The Armour Archive

mordreth

16 gauge butted 1/5 inch rings
to be replaced as I tool up for rivited production

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Suggestion Make a metal template piece, with the holes carefully aligned, use it to lay out your pieces You can cut heavy leather with a coping saw, band saw (be carefull) or sabre saw (be very carefull). Line up your plates secure them into a block, and use a coping saw to clean up any individual p...

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If the piece was parafin waxed (usual) it is possible to change the color to a degree go to a crafts store, and pick up wax, wax hardner, and wax color (used to color candles) You'll have to reheat the piece to drive out some of the old wax , and either paint wax on, or dunk it into the waxpot with ...

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"Enough room for yourself and a small telephone pole." The advantage of this is that the rings will close in, and it will take a while to outgrow it. At any rate, mine's over 30 years old, and I haven't outgrown it yet. On the other claw, I did take-in and flare-out when I made it, so any extra wei...

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im part of live steel so its not wood im worried about... i was just a bit concerned cause i would like a bit of armour between my organs and polearms, im not sure about hugh's dark age stuff (i assume thats you mr hugh's brother) but ive just got over a back injury and im a little concerned as at ...

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Trystan of Anglesey wrote:

Another SCA combat moment brought to you by URSUS ( http//ursus.smugmug.com ) ZweiHammer and Paint Shop Pro 10.

Flamethrowers were a short lived fad among the "active marshalling" faction

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Oddly enough - I was the only right handed fighter in my shire when I started out. For years I couldn't figure out why all the left handed fighters I met traveling thought they had some sort of psych going

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steaks I like rare lefties I prefer well done they all seem to hit this sweet spot right under my right arm.....I askede sir gabrial if he wanted to sign it before he hit it once... kick your shield further to the right, and closer to your chest Shield? What shield? He's a Kilkenny squire Has to le...

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critter wrote:steaks I like rare lefties I prefer well done

they all seem to hit this sweet spot right under my right arm.....I askede sir gabrial if he wanted to sign it before he hit it once...

kick your shield further to the right, and closer to your chest

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Alcyoneus wrote:
Maeryk wrote:Are you ready to have your hard work ripped to utter shreds by a bunch of armchair historians on the Intarweb?

Just wait till those AA jerks get ahold of it!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't worry about the AA - the clan Yama Kaminari board is a different matter

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I'm going to be very interested to see what he winds up doing with silver horde - not my style, and certainly not my culture but I like the SCAs big tent for a reason.
After all - fanatic crusaiders need someone to villify, and oppose

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So I went and fought today and to complete my ensemble I got to try out my new boots. We were indoors and I gotta say these are the most comfy fighting boots I've ever worn. Never a moments trouble, total ankle support, comfy soles, I now know whey they didnt even bother with greaves. I directed a ...

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[quote="Murdock ........................ The precussive force is whats mainly doing the damage too you thought the "assumed armour" anyway, if ya don't beleive that put on some mail and let some mook beat you with a baseball bat and see how good it feels. Actually don't do that... it'll hurt alot.[/...

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The outer layer will be slightly larger. I don't know what you're weating with the gambeson - I fight in mail so mine is about 1/4 - 3/8 inch overall with additional padding on the kidneys solar plexis, balls of the hips etc. heavy wool scraps come in very handy for stablizing the batting and adding...

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If it was water based stain its not going through the skin
have you tried a solvent based one ?

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Nissan Maxima wrote:http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=591167434

This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

a rip in the time and space continum occured when we agreed
looked like a 55 gal drum of "had it coming" with cream and sugar

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And no... I'm not going to stomp on it in a bucket full of urine. Aren't chores like that one of the main reasons that you got married? If you've ever heard scots "wool walking" songs thats exactly what they were for - the finished cloth was sewn into a loop, soaked in urine, and banged rhythmicly ...

