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Prince Of Darkmoor

Good work! I especially like the rolled eyelids and the smoothness of the face.

Suggestions? Hmm...send it to me?

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Why am I driving to work? Because it's 29 degrees here in the a.m. and about 40 when I get off of work, or so it seems.

Jumping rope in the ol' hauberk sounds good. It's 35lbs of extra weight I could use to help me lose 35 pounds around my gut.

Thanks for the tips. Keep 'em coming!

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Of course everyone was telling me that to be competitive in SCA combat I should lose the mail or the coat of plates, and they may be right. Screw that, and good on ya for keeping both the mail the coat of plates. Who gives a flying fig what everyone else...

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I just got the Grizzly catalog and checked out their anvils. Unfortunately, they appear to be cast iron and not regular steel like we armourers prefer

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And so it begins. As another new year dawns, the Swordsman sets his sights on June 23, our annual tournament. But before we have our tournament, we're having our Winter War Games in mid-March which should be a blast. I have fought maybe 4 times since last June and am really out of it. Mentally, I've...

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Very nice work as usual

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I was able to check out the pic by just refreshing this thread's page.

In order for an armourer to do this picture any kind of justice, your friend may have to pay a lot more then they intended. The sallet with bellows visor alone is pricey.

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I wouldn't worry about it. The nail/rivet is already peened down pretty snugly, and the fact that they are overlapped so much and curved will keep them all going in a straight line I should think. If you purposely take a pair of pliers and twist the scale, then sure, you're going to have some proble...

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About how long did that take to make? I find it astounding that I spent almost every day of a four day weekend working on my first pair of gothic finger gauntlets, and you make stuff that makes mine look like utter crap. lol, I've seen your stuff - defin...

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No offense taken. I'd like to try putting hinges on some thumbs when we work with gothic stuff, though.

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Thanks Sasuke http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Drake, I think the leather hinge is better because you can move your thumb in any direction, but with the hinge you can only move your thumb in two directions. [This message has been edited by Prince Of Darkmoor (edited 01-28-2002).]

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Thanks Gundo.

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http://www.geocities.com/darkmoorarmoury/lcgaunts.html These are some finger gauntlets that my dad and I made for Lord Charles this weekend. We had the pieces cut out last weekend and took to finishing up the pair this weekend. The cuff and hand parts are 18ga stainless and the finger lames are 20g...

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Those legs were $200, including shipping.

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Copy the picture and paste it into MS Word or some other word processor.

Then use the mouse to resize the picture to fit in the entire 8.5 x 11 frame and print it out.

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Hey, nice work on those gorgets Matt! Out of curiosity, how do spring gorgets work? I mean, how do they stay closed/open?

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Good to know. I'll be in the market for vervelles here in a month or so.

Do you bolt them in or rivet them?

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Just got this reply from Brian Price:

"Yes! We're still trying to finalize the date and site, but we have a stack of good
instructors."

So, armour fiends of the world, unite!

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It was an armour whore and Western Martial Artist's paradise http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif IIRC, Christian Fletcher was there exhibiting and selling some armour, as well as James Gillespie, Mandrake Armory, Purpleheart, and some notable others. Plus, there were fechtbuch classes being t...

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Remember that there is absolutely NO right to privacy of personal or any other information if transmitted over company/corporate networks. They own every little bit of their network, even the data that travels across it. That dirty e-mail to the significant othe...

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Has anyone heard word of another Swordsmanship Symposium happening in Livermore this year? At the end of the Symposium last year, Brian Price said that they were thinking about doing these every year (as opposed to every other year) and I definitely don't want to miss out. I checked chronique.com bu...

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Brian's book has been a constant source of inspiration and motivation and I still read it very much. Matter of fact, I've been bringing it to work with me lately and checking out various chapters.

Okay, so I start reading the chapter then I just oogle the pretty pictures like some distracted chimp.

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Thanks LC! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif My dad and I worked hard on those splinted legs and spaulders and we're glad to see that you like them. I would also welcome a critique of the armour itself when you get the time. Thanks again for your responsiveness to my emails and calls and fo...

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Gundo's father John (Ironwood here on the AA) makes the wooden mallets and Gundo sells them on his site at wiseogre.com. I think they were between $18 and $24 or something.

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Draconis, do you think you could provide a link or two showing Landschenekt(sp?) armour? I could probably help you out if I saw a few pictures...

Thanks.

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Man, I just couldn't see fighting with a shield that big in proportion to my body, or even a shield as big as the one pictured. How BIG are we talking about when the term "war door" is mentioned? I heard rumors of a shield that was 48" tall by 36" wide, but I just don't believe it. I mean, why fight...

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Christ, that's a big shield!!! Is this what's called a "war door?"

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Heh, I feel your pain. This weekend I was working on a pretty complicated gauntlet pattern and I got all my pieces cut and deburred in 18ga stainless, which I HATE to mess up. When I blew up the pattern, I didn't think that although I made it 10% wider (which would have been perfect), I made it 10% ...

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I think most of us are prone to fits of laziness and won't check out the auction unless we really, really need the gauntlets if there is no link posted. Perhaps posting a link to the items you're selling in the future would help attract more potential bidders easier?

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Now that we've determined that this gauntlet is real...

Britney Spears: Fake or Real?

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Perhaps aviation snips would work better? They're more of a shear than a nibbler. If you've ever made maille, then you probably know about them.

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I've seen them at Harbor Freight, Home Depot, and just about anywhere that they sell pneumatic tools. Electric ones a bit harder to find and although you don't want to pay shipping, Ebay has electric nibblers and shears like you're wanting...

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Thanks for all the great information guys. You've convinced me that it's very likely that this is the real deal.

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Welcome Julius! Or would it more appropriate to say "Hail Caesar!" http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Glad to see you made it here from the Chainmaille Board. Take a look around the essays and patterns sections of the site and above all, heed Sasuke's advice - he's one of the few guys here t...

The hibernation ends. The fighting begins!

Pictures of new finger gauntlets (more shiny stainless)

Swordsmanship Symposium in May again?

Kick ass helm