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Mad Matt

Check out this grinder on e-bay. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=581320842 It's at 0.01 right now so if you're local you could go pick it up. At over 1000 pounds it'll probably be kinda expensive to ship. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy....

Mad Matt

Guess this means I should be expecting an e-mail very soon. The helm looks great. You shoulda posted one of the side view pics here it looks even cooler from the sides. Is the mustashe blackened and then polished white so that the detail of the braiding is more obvious or is that just reflections. -...

Mad Matt

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1135730146

It's indian stuff. And when I found it it was still at $495.

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Mad Matt

Congradulations. I know how much of a hard time you've had trying to sucessfully make arms. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif Glad you finally managed to do it. Real men eat whatever the hell they want to eat. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy. Mad Ma...

Mad Matt

Aventails aren't likely to be found on e-bay. You'll generally not get very good quality maille from e-bay either but there's sometimes some half decent stuff. If you're willing to wait a while take a look at my site. If you want something sooner I think Ld. Charles has a fairly fast turnaround curr...

Mad Matt

Ok here's what you need to start a part time armory. Tools for plate are EXPENSIVE. Sure you can sorta get started for cheap. And if you dig and scrounge you can get things for cheap. But you need a LOT of tools. I'm speaking as someone who's still in the process of starting a part-time possibly ful...

Mad Matt

There's a whole bunch of them on there. Buncha hardie tools too. Just do a search. There are actually even quite a few peter wrights.

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Mad Matt

Easy place to find em. You'll likely find em at a hardware store like home depot. Cheaper and more assured place to find em. Look in your yellow pages (they've got yellow pages in the states right?) look under steel or metal. Look at the list and check for ads start making phone calls. It's a pretty...

Mad Matt

It should be noted that I am in the process of making my first helmet. So take my advice with a grain of salt. On the other hand I have very good spatial perception (if that's the correct term). It's something I've learned as a 3d animator and modeler. So I basically have a good grasp on how to take...

Mad Matt

Well what I do is print the pattern out. Make the helm. See if it fits and then when it doesn't complain a little then change the size and make another one. But of course I'm stupid. You put an adv on this post so basically that means you use the patterns on the archive as a reference only. Draw you...

Mad Matt

Just a breastplate or something a little fancier? ie. faulds,tassets,backplate. Now this is partially gonna depend on the style and the person as we've seen on another thread where fitting late period armour over a beer belly was discussed. But if you take your standard ideal male. Top of shoulder t...

Mad Matt

With a measuring tape. One of those sewing ones. If you're lookin for sca regs measure them so that they cover the areas necessary. Ie. tendons at back of knee etc. If you're just making historical armour you measure to where it seems appropriate. If I were to give a list of measurements to a custom...

Mad Matt

Take a drill. Put a dowel in the chuck. Tighten chuck. Stick end of wire between teeth of chuck. Pull triger and guide wire. This is what I use. It's what works for me. Although I am waiting on my revolutionary new winding machine to be machined. If it works I'll be able to stick one end of a roll o...

Mad Matt

Oh that does mean I'm willing to make em. But you will have to wait a bit. If you're interested in that option e-mail me and we'll discuss the details and I'll figure out a rough price. Then you can put your name on my waiting list. Which has no obligation to either you or me. then when I'm about re...

Mad Matt

Well if you're lookin for the typical 1" wide and 1/8" thick splints all you do is go out and buy a length of stainless flat stock. And cut it into pieces. Then rivit em on. You can cut it up using a hacksaw if you have to. If you want the curved and complexly shaped ones that are wider and thinner ...

Mad Matt

For painting the inside of your armour. Don't use a clear-coat type of paint. You can't really see the chips and scratches. Ok well you can see them but that's after it rusts. Black is a good idea. Not because of using pitch (which is generally sticky yucky stuff if it's warm out) but because of fir...

Mad Matt

Brian price talkes about the pembridge in his book. He covers a lot of little details of the helm. And there are pictures of the original as well as 2 other similar helmets.

