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Alcyoneus

Would you recommend burying it in vermiculite? I think that is used for that purpose (I could be wrong). I am looking at "artificially age hardening" an alloy, and the description says to air cool it after heating it. I am looking for more info before I do it, of course.

Alcyoneus

When directions say "air-cool" does that generally mean takeitoutoftheovenandsetitonthetable?

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I have a friend that has a die to punch out hearts on a table-top metal punch. He said that when the guy he bought it from had it made that it was about $300.

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People who are more knowledgeable than myself have told me that when WD40 dries, it actually attracts water, so you might not want to use that particular product.

Waxing the metal can last quite a while.

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Hey Dave, how about more pictures or a drawing of the design?

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Garridan: if you put the coil or dremel tool in a vice to keep them still, <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> When I made chain for jewelry, I ran the coils on some dowel rod of the righ...

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If they are secrets, why are you telling HIM? I'm filing a grievance with the etcher's onion!

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Duc Kjosua: where mercs wide spread during the late 15th century No more so than White European males http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif and is there a specific regio...

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The Craft... is an excellent book. Also very good is "The Japanese Sword: A Comprehensive Guide" by Kanzan Sato, translated by Joe Earle. If you make anything using these references, I expect a cut! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif Ow! Not that kind of cut!!! http://www.armourarchive.org...

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In Stephen Turnbull's "The Book of the Medieval Knight", on page 42, he says that many bodies show clear evidence of arrows that had penetrated the mail covering their heads. Does anyone have any of the better books on Wisby that show that?

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Late 15th C battlefield looting?

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You are forgetting that you can't say everything about a weapon style in a sentence or two.

If you are good, you can beat either with the other, but it is a harder road with the bastard against the greatsword.

Alcyoneus

The one I have used in the past was about 1' in diameter (made from a semi-domed steel lamp back limited to 60 watt bulbs http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ). I used two straps anchored at 4 points on the buckler. They made semi-circles which I gripped in the center )( . There were buckles ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Norman: A second separate question -- the efficacy of a "choker" of 18gua mild lamellar over this quilted product? [/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Over the 4x4? Should be fine.

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Katana has the advantage at the midrange, greatsword at distance and toe-toe range.

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12g would be fine. Any energy absorbed by moving the helmet is energy that your neck and head don't.

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Reading King Rene's Tourney book it recommends that in places (shoulders for example) there should be something like 3-4 fingers thickness of padding.

You might not need all that much considering the weight of rolls of cotton or wool batting.

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I hadn't realized it before (perhaps I was sleeping), but I just learned that the clubs in the manuscripts were to replicate maces, not swords.

http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/renehome.html#book

They also limited the weight on these, as well as the blunted and rebated swords.

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I've heard all sorts of arguments. Claims that in period archers didn't shoot at individuals (bs), and that they should shoot at each other. What happens when you have a battery? The only people that can shoot at it at distance is the other battery. AKA counterbattery fire. Eventually, you run out o...

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Why the hell do business men read Musashi's Go Rin No Sho? It's a sword fighting manual. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Broadway: Thank you Iain. Why the hell does DiGrassi work so well with schlager type...

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I have a book on Polish Tournament Armor...

It's mostly armor made in Germany, but it is in a Polish collection and it has interior views of the armor, showing how it was reinforced. Also some side views of some Frog-mouthed helms and views that show how they were constructed.

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Tell us more, pages, pictures, price?

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I know that the Chinese made them in period, but I have a hard time believing that anyone armored as we are supposed to be would have to worry about much more than the random face shot. I wouldn't think that you could get enough power to penetrate much more than fabric and skin. Still, I'd like to h...

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Master Kaz made a couple a number of years ago. I think they were Italian Ren, but I could be wrong. He's currently the Seige Engineer Marshal for Calontir, so if you go to the marshal's page you can email him for info.

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Bishop Odo actually used a club rather than a sword during the invasion. He was a firm believer in blunt trauma.

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Cori, I thought you were going to make an "honest man" out of him by now.

Do you know when the laced-loops were used in period for arming jackets (or whatever). I kind of like the way the bad-guy's jacket laced up in "A Knight's Tale".

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Conn?

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I would say that the first method is probably stronger,

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They would probably be more work than buying one, if you tried to make it. It has a lot of parts that have to be just so. A friend that learned to make armor in England while in the USAF used one there that was used in WWII for making munitions. He liked that one. The Beverly Shear really is the gol...

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It would be very useful in a fixed piece battle, could only be marginal in a field battle, things can move too fast.

It also gives archers and siege engineers something to aim at, and increases the number of battlefield promotions!

I've thought about it, just haven't done anything about it.

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I got one from Enco years ago, supposedly competition for a Beverly. Couldn't get it to feed 0.100 aluminum for a shield very well, and 18g SS (304?) broke teeth off. It did not come with instructions for adjustments or anything else. When I bought it, it cost about as much as a Beverly, later they ...

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For the long term, sewing is better. Rivets will rust, corrode (sweat will help this), and eventually damage the leather. For the short term, rivets are faster.

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Why doesn't it have horns???

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A couple days ago I read a post about period blocks with shields. I can't find it so I can't quote it right, but I have a question. I remember the gist of the statement to be that in period, they would only move their shields in a horizontal plane to block a shot, not move it vertically to block a s...

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Very nice, why didn't he flare the elbow like the example he showed? Other than that, it is great. Of course, I should mention that even the elbow is better than I have made.

Heat treating

Wisby battle damage

King Rene's Tournament Book

Blocking shots with a shield