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Gaston de Clermont

I'm sorry I misunderstood your message, Russ. The two longer splints in each arm are 17.4cm long. Hopefully that works for your needs. I'll PM you paypal info and we can get you squared away.

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I have 3 sets in my van that could be in the mail to you today.

These are stiff and tough as heck, but lighter than other splints you can buy.

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These could certainly reinforce leather bazubands. They're intended to be riveted to leather in a setup like this gent wears: http://effigiesandbrasses.com/monuments ... /original/

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What grade of stainless are you playing with Randall? The specs for 410 say you get the highest corrosion (rust?) resistance after heat treating and polishing. I've managed to get it to rust by sweating on my arm harness in a ravine in Mississippi and leaving it out in the dirt over night. Dew forme...

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You might use submission or capture, pushing someone out of the ring. Either encourages a lot more damage and wrestling than we presently see. I'd rather get knocked down than knocked out, or tear a rotator cuff.

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Maces are legal, and the pole arms can weigh a couple pounds. They do hit pretty hard, and you can stun an opponent. There were a number of concussions in Warsaw last spring. Shields hit harder than most of us expected. Swords don't behave like light sabers, and armour generally protects you pretty ...

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I work in spring stainless. There are a few different alloys that qualify, though some of them may have too much of a chrome hue to satisfy the reenactment crowd, depending on how picky they are. I also do a lot of the heat treating for North Star Armoury, so if I can't fit your friend's commission ...

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At the moment we only have fore arms and calves. Thighs and upper arms sound like things folks are interested in. We'll make some patterns for them.

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Yes, they're shaped and fired, and Master Jovian is coming over tonight to sand and polish them tonight. They're shaped to give you the outline of a real calf, so the side splints are a shallow S curve, and the front plates are flared at the ankle. All of them have a lengthwise curve to add strength...

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Bump!

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Weird. The description on Amazon says it's copper. My understanding of the alloy fits with what Sean described. I'm curious what the guys making helmets are doing to weld the pieces together. Seems like that would make a soft spot along the seams that got heated unless you plannish the heck out of t...

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The COP looks great, Craig, and I love the colors. I have a new batch of spring stainless vambrace splints for sale over here: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=158758 and I have greave splints almost ready to release. Those will be the best light weight protection for your ...

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Light, tough and shiny! Quick shipping!

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We've made another batch of vambrace splints. 6 sets are polished up and available for $95 including shipping to the continental US. Shipping to Canada is $5 more. I'll have to look up the prices for other destinations. Here are the details: http://burgundianhours.blogspot.com/2012/10/18-gauge-splin...

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2 kilos sounds fairly heavy for a theatrical weapon.

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Hi Augusto. I tend to keep my fingers fairly close together because: 1. They get hurt more easily when they spread. 2. They don't fit in my gauntlets when they are spread. Honestly I focus very little on my fingers during axe play. It's mostly about range, leverage, and scaring your opponent. Have y...

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There's always going to be some risk of concussion. Not feeling the hits in this game so you can focus on your opponent with minimal distraction would be glorious. I'd give a lot of thought to the total helm design. Mass, and how easily the helmet deforms are clearly important. The worst concussions...

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But Nissan, if you kill people you don't get presents! I'll be fighting for the French. I'm happy to use steel if they'd let us.

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Keegan- if you find yourself around Austin you're welcome to swing by. Folks come over to my open workshops every other week or so on Fridays.

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I used rattan for my axe hafts in Poland, as did most of the team. It doesn't hit quite as hard, but it also doesn't break as easily. It's very satisfying to hit someone with an axe, but it's more common to take out opponents with checks and trips, which you can only do if you have an intact weapon....

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I'm using 0.090 spring for the skull. Bevors and reinforcement plates can be thinner, but I feel that is the right amount of mass. 14ga may work OK for some folks, but IMO it's a bit too light to resist all the brain injury and dents, and 12ga is heavy enough that it raises your center of gravity to...

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My cornemuse came with a reed almost exactly like the one Erikr posted. It works OK and it's stable, but it's very quiet.

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Can we qualify this? Squires are not an official rank IN THE SCA. Historically in many regions, they were.

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Tempering allows you to at least partially decouple the hard-brittle connection Scott rightly warns about. Check this little graph and blurb out: http://burgundianhours.blogspot.com/2012/01/toughness-and-hardness.html?m=1 Your thickness depends on your application and your skill. Working really thin...

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I really, really felt like this was a guy who had done something really tangibly good for the community, something that would help countless people for years and years to come. I felt like this guy was a pillar of what we do. I feel that Brian has done quite a bit of good for the community, and he ...

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Sorry I missed that, James. Sounds like fun. I must have rolled into site too late to partake. Aedan- BAM is definitely something to add to your calendar.

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Just like in medieval Europe, ranks, titles and honorifics have different meanings in different areas today. In the East, particularly in Jersey, there are tons of knights, so a squire isn't unusual or particularly special. Where there aren't so many, or the squire is the best connected person they ...

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In Maurice Keen's book, "Chivalry," he refers multiple times to squires being a rank. They were the lowest rung on the ladder of nobility. An archer in a knight's retinue was most likely not of noble birth, but a squire most likely was.

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I don't think they need my endorsement or protection, but for what it's worth, I've worked with and fought along side Robert and Scott/Felix over the past year and have nothing but respect and admiration for them both. This end of the sport has drawn some tough fighters who can be abnormally direct,...

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I like your Friday night idea. It sounds perfect since it's fun, but not necessarily a hard core booze fest. Maybe a brewing competition, or just a brewer's bottle swap that evening would fit. Keep me in the loop on you plans and I should be able to help recruit musicians, or run a dance pit for you...

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Caius- It's a long hike for you, but some of us are meeting this Sunday in Waco if you want a taste of this kind of fight. Track me down and we can get you building a kit, the skills and fitness you'll need.

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Sean- search for Tech Shop. They have them in Menlo Park, CA, Round Rock Tx, and Detroit Mi. I think they'd be up your alley. I'm active in our local Tech Shop. Just yesterday I had a nice conversation with one of their employees when he asked what I was working on. I was just fixing my hurdy gurdy'...

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Has anyone here tried out the Unequal padding? I'm looking at this: https://unequal.com/?defcon5 and this: https://unequal.com/crt The defcon5 is thicker and more expensive, but doesn't have their crt technology. 3/16 thickness in the crt just doesn't sound like enough distance to really slow down a...

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Is there anything we could do to increase the hot water capacity of the showers? I really liked playing in the castle more than we have in years past and the victory conditions and tactics we employed let us it more completely. The castle is way cooler than the ravine, or even the bridge. It's a gre...

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I wrote 90 because that's the temperature at which NYC carriage horses can't work. Of course, NYC is a solar oven in the summer, and it all depends on the horse and its fitness, but I was thinking of what would be legally defensible. (Rule #1 for trying to get anything done in the USA: Think like a...

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