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Thanks Thaddeus, I suppose I am chasing an impossible quest. To build a SCA helm that looks historical. Hal Um... no. While none are perfectly accurate, they are all SCA legal, and reasonably accurate to a layman. Any of them COULD be made by one more skilled than I to be more accurate, without loo...

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Looks very nice. Very well done.

I don't know because I've never made a cop, nor have I worn one (so please don't scream at me) but...

Would D rings on the back pannel that the straps from the sides pass through help with this at all?

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InsaneIrish wrote:Nice work....But...
Why?

Why not?

Looooks most spiffy.... even if Link is a pantywaist.

<Barricades self in keep>

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More on the topic at hand. Stonekeep: More power to you. If you provide a quality (meaning materials craftsmanship etc, non neccisarily historicly accurate to every detail) product, for SCA combat use you are indeed providing a service that in my opinion is much needed. With one caveat. You need to ...

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MUST.....

RESIST.....

URGE......

to make slew of snarky comments.

As an Outlander.... I see bad things happening.

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I would not be a ble to honestly say that I like the looks of this overall. As others have said, it's globish.

While the style doesn't apeal to me, I can see that you put a lot of TLC into it. From the pictures it looks very smooth and well shaped. Everything fits together just right.

Good Work!

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Sweeeet.

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That's not a bad thing when you are fighting for your life with no significant shoulder armour. An excelent point. And when it came to cornered helms of that type, they delivered a "spaced armor" effect with those corners. A blade breaking through the helm's plates at that point had not only to kee...

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I find horizontal bars to be easier to put on. Horizontal bars are traditional. (LOL) Vertical bars look better IMO. Vertical bars can provide better vision, but not neccisarily so. The helm I had with vertical bars had GREAT vision in front of me, but the bar alignment on that particular peice drop...

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If you have a means to heat it (like a rosebud), and a good pattern for a simple round bowl, you really shouldn't need to add anything to it. Just raise your point over a stake. I have an old jackhmmer bit that I use for this kind of shapitizing. Otherwise, if I were going to do it, I'd use the 2 pe...

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You want to try to duplicate those???? YOU'RE SICK!!!!!! Will you be my friend?

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I'm not saying it's cool to go throwing swords at the crowd, I'm just saying both sides have to take steps if you want to make sure people dont get hurt. I've seen more spectators endangered by deliberately thrown weapons when some git get's his knickers bunched up than I have from weapons flying w...

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Mostly, range of motion.

More lames = more/smoother motion.

If you're making the elbows yourself, it also means more work and frustration.

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jester wrote:Awards:

If you're in it for this, then you're doing something wrong....

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Bumpage....

is it the size? style? How comes no one likey?

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Measure at least twice....

also....

Never argue with the tape measure. You'll loose. I know this to be true.

Looks very nice, even if it don't fit.

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A good weld can be bent at least 120 degrees each direction three times without even cracking. If you can bend a lap weld 120 degrees both directions, you're working some mojo that is hell and gone beyond my comprehension. The short answer is partly, people can't weld. Mostly however.... I think th...

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OK, the ring won't slide over the tip... but what about the butt... Well... I'm thinking of weapons like glaives, etc, usualy equipped with a butt spike as well as a tip so theres thrusty bits on both ends. It would be easy enouch to add some sort of end cap so that the ring didn't slide off. For t...

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The trick I think is equiv. restraint. Localy, no one has wrist lanyards any more.... triggers do the trick. The local madu's all have triggers to my knowledge. It takes me at least 2 good shakes to get out of my triggers, 3-4 if I've been fighting and the leather gets sweaty. Adding a restraint to ...

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Sheep, boil a new sheepskin in water and scoop the oily stuff off of the top and spread on tent. It's called lanolin and is what stops sheep from shriking when it rains . Man... can you just boil the whole sheep? Stew and waterproofing in one! Ahem.... Reterning to non smart alec mode.... Thanks fo...

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Thanks for the input thus far guys. Wil's question actualy stems from discussions he and I have been having about this. I was personaly leaning in favor of the center hinge for many of the reasons listed here, but also because it seems easier to work an aventail under a center hinged visor. Wil has ...

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I recently sold this one for $175.00 <img src="http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/helmets/spangen/spangen1.jpg"> <img src="http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/helmets/spangen/spangen2.jpg"> <img src="http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/helmets/spangen/spangen3.jpg">

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Spun tops look bad because they are perfectly round. Your head isn't. Spun tops look bad because they have ridges from the spinning process. There is nothing wrong with spun tops. They can be made to look good, and it honestly doesn't take a lot of skill. Most of the guys who use them just don't do ...

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Also Hal, 1/4" bar would be way to heavy for a kid.

I use 1/4" bar on my adult combat helms, and people bitch about the weight.

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I pretty much always just use 12 gauge for dished tops. Partly because it's what I have on hand, and partly because it's what I trust. It's going to thin some... period.... The question has been asked, and argued over "Where do you start dishing, in the middle or on the edge?" and MY answer is [i]bo...

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Well.....

Last time I doubt a laurel..... Dane was telling me about your 'dry' sense of humor..... did I beleive him? Noooooo.... serves me right.

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First... if you have a harbor freight near you, you can save on the shipping. They'll sell you the same thing for $45, and quite frequently put them on sale for $25-30. Walk in, pay, take home, forget making UPS guys hate you for the hernia. These ASO's do have some merits..... I have 2 of them. 1 i...

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No problems that I've ever seen in the Outlands. If you can, hit it. My Knight has a habit of dismembering foes at demo's if he can (he gets pumped in front of kids). Take an arm, a leg, then the other arm.... As a side note: Rainald, if we ever meet, remind me of this, and I will gladly fight you s...

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I didn't know there were official SCA boffer rules.... I know that technicly in the Outlands.... there ain't none. Some people are working on them, I think, but mostly as weapon construction guidelines. Being more practical mountain folk (or something), we've come to understand that kids will be kid...

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Effingham wrote:The only problem is the visor... You've got it placed way too high. The visor top should line up with the top of the koshimaki.

I think I see the problem but what's a koshimaki? Anyone got a quick and dirty anatomy of a japanese helmet sketch?

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FrauHirsch, I hate to be stupid, really I do, but well... I am. I don't actualy grasp at all what it is you're trying to communicate here, despite the fact that I really would like understand it. Could you perhaps provide some sketches or photo's as a step by step how to for those of us who are bare...

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I assume you are in the red and black? Do you mind if I ask where you got your hat?

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My experience with chemical blueing it has always left a powdery rust like coating on the outside of the blackened surfaces. This is apparently part of the chemical process that takes place, as I get the same effect from peices that I dunk in dilute muratic or vinegar to remove mill scale (only they...

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