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Johann ColdIron

If you don't get an answer here you might try http://garagegunsmithing.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=54

Lots of home brewed gunsmithing there. Be prepared to loose hours just looking at other peoples projects.

Johann ColdIron

That pic made the rounds on Imgur as well. Nice job PB!

Johann ColdIron

Aase Folkvord claims that after researching reports of the original finds regarding the Viking apron dress (reports available to everyone) any conclusions drawn from such academic reports are her exclusive right. This confuses me greatly. Did she Aase write these reports? Was she under the employ o...

Johann ColdIron

I've never heard them called "armada" chests before. :) Strong iron boxes with complex mechanisms seem to be a late 15th-early 16thC phenomenon. The surviving examples are almost always described as pay or treasury chests for the campaign. As Suzerain mentioned, your example is not the most complic...

Johann ColdIron

Otto von Teich wrote:Thats my ugly mug to the left of Tom! That was a nice hat!

My ear on the right.

Very interesting hat. I'd love to know what is the real story is on that tail. Missing lame, from another helm or for guy with no neck...

Johann ColdIron

I'll have mine at AE War Practice Finn and I bet Amos and my squire Patrick can bring theirs. I'll check with your MIC to make sure we can do pick ups with it. I've been fighting with mine for 2 years with out a break yet. We love it for practice swords. Only 1.25" is legal and it has to have a lay...

Johann ColdIron

wcallen wrote:I have one with 2 dents.

http://www.allenantiques.com/A-65.html

One more theory down.

I don't have any good idea why it has 2 dents.

Wade

Perhaps the second was collected in use?

Johann ColdIron

I bought my first set of tanks in a pawn shop with a whole portable rig for less than $100. Victor gauges, cutting torch, several tips, striker. I think it even had goggles. Because it was meant to be portable they were small tanks. The first time I brought them in to fill I looked at the cost to ju...

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Andrea Ferrara wrote:ah ok thanks

This might be a no duh moment for me but I'm betting the "HC" is high carbon. It has SOME sort of carbon content since it is hardened and tempered. High would imply, at least to me, that it is more than 1050.

Nice chopper!

Johann ColdIron

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:

Giuliano's skull show the horrible wounds inflicted upon him during his assassination during the Pazzi Conspiracy instigated by the Duke of Urbino.

That looks like it might have hurt a tiny bit.

Johann ColdIron

It was a really great time! So much to absorb. Nothing can compare to putting your hands on the real thing. Pictures cannot show the way shapes flow on originals. My brain is overloaded with anitclastic curves. So.much.to.learn! Thanks for tolerating the invasion, Allen family. I really appreciate y...

Johann ColdIron

Is that a Wally-E helm or what? That is a Totenkopf/Deathshead or Savoyard. Think 30 year war calvary and booolits, B. Here is a little text yoinked from a auction site. http://www.peterfiner.com/current-stock/item/1443/ Headpieces of this distinctive fashion were intended for wear by the cuirassie...

Johann ColdIron

The SCA is not just medieval, but I think it a fair observation that it has a medieval core. If the OP wants information on fringe personae, that's up to him, but he needs to be aware of the road his friend is taking. The OP is not talking two weapon, he's talking two sword. Two Weapon, (Sword & Da...

Johann ColdIron

But it would be so much more fun to have 4 sets of patterns (or partial) - 2 from me, 1 from Tom and one from Vermillion with assembled or semi-assembled versions of 3 of them... We will see how it goes. Wade Hi guys, I'm out of town on Museum business and this thread took off! I look forward to co...

Johann ColdIron

Trystyn of Anglesey wrote:What is "Early Act First Knight training"?

If you behave they willl probably come visit your school too.

Johann ColdIron

In the mean time. Does the prospective wearer already have his/her cuirass built? A pauldron really should be fitted to the person while wearing the cuirass. Build the pauldrons first and they have a really good chance of being wrong. We can see how Tom's patterns differ from mine. That should be e...

Johann ColdIron

I saw that a while ago and it changed my life! :lol: Or at least my fight. That is why my starting stance has the sword arm and shoulder muscles pulled back into a place that I can throw a killing blow without winding back to throw it. The blow comes out faster without presaged movement to key of off.

