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by Jean Paul de Sens
Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:47 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: etching aluminum with dremel
Replies: 11
Views: 256

As an alternative, I found these instructions very nice.

http://houseasgard.com/data/etch.php

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Aluminum Greaves pictures...
Replies: 7
Views: 333

Very nice. Excellent lines, especially for cold worked.
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:19 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Armor maintenance question
Replies: 13
Views: 248

Like many others, I've become a massive "scotchbrite" convert. For almost 5 years I'd had a huge stuck mass of Oil-Based Killz base paint stuck onto my sink. I'd tried a lot of different solvents and methods to clean it up. None worked well. I went and bought the scotch-brite paint rust stripper (li...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:00 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Favorite shield type
Replies: 25
Views: 593

The radius of curvature on that shield is not as severe image might convey. It's maybe the same as you get on a 2" circle... I'll try to get a top down picture tonight to show.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:44 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Favorite shield type
Replies: 25
Views: 593

Thomas H wrote:Do you have a profile picture please, love to see how much of a curve can be done with aluminium. Looks great, aluminium, but a pavise none the less :-)


This to me? I don't have a profile pic. It's about 4 inches deep though.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:50 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Favorite shield type
Replies: 25
Views: 593

Re: o.o

M. Eversberg II wrote:Very nice work there!

Did you make that eagle stencil yourself?


It's a phoenix (notice flames on bottom) but no, one of the herald types in our group made it, and I've used it many times on various stuff.
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:38 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Favorite shield type
Replies: 25
Views: 593

I prefer a hand held pavise. Just have not found anyone makingthem or a pattern to use to make one, its driving me nuts not finding any patterns or someone who makes them Max Max, I'm working on this one http://x01.xanga.com/9d8a94f24573471599148/b48179344.jpg Whaddya think?
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:52 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking to Trade... Gauntlets for a small wall tent
Replies: 3
Views: 214

9'x12' or so would be fine.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:02 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking to Trade... Gauntlets for a small wall tent
Replies: 3
Views: 214

Looking to Trade... Gauntlets for a small wall tent

Ok, me and my lady are looking for a small wall tent to take to events that we can fit in our minivan (24 mpg) and not have to take our truck and trailer (9 mpg) to events. So would anyone be willing to trade a new or used wall tent for a pair of hardened steel gauntlets? The will be made from 4130 ...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:38 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Heater shileds- who sells them now
Replies: 11
Views: 274

http://windrosearmoury.com/zen_new/inde ... ucts_id=49

Windrose has taken over Mandrake Armouries shields, and they are definitely the best IMO.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:50 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Padding Clam Shells
Replies: 10
Views: 329

Freiman, I've been fighting in PADDED gauntlets for years, and have zero broken bones. Honestly, padding them is the best bet, even if they are designed to ground out on the rattan. I'm going to be trying out the street hockey gloves on this next pair, but on previous pairs what I've done of late is...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:17 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: (SCA) Broadsword balance
Replies: 6
Views: 185

I just went and checked mine. 5 and 1/2 inches. both of them... interestingly enough I did not design them to have the same balance point. I may try to add a small amount of weight to the pommel to see if I can move the balance point back to 4" or so like Kilkenny recommends and see.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:09 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Introducing myself (new to forum)
Replies: 8
Views: 162

Hey Sam, I'll echo Morgan's welcome to Ansteorra. I'm from far up North (Stillwater OK) but still in the same kingdom The people in Bjornsborg (San Antonio) are a wonderful bunch, and do persona play at an amazing level. The are warm and welcoming too, so you can look forward to some good times. The...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:56 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Best unbelted fighters in your kingdoms?
Replies: 133
Views: 6565

... Ansteorra right now: Centurions of the Sable Star of Ansteorra still Rock. Giotto di Giovanni Louis la Blaireau Liam Gordon. Tarquyn Gateslayer Ysfael Bryndu If Kein's squires Caladin and Esteban keep training like they have lately they will be contending for space on this list (again) soon. I ...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: SCA padding
Replies: 46
Views: 1131

Alexander Caithnes wrote:If you have the bucks go ahead and do it. However, I've never really seen the need to pad the point of my basinet. :shock:

Take care,

AcW


Well, no but Sallet's and Salada's tend to rest on the entire head, and you basically want the whole interior surface padded.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:47 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: SCA padding
Replies: 46
Views: 1131

Yup, Sorbothane is somewhat expensive. So are brain scans. A single square foot is all you'll need. As I posted, all you really need is a 3" wide brow-band to protect the major "pressure/strike points" of your helmet. Padding the entire interior surface would be a waste of expensive material. AcW H...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:29 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: SCA padding
Replies: 46
Views: 1131

dominic, IIRC sorbothane is expensive... The link you showed was $20/square foot almost... yowza...

on the other hand, a mind is a terrible thing to waste...

