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- Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:58 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Helm which protects the neck?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 527
Re: Helm which protects the neck?
What kind of power tools hit people in the neck? You would be surprised how much your neck is involved with everyday activities...until you damage it. Burgonets with a close tolerance gorget can make for a decent cervical collar. With our combat the biggest issue is too much neck/head travel to the...
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:40 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Calcio Storico Fiorentino: Cause Football is For Wimps.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 309
Re: Calcio Storico Fiorentino: Cause Football is For Wimps.
Can't tell the rules set (if there is one) but it seems to be keeping most of them in good shape! 
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:08 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Blackened Onion Top Bascinet For Sale
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1040
Re: Blackened Onion Top Bascinet For Sale
InsaneIrish wrote:Johann ColdIron wrote:
Minimums don't last here in Atlantia. My wife had a helm turned into an accordian by our fighter practices.
I can understand a society minimum helmet not lasting long.
But, this is 14ga, not 16ga.
Hers was 14 ga...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:44 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Best stock-removal tool for iron/steel?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 250
Re: Best stock-removal tool for iron/steel?
Thanks for the advice, guys. I'm assuming for the angle-grinder I'd need some sort of industrial-scale vise to hold it still, right? Becareful not to grind too quickly with an angle grinder. Their fast speed can have an impact on temper. That is why bladesmiths like belt sanders. I've used belt san...
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:14 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Blackened Onion Top Bascinet For Sale
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1040
Re: Blackened Onion Top Bascinet For Sale
InsaneIrish wrote:WilliamThomas wrote:14ga mild? please no one from Atlantia buy this helm it will get destroyed. It is VERY nice looking though
William
Really?
Society Minimums is 16ga. mild.
Minimums don't last here in Atlantia. My wife had a helm turned into an accordian by our fighter practices.
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:14 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Sword and Buckler
- Replies: 36
- Views: 658
Re: Sword and Buckler
It is effective within our rules set. If we had the full spectrum of combat in the period with grappling, offensive shields, pommel strikes, etc... it would be a much different game. Getting past the point was very important to people that did not want to get stabbed for the last time. Using the swo...
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:09 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: A request from the Pennsic lost and found staff
- Replies: 13
- Views: 550
Re: A request from the Pennsic lost and found staff
That I will be protecting against a 2" tip, just like I have been for years? In keeping with the idea of better protection against the new spear tips, check your gorget. Three-inch tips can get inside many a helm now, so consider what this means with a much smaller surface area. Lucas is speak...
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:29 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: New bits of armour - have a look
- Replies: 27
- Views: 906
Re: New bits of armour - have a look
John, As long as you are willing to have a Gorget from Augsburg, I think the pattern on my new one is actually a very good and practical one. It is pretty small in the base and has good movement in the upper plates. It even opens up pretty nicely. You could do up a nice burgonet to match with the n...
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:56 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: New bits of armour - have a look
- Replies: 27
- Views: 906
Re: New bits of armour - have a look
Nice trove there Wade! The next armour study just got more subject matter. Yup, I think so. Could I use the articulated gorget for Pennsic? Nope. But you can look at it to make your own. Actually it has a nice thickness and look. The leathers are all there and appear sound. It is probably quite usa...
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:57 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: New bits of armour - have a look
- Replies: 27
- Views: 906
Re: New bits of armour - have a look
Nice trove there Wade! The next armour study just got more subject matter.
Could I use the articulated gorget for Pennsic?
Could I use the articulated gorget for Pennsic?
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:51 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: A request from the Pennsic lost and found staff
- Replies: 13
- Views: 550
Re: A request from the Pennsic lost and found staff
maxntropy wrote:Check the port-a-john's. Likewise!
Snort!
Don't depend on newly made gear to function as expected. Bring back up so when that new thing starts to chafe or pinch in ways you never expected you can fall back to your original gear and still fight.
- Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:20 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Armoring Video - Special
- Replies: 16
- Views: 749
Re: Armoring Video - Special
Howdy, Thats the best music vid ive seen in 20 years. The song rocks too, I think I heard them playing that tune on Nitro Circus last night. Thanks for the link. Take care Andy @ Pitbull Armory I agree, felt like Clutch channeling Black Sabbath. Nice stuff. I need to find the album for the ride to ...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: My first forged 'tool'
- Replies: 30
- Views: 798
Re: My first forged 'tool'
I like the way the bend at the tops of the second tripod give more room inside it for cooking.
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:57 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Have to replace a tent...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 559
Re: Have to replace a tent...
I'd go with a smaller wall tent, maybe 12x12 or 10x10 with the corners unsewn but with ties. Panther is willing to do them that way. That would allow you to set it up as a day shade by rolling up the door ends and raising one side up completely. I want one for events when I am traveling without my w...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:37 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Getting the Schmutz off Helms and Such
- Replies: 12
- Views: 311
Re: Getting the Schmutz off Helms and Such
Another choice is Ballistol, a mineral-oil based cleaner and lubricant. For years, sales reps used to tout its non-toxicity by DRINKING some of it. It also conditions leather and wood. It was devised by the German Army in the early 20th century to use on firearms - and because it works with metal, ...
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:18 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Making a chest
- Replies: 9
- Views: 522
Re: Making a chest
You could do hairpin hinges in a pinch. I think I used 16 ga black iron wire. Two pieces of soft wire looped and put together at the loop. The loop acts as the hinge. Two holes drilled in the top and two in the back, parallel to the horizontal axis. The legs are threaded through and then twisted to ...
- Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:06 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic War Champions
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1789
Re: Pennsic War Champions
Nice roster! That should make more than a few people show up for Opening Ceremonies!
