The Armour Archive

Tarquin Bjornsson

wow i didn't know it was possible to have less than no shame

Tarquin Bjornsson

the machine i operate is an old clover (italian possibly pre-ww2) it has 14ft bedways and a 30" throw, old lathes if well maintained work just as well if not better than new lathes

Tarquin Bjornsson

poweder coating is and eceltronically charged powder that is sprayed onto the item to be coated and is then baked in an oven (at 600 degrees i beleve) where it is cured, it is very durable

Tarquin Bjornsson

a lathe with a three jaw chuck allows for simple turning and cutting of threads and is typicallly quite easy to use however threads can be tricky. A lathe witha for jaw chuck is much handier, however four jaw cjucks dojn't center themselves so you need to indicate them (which can be tricky) however ...

Tarquin Bjornsson

Here we go i have since switced to a norman conical for most things but still wear the phrygian for formal occaisions.

Tarquin Bjornsson

what kind of a blade are you using in your swivel knife ullieag? i use a ruby blade angled, amd trying to find a straight one

Tarquin Bjornsson

actually weld is quite soft and easy to blend

Tarquin Bjornsson

i like the helmet, next time perhaps you should bevel the edges on the leather

Tarquin Bjornsson

every monday my barony averages 15-20 fighters 3 knights one is a count one is a duke, our practise also has an out of area count (also a knight) once or twice a month

Tarquin Bjornsson

go ahead experiment, i took them to the heat treaters i had no cle waht they did

Tarquin Bjornsson

i used it for splints on somw vambraces (they were fluted) and it did nothing but crack, stick to 1050, 1045 is good to

Tarquin Bjornsson

4130 is too hard for armouring purposes, 1050 is the max iwould use before cracking becomes an issue

Tarquin Bjornsson

I am fairly certain that McPhereson's apprentice, Jeffrey is the producer of this harness. If he can get $20,000 from some rich rube who shops at NM, let him. I certainly cannot afford to shop there. Keep in mind that we all live in a fantasy world, where we can buy someone's time for much less tha...

Tarquin Bjornsson

you don't need light armour, you need properly fitted armour

Tarquin Bjornsson

what is the angle, the specifics on sharpening them?

Tarquin Bjornsson

Stick welding is the hardest form of welding there is, mig is the easiest, take this from someone who welds to fix other peoples mistakes for a living (machinest apprentice who does mostly repair work on bearing journals but prefers to tig weld)

Tarquin Bjornsson

i just bought a used rawhid mallet from the leather store and cut it in half

Tarquin Bjornsson

just go to thinking about it, i could make them as long as you didn't need them in any hurry (i am quite busy) I'm a machinist apprentice and have a laithe in my garage

Tarquin Bjornsson

a local machine shop can make them.

Tarquin Bjornsson

now this piece is the best
http://bel-knight.com/gallery/viewpic.p ... viewtype=1

Tarquin Bjornsson

what do you call a lefty verses another lefty?

Justice

Tarquin Bjornsson

sold, how much extra for shipping to canada? and i need an adress to send a Money order to

Tarquin Bjornsson

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO How could they buitcher such a heroic tale by casting Vin diesel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh although maybe it could surprise me like colin farrel as a...

Tarquin Bjornsson

The movie wasn't great but it wasn't bad either. i was a little ticked when i had heard taht stone had cut out the fact taht alexander was gay, but in actual fact i was surprised by how much he played up on the fact that he was. Fairly accurate and i loved the scene with the war elephants. Now someb...

Tarquin Bjornsson

i have an ancient pair of slip rollers i modifed (added a gearbox and run it with a hammer drill) that will bend most anything but my maximum length is 24"

Tarquin Bjornsson

tundra leather in downtown hamilton go in and ask for Sean AKA Baron Tarkati

Tarquin Bjornsson

WOW Adam you never cease to amaze me

Tarquin Bjornsson

i fought in my lamellar, my norman conical, and my red and black fighting clothes, i fought two sword

Tarquin Bjornsson

i wish i knew all you archivers were there, i came up form ealdormere to see it, even stayesd at moes place to , he had no clue it was awesome

Tarquin Bjornsson

Hey AB, can i uh... borrow her for some of the chainmaille work i've been doing. for some reason, i've had a lack of co-operative models in my backwards, prudish corner of ontario, canada. seriously, great work, how did you get the fluting to raise so evenly? -Andy (Kight's Realm Maille and Armour)...

Tarquin Bjornsson

not all house insurance will cover it, because not all insurance is set-up for an original piece of art.

Tarquin Bjornsson

oh know, i hope he had a helm of that caliber insured, i'll chip in a few bucks.

Tarquin Bjornsson

I myself started off with a pair of full plate arms, and after two practices made a spair of steel banded leaterh vambraces with (thinner) dished cops. I'm ditching my 20lb 14g steel helm because it's too restrictive and i'm working on a set of banded legs as well, while i don't have much money. i ...

Tarquin Bjornsson

link forthcoming, it is pending the lady updating the website

Tarquin Bjornsson

Consider all of you cordially invited to a Pas of three counted blows to be held in Ealdormere on the 27 of november. The pas will be held at "Day of the Troubadors". There will be gallery seating for the fighting of the day(we actually have a gallery(balcony) for the seating). Other fighting for th...

Pas D' Arms to be held in ealdormere