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- Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:20 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: That C word
- Replies: 22
- Views: 687
Re: That C word
IIRC most authorities agree that "pair of plates" is the contemporary term for what we call a "coat of plates"- pair in this context is used in the archaic sense of "a number of similar objects that are used together" (as in "pair of rosaries" for a rosary in inventories) 15th C sources often menti...
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:39 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Steel Legacy Made a Prince Radziwill Gauntlet!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 495
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:21 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: a question on sca legality (finger gauntlets)
- Replies: 74
- Views: 926
Re: a question on sca legality (finger gauntlets)
whats the difference between those fingers(legality and safety wise) and these The Crimson Forge fingers appear to have two rivet points mounted at one end of the parts rather than a single central mounting point. You can see that a couple of the plates in the first pic posted have spun some. Maybe...
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:09 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: a question on sca legality (finger gauntlets)
- Replies: 74
- Views: 926
Re: a question on sca legality (finger gauntlets)
Sir Balin has fought in a minimum gladiator rig. Braver man than I! Tim, the biggest concern I have is that the finger plates have little overlap between plates. The bridging effect of the overlap is what protects from crushing force. They are also not tied together by articulation so the individual...
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:58 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: besagews annoying, vambraces potentially injurious
- Replies: 18
- Views: 528
Re: besagews annoying, vambraces potentially injurious
Can you take some pics of the arms? Their shape might tell us what is going on.
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:10 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2 stick advice
- Replies: 23
- Views: 693
Re: 2 stick advice
My left shoulder doesn't work well and I still do OK with two sword. You just have to work around the problem. Design blows that don't cause the strain that makes it unhappy. Straight cuts to the hip and torso (killing blow) might work since they don't require a lot of rotation in the wrist joint. D...
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:31 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: One Momentary Lapse of Judgement...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 567
Re: One Momentary Lapse of Judgement...
Ugg, Hope he recovers well! I was one of the first to respond to a Milling machine accident at a previous work. Fortunately for that guy the cutter only grabbed his flannel shirt sleeve cuff and slammed him bodily into the machine causing some broken ribs and internal bleeding. :shock: Always respec...
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:26 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: is this how 12 g mild steel should behave?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 758
Re: is this how 12 g mild steel should behave?
How old is the helmet and how many times has it been "cleaned" with a wire wheel or scrubby pad? 
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:19 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Where are they now?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 467
Re: Where are they now?
A leather Lorica I made in 91 or so turned up on the field at Pennsic a couple years back. I passed it on to someone at the Ponte Alto fighter practice at some point before we moved in 95. It had somehow made it into Black Diamonds loaner gear. It was still in decent shape and the guy who was wearin...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:29 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Not a big boy anymore...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 571
Re: Not a big boy anymore...
Dec. 2009 I got weight loss surgery and since then I have dropped from 370lbs to 200lbs. I have fought sporadically during this time (2 months on, 3 months off etc.) Since losing the weight, I've noticed a couple things about my fighting. For starters, I'm having a hard time generating power. I use...
- Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:47 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Knotwolf - Kitten rescue 2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 932
Re: Knotwolf - Kitten rescue 2
And the winners are: Drawknife - Egenbrauer - $35 Hammers - Johann - $55 Bronzes - Kicking Seth out of the Auction cause he can pick out his own, so if Wulfgar is still in at $105 he wins. If everyone can PM me their addresses & how they want to pay I'll get the stuff shipped out asap. R YAY! Two m...
- Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:29 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Knotwolf - Kitten rescue 2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 932
Re: Knotwolf - Kitten rescue 2
$55 on the hammers for a good cause!
- Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:23 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Can we get rid of these headphone ads?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 408
Re: Can we get rid of these headphone ads?
Very clever!Chris Gilman wrote:I have headphones that are good for shop use
http://diligentdwarves.blogspot.com/201 ... ation.html
- Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:54 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Woods for pole weapons? (Not SCA)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 389
Re: Woods for pole weapons? (Not SCA)
If you're looking to really swinging these hafts hard you might try riven rather than sawn wood. We've seen even 1kg mace hafts split along the wood grain. Good point for strength but riving is usually done green, IIRC. So you have to source fresh wood and then rough process, dry it and then do fin...
- Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:10 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: more then one way to skin a rattan.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 428
Re: more then one way to skin a rattan.
I use the planer at work for flat sides. I leave the skin on the striking surfaces.
A hatchet to remove the dried grass/leaf ends from the growth rings. Just skim it down the skin and it pops off.
Hoof rasp and draw knife for the grip. I try to avoid sanding as rattan dust makes me sneeze.
A hatchet to remove the dried grass/leaf ends from the growth rings. Just skim it down the skin and it pops off.
Hoof rasp and draw knife for the grip. I try to avoid sanding as rattan dust makes me sneeze.
- Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:20 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Recent weekend armour-in
- Replies: 15
- Views: 374
Re: Recent weekend armour-in
Nice job Aussie. Getting people into good gear is a rewarding experience!
- Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:16 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic pics
- Replies: 114
- Views: 6305
Re: Pennsic pics
yeah, Thank God they are using shields. Without them the picture would be a little more...awkward:shock:Apollonian wrote:1. It's OK Sadiqqui. They're wearing protection.