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:37 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: The execution of Robert Tresilian
- Replies: 6
- Views: 214
Re: The execution of Robert Tresilian
Kenwrec Wulfe wrote:Copy that image to your PC and then plug it into this website.
http://www.tineye.com
It will find any other duplicates of that image on the public web, no matter the size.
That is a pretty cool website there Kenrec!
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:06 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: rivets for a pole axe/hammer?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 370
Re: rivets for a pole axe/hammer?
Mac posted about the 'rivets' through polearm shafts on some previous thread. I haven't personally gotten to do this, but if I remember correctly he claims he has seen and has seen X-rays that show that the 'rivets' are really just nails driven from opposite sides - make them just long enough and d...
- Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:43 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Hafting with a spear
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1130
Re: Hafting with a spear
Striking with the haft is illegal. But, "redirecting" is what the spirit of the rule intends. You may not bash, shove, or swing the haft with the intention of striking your opponent but as you are charged you may resist the charge with your weapon, haft and all, and redirect or stop their...
- Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:49 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Oh... the pell....
- Replies: 25
- Views: 659
Re: Oh... the pell....
You could bury a PVC tube in your yard that will accept the 4x4 when in use and cap it with a PVC end cap when not in use.
- Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:30 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Hafting with a spear
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1130
Re: Hafting with a spear
Striking with the haft is illegal. But, "redirecting" is what the spirit of the rule intends. You may not bash, shove, or swing the haft with the intention of striking your opponent but as you are charged you may resist the charge with your weapon, haft and all, and redirect or stop their...
- Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:28 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic: A photographer's plea
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1428
Re: Pennsic: A photographer's plea
Christian Darmody wrote: He could surely make the effort to buy a pair of simple gloves rather then bumble onto the field with the red glove of shame.
The "Red Glove of Shame" That is a great way to put it!
Got a pattern if you need it Christian
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:58 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Alum shield trick
- Replies: 16
- Views: 783
Re: Alum shield trick
Apollonian wrote:Johann ColdIron wrote:You could use fish eye glue...
I used to eat that stuff in scholio.
Falcone
That explains it!
- Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:47 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic: A photographer's plea
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1428
Re: Pennsic: A photographer's plea
Great suggestions presented in a very sensitve manner, Ursus. One of my favorite pics that you have taken (of me) is one from a Lost Boys battle a few years ago. I am in my reasonably period garb and armour with a fierce look on my face. Perfect shot. My parents literally fought over a copy I gave t...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:51 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Hjalmar is CLOSED!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1441
Re: Hjalmar is CLOSED!
Thanks for all the fine words.It has been less then 24 hours and I want to make a helmet. Lol... This is going to be a lot harder then I thought.... X-X Make them. Do it at your own speed and sell them when they are done. People will buy them, that is a proven fact. It just eliminates the customer ...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:47 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Clamshell Gauntlets $100
- Replies: 19
- Views: 606
Re: Clamshell Gauntlets $100
This is a unstrapped gauntlet, user will have to strap themselves, or we charge additional amount to strap and will require hand dimensions. The thumbs can be either connected by leather or riveted to wrist plate. Just request it to your preference... This design has been tested in SCA combat for o...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:44 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: First helm I've built
- Replies: 18
- Views: 497
Re: First helm I've built
There are plenty of rivets in that thing for them to be fine in brass. Just keep and eye on them and if any of them ever wiggle then set it again. The way the plates are arranged you would need two to completely fail for any brain damage to occur. I do worry about the flat head wood screws at the ba...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:01 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: [SCA] Is deliberate spear breaking legal?
- Replies: 184
- Views: 2874
Re: [SCA] Is deliberate spear breaking legal?
How about the obvious reason it's not allowed. Mundane law. Willful damage of private property. Accidents happen, stuff wears out and needs repair / replacing. Deliberately breaking someone's stuff for whatever reason is wrong. This. No, not this. There are plenty of way to solve bad behaviour on t...
- Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:25 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Alum shield trick
- Replies: 16
- Views: 783
Re: Alum shield trick
Sir Omarad wrote:Baron Alejandro wrote:Sir Omarad wrote:Maybe it'll work in helmets that ring too.
I'd be little worried about sticking my head in a bucket of dried chemicals. I like to glue a strip of cork around the base of the back and around the brow. Takes all the ring out.
what do you think is in that glue?
You could use fish eye glue...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:15 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Interesting hand gaurd basket...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 736
Re: Interesting hand gaurd basket...
his fingers are no more exposed than that fighter with the baldar cups are exposed with the bottom of the cup facing his opponent. I sincerely disagree with that evaluation. The picture could, possibly, be deceiving me, but I do not think that is the case. An in person examination might convince me...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:49 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Anyone Ever Made Break-Down Triangle Stools?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 248
Re: Anyone Ever Made Break-Down Triangle Stools?
Pack around it. Insane is rather sane in his response... 
Insane is rather sane in his response... - Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:25 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Bicep Tendonitis?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 321
Re: Bicep Tendonitis?
Skutai wrote: PT only works if you continue the exercises at home in perpetuity.
You are not kidding!
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:22 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: opening shots
- Replies: 86
- Views: 1347
Re: opening shots
How do you set up the offside? With potentially killing blows that will draw the shield away from the offside. Like a flat snap above the shield aimed at the temple. Hand high so you are actuallly looking under the basket hilt. Tip lower than your hilt. Or a wrap to the shield leg closely followed ...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:50 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: opening shots
- Replies: 86
- Views: 1347
Re: opening shots
The one that ends the fight. Slide step into range and something to make them sword block. It should do the first but if it does not kill them it should do the second. All blows should at least appear lethal so that you opponent has to deal with them in earnest. Otherwise he gets to dictate the nex...