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I like to use shampoo on wool, running the washer on hot wash / warm rinse, dry on med & repeat once or twice.
The wool will felt up beautifully so that some construction that uses unfinished, or lightly finished seams becomes possible

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And no... I'm not going to stomp on it in a bucket full of urine. Aren't chores like that one of the main reasons that you got married? If you've ever heard scots "wool walking" songs thats exactly what they were for - the finished cloth was sewn into a loop, soaked in urine, and banged rhythmicly ...

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As opposed to clearly stating that you're selling stolen property that you took from the back seat of someones car? Love that benefit of the doubt! Really piss poor SCA armor as part of an estate sale - purchased on spec by someone who has no idea what he's doing with it, but figures he can sell on...

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James B. wrote:FYI if you read the other threads someone pointed out that the listing clearly states they bought it an estate sale.

As opposed to clearly stating that you're selling stolen property that you took from the back seat of someones car?

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D. Sebastian wrote:I have shearling inside my combo knee/greaves and it's awesome!!!

My first helm (way too long ago) was padded with two layers of fleece sandwiched with the wool on the "inside" - I don't think I've had anything as good since
It did get a bit whiffy after a while

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Well in the 12th century you need it alot more. Honestly if i did not have the possibliy of being _forced_ to fight from my knees. I likely would wear nothing but "bullwarks of wool" (i think thats how they put it) on my knees beneeth my armour. To me that looks alot more like braces for the knees,...

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So you finally listen to the little olds guys from the 12th century who know padding is good for you?

Hrrumph Hrrumph Hrrumph

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OK now that you brought this up I have a question ... How many of you check you chin straps regularly ? I check mine quite often due to the systems i fight in an i use a leather chin peice with 2 straps which buckle on the outside of my helmet .. but if i see something that looks like it might fail...

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If he went early you can document almost everything from Qins army
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attract ... /index.htm
I've always liked the armor, I think it would be magnificent in bronze

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I like emery cloth with a bit of oil on the metal, after a few moments you'll wind up with a nice thin paste of oil, abrasives, and gunk that you've removed from the steel, as it dries add a drop or two more oil. When you're done remove it by wiping the steel down with a piece of buckskin, elkskin o...

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Thanks - I've got a bad habit of setting rivets, and using a heading tool afterwards to clean them up - this batch of rivets didn't work as well with my header as I assumed they would. It really has been a very long lay off, and I am concerned that my skill set has seriously deteriorated - time will...

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Great advice on the method there hew . I forgot to mention that the piece is a fairly heavy gauge,scrappile, and I cold raised it with the flat face of a ballpeen that I hadn't mastered the rounding of the edges. So its fairly beat up. All that aside I'm mainly using the planishing to remove the de...

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Just for the heck of it a densly woven (six X one pattern) hauberk with largish rings tends to look like )))))))))))))))))))))) ---------------------- ))))))))))))))))))))))) ------------------------- ))))))))))))))))))))))) when viewed from a distance - I've always sort of wondered if this is what ...

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Did some repair jobs for friends, did some fabrication around the house, but no real projects - I was dealing with a massive level of disgust on seveal fronts. It is a story I'll tell you sometime with a decent whiskey & a good fire I'm figuring to make at least a few hours a week to get some items ...

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Servus Mordreth, No need to make any more effort than you have already. If Pennsic is crushing you time-wise, forget about it until you return and I'l annoy you with a PM later. Thanks for taking the time to look. Don't I wish I was going I am pretty certain I know where it is, but some bags got bu...

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beauty appliance for those plagued by unusually large pores?

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Coming from you thats a great compliment I gave the nasal a slight overall dish - next one will be creased with a bit more hammerwork. I have been in a serious funk for quite a while - so this is the first time I've laid out a project, swung a hammer, and watched something grow on my bench in about ...

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This was done for a friend of mine - my shop finish is planished, wire wheeled to satin finish, then oiled. There is some file work on the straight edges, which I dont think photographed well

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