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Halberds

Durn good! You can put the nasal in a Vee notch in a piece of wood. Then hit it on the inside with a hammer and a brick chisel.
That will put a nice crease down the center of it.

What sort of rivets are thoes?

All and all I like it.

Hal.

Ps: From one that is fond of spangen helms anyway.

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I don't know anything about SCA but that's a cool helm. You pattern like me. Duct tape, poster board and alcohol.

Happy metal pounding.

Hal.

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Wow that is very nice. Smooth too.
Thanks for the pics.

Hal.

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Thank you Ioxunimous. This is a scan from my crusaders book. I tried to coppy the helms with the box drawn around them. Do You have any idea what those squares are on their shoulders and how they are attached? Also what are they made of. They may be a good addition to my kit. I just don't know what ...

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Damn near done! One more final polish and the leather suspension and I can call this complete. Thanks for all the help and support I have received. [img]http://www.cox-internet.com/halberds/Sugarloaf.jpg[/img] Your local Hobbyist. Hal. (Edited to show new pic) [This message has been edited by Halber...

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Bad news. Their is no way I can make this for a reasonible price. I ran the numbers. Materials + Labor + overhead + profit. No one in their right mind could afford it. I could make three times as much money working at McDonalds in the evening. Perhaps I should find a different hobby. To give you an ...

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[img]http://www.cox-internet.com/halberds/progress12.jpg[/img]

The brass is not free standing. I will measure the nose clearance.

Cost? I will have to figure it up.

Hal.

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I felt so bad for missing the last one. Other plans you know.

Yes I would be interested. I could not offer much, but I would like to learn more.

Hal.

God bless Texas.

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The cross breaths are made like this:
1. cut out cross cardboard shapes.
2. stick them on the face plate.
3. mark around them.
4. center punch the holes.
5. electric drill the holes.
6. cut between the holes.
7. hand file to finish shape.
8. sand and finish.

Happy metal pounding.

Hal.

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Ohhh, that is nice maille hand protection.
I like it.
Thanks for the pic.
Hal.

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Available on the internet?

[img]http://www.cox-internet.com/halberds/prog16.jpg[/img]

Hal.

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[img]http://www.cox-internet.com/halberds/bronzsteel.jpg[/img]
My favorite!

Happy metal pounding.

Hal.

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[img]http://www.cox-internet.com/halberds/halberds2.jpg[/img]
I'm a metal pounder and I'm ok. I sleep all night and I work all day.

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Well for a fellow countryman I will reveal the formula. That is an experimental dishing hammer. Long swing light weight Mega dishing son-of-a-bitch. This prototype broke in the first test, but it made my sugarloaf cap. It is still under development. I'll let you know as it progresses. Some day I hop...

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This is the type I was talking about. Cheep imports.

Hal.

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I also use the 14" red handled bolt cutters.

Mark the rivet where it needs to be and snip it off to size. Then snip all the others that size.

Yes it leaves a >< type cut, but it peens down just fine.

Hal.

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I used Texas oak. Rough carved in the dish with an Excalaber. A right angle grinder round chain saw attachment. As shown. [img]http://www.cox-internet.com/halberds/stumpmagic.jpg[/img] Then I heated up red hot a 6" dia. pipe cap and placed it in the stump with the tongs. It burned it's hemispherical...

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I need glasses. I thought the title to the thread said "Can you blue grass".

I was gonna say: I just know a few hammer on's on the 6 string.

Good info about the color.

Hal.

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One can get single weights for a few dollars.

Damn! Ain't armouring fun.

The quest for the tools is the best part!

Happy metal pounding.

Hal.

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Wow Bascot, that was cool. Their for a moment I was a Norman. Nice piece of history.

Thanks, Hal.

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The wallmart dumbells pinched in the vice work good. They have a slight radius. Peel away the rubber coating and sand it smooth.

Find the sweet spot with your polished planishing hammer. Hammer away. Be ready to spend all day on it.

Anything nice does not happen quick.

Hal.

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Thank you for your advice.
I will use the rounded head type on the outside and let them flatten a little as they are peened from the inside.

Hal.

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No brass. Use steel to match the helm.

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For me it is easy to put the factory head on the outside. Peen in my leather suspension 8 places. I am torn between round head or flat head brass or steel or a combo of both. Crap I do not know why I took up this hobby in the first place. But seriously folks I do want it to be somewhat historical. H...

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Pardon my ignorance but what does a period rivet look like? None of my books show it up close. A link to a pic would be appreciated. I have never seen a real piece of armour.

Thank you for your support.

Hal.

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I would like to use the flat steel tinners rivets on my new sugarloaf under construction. Problem: They have this spiral lathe tool mark on the head. It is not very authentic. I do not wish to sand and grind them down. Is it ok to pound the crap outta em on the outside to erase the tool marks? Will ...

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Thank you, that is just what I needed.
Man you guys ain't seen nothing yet.
A little more drilling and dremmel tooling.
A bunch of filing and I will have meselfs the best damn breaths yet.

Very Crusaders I hope.

Hal.

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How does one cut out the rectangular breath in a face plate?

Hal.

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I agree. Cut them out and fit them to you!

Happy armouring.

Hal.

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Uhoooo Ahhhhhh that is nice.
Is it very heavy?
Hal.

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Thems is durn nice! Good job. Looks like you are going to be a good metal pounder.

Could you next time reduce your pic to abour 400 pixels on the largest side, so it does not take so long to down load.

Thanks for the pic and happy armouring.

Hal.

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Very nice picture lay out. Thanks and good luck on your prize.

Hal.

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Check with the industrial welding supply and ask where the bad cylinders go.

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Do you remove the nice plum before fighting?
Cool armour. Thanks for the pics.
Hal.

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All the links worked for me cept the last one.

That is the best looking helm of that type I have seen so far.

Crusader, from the old paintings and drawings, helm if I ever saw one!

We would like to see a pic of the full kit. If you would be so kind.

Thank you for sharing.

Hal.

Sugarloaf type of helm. An interpretation. pic

Are their any helm kits that look like this?

Rivets question?

Metal cutting question?

Sugarloaf type of helm. An interpretation. *pic*

Are their any helm kits that look like this?

Rivets question?

Metal cutting question?

Sugarloaf type of helm. An interpretation. pic