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Rev. George

Well AG and I had a trade deal arranged, He got a custom surcote, and i was to get a Brig gorget. Sigh. Still no sign of it... I guess I'll write it off as fraud.

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Rev. George

These last are privately held tournaments because we are not allowed to require specific time/place garb for participation in SCA events. But we CAN require certain types of armour. So we could say for the torchlight tournament of St. Gertrude the paingiver, you must be armoured according to the fo...

Rev. George

That harness predates the powerful longbow of the later periods, so it's not realistic to make use a longbow for the comparison (and when the longbow did become widespread, plate was added, so it wasn't very effective against armor then, either, although it was apparently relatively effective aga...

Rev. George

Hmmm the proiblem I see withthe "arrows didnt stop armoured men" is that while we may focus on the tournaments of the 14-16th centuries, we are all assumed to be wearing armour of the 11th. If you had a pair of goggles that let you see the armour we are ASSUMED to wear, It would be like looking at t...

Rev. George

Ok...simple latin lesson. Adverbs are declensionless. If you know that X is the form of he adverb in lating, then it will always be X. (they can be altered to show superlative, etc More/very difficult, most difficult) The imperative is simple it is just the stem (I made a mistake above) So if the la...

Rev. George

similar story. Freind of mine was inspected at Fools War last year. he has an articulated tail on his helmet. the marshall reaches behind his head, lifts the tail and wedges his hand up there and pokes him on the skull. "you wanna tie that down, its dangerous"

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Rev. George

If you prefer strenus, the adverb version is strene substitute it for diffilicer.

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Rev. George

difficilis is the word for hard when used as an ajective IE: the test is hard

To make a adverb from it, you add-iter to the stem

So the adverb is: difficiliter

difficiliter degere, difficiliter laborare, difficiliter percare

Is what I get...And its a pretty straight on translation

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Rev. George

And then, outlaw every non-noble persona and/or activity that steps on site. I wonder who's going to cook the feasts? Hire caterers. Problem solved. Of course some of us actually like to cook on occasion, which leads me to believe that we are in fact a medieval themed social club who occasio...

Rev. George

"The works" will polish up aluminum...
I mena it should, it is something like 30% HCl

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Rev. George

Giles: perhaps this will help: you are gonna be looking for 1" (or bigger) ID irrigation pipe that conforms to ASTM D 2239.

For those unaware, Giles lives on an Armybase in germany... so he might have some trouble finding a lowes supercenter...LOL

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Rev. George

Ireland and Scotland by that time were pretty much Christianized, from my readings. I am aware that they were part of the Crusades but was curious about who went. Your right, most of europe was christian by that point, I was being sarcastic and commenting on the plethora of SCA "Pagan genericelts" ...

Rev. George

as an aside, his stainless prices seem to be a little worse that AB charges for mild, at least according to his website.

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Rev. George

Are you crazy? Celts on a CRUSADE? everyone knows the entire populus of scotland and ireland, as well as much of europe was hard core goddessfaeriewicca pagan.

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Rev. George

Mainly because so many types of helmets are called sallets. German sallets, German export sallets, lobstertail sallets, black sallets, bellows sallets, ETC. If I'm not mistaken, the type of sallet A-B is going for is a lobstertail sallet. of course, not starting with a spun dome would go a long ways...

Rev. George

gromments/ eyelets can be set in the holes, and look sharp if in a contrasting tone (say brass on stainless)

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Rev. George

Only 4 hrs or so left. If I'm not mistaken its a helm Massa G made, and if that's the case, It'll fit us big headed types.

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Edit: a linkwould be nice:

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Rev. George

That site got me thinking about marketing... SO, here is my latest e-bay posting:
Maille Choker

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Rev. George

You are looking at a hell of a freight charge. you cant ship it USPS, as it is over 70 lbs. If it weighs 70 lbs (perhaps a smaller one) here's what you are looking at: <a href="http://postcalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?OZ=30606&DZ=81009&P=70&O=0&Char=0&zipok=Continue&LP=package&OV=off&BL=off&Dir=forward&re...

Rev. George

I had a lady offer to make me a codpiece from a turtle shell if only I would wear it...Not that that bespeaks its periodness at all...

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Rev. George

If I'm not mistaken, that second one was done by true heart, and the third is the wife/ SO of an archiver... Pics for those that dont want to bother clicking: [img]http://archivepics.members.easyspace.com/tins_1591_331613.jpg[/img] [img]http://archivepics.members.easyspace.com/femplate11.jpg[/img] [...

Rev. George

RE: Stearic acid. Stearic acid (usually in the form of stearate flakes) are used in candlemaking to raise the melting point of the wax. Thsi results in a harder candel, which tends to be dripless. Adding it to wax for impregnation hardening will tend to result in a wax that resists melting. As to wa...

Rev. George

It was our old pal Gundo, of Wise Ogre Armoury

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Rev. George

Rev. G, if I read your post right, you said divide the circumference by the diameter... which, no matter what size of circle, is always going to be a bit over 3. Just around 3.1415, actually. In the math world, we call this number pi. I know that... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif...

Rev. George

I believe alum tanned leather is white by default. perhaps that's what they used?

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Rev. George

It's related to one's natural waist regardless where one's navel is. With women, the two are often one and the same. My natural bend happens right at the bottom of my ribcage where my navel is. The same seems to be true of every other woman I know. I've had to adjust my lamellar to end just above...

Rev. George

Well I know that "the works" brand toilet cleaner did a decent job of dulling up some AL i tested it on. The stuff appears to be some sort of soap and 20-30% HCL. It got all fizzy and what not, and after rinsing it, it looks less like a ww2 bomber, but it still doesnt look steel.

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Rev. George

Street car track is generally less wide than train track...

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Rev. George

From my understanding:
Its is verboten to soak the rattan in any substance that will signifigantly reduce the flexibility. Oil, glycerin, etc usually DONT reduce the flexibility. Glue, fibreglas resin, etc DO.

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Rev. George

Welcome to the Armour Archive. i had no idea they had this kind of posting where you can bash someones reputation. Here on the Armourarchive, an armourer can sink or swim based upon performance. If a person treats his/her customers right, ships orders early, provides a quality product, ETC, one will...

Rev. George

well if you are channel stuiffing to a circular degree, you need to find a ratio of circumfrence to diameter. and multiply that times the amount of fabric you would need for a non quilted garment. I'd suggest a number a little bigger than 3.

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Rev. George

I know people who Do the whole Native american Thing reccomend a brusah and steam to fix dirty/