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mattmaus

I bet if you call the original shop back and ask them for the price on a full sheet it's a lot less than $10/SF. Like Clang said, they're cutting a full sheet to your purpose. They're charging you a cut fee, which is typical. Runs me about $10 a cut at my shop. If the lady behind the counter is in a...

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Thorbrandr is in Dragonsspine, and he posts here too, can't remember his user ID though.

Mavrikii was in Wyoming I thought?

Baron Lothar doesn't post here but you can get in touch with him through the dragonsspine web page.

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Young Frankenstein stuck in my head now thanks.

"rrrrroll! rrrrroll! Rrrrrrrol in ze hay!"

But based on everything I've seen from/read about him. Fungi-Forge could/would probably be a good place to start!

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Thanks, Marco. I'll let you know when I decide. I'm leaning towards 3/32" hole and 33% open. But I may do a mock-up in some unperforated steel just so I can test the look and fit first before investing the money and to make sure I don't have to do the cuts twice. (Perf is not cheap as you well...

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For what it's worth, a lot of the tandy stuff is available in brass/bronze.

The majority of their shiny 'white' metal buckles that I have used are actualy nickel plated brass/bronze.

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In regard to Ashcraft Baker. This is the first I've heard of them being ill-fitting. I've always heard they're are very durable and ugly. Can others confirm or deny that they're ill-fitting? They run round. Perfectly round. Heads are not. Best case scenario someone has a fairly round head, less ova...

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and the sharp edge of the brim won't hurt the big mean grass swords at all... neither will... well... hitting anything with a piece of grass...

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They are a decent tool at a decent price. By most accounts it appears that they have been working to fix some of the issues that plauged earlier models. It has been common to hear that they really don't need as much fiddling with to get them working. I've had 2 sets of blades on mine, and found them...

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Antonis wrote:Newbie here; what does that mean?

They are referring to helmets produced by Ashcraft/Baker. They tend to be sturdy enough, but ill fitting on pretty much anyone and ugly as sin that has been beat by an ugly stick smeared with dog mess.

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Any constructive criticism welcome, along with general opinions, suggestions and the like. Looks cool as hell. Nicely done. In the last picture the metacarpal section you have laid out looks a bit long proportionaly. I'm not there, I can't see it fit on you (or whoever it's for). But it looks long....

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But someone may have tried it, and help me overcome some of the possible pitfalls. I have a nice anvil. She's my mistress. I love her more than the wife, but not more than the kids. I also have a pair of harbor freight 55 lb anvils. One of them sits on the bench and gets used mostly for a welding cl...

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Theodrick wrote:
mattmaus wrote:You paid $300 for fish boots?

Really?? I didn't even know they had feet!

Suicide Kings.

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You paid $300 for fish boots?

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Whatever happened with this?

Any progress?

Finished?

Abandoned to the scrap pile?

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MacTavish wrote:Hell, I just got a new greek helm and I am thinking of buying it.

How many does that make now?

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Oh that's much better.

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Sweet.

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Bran_mac_Conlae wrote:i.e. $120 is a bit much for a leather belt pouch I think.

Then you haven't seen some of the pouches we have floating around here on occasion.

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Very very nice... the only thing I would suggest for future SCA builds is to watch how far the grill comes away from the chin area. The way that helm looks in those pictures I could easily get a stick up under the chin. As it stands I don't think this helm would be passed by a marshal. Which would ...

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I really like the late 15th c hinges. The last of the 'simple' ones.

The way the edge is beveled like it is really sets it apart from just a chunk of strap steel.

Very nice.

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I've been looking through pictures of similar helms and I don't even see a rivet for a chinstrap on a lot of them. I've been going the 'extra mile' on my recent work and putting in mounts for chinstraps. On helmets with rivets as part of the design, I just use one of those rivets. On things like ba...

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Pitbull was doing some milaneese ones that looked decent, and I didn't think he was out of line with his price.

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Yup. Sho nuff works. Better than my camera does anyway! http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/weaf01.jpg http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/weaf02.jpg This was a cool way to waste time on a day that got started too late and was too cold to be otherwise productive. I had fun. Thanks!

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ndolphin wrote:10g Stainless,

What the hell kind of freight trains do you plan to stop with your head?

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K is this helm usable for heavy? If not could one be made like this for heavy. Helm is freeeeeeeking AWESOME want want want. Yes. Yes. But not by me. Not any time soon anyway. Me too. I've told Sieghart several times that he's lucky it doesn't fit me. I am working on a different burg at present, as...

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I knew it was one of those projects that gets done faster if you actually *start* it, rather than sitting around thinking about it... It's been my experience with chisel graving that once I get over the hump of actualy doing the work rather than looking at it that it goes really fast. The down side...

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Jehan de Pelham wrote:What a effing crazy price. Shaking my head.

No shit.

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My opinion may not count for a lot because I don't wear glasses. I do wear some pretty beefy nerdy looking Drew Cary style saftey specs in the shop, and when fitting stuff for glasses, I use them as a reference. One of my own insights into fitting a helmet with glasses that I think gets mostly overl...

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little experience with shipping and such. Assuming that you are in the US. The smaller forks and spoons look like they would fit in the small priority mail flat rate box. The boxes are free at the post office. They are cool, because you always know what it's going to cost to send them. For the most...

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This helmet is bad ass.

How bad ass?

I am gratefull that Jehan was kind enough to let me handle and examine it while he was still local to me. It was a series of inspirations and lessons in what quality armor should be.

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Pictures when you're done dude.

Let us know how the chains fight too. Have contemplated this for a while. Should easily meet any lanyard requirements, and if done properly, not be an additional hazzard. But finding the 'right' length of chain seems daunting.

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I never used them for the same reasons that Halberds uses nuts and bolts.

I don't care how well made they are... I would fuck them up.

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Vitus von Atzinger wrote:I am offering hardened shynbalds in this style.

If it's not a trade secret, what is your hardening technique?

More to the point...

Are you using a process that actually hardens the leather? or do you use a wax/resin impregnation technique?

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Pitbull Armory wrote: If that dont work you could always........

Spok do a good job of guiding you with your backing?

I bet it's hell for him to give hand signals.

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DarkHeart or Gruber are possibilities on the gaunts.

The legs and the hat I was prety sure on my guesses, but I'm really coming up empty on the gaunts.

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