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Prince Of Darkmoor

Good work Becky!

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Mercy! I had no idea that putting up that auction would cause such a stir! Kevin, Don't worry - this group can get pretty ugly over all kinds of stuff. Hell, we STILL talk about one helmet we saw on ebay months ago... Good luck selling the shirt.

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Rev., that's because big boys are smart enough to just throw on a coat of plates. NOBODY wants to dish out a breastplate to fit big guys like us. Besides, they only make sheets of steel so big, ya know

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I don't know if Andy's gauntlet business has been taken over entirely, but I do know that there are a couple of us who make gauntlets based off his pattern. Galon (gauntletguy@hotmail.com) I think has taken over the bulk of the work for Andy, but I could be wrong. Getting in touch with Galon is some...

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Since it's 16ga stainless, 5/16" would be very adequate and 1/4" would be damn near indestructible. I'd go for the 1/4", myself.

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If you can't be the best, be your best.
Salinas Swordsman
Darkmoor Armoury

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I kinda like it. This coming from the guy who is still working on his dad's 12ga 1/2" ID hauberk. And come on, that guy is only 6' tall & 230lbs. I was bigger than that as a sophomore in high school . He's just a wittle guy http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ------------------ If you can't be...

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Yes, taking care of the tank's dishing bowl will really help you out in the long run. The edges of those little pits can really scratch up your work, so I'd recommend taking an angle grinder with flap wheel to it and grinding out the small pits. For the larger pits, or where they have numbers stampe...

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Thanks for the pics everyone! I'm well on my way to figuring this project out yet...

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Very cool Ryan, glad to hear it!

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If you can't be the best, be your best.
Salinas Swordsman
Darkmoor Armoury

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5/16" should be fine, but 1/4" produces a nice strong weave too.

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The more authentic, the better

I'm going to be making myself a pair of nice gothic style legs and slowly developing my fighting harness into all gothic stuff instead of my current transitional harness.

Thanks ahead of time.

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Just to give folks an idea on pricing on wares and such...

http://www.darkmoorarmoury.com/page13.html

Unfortunately, we're pretty busy or else I would have emailed you a while back about sending a pair of these your way.

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Glad to hear you like the tanks Otto http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif And we'll be taking a trip out to the scrapyard here soon to pick up some more tanks and will be sure to get a small one for you... Thax, I'm the person people usually harrass, except now it's actually for a good reason ...

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...your right hand is swollen to twice its normal size and you can't close your fingers into a fist...

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From the West Kingdom rules: "The outer surfaces of the hand and wrist, of both arms must be covered by either one or a combination of the following, or equivalent. (1) A metal basket hilt with enough bars or plates to prevent a blow from striking the fingers or the back of the hand, to be used in c...

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The West Kingdom rules say: "Deliberately striking an opponent's head, limbs, or body with a shield is forbidden, unless that shield is designed for use as a weapon, and is approved by the Kingdom Marshallate." What type of shield is this? I want to make one... ------------------ Salinas Swordsman D...

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I was under the impression that aluminum gets harder as you work it, not stronger.

As far as SCA legality, would 16ga aluminum clamshell gauntlets pass?

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With the coat of plates I made, I just had the bottom torso lame cover the bottom of my belly and built up from there. It doesn't hurt my movement in it because everything is articulated on that big leather hide anyways...

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I recently got my hands on a quarter sheet of this stuff (Thanks Unc!) and cut out a pair of finger gauntlets from it, which are being used for ren faire wear. What I wanted to know is if this stuff was good for combat grade armour and if so, what part of the body? I thought they might be good as cl...

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Would flax twine work well for sewing gauntlets to gloves? I've got a small bundle of this stuff from a friend and I was curious if it was strong enough to hold things together. Thanks.

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Time to ditch the ol' combat boots. Are there any pictures of patterns online for turnshoes or boots for the 14th century? Either English or German, or whatever goes with a coat of plates and splinted armour. T-Bob once pointed me to a great site with all kinds of 14th century clothing but I lost th...

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You'll have to excuse me. I need to change my pants.

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The thing I change most about my kit is my mind. I had a transitional harness (coat of plates, splinted arms/legs) but am going to ditch that for a full set of gothic goodies. Making that will be very slow going since I've got lots of pending items to catch up on. After I finish my entire gothic sui...

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Hey JT, any chance of getting Steve's post turned into an essay on dealing with imported armour? It's interesting to understand the way it works.

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Salinas Swordsman
Darkmoor Armoury

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Yeah, I saw a thread about a guy that made mail from pop can tabs too. Big difference there, guy. I didn't purport my pull tab stuff to be combat armour or maille. It's just a type of lamellar using soda can tabs. If you like, you can pretend that those ...

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Right-click, Set as Wallpaper...

Take very good care of your exquisite new baby, Chef

You know, after looking at some of the things Jeff has been producing these days, it makes me wonder if he'll find any more room to improve!

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http://www.meridies.org/as/dmir/Arms&Armor/02/0201.html

I don't know about you, but I'm going to run right out and get some period looking armour for $10...

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Thats nothing Clay... Ah, the words I love to hear... Oh, and click below for more variants of poptab lamellar (not done by me) http://www.chainmaille.prohosting.com/Gall/zlosk_pulltab.jpg http://www.chainmaille.prohosting.com/Gall/poptops.jpg [This messa...

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You know, I've talked to several of the managers of local McDonald's here and they have *no* idea what the soda can tab program is. But I've heard of it elsewhere in the U.S. Pheylin, I'll tell ya what. In order to help me work with real lamellar, I'll trade you one can tab for one lamellar plate ht...

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Christ, I've actually managed to find a hobby more tedious than making chainmaille! [img]http://www.darkmoorarmoury.com/misc/tablamellar1.jpg[/img] This is just a section of a set of bracers I'll be making for ren faire wear. There are 145 can tabs in there so far. It's being held together by flax t...

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Wire that thin wouldn't be of much use for armour purposes, but it would make GREAT jewelry, especially when annodized. I've been wanting to get my hands on some wire exactly like you've got so I could wrap it at 3/16" or 5/32" and make a killer full persian bracelet or something. A friend of mine (...

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Personally, I wouldn't trust my head to anything less than 14ga steel... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally Posted by Aaron: A "dent's 12 gauge stainless" shot to the unarmoured thighs, bicep or sports cup would take the ...

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What is a CoP booklet?

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You mean some people actually USE Yahoo for a search engine? Scary.

Try Google.com and get better results, faster.

Need pics of gothic leg armour please

SCA legal gauntlet question

Question on use of shield

Is 16ga aluminum good for much?

14th Century Shoe Patterns?

I think I may vomit

Pull tab lamellar pic