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Vermin is right. They are 2 piece welded cops. Basicly I hybridized the Samuel's welded cop pattern, and Sinric's dished pattern, then added just a bit in the middle of the curve. I may post the hybrid pattern if I can permission from the aforementioned gentlemen, to do so. Basicly, I was hoping to ...

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I posted this:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=51420

on the construction forum, but I'm not getting much response...

Was hoping for a few more comments.

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Otigiri, McMaster Carr has 1/8" diameter dome headed rivets. They're closer to $8 a pound though. Their best gues is 300ish per pound in the length that I ordered. I susspect I know what this is for, and I ordered like... 3-4 pounds of them in anticipation of my own implementation of the same projec...

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This was colored with just a propane torch. basicly just hit the peice with a torch till it went colory. You really want to do this before you pad/strap the peice... obviously... burning leather and foam is teh stinky. m I personaly realy like this coloring. It's bluer than a chemical blue or paint,...

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You definitely never want to forget to respect the bench grinder / polishing wheel. I think full-face masks are a good idea with these things. Steve Good point. Especialy with a wire wheel. Safety glasses are mandatory for any thing like this buffer/wire wheel/grinder, but a face shield is a good p...

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If you stay in the green area of the wheel you really won't have to worry about feet/knees/shins much. The wheels like to throw things pretty much at a tangent peprendicular to the radius. What I mean is, if you are buffing right on the line between the 2 zones, it will tend to throw it pretty much ...

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So..... I'm trying to get a pattern worked up for steel elbow cops that looks better than most of what I see. The general consensus seems to be that most elbows simply aren't dished deep enough. I'm hoping to have a pattern that will work for say... 14th cent transitional and later with minor tweaks...

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What shape are the dents? Are they roughly stick shaped, or are they pretty rounded and fairly deep, like someone hit it with a ball peen hammer? Something I encountered early in my SCA career was a very old helm, that took a dent from a 2 handed sword. The helm was an army pot of some kind, and the...

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Buffers can be dangerous. But they're nothing to be afraid of. Don't wear gloves if you can help it. I personaly feel that in a lot of cases gloves are more dangerous than not as I can get a better and more secure grip without them. Buffers generate a LOT of friction, and thereby heat. You may need ...

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Articulated elbows, welded centerline, separate welded/riveted fan. 16 gauge cold rolled mild steel.

http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/artelb1.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/artelb2.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/artelb3.jpg

Asking $75 plus shipping.

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Steve Forth put a great tutorial on the entire process over at Arador. Check that out, there are a couple methods for punching.

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What kind of price were you thinking for the stake? Got a pic of it?

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Not to be completely non-helpful... but.... What about 1/4 inch mild bar? Last time I bought some I bought like... 200 feet of it. Price was 9 cents a foot, slightly cheaper if I bought the whole 20 foot length. I can't imagine that it'd be more than 12 cents a foot now. You're looking at at least t...

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You might try adding additional padding to the lower back portion of the helm. This will push the back of it further away, and bring the chin of the helm closer. You are likely to still need to work on the gorget, but this might help.... Never tried it, just an idea that popped into my head while re...

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These are available agian.

Get them with these:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... 160#638160

for $110 and I'll spring for postage.

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Just finished these today. Based on a variety of patterns and attempting a 14th century look.

16 gauge CR mild steel. Welded centerline, rivited and welded wing.

http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/14thknee1.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/14thknee2.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/14thknee3.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/14thknee4.jpg

Asking $75.00 plus shipping.

Or get them with these:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=51193

for $110.00 and I'll spring for postage.

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Thorbjorn wrote:Do you plan on having more? Need a shield?

I will very probably have more. Experimenting with different patterns right now. Not exactly like these, they need tweaking in my mind.

No, I do not need a shield. But I do love barter

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Have these ready to go out the door. Asking $40 plus shipping.

Would call them med-large.

16g CR mild steel, welded centerline construction.

http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/rondel1.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/rondel2.jpg

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cwr1000 wrote: that ninja looked NOTHING like a ninja...

Ninjas are totaly cool, and they're masters of stealth, invisible to all means of human detection, so no one knows what they look like.

Also, they flip out and kill people.

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Konstantin the Red wrote:Another option is articulating rivets front, leather center, leather rear.

Um.... isn't that backwards?

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For example, I think it was mentioned in his book about edge packing and that it works by compressing the steel even more than it would normally be compressed in the rest of the blade. If edge packing does indeed work it certainly can not be from compressing the steel tighter. As I recall this has ...

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Basicly an a-frame on wheels with rows of double cross bars. Oh, and a hook at one end for the bolt cutters.

http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/hamrack1.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/hamrack2.jpg

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You could always do cheater rolls. Weld a 1/4" bar around the outside of the buckler. While it probably adds more strength, it will also add more weight. I have a buckler that honestly weighs like 3 pounds less than my 26" centergrip. People pick it up and say "WOW! That's heavy!" Personaly, I like ...

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EirÃƒÂkr SkjÃƒÂ³ld wrote:And on another thread Gorilla Hands... err um I mean Sixtus was picking on my cranium? Hypocrite... nah!

Meh.... your helm looks better than his. Therefore... his words can not harm you.

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Everybody hates my swords but me. It comes out in a sort of S shape, and everybody thinks it feels wierd. To me, it just feels like a natural extention of my hand. I had a sword that was vaugly S shaped. The tip curved back towards me, and the end of the handle curved out. It was almost like a sham...

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Everybody hates my swords but me. It comes out in a sort of S shape, and everybody thinks it feels wierd. To me, it just feels like a natural extention of my hand. I had a sword that was vaugly S shaped. The tip curved back towards me, and the end of the handle curved out. It was almost like a sham...

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There are also videos by Dr. Hrisoulas. Very cool, as it lets you see him do what you've read in the books. Somewhere my father found for me some reprints of some technical manuals. Text books for a highschool blacksmithing course with an original copyright date of 1903. Those have been handy too. N...

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A nifty design. But... *I* have a problem with it. It looks painfully heavy. To my understanding weight has been the primary concern with halfswording, pommel and quillion strikes, and why they have been unavailable to us in the SCA. If you do test this, please be careful, and certainly let us know ...

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Last time I bought chemical blue for a project, I looked at what else they had. They did have a chemical blue for stainless. I have never tried it, and I can not vouch for it's effectiveness. If you do go with a chemical blue... Paste is easier than liquid IMO. (unless maybe you were going to buy en...

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Very nice.

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Mattmaus, You use a rich mix for forge welding? How does it make it easier? I read that a rich flame is several hundred degrees cooler then a neutral flame. Now I only know what I have read and do not have the practical knowledge. Meh... it probably is cooler. Heat really isn't so much an issue. Fo...

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Regarding the White Mountain helm that Dane retrofitted. As Dane explained it to me Mordrake was not having problems with calibration so much, as thrusting tips etc getting stuck up under the brim between it and the back bars. This resulted in Mordrake on a stick; funny to see I'm sure, but not cond...

elbow cop shape - xpost

elbow cop shape

Articulated elbows

14th cent. -ish knees

Basic elbows.