Johann ColdIron

Firstly, "Two sword" is an awful sca creation, with no real historic provenance. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13510 Every time you Fight Two sword, a little bit of medieval dies... :P The SCA isn't just Medieval ;) Though there is documentation of Masters teaching two ...

Johann ColdIron

Johann-- Tom will bring patterns next Saturday for a 15th c Italian pauldron that you can use as a basis for generating a pattern. Bring posterboard if you'd like to trace it. Tracy Thanks Tracy! I appreciate the help. This piece is much more 3D that I am used to patterning, especially with articul...

Johann ColdIron

How were they done on the originals...

Johann ColdIron

Might be Paul Of Belatrix.

Johann ColdIron

It was the commonplace from the Medieval era straight up into the 18th century, to have buriasl in a shroud, or nothing, in the case of battlefield casualties. Somewhere I have a circa 1480 French manuscript image showing the digging of a mass grave, with the corpses laid in naked, and the various ...

Johann ColdIron

I see a couple of heavy blows going into the backs of heads, the guys hardly seemed phased by it. but the helm picks up a nice crease ... Often when armour dents like that the energy went into the armour and was not transmitted well to the person inside. I have seen people get a visible crease and ...

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zachos wrote:Put a thrusting tip on it, and you're good to go aren't you?

Might not make the pound per foot rule.

Johann ColdIron

We had an eighties Pontiac Phoenix that did the same thing. Usually in a turn so you would loose power steering in an intersection. :shock: You could get out, pop the hood and waggle the main electrical connector that went through the engine firewall into the cabin and it would work just fine until ...

Johann ColdIron

Leo Medii wrote:Awesome!!!

Anything that gets anyone to wear actual armor is a bonus to me.

No kidding! Anything that reinforces the renown of steel over plastic is a good thing.

Johann ColdIron

If I fished in the bin I do have patterns for the 2 pair of Italian pauldrons I built. And I have some 16th pauldrons that are built in a similar fashion to the late 15th c. German ones. Fewer plates, but the idea is similar. Wander around and see what seems helpful next weekend. Wade Thanks! I am ...

Johann ColdIron

First - and you may not care - I think they are 100% fake. They are pretty good fakes, but they are fake. I can verify that tonight. Second - there are pictures of them in the digital catalogue the Wallace just produced. I might have mentioned that I think people should buy it. :) I have the stick ...

Johann ColdIron

One of my students wants to make a set of pauldrons like the ones on the Wallace A21 suit to go with his kit. Does anyone have a pattern they are willing to share or hints to send me in the right direction? This will be the first time I have attempted to make such a complex shoulder defense let alon...

Johann ColdIron

Kilkenny wrote: So, mm.. yeah.

Von Halsterns - Yeah. I knighted Sigfried.

So it's all YOUR fault?

They have always been worthy opponents.

Johann ColdIron

Rattan tends to damage steel armour better than a steel weapon does due to the larger cross section at impact. Depends on the weapon. Steel mass weapons like many were using in BOTN can be much more damaging to armor. A standard single handed "Practical" broadsword, not so much, especially at pulle...

Johann ColdIron

Mike J wrote:http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 03,00.html

The Germans are researching a mass grave at Lützen.

Verrrry interesting! Hopefully they will learn something. I wish they hadn't been stripped of their posessions though.

Johann ColdIron

Rattan tends to damage steel armour better than a steel weapon does due to the larger cross section at impact. Thrown at the same power level as rattan a steel sword damages the person more due to the lesser cross section at impact. Both can break bones when they are close to the surface or the weap...

Johann ColdIron

While you can put a wire-wheel of the correct arbor size on that tool (always wear face protection, flying wires and whatnot) I think you will find it is underpowered and the shafts are short preventing access to some places. Several years ago I got myself one of these: http://www.grizzly.com/produ...

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Yeah, I think maybe over here it would've been hard to train at first, cause you think thats a last resort style. So we might of trained to hit folks. Where in reality, that might be the main thing to do over there. Now we see how they want to play it, I am sure we will adjust. :) The goal is to ge...

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