The Armour Archive

mattmaus

your swords are going to last much longer than a more experienced fighters because you just won't be throwing that many quality blows. That makes a difference. An absolutely valid and true point. The better fighters almost ALWAYS burn through rattan than those of us less skilled, regardless of acti...

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That kind of weapon is forbidden in the Outlands. So....

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my point being that a recognizable percentage feel strongly enough to say they hate it. the results speak for themself and i have attempted to skew nothing. logan Your Grace, You are correct. There is a recognizable percetage who feel stringly enough to say "I hate it". As I type this 30% of the re...

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60 bux for a dz arrows??? WOW I'm not charging enuff!! You're probably not to be honest. Or maybe you're charging enough, but not what you can. In all honesty, surf around the net some and if you can find arrows ready to go for less than $50 let us all know where! Also, my price is including shippi...

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Most of the klappvisors I've seen need to have extra cheeks hidden under your aventail.

What if....

You put some kind of fastener, dead center on the INSIDE of the visor, had a single bar run from stealth cheek to stealth cheek, and fastened the visor to that bar?

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barely half is hardly a high percentage. unless, of course, you mean that you expected a lower number. i think it speaks volumes that almost half claim to hate it. even in such an unscientific poll. regards logan Um.... Bareley half is not good enough for people that like it? but almost half (which...

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Jehan de Pelham wrote:Ti Vambrace: 1lb, 11.8oz
Historic Enterprises 14th century Vambrace, Spring Steel (Small): 1lb, 12oz

I assume that's weight each? or per pair?

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Bump again....

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Both gorget and helmet are now sold....

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Matthias Fledermus of the outlands has heard the following stereotypes: Caidians are foppish dandys - my eval, false. They are capable fighters who also like to look nice. Nobody in Ansteroa fights with anything but a 3 foot by 4 foot barn door sheild - my eval... unknown, only met 2 ansteorans in p...

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A lot of it depends on how you prep them, and how you fight. I've seen brand new sticks not last a day. Course... 1 layer of duct tape (nothing else) on a scrawny little whippy fast stick, held by a hot agressive fighter. My lazy but with my 2*4 clubs wrapped in spiraled strapping tape, last forever...

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cblackthorne wrote:His Excellency Sir Asad Udin, from the Outlands.

Yes! Him too!

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Question usually boils down to "Relative to what?" Some scholars, professional or amateur, degreed or not, are only proficient in a narrow range. You might know all there is to know about pre-Columbian Brazil, but do you know anything about the Polynesians of the same period? Maybe--maybe no. Maybe...

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Vitus wrote:Get thee bent, heathens.

I have typed 'lol' many many times while in chat rooms, or buletin boards... but until just now... I have never actualy laughed out loud.

Anyway....

I wouldn't say he's the !BEST EVAR! but if you need madu tips in northern outlands, Sir Haroun is the guy to see.

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Is this gonna be as exciting and entertaining as the nameless B-man "rat pack" stuff?

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ArtemisGreen wrote:Don't pay attention to the ugly rustedness of the steel, rather look at the workmanship of the spring pin

Actualy, a very clear picture, easy to see and understand.

mattmaus

How bout more choices? Like....

CA
A:Love it,
B:hate it,
C: don't care, but hate inane arguments about it,
or
D: I'm a troll and love to argue so make sure that there's always a CA thread on the archive

mattmaus

If you have a whitney punch or similar you can nibble a 1/4 inch radius out of the corner, then feather it out with a file or sander. Use the sharp corner you have as a center point for the punch. Or, just feather it into a radius with a file/sander/whatever. You'll loose a little bit that way, but...

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The black metal stuff that they wrap crates up in. Works ok. I have not had much luck with it. Not stiff enough for my tastes. May just be the banding I had. This is actualy getting harder to find as everyone switches to nylon. I use monster bandsaw blades from the scrap yard. These need a little co...

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I would say that it needs more dishing still. Really you want them to be pretty deep. If you use a round impression in your stump this will tend to want to make it too tight to fit on your arm. I use an oblong impression, so that I get more curve from top to bottom than left to right. I personaly li...

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Karl Helweg made a reference to a source I did not have/was not familiar with. So I asked for a scan, and he asked me to post it here as well, to provide ideas for the rest of you. As you can see, the center burgonet has a bargrill that is not quite, but almost SCA legal. Double the number of bars, ...

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Sweet cardboard calipers Hal! That's way cool! And you're right. The brow measuremnet you need to make a helmet absolutely. But having the front to back measurements makes it LOTS easier. Simple geometry tells us that when figurng a head size if we want to have 1/2 inch all around (that's 1/2 inch o...

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I would absolutely like to see the process. As I'm sure several others would.

I appologize, I'm probably coming off as pig-headed and argumentive (again) which I don't mean to.

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Karl: What does HW business pratices have anything to do with the fact that someone else is reproducing his work without permission? Would you be as sarcastic if it was YOUR work? Or maybe a more reputable armourers work like White Mountian? I am not defending or condemning HW. I am just saying his...

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ABHAMMER wrote:I await your answer

What was the question?

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Exceptional. too small... but still very nice.

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mattmaus Not a bad sujestion, but it seem like gold plating fruit, it will still rot and stink. Possibly... You say yourself you use a 2 part pattern. I'm picturing 2 halves here (left and right). You probably, after making 3 or 4, have the pattern down pretty well. Assume that someone like me gets...

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brewer wrote:True. <wicked application of edditing implements that go snicker snack>tation.

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I am pleased with this exchange.

Thank you for your time in discussing this with me.

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WD-40 sux for armour unless your wiping off duct tape smears. It's really not great for preventiing rust. I use cheapo turtle wax car wax to keep the rust down. I'll second that. In regards to how frequently to apply it... my helmet's been in my armor bag for better than 6 months. was waxed 2 pract...

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You're gonna be hard pressed to make a breast plate that will still allow you to feel chest shots... NAH! He could spot weld a bunch of short roofing nails on the inside of the breasplate to poke him good when he gets hit. (not helpful I know) However, you could make a fake brigantine doublet... sk...

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That should do you pretty well Hal... depending on what you have you may want to enlarge the center one a bit (WIDTH not LENGTH). Usualy when I get stuck like you did, I start a gap in the back with a thin cutoff wheel. Close it up. If I like it, it gets welded shut. If not, cut the width of the whe...

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Ok... heres how I make mine. Start with Craig Nadlers pattern for his close helm. Use the top and back from there. You'll also need one of the brow bands from his visors. Both need a little tweaking for this, but they're a good base. It's in the pattern archive. From that I modified the bevor to sui...

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You do very nice peircing and rolling. For the record.... I cheated like mad. Particularly on the first one. The lower edge of the neck lames are not rolled, but rather have a 1/8th inch bar welded on the very edge, wled ground off and roped from there. Same for the roping around the eyes. I did th...

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Veltin, I appreciate your help on this very much so. Footwear always being something of an issue. To clarify exactly what I'm seeing here. In the second picture, a knee high boot of what appears to be not terribly stiff leather, having a 4-5 inch cuff rolled over, presumably held up by a garter(?). ...

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Jason Grimes wrote: No greaves or sabbatons, but you could wear period style boots to protect your shins and feet. The Landsknecht light demi-lancers wore boots that would work well.

vawy intewesting..... do you have any examples of such boots?

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