other projects. Its made from number 10 lockwashers, which are spring tempered steel. I call it box link pattern- ...

Ironbadger

Now sold and shipped. Thanks for looking. -Badger- An unfinished experiment. All 16 gauge aluminum. The wrist articulation is a bit stiff, but has worked out a bit from what I started with, so someone else can loosen them up. I wear a size extra large glove..These fit fine with leather gloves on ins...

Ironbadger

Hm, I remember something from the copy of "the construction, decoration and use of arms and armor" I used to have..that was stolen bout 20 years ago... I recall a photo and description of something called "waistcoat armor"- that was a hinged cuiraisse that opened down the front a...

Ironbadger

Well, the free beer and rabbit fur bikini girl parties stopped a while back.

Welcome back.. Even if I've only been here for about 2 years myself.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I've used 4130 for knife furniture- but nothing else. I agree that polishing it is a royal bitch for some reason. (Hardness?) I'm planning to try it for a few knife blades when I get time- but I had not considered using it in sheet form for armor. Intriguing idea... I'll have to play with it if I ca...

Ironbadger

We used to use the blue 55 gallon detergent drums from car washes 20 years ago. A canvas and drum plastic CoP will certainly work...I just hate using plastic for armor these days. Thats a personal thing, of course; my last fighting kit was made from a laminated pattern leather cuiraisse I made as a ...

Ironbadger

For the fabric- clear spray lacquer. It won't get super stiff. I'm not sure anything really can in a way that won't crack. For the leather- all the suggestions I could make boil down to water hardening and/or lacquering. If you need really stuff material for the wings, I would really suggest thinkin...

Ironbadger

Don't ask me about some of the things I've been asked to make over the years.... This is a very familiar problem for me. I was once asked to make a japanese katana forged and folded in the traditional manner.. Out of pure titanium. Oh, and his budget was about $50...He might go to $100...But he was ...

Ironbadger

Hm,I have a section of box link mail thats about 18 inches by 37. Its made from number 10 lockwashers- something I put together when I was a teenager..About 1981. (Number 10- 3/16 inch or so inside diameter.. Too small to weave into international pattern mail.) You could use it to make the mail conn...

Ironbadger

With a bit of Italian and maybe French thrown in.

-Badger-

Maeryk wrote:swiss: German with checkers.

Ironbadger

Barrel and stock pending.

The rest still up for sale.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Edited to correct the description of the scabbard.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

Thanks. The grip is actually hand carved; not lathe turned. You can see irregularities if you look at it and turn it at various angles. I'm rather good at hand carving, and its a point of pride for me. -Badger- The proportions of that blade are just perfect, and the finish on the handle is gorgeous....

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