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:32 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: (Sir) Gemini Asante and De Grendelus Med. Martial Arts video
Replies: 141
Views: 3447

Kel that was a great post, and I feel it really quantifies the current and future situation very well. As someone who has education in both systems, you are pretty well qualified to comment about both. I also would love to see high resolution videos. Have you given consideration to a peer-to-peer ty...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:55 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: SCA padding
Replies: 46
Views: 1131

Gwydion Period liners are awesome! They absorb blows better than blue foam, they wick sweat off your head and keep you nice and cool even in summer, they can be washed if constructed well, and they do not blow out/flatten like foam does. Now I am not a 3 times a week fighter but this will be my 3rd...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:14 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: my armour is being built! This is a progress thread..
Replies: 193
Views: 9109

It is particularly nice that Stonekeep decided to leave the bottom lame of the knees flat on the bottom so that Robyn could go without the greaves if she decided to. A point on the bottom of the bottom lame looks cool, but becomes a rather dull knife digging into your shin if you don't wear greaves...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:06 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: SCA padding
Replies: 46
Views: 1131

sorry, I was just pissy. Ignore me. I'm just grumpy that I'm at work...

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:39 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Raising a magic mushroom:-)
Replies: 31
Views: 1098

Very cool.... nice job of adjusting to the "well, it really seems to want to be this instead" instead of forcing it into a shape it wasn't going to go into.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:40 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: sport armour matereals?
Replies: 30
Views: 717

Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyetheylene and High Density Polyethylene are to different ( but related materials) guys. HDPE works fairly well as armour and it cn be formed to a degree by hammering. Ok, good. That makes sense. The images I saw on Dalewyn's site did not look like UMHW, but his post ...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:38 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: sport armour matereals?
Replies: 30
Views: 717

Dalewyn wrote:I've had good results with HDPE for SCA armor, made more than 100 suits. My experience with ABS and Kydex is that it is more rigid, but more likely to crack, especially in cold weather.


Is HDPE the same thing as UMHW?

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:20 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: sport armour matereals?
Replies: 30
Views: 717

Ok, I've seen people make armour from ABS and Kydex before, but UMHW? I've seen it used for arrow heads, but never armour. has anyone made armour from it?

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:40 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Recent Work Pictures....
Replies: 11
Views: 639

Kat_H wrote:Jean Paul, I have a dumb question - are you using the scotchbrite pads with an angle grinder or something else?


Just slapping them on my bench grinder...

I have one of these:

http://www.grizzly.com/products/g1015 and I put it on the buffing wheel side.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: habits of highly effective fighters
Replies: 36
Views: 1244

The best fighters enjoy hitting other human beings . . . hard. The honest ones admit this. Cuan LOL, yup, and going home without any bruises in return. In the S&M spectrum, I'm all S, no M. JP I've said for years, beginners are masochists, knights are sado-masochists, Dukes are sadists. Gavin Wooho...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:02 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Recent Work Pictures....
Replies: 11
Views: 639

As I lack a flap wheel sander I used a scotchbrite wheel then buffed after initial 220 sanding. The scotchbrite wheel runs around $60 and wear down pretty fast unfortunately. Yes, busy, very busy. Arms hurt like crazy. Spending this week clearing backorders then next week I'll make more stock, prob...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:08 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Silk Standards
Replies: 18
Views: 734

I do these myself, and truthfully, I would have a seriously hard time justifying under $100 unless the design was very simple. That being said, I teach a hands-on course at collegiums on how to do these, and I charge about $7-$8 a foot for all materials. So the cheap option is - show up for my clas...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:42 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Silk Standards
Replies: 18
Views: 734

Rix, Gilyan and I looked to see if people wanted to buy banners. While everyone liked them, with the process of design time, hourly rate of $8 per hour, and materials, we came up with a minimum price of $100. And most people were not for that. So, we've started looking for trades, and look for deals...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:14 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat of the Thirty
Replies: 83
Views: 3841

Crispin, I'd say regretfully decline unless you can lay hands on a good 14th century kit. This event is all about "the look" and "the feel", and diminishing even one would diminish all.

Jean Paul
by Jean Paul de Sens
Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:06 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: habits of highly effective fighters
Replies: 36
Views: 1244

Cuan wrote:The best fighters enjoy hitting other human beings . . . hard. The honest ones admit this.

Cuan


LOL, yup, and going home without any bruises in return.

In the S&M spectrum, I'm all S, no M.

JP
by Jean Paul de Sens
Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:38 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What's so great about swords???
Replies: 41
Views: 1071

clubs are made of wood and swords a made of metal, sword last longerwith equal care. rattan is technicaly a grass, i dont want to be killed by grass imagine if you had that written on your grave stone "was clubbed to death by grass". can any one give me a difinitive list of why a club is better. Du...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:11 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What's so great about swords???
Replies: 41
Views: 1071

The first rattan sword I held reminded of a wallhanger I once borrowed from a friend. It weighed a ton and it was "dead" in the hand. Once it got moving it was hell on wheels to stop, but it was not a weapon to which finesse came naturally. I was curious, though, what made the rattan it so differen...
by Jean Paul de Sens
Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:19 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What's so great about swords???
Replies: 41
Views: 1071

What's so great about swords???

During the oft back and forth that the WMA community and SCA community sometimes experience, I often see the comment "You don't know how to use a real sword, you just know how to use a club". Ok, i'm willing to accept that. My question though would be: What's so cool about a sword? the only thing it...

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