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I am auctioning off my burgonet. I've thought long and hard about it. I just don't use it, I just don't need it. There is still a part of me that doesn't want to see it go, but I can make another one if I want it that bad. [img]http://www.whitebatarmory.com/batburg/burg00103.jpg[/img] m m m m m m m ...

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Ever see a comic called 'Shi'?

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Otagiri wrote:
Is this a Special Forces Helmet?
Or is it an Infantry Helmet?

DUH! It's a ninja helmet, that's why you can't se the guy wearing it. He's a NINJA!

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Seems like a lot of trouble matt. Go to craft department of Walmart and get a soft tape made for measuring people. They have inches and metric. Ive got ten of them scattered about my shop, dont know what Id do without them. 99 cents each I only have 2 hands. I like the masking tape because it stick...

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Matt, they have actually done some tests (including Mythbusters) and seem to have found, the level it hacks off your toes, pretty much ruins your feet no matter what you are wearing. If something hits it hard enough to bend it down, your foot is in trouble. Yeah... like trains... and forklifts.... ...

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Secret ninja Fledermaus technique for measuring helms. It's hard to get a tape measure to stay where you put it when you're measuring inside a helmet. Especialy when you're measuring the circumfrence. Well... I could go half way and double, I could do whatever... nah... Get a peice of masking tape. ...

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I'll ditto those questions, and the turning of the scroll in. The hooky bit could get snagged on stuff. A bit of a safety concern, but more of a convenience, so that the wearer isn't catching on clothes, tents, chairs, whatever. I love the way they look and all too, open like that, but... maybe I'm ...

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Behind the face shield, of course. Face shield = the thing that makes the difference between +1 on your intimidation rolls from the impressive scars, and a save vs death. same way things you drop always seem to manage to fall BEHIND the steel oes on your boots The only thing I ever found steel toes...

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"Face guard bars or mesh should not attach to the interior of the helm, unless of structurally superior design and workmanship." I think a single piece grille cut out of one chunk could qualify as superior. That's the reasoning behind my wanting to do this. I'd tend to agree with you on that. I can...

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Mr. Powell, I so owe you a beer.... or a case... or a keg. That doesn't help that.... it's like the face of god.

May I repost and recirculate? particularly to like... some marshals lists?

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Virtually all "spinny" tools in the shop have guards on the spinny parts. Except for buffers and grinders and sanders. Theres a reason all the _other_ ones have guards. And hey, what can a nice soft buff do to you, anyway? By itself? nothing really.... They just, as Mr. Powers pointed out hate and ...

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3M makes a product called "Remover Lotion" (yeah, not real inventive on the name thing) But is does what is says. It is desigend to remove bandaid adhesive and other such sticky stuff from skin, but I've found it works well for removing leather dye, glue, and just about anything else you get on you...

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Notching square bar at overlaps would make them more flush, infact, totaly so if you were good at it, maybe I'm not explixiating my notion well enough though... at any rate, more power to you. You're looking at things a lot differently than I am. I almost never use the same pattern twice. I hate mak...

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This gets into some strange stuff. You'd almost need an engineer to really figure it out. I personaly feel that a strip of X thick metal is neccisarily as strong as bar. I worry a little about some of the Velsgarde/Ultuna style helmets. My youngest Daughters (4 and 6, but looking at birthdays in the...

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yeh. drill works fine. center punch your holes. low speed to keep the bit cool, I like a moderate to heavy pressure, but keep it consistent. depending on how many holes you're drilling at a whack you might not need oil or anything. 1 hole put here while you line stuff up, no worries. Drilling out a ...

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I haven't had good jeans for years. If I did though, black leather dye wouldn't bother me. People think I wear all black because I'm an angry gothic metalhead. It's not true! I mean... sure I'm cranky, but I'm not angry.... it's just practicality. I never have to worry about matching. If theres only...

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Noisy. It works. Support the work. If not, the saw likes to catch and bend the hell out of it. Hold your work down. If not, the saw likes to catch and throw it all over. I usualy keep my stuff in 2'x4' sheets, easier for me to move by myself, and all that. I toss the sheet on my cut out bench, mark ...