Falcone
- Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Modifying A Fencing Mask
- Replies: 9
- Views: 232
Re: Modifying A Fencing Mask
I've done it once, and will never do it again. I've made hundreds of fencing helms with perf plate, and only one with mesh. The fencing mask mesh is FORMED IN ITS FINAL SHAPE... you can't reshape it and still have it retain its mesh integrity. When you cut into the mesh, it frays terribly and you c...
- Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:40 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: New Ball Stake (Score!)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 290
Re: New Ball Stake (Score!)
I'd be tempted to find a huge nut for the base & make an adjustable height ball stake. Overkill probably, but lower tools make child labor much easier to utilize. R I agree Rich! Them 12 year olds have to work somewhere! it's also nice to have a station to work metal while sitting down as well. ;) ...
- Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:28 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2012...Show us your kits
- Replies: 487
- Views: 24719
Re: 2012...Show us your kits
Murdock wrote:i want new armour......sigggghhhhh
Pssst, there is some in your living room!
- Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:30 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Tool recommendations (Grinder/Polisher)?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 255
Re: Tool recommendations (Grinder/Polisher)?
I'd love to get a slack belt-sander but I do very little armor construction and more armor maintenance. I bought one of these: http://www.grizzly.com/products/Buffing-Assembly/H3559 http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t239/Eliz-Rivenstar/Seans%20Shop/P1010547.jpg and attached it to a 1.5hp motor. I ...
- Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:51 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Dibs on Calling Dibs!!!
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1006
Re: Dibs on Calling Dibs!!!
So what do we do as a community ? If you don't dib on here you're gonna lose said item to a line of dibbers. I would suggest that we go to a system used in the majority of the gun forums I go to. The first unequivocal "I'll take it" takes the item with any follow up seconds/thirds after that. It al...
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:28 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Sallet project
- Replies: 6
- Views: 474
Re: Sallet project
Konstantin the Red wrote:Is that Snoopy?
LOL, I see it.
- Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:06 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Gothic armour
- Replies: 8
- Views: 554
Re: Gothic armour
Very nice work!
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:18 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Gesswein stakes and garret stake holder
- Replies: 19
- Views: 534
Re: Gesswein stakes and garret stake holder
Does the auction have a end time/date?
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:34 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Maker's mark ID please
- Replies: 12
- Views: 409
Re: Maker's mark ID please
waveicle wrote:InsaneIrish - they have that feel don't they?
Yeah, those finger tips scream Eastern Europe. Not likely made for SCA rattan combat.
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:32 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
- Replies: 40
- Views: 845
Re: Feeling shots in my 14th Century armour
Except for "that guy" on the bridge...I eventually had to lift with my spear;)Said ibn-Ali wrote:This is why I fight with a mace, no one ever shrugs a good mace hit off. Even through metal.
- Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:51 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Canceled Custom Pole Arm for sale
- Replies: 11
- Views: 621
Re: Canceled Custom Pole Arm for sale
Sasha_Khan wrote:It's a giant round-over bit for a REALLY big router?
Getting that thing to spin at 10,000 rpm will be a challenge!
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:30 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Ice Falcon & Son Win Again!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 770
Re: Ice Falcon & Son Win Again!
Md02geist wrote:Atlantians hit like kittens.
WAR KITTENS!?
- Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:41 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FS: BdeB, auction style
- Replies: 56
- Views: 986
Re: FS: BdeB, auction style
BdeB wrote:This is the thing that must not be. He already has a Master in his pocket.Nissan Maxima wrote:$100
Pretty sure that was how much Nissan would have to be PAID to take you...
Think "Ransom of Red Chief"
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:12 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Sold.... Late Burgonet
- Replies: 32
- Views: 764
Re: Entertaining Offers... Late Burgonet
No kidding! The only reasons I didn't jump on this grenade is I am poor after Pennsic and I need to get off my butt and finish the burg project I have already started.PatternWeld wrote:Thank you Ubu... now I don't have to sell a kidney.
Very nice work Matt!
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:28 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FOR SALE – REPRODUCTION MILANESE HARNESS (c.1450)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1749
Re: FOR SALE – REPRODUCTION MILANESE HARNESS (c.1450)
Hmm... I don't joust. I don't have any room to store another armour like this. I already have a (much inferior) mid 15th c. armour. My wife would kill me. And it is still tempting. Someone out there really should have snapped this up. Wade But your wife has a nice horse and IICR is about 5'9" tall....
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:25 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Difference between half and demi gauntlets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 269
Re: Difference between half and demi gauntlets
One is French... :lol: The length and shape is really user preference and other hand protection dependent. If you have a protective enough basket you might not need the knuckle protection. Combat archery leads to different shapes a due to the need to pull a bow and the rules on hand protection while...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:18 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Clovenshield at Pennsic
- Replies: 19
- Views: 752
Re: Clovenshield at Pennsic
Nissan Maxima wrote:Says the guy who pointed us at what he wanted broke.BdeB wrote:heh.
LOL It was great having you all with us on the Bridge. Nice hole you made
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:16 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic XLI - Marshal's Courts
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3064
Re: Pennsic XLI - Marshal's Courts
I still have it.jester wrote:Yeah, and did you wear the thug sticker?
I did get the others to Murdock and those Green and Gold guys. They seemed happy.