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I'll play to the "Dark Side" here...but where exactly in the rules can the M.I.C. cite to back up the card pull? And prove it was the case, and not just a couple of "missed shots"? -Aaron In a nutshell, the Marshall in Charge of any given event can basicly warn you, then pull your card for anything...

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Or... if you're not the least bit sneakty about it....

getting your green card pulled by the M.i.C. to the cheers of the crowd.

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I don't know of any armorer off the top of my head doing stainless in a dull finish. You might talk to the ones that are doing the shiny finishes, and just ask them what it would cost for any given peice without the polishing done. You may get lucky and get the peice for less, as they don't have to ...

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Delegate! Delegate! Delegate! Maybe have a schedule of 1 per month or whatever, let one of the other fighters be Marshall in charge of a practice. Supervise them, as the 'experienced' marshal. And by 'them' I mean your regular fighters, not your deputies. Let them make sure everyone has blue cards ...

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Sooo..... Thrusts to the face are supposed to be much lighter. General consensus seems to be that this was done because when you gank a chap in the face with a 9' spear you knock his head backwards giving him whiplash. OK. So... Assume everyone jumps on the bandwaggon and now all face thrusts are bu...

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For shaping the scales I would suggest a 'U' shaped swage or block that you drop the scale onto, then have a slightly smaller sized bar, and just pound on it to press the scale down into the valley of your swage.

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Well... you'd have to have a DAMNED impressive pair of gauntlets to get me to buy them at all, let alone at those prices. Gauntlets have frustrated me for the better part of 3 years now and I've gotten to where I have a pattern that I think is going to work for me the way I want it to. I hate to poo...

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So in regards to just vambraces, it would be my opinion that the most forward section of the vambrace would be snug against your arm, and would rotate with your arm, and the back part of the vambrace would rotate in turn, but it may slide over your skin a bit. Hopefully someone pretty experienced w...

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Mattmaus: Why exactly are you getting so exercised with me--I only asked the question because I didn't understand. A simple explanation would have sufficed, rather than the snarky one you posted. I uh.... yeah. I was a dick, and I appologize. I owe you a pint. I spent about 2 hours yesterday typing...

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Why would anyone want to block with the hands anyway? Why would not substituting a sword-block, then countering by deflecting the opponent's weapon out of play and/or counter-firing with one's sword be mor appropriate than blocking with the hands? You might not want to, but I do. Why? Because if I ...

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For those who are against targeting hands, specificly gauntleted hands, as opposed to basket hilts... While a basket hilt probably IS safer, there is after all a level of detatchment from the hand that is in it, it's pretty impossible to make contact with a hand in a basket.... but... If you're not ...

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More specifically, when you put something in a leg vice and hammer the snot out of it, the brunt of the hammering travels down the leg of the vice and dies in the floor. On a non legged vice it goes down and finds the screw and thats where the force of your hammering gets transfered. The leg on a le...

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That means if the shot bounced off my shield then my basket then my opponent's shield then hit me squarely in the face with sufficient force, it was good. I'm glad you feel this way. It makes me happy. I don't care if a shot kills 3 guys ahead of me. If it hits me good it hits me good. If it skips ...

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I wouldn't feel bad about hitting someone too hard. General consensus seems to be hit them, and if they take it it was good, if not, well then it wasn't any good. Some people like to be hit harder than others. You'll need to hit them hard. Scoping someone out for personal revenge... that's kinda dif...

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Konstantin the Red wrote:Mattmaus's next Zen project: potato tongs.

Hush man! Wife allready bugging me to make cat-proof curtain rods. Don't need her wanting a camp set too!

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Yeah.... both of those. Read the books. Memorize the safety stuff. Then memorize it again. Then imagine yourself practicing the safety stuff. Then memorize it again. Then when you do start welding, practice it. Talk to the guys at the shop. You'll want to feel them out and get along with them, becau...

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That is why I get insurance on EVERYTHING I ship or have shipped. I to have had things "lost" coming from Canada. Double that. Never had anything shipped to or from canada, but if I did I'd insure it. Usualy I ship UPS. They insure the first $100 for free, and it's $1 per $100 after that. Kind of p...

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freiman the minstrel wrote:I can't afford to buy armor for non-fighters.

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So teach her to fight.

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I'll take yet another take on the tongs. I like making mine. 1> I can't find any localy, and end up mail ording them for $30 a pop. 2> when I can find used ones localy someone thinks that because they belonged to someone that had 'artist' on his biz card somewhere they go for $60 a pop. 3> I've gott...

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Bumpage.

Price reduced to $60 plus shipping.

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Bumpage.

Also...

Price reduced to $50 plus shipping.

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Bumpage.

Also...

Price reduced to $30 + shipping

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Hmmm.... the angles of those cops are indeed good, but I just wonder... why have you made those creases into them and into that direction? Do you have some references for them, or did you just do them becouse of the welds that made them easy to do? Uhm.... hmmm.... darn good question that. Honestly...

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Otagiri wrote:[img]http://home.pcisys.net/~rbroberg/tousando/img/stibbert_unpub/mouseamoto_kabuto.jpg[/img]

Tempt not the fates.... nor the half cracked armorer who's welder you'll be using. I can have some mouse ears shaped by the weekend.

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Grats on the great anvil deal. If the anvil is in any kind of servicable state you got it for about 1/2-1/3 what you should have paid. I'm an anvocate of the double bicked anvils as opposed to the more english styled ones. It does everything a flat heel can and much much more. Trailer ball hitches c...

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Regarding butt caps etc. Sometimes, it's not really about the effectiveness of the weapon. It's about the courage to believe you can use it. A friend tells me that in one of the world wars, a small wooden matchbox was standard issue for american troops, and that they were trained to hold it slightly...

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Otagiri wrote:I will be at FP tonight with the bowl to show my progress so far. I'll talk to you and Dane (if he's there).

I need to remembers ribbets.

I may or may not be suiting up tonight even.

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Otagiri, I would suggest that you can probably get a lot nicer setup for not a lot more money. Home Despot has Lincolns starting at $250 or so. The 3 things that would really turn me off from this particular machine are: 1> Seems a little wimpy. Sure if you JUST want to do armor with it shouldn't be...

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They start with phrases like "Son of a syphilitic slimedog!" and from there they get nasty. I've mellowed out in my old age.... I still get so angry that I loose the capacity to speak, but the neighbors and passing cars no longer have to worry about half fineshed projects flying out of my garage an...

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Otto wrote:Anneal it??? What kinda girly-man ARE you???

Let those muscles BULGE and hammer away!

It ain't so much the manly muscles that's the problem.... you want to learn some new dirty words, watch someone spend a few hours on some stainless, then crack it.

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All that aside though, I've found a jigsaw equal to my cutting needs for the past 20 years or so of running my shop. I'll second that. The beverlies, the power shears, the plasma torches, all that are really really really nice if you got the money for them. But the jigsaw can beat all of these in a...

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Otto wrote:Actually mattmus, you can cut stainless with a jigsaw.

I probably COULD... but it's generaly not worth it.

'Specialy since I got the power shears.

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Me loves gas! Gas easy! Gas fast! Gas mean no billowing clouds of stinky yellow coal smoke rolling through neighborhood making neighbors mad! Gas mean No nice firemen show up to ask "What you do?" (which is never really a problem, as much as they're all closet pyromaniacs and want to stand around an...

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Also, stainless puts much more wear and tear on tools. If you look at the capacity ratings for tools it will usualy list Xgauge mild steel, and then either a gauge or 2 thinner for stainless. I still use my jigsaw a lot for cutting out pieces in mild steel. I can NOT cut stainless with it... all it ...