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The value of an item is usualy just slightly more than what you can sell it for. Or... not. Blue book on my truck is just over a grand, if I tried to sell it I probably wouldn't get even that. I'd not sell it to you for less than $15,000 though. Sometimes, things are more valuable to the people that...

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The lighter the hammer [within reason - about 6 oz. would be a minimum IMO], the less effort it takes [restraining the hammer] to planish smoothly. Lots of light taps is better then one good hard whacking. Any smooth section of a sphere will do, and its just easier if the radius of your tool is clo...

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No, but I probably can, anyway, with O/A as the heat source. You can make oblong dishing bowls then. 1> Get a chunk of say... 8" pipe. cut it into 1" - 1.5" slices. 2> Hammer those rings so that they're ovals. 3> Weld them to a plate. 4> Trace and cut the oval on a plate, leave yourself about 1/4" ...

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Those are the things that matter to people actually trying to reproduce something properly. Would that not be more dependant on what one was trying to recreate though? Certainly, if I'm trying to do an accurate portrayal of a Japanese warior with a specific date... yeah, I'm going about this all wr...

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Robert P. Norwalt wrote:If you'd trade me that Gaulic helm we talked about, I'd take it to St. Joe's and send it fromt there?

did you ever decide which one you wanted? I remember at least 3 of them.

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can you get me a freight quote to 80907 (Colorado springs, CO)

when I bought a 250 pounder from old world anvils it was like $80 on a pallate I had to go pick up.

If you were closer to the NORMAL side of the country...

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Activate Snarky mode: Edo may be out of period for SCA. How many SCAdians will know that, (Otagiri you don't count)? How many SCAdians know what their period is? How many of them care? Snarky mode off: I appreciate all of the help with this guys. I'll get some progress pictures up later, when I actu...

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Most recently I had 16g steel elbows, with 4 lames (2 top/2 bottom) I had my straps placed on the last lame, because of the weight and articulation they seemed to like to slump away from my elbow. I always felt that a strap across the inside of my elbow joint would be too thick, and pinch. I drilled...

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Gundo,

do you have a forge? can you hot work 1/4"-3/8" plate?

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http://www.armourarchive.org/essays/planishing/

An easy way to really see what you're supposed to be doing is to dish a peice, paint it any dark color of cheap spray paint you have handy. Then sand it with about 80-120 grit with a wood workers 'vibrator' style sander.

Your high spots will be shiney metal, and your low spots wil be paint.

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Auto body hammers are to light for my tastes. I bought the harbor freight auto repair kit, and have 3 of them. One I use for planishing, one I have highly customized and use it for a lot of other things, the other one has a big pokey bit, and I use it on scrap bowls to releive stress. For dishing, y...

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Kiritsuke-kozane (built-up laquer over plates). Seems to be the consensus. d'Antioche's observation that the interior of the plates is smooth is probably the best argument. Since I've allready got it started I'm just going to keep going with it. The consensus being that it sucks, I'm going to chang...

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http://www.yarde.com/cgi-bin/dropzone.pl

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Used to be a guy at the local ren faire. He sold the really cheap blades you see all over. Like in the Bud K catalogs and the like. I think Bud K was likely one of his suppliers. I was younger and dumber back then, but was starting to get a clue. I did not buy a 'sword' from him at the faire. bout 3...

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Nice.

Were the plates in the "kit" sheped? or flat?

Let us know how the goatskin works out. I had some I picked up and found it to be really stretchy, and almost... elastic like. While it was crap for straps and the like, I think the supple features would lend themselves nicely to gloves.

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There was no shortage of iron in Japan. Even the earliest armours were made of it. The panning you speak of undoubtedly refers to a process for separating iron bearing sand from other sand. So yes, it may have been done, but not because it was scarce. My best guess on this would be... why dig a hol...

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If you or your friend have a drill press, you can fit the hammer style leather punch handle in it, throw a hunk of teflon on the table and use that. Just use the lever to punch, do NOT turn the motor on. Works pretty slick.

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Fair warning. I know no japanese, and I know even less about Kabuto. I am looking at this piece. m [img]http://www.picure.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/arc/stibbert/400/0040.jpg[/img] I have had the good fortune of speaking with Otagiri about this some, and was going to e-mail him with more specifics, but figured...

Auctioning my AWESOME (used) burgonet.

A few quick kabuto questions