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Mad Matt

They should work ok. Just make sure you peen em nice and tight. Peen em on the inside with the factory head on the outside. Go for the stainless steel ones. Stainless and leather get along much better then mild steel and leather. Although they are harder to peen. ------------------ The budding mid 1...

Mad Matt

Hmm. Didn't realize you could move it around like that. I should have put on the disclaimer that I have no idea how fat works since I've never had any. I've spent my entire life with the opposite problem. I'm built like a beanpole. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional ...

Mad Matt

Cool I was wrong. I'm really good at learning through mistakes. I make a LOT of mistakes.

Funny thing is I have AAOMK. I just haven't had time to really look at it though.

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Mad Matt

Just like spandex Late period armour just isn't meant to be worn with a beer belly. Basically the problem is that any solid plate upper body defense needs to end just below the ribs. Which puts the belly right in the way. The only thing I can think of that would work well is a brigandine. Not like y...

Mad Matt

Ok so while the term Klapp visor definitly referrs to the center mounted visor. (the visor bounces up and down which actually increases the range of visibility but also slaps or claps against the helmet at the bottom of every bounce.) Now on the other hand I believe that it is perfectly reasonable f...

Mad Matt

Oh yeah Young Logan. If they're still in brand new condition. Ie. no padding and no duct-tape. Westlig stjerne will make it right.

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Mad Matt

Just thought I'd say these gaunts are incredibly solid. And have excellent wrist mobility.

At a regular price of $275 for the mild ones IIRC $100 is a steal.

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Mad Matt

Better quality and prices IIRC. Excellent customer service and you can have the stuff by tomorrow. http://www.armourworks.com/Alemain%20Rivet.htm The new in-stock munitions division of Westlig Stjerne. The big difference is that this stuff articulates properly and won't flop around. I hope you get t...

Mad Matt

Period replacement for blue foam on arms=gambeson. I don't have a gambeson yet much to my embarassment. But I wear splinted leather arms. 16ga curved splints that are on average a little better then 2" wide. Underneath is medium temper leather that's about 1/8" thick. And a sweatshirt underneath tha...

Mad Matt

Seasoned stick jock is more like it. Did anyone see what the bidding is at? $250 Someone with a lot of extra money should go around buying up all the horrible helms and hide them in a closet so that they never make it to the field. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Transitional ...

Mad Matt

Well if you guys had been paying attention you would have noticed that he said he had a second one of these to take to Gulf wars with him. And also noticed that it said that the helm for sale was the gulf wars one. He also said he would be making more of these helms. If this was a produce only one h...

Mad Matt

Ok I'll try and get em scanned asap. No idea if it's the same pics. I've never seen the ffoulkes book.

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Mad Matt

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hope you allowed yourself to have that doughnut you wanted. Looks great. I've got no idea on that reference material though. Are you gonna need me to scan in the pic of the inside of the churbourg arms? If so lemme know and I'll try and do it on monday. ------------------ The budding ...

Mad Matt

I'll second that. John is one of the nicest people I've ever met.

He actually DELIVERED my ironwood mallets personally. Not to mention he GAVE me a bunch of them.

All that wool used up yet?

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Mad Matt

Not sure if those are the ones. Someone elce'll have the part number though. I've never ordered them. Another alternative is ordering actual vervilles from argentcompany: http://store.argentcompany.org/ They're $1 unpolished and $1.50 polished. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German ...

Mad Matt

TB those are absolutly astounding. Sorry I didn't post earlier but I'm just really tired these days. I have a really hard time believing that's rattan in there. If I hadn't been told I wouldn't have guessed it. Where'd ya get that fantastic cross-hilt. I really think you might change my mind on the ...

Mad Matt

That's really really cool. There's at least four pairs there and I'm number 4 on the list. Got a rough idea on shipping to me? Stayner, Ontario Canada L0M 1S0 I assume the shipping included thing goes for US people only. I'm curious so that I can set aside the money. Stupid all time low Canadian Dol...

Mad Matt

They come from horton brasses. If you're lucky enough to get the search feature to wrok do a search and you'll find the contact info somewhere on this board.

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Grinder anybody?

Rivited maille coif and hauberk on e-bay.

Lots of nice anvils on e-bay.