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Prince Of Darkmoor

Relax, man! It's only been 12 hours since the time Ivar posted

hehe

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*turning green* http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Right on! How did you "accidentally" find yourself with a new dishing stump? Probably just did like the rest of us do and come across it at the yard, forget what we came for, and excitedly bought it http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ...

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Shields are a great offensive weapon

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Owynn Greenwood kickstarted this idea in my head (not literally what with his broken ankle and all) and I thought I'd post it here and see what kind of responses it'd get. I want to go to Pennsic. Everyone here knows that. It'd be nice to be able to sell some of our wares while I was there but I dou...

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Thanks Matt.

And a

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Kay of Darkmoor posted about a movie being made a while ago, but I'm glad to hear that it's finally going to start filming! I know who you're talking about when you say the young cop in The Fast and the Furious, and I think he would make a decent Chris as long as they remember that Chris is a pretty...

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If Bokalo would pay a little more attention to cleaning up his welds and sanding/polishing his pieces, I'd probably like them more. The only thing I would feel safe wearing is the early spangenhelm and I'd have to make a new grill for that. Don't even get me started on those gauntlets... Where's Gun...

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A friend of mine wanted to know what you guys thought about scale armour in terms of pricing, size, and materials. If you were in the market for scales, what size/thickness would you want and why? Holes already punched or no? What is a fair price per scale?

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High gothic suit cap-a-pie in titanium and spring steels. All highly polished, of course. My second choice would be a pigface bascinet made by Jeffrey Hedgecock, segmented breastplate, and appropriate 14th century arms and legs with brass trimmins'. My third choice would be the fully articulating bo...

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Well, Ti is .49 the weight of regular steel, right? So you'd need a helmet approximately twice as thick as regular mild steel in order for it to weigh the same. So, if you wanted a helmet with mass similar to one made of 14ga (.080) then you'd have to make it from .160 thick Ti plate. That's what, 6...

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We have one and it works well for steel up to about 16ga mild. ------------------ An Irish man walks into a bar. The bartender looks at him and notices he has a steering wheel stuck down the front of his pants. "Hey," he says, "What's with the steering wheel down your pants?" "Ach," says the Irish m...

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He wasn't trying to insult the originality of the people here

Actually, I believe his exact words were "Can't you guys even come up with something remotely unique?"

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You mean like this one: [img]http://www.darkmoorarmoury.com/chain/aventail.jpg[/img] It's 16ga 3/8" stainless steel Euro 4-1 with Kingsmaille dags. I can check the circumference and let you know how big it is if you like, but think it is 30" around Or I can just make you another one if you like. Fee...

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Looks really good so far. I've never seen a design like that before so it's even more interesting to me.

Was the picture on your website the only original illustration you used to go by?

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Very nice helmet, indeed!

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If I had the time, I'd definitely trade you some gauntlets (full, half, or both) for some baskethilts. Maybe things will open up sometime soon...

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Thanks folks, but I don't think I deserve too much credit for these since Andy is the one who developed the pattern http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I just did the easy part. Firebow, on the next pair I make I am thinking about putting the articulating wrist lame in there instead of the le...

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Just a little

to remind some folks that WWG is less than three weeks away!!!

You know you want to.

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Donnybrook/melee/grand melee/clusterf*ck - it's all the same thing http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Melees are a blast; definitely the most fun you can have while in armour. Just run around whacking people with a stick for a few minutes. I can't wait for our Winter War Games to happen beca...

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The bottom lame is actually dished, but I don't know why it doesn't looked that way in the picture. [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/confused.gif[/img] Yes, I do have a pattern for those, which I'd be happy to copy and send you if you email me your address at prince@darkmoorarmoury.com. Sasha, ...

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Thanks Sebastian, those are pretty thick though! I'll be making finger gauntlets with this stuff, not helmets...yet http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif I should mention that I've hooked up with Garridan to get me some Ti scrap. Thanks all. ------------------ An Irish man walks into a bar. The ...

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Another weekend passes; another set of pictures go up on the web. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 As is pretty obvious, these are based off of Andy Ward's gauntlet pattern. They are 16ga stainless with stainless rivets and brass trim on the cuff. I think of them like big, metal boxing gloves http://www.armourarch...

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Angus, your sig line cracks me up

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You guys really don't get it.

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NO WAY! Haven't you seen Antiques Roadshow before? You even touch that helmet with Brasso and it cuts its value greatly.

Very nice find Tim.

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Dude, that sallet is fuckin sweet.

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God bless you Stephen.

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You just have to gloat, don't you?

Can't blame you - if I was in your position, I'd be posting the same thing.

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Thanks Kjar. That information is helpful. It sounds like ideally I should be looking for alpha-beta because I will need to make some complex curves in a knuckle plate for these gauntlets I'm making. There will be no welding involved either. Ted, check out Ebay. I just saw a 2x3 foot sheet of .5" or ...

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I will bring back good memories for a long time. And not only that, Bob is a modest guy http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif Just teasin Bob - I know it was a spelling error...or was it? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif Crap...

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Everyone: Thanks a lot for your help. I had previously thought that working the titanium cold was a viable option, but will be sure to drop a few pieces into the forge to work them easier. Is titanium as easily prone to cracking like aluminum? Arland, I'll email you, thanks. ------------------ Poste...

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Thanks for the help. Fortunately, I'll be making a pair of finger gauntlets like the ones on that fantastic website for Darkmoor Armoury (

) and the only complex forming that will be required is with dishing the knuckle plate.

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I have sent an email off to mrks who seems to be the resident titanium expert, but I was wondering if anyone else had experience with working titanium. I'm planning on making myself some arms and gauntlets from Ti here in the near future and I want to know what I'm getting myself into. Thanks. -----...

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Oh sure, I can't wrestle a bear but you get to play with a lion? That's not fair... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif If you like, I can loan you some ironwood sticks. Better than that flimsy rattan stuff the lion would just use as a toothpick http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif

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I'd like to get my hands on a few square feet of some 18 or 20 gauge titanium plate for a special project I've got in mind for myself. Alloy isn't that important to me. If anyone has some or knows where I can get some, please let me know. Thanks. ------------------ Posters like you are the reason I ...

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Trolling for interest - Scales

More pics of metal goodies

Anyone worked with Titanium before?

I want titanium plate