The Armour Archive

Sixtus_Goetz

I guess because it is supposed to be sort of like hard leather, and this plastic is kinda dull like that... I can't afford real leather, or else I'd just use that! Last time I bought a sheet of HDPE 4x8' it costed around $70 with cutting. I bought leather at Tandy a bend of 14 to 16oz leather coste...

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Thanks guys but I don't think the duck tape method will hold up in the plaster cast phase. I want the armorer to have a perfect copy of my legs to get the greaves just right. Another suggestion. Try it, doesn't take long and MUCH less messier. And if it doesn't work, then go your prefered method. I...

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James, Have a quick down and dirty method that is fairly safe and clean. Get some thin pajama bottoms. Get in whatever position you want to be in and have someone start to lightly tape your leg. I used duct tape with realy good success. Do a few layers to get it somewhat ridgid. Mark lines horizonal...

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You can also use a KONG dog chew toy (spray tool dip makes em black also ). Many on here have had good luck with them. I am currently making one as a backup.

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Sixtus_Goetz

To echo,

Thanks. Truly classy.

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Sixtus_Goetz

Jeff J wrote:Aside from some fancy wording, how is this any different from the "I'll whoop your azz" approach?

He's footing the bill instead of Josh?

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Herzeleid wrote:And spikes... big, nasty spikes. I want spikes. Yah, pointy spikes...

"There hasn't been a war run this badly since Olaf the hairy, King of all the vikings, ordered 80,000 cod pieces with the spikes on the inside"

Slightly modified Black Adder quote.

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Sixtus_Goetz

JT,

Would it be possible to make this a temporary sticky for this young lass. With her business budding, a fair warning to others of her perdiciment may be nice. I have noticed alot of her business seems to come from here also.

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Sixtus_Goetz

crushing small children and coleman chairs in the rush.... Ya know, I know that was a dig and all, but it was pretty funny. This does indeed look like a step in the correct direction, I < personaly > would have kept the helm the same standard as heavy fighting though, 18ga mild is getting pretty th...

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Horradrick wrote:Wear it.

I would love to see the look on the metal detector operator's face...

(I KNOW it's not possible, I am JOKING)

Anymore.

Sixtus_Goetz

Hello, I've flown with mine many, many times and just put it in a bag and called it sports equipment. The likelyhood of your bag getting dammaged is the same as anyone else who has bags in the airplane, It is a crapshoot. Have flown with armour from UK-Sweden back, UK-Germany back, UK-US many times ...

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Or email at Email in profile please. Is in reguards to past order.

Thankyou

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Sixtus_Goetz

Well spoken. My appoligies for Hi-jacking this thread.

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Revival has good one's. From what I understand, you can buy them with a vibram sole attached now. I attached my own and have had good luck with them... If you have bad ankles, I would suggest a low-pro ankle brace. They got completely soaked at Estrella this year and when they dried out they dried o...

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Sir Gaston,

If you don't want it, I'll gladly take it off your hands. I'll even pay for the shipping

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Sixtus_Goetz

Fluted Finger gauntlets. Yea.. them should be easy for ya

J/K. Have fun man, everything you try you can learn from.

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Sixtus_Goetz

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... f+knockoff

This should answer your questions nicely.

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Sixtus_Goetz

You can also get a Jig Saw for fairly cheap also. Now the quality may very well be suspect, but it will < eventually > cut your steel. Most plasma or CNC shops will ask for a CAD drawing of what you want cut out also. Thoes usually cost $50-$60 for them to design them. With that kind of money you ca...

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Josh, You also forget that our armour standards are from circa 1066. There were also more then just Mail clad knights fighting at that time also. m Look at the left side of this pannel of the Bayeux Tapestry. Clearly men with swords and shields fighting in the Battle of Hastings W/O any visible armo...

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emailing him works pretty well. It takes me about 2-4 days to get a reply from him depending on when I email him. don't forget he is probably 12hrs ahead of you when you send that email. As for payment. Ikobo it is a PayPal equivalent service. He can't get paypal in the UK so he Uses Ikobo. www.iko...

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Gwen,

Thankyou for this offer.

Sixtus

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I can only echo what people above have said. One piece of advise though, measure twice to ten times and cut once. Steel prices are very high.

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Nissan Maxima wrote:Edited to add: I like the increase in force and think it adds some real spice to the game. I hit hard but rarely as hard as I can. Hell, no one even said I was their hardest smack.

M'lord, I would say that is a GOOD thing.

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Nuther 2. One when first fighting pole arm, had a skinny kiwi < new zelander for you not of the UK > do a wrap and flat snap to my rigs as they were open. Being my first kit, I had no idea what REALY needed protection, so I had 1 rib bruised from the back to the front. That hurt for some time. First...

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What I've found with the "ultra-light whippy sticks" as they have been so eloquently called here, I need to use correct body mechanics to achieve a telling blow then just wrist and elbow. I started using "thug sticks" as a rank newbie cuz I didn't know any better. Poor practice and lack of training ...

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DUDE! You look like WOEG in his younger years. Whoa!

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I prefer a 2 strap approach, one starting from the base of the jaw around the chin back to the other side. Another going from the top of the ears, down under the chin and back up the other side. What I've found this setup prevents the bottom from rotating down and also prevents the top from pulling ...

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Some times it REALY sucks to be in a melee. But usually if a crotch is open, a leg is also < usually >. I know if your going to cup me, do it as gently as possible, I promise I'll take it. Personal saying "Never call a cup shot light".

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Hal,

Fair enough.

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Hal,

In chat you were talking about the cost estimates of having your stuff plasma cut by a 3rd party. Have you ever looked into purchasing one yourself as a "long term" investment, cutting out the middleman? Would also (possibly) cut down on other patterns. Just a possibility.

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Sixtus_Goetz

"It should sting the palm of my hand a little"

That light? I feel a nice bruise should form if you get hit in an unarmoured area.

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One of the unspoke implications here is that if a basket-hilt is armor you can't strike it (or grab it). If it is part of the weapon then you can strike it (it doesn't mean anything, but it can be hit). The current and the immediately previous SEM have stated that you cannot deliberately target a b...

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Hello,

Use a jig-saw. You will have some rough edges afterwards, use sandpaper to smooth out the edges. You can also use an exacto knive to shive off the edges but I tend to have less luck that route. Jig-saw will go though the plastic like butta.

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Neibuligen war < sp? >. Had a wrap shot to back of the head that dented the weld on the crease of a 14ga SS helm. Felt like an excessive greatsword shot. I dropped like a sack of potatoes. Came from a single handed sword. He was a BIG boy and very appoligetic after the fact.

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Brian Price can you please shoot me a PM