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Ironbadger

Ends in a few hours.

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Ironbadger

Thats always a good thing!

Still thinking about a kindhjal?

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Sevastian wrote:$50
*Edit* I keep getting compliments on the seax I bought from you earlier. This would make a great addition to my Wife's kit!

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Ends tomorrow.

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It uses whats called a whittle tang, and it is epoxied in place. (Whittles are the most common period tang on original knives from the period.) The pommel plate is attached to its own tang, which overlaps the blade tang down one side, and all completely filled with epoxy mixed with sawdust from shap...

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Auction closed/sold. Thanks all. Not sure whether to call this one a small or a medium seax. Razor sharp carbon steel, not quite 6 1/2 inch blade, 10 1/2 inches overall. 3/16ths inch thick- deeply flat beveled for the sharpest possibly edge. Rough mirror polished. Brass hardware. Walnut grip. I left...

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Well, the prod I have is too short to be a powermaster. Its got a quarter inch hole through the center, and a shiny spot where it was secured with a fender washer. I bought the prod here on the archive to fit to my existing tiller. I've been building the tiller for several months, and was going to u...

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31 inches is sevral inches longer than the prod is.

So it can't be off a powermaster.

Thanks for the link though.
It is useful.

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mordreth wrote:I'd say 31 inches http://www.ebay.com/itm/31-Whamo-Power- ... 0714289972

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I have found several sites dealing- poorly- with making crossbow strings. But they all seem to lack one crucial bit of information. How do you determine the length you'll need for a string? The sites I have found are also mostly some vague text and maybe a pic or two without much in the way of usefu...

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It frankly looks like a modern Chinese made piece, ground from a billet of commercial damascus. Theres a ton of artificially aged swords coming out of China now. Mostly cast bronze pieces, and some steel. But it all looks subtly "wrong" in some manner if examined closely. Thats about all I can tell ...

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Excellent!

Thanks Axe.

Now whats the size of the helm?

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I use photobucket for the convenience, personally.

I avoid facebook like the plague...

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Nice to see you back in the armouring saddle again, Hjal.

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I am familiar with that one, but its not the one I meant. :) Turns out I do not currently have any antler of a size to try the idea- So I have to shelve it, or change what I had in mind. And I do have some pieces to finish before I am really free to play with random ideas again. So we'll see what ha...

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I remember at one point seeing a folding knife that was claimed to be viking or norse. The grip was antler, and the blade had a longish tail sticking out the back. You used it by holding down the tail against your palm when it was unfolded. Anyone know what the documentation for this is? Pics of ori...

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I also recommend thermoplastic or vacuformed styrene. Son of a friend of mine made himself a suit about 8 years ago, and the most involved tool he used was a heat gun. In metal? Good luck finding an armourer willing to take it on as a project. Not saying you can't find one- But armourers who do medi...

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Its from warhammer.
Starts about 1:07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZ47fvEG9c

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I was figuring I'd have a look for you and see what turned up. :) I've worked with some of the unmarked stuff before, and its hard as hell to hammer in about 12 gauge. Theres occasional lucky finds in marked alloys. But theres no predicting what will turn up. -Badger- I've seen vendors around .09 mo...

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Dibs.

PM incoming.

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Its all fabrication scrap pieces.

Unused sections of virgin 4X8 sheets.

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losthelm wrote:Can you tell what it was before showing up the the scrapyard?

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This is the kind of thing I like to hear.

Everybody wins.

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What is the best thickness for a shield made up in aluminum when you have no idea what the alloy is? The scrapyard has some stuff thats around 12 gauge to 1/8th inch...But its not marked in any way for alloy. So I have no clue whether its soft, or actually aircraft grade scraps. I'd certainly find o...

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I got them.
No worries.

Replied.

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Chuklz wrote:
what am I doing wrong today?
I've written you TWO Pm's and they are sitting in the Outbox, but not Sent?

EDIT: Okay, they've sent through finally.

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Not yet named. That is your privilege, sir. :) PM me for payment details and we'll work things out. -Badger- I'll wash dishes, do your laundry, work out a payment plan...an Irish-persona-nut (yes I am!) dream come true! Okay, calculating overtime coming up...training to be the backup Lead for my cre...

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This is now sold. Finally completed this beast of a dagger. Well.. More like a short sword. An Irish Scian, such as used by Kern in Ireland. (Or Skean... Though I am now told that spelling is more Scots than Irish.) The blade is a bit over 24 inches, carbon steel of 3/16th thickness. It is sharp, fl...

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The poly fill turned out not to be glued to the leather.

So now all the scrap pieces are cleaned and ready to use.

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Finally got a pic up.

Theres about as much more than this in smaller scraps from the cushions, etc.

Now I have to figure out how and where to store this stuff.

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Fed em to the dragon.....

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Halberds wrote:I think skinning it... was a good idea and an appropriate terminology for your wanton act of knife wielding.
What did ya do with the guts?

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Too big to fit in my truck.

The couch was also missing one cushion and had all four wooden feet broken.

Not something that was worth salvaging as furniture, in my opinion.

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Galileo wrote:Couldn't just take the entire couch?

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Its all just pieces of leather.
Nothing for them to hide in- Though I did take a really close look at the seams on the pieced sections after your posting.

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Marshal wrote:First thing: Check carefully for bedbugs and other little vermin.

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Really? I'll have to try that! Thanks CK. :) -Badger- Not sure what to do with it, BUT I do know how to get that stupid poly stuff off. Clear packing tape, hard roller, rip tape off. Works great and doesn't ruin the leather with scraping. I had the same problem a few months before my Grandma died. O...

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I'll have to take pics after my doctor's appointment. However, I found a leather couch sitting streetside late last night, and helped myself to a fair sized bit of upholstery leather in pieces. None of the individual pieces are wider than maybe 16 inches or so; but the backing piece is a good 5 feet...

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Hello. Just letting everyone know I'll have some very nice things for sale shortly. These will include a rather large H grip Hungarian baselard, and a very long Irish Scian dagger. (Around 25 inches of blade! More like a short sword.) I'm working through a severe pinched nerve in my right shoulder, ...

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Damn, bro.

Get better, all right?

I want to meet you in person some day.

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well, as I said, I'm a bit swamped for the immediate future. Since I could not measure things personally, I would most likely provide guards with a smallish tang slot that can be filed out to fit, and pommels with a single hole drilled, that you can drill out as needed to fit what you have. I'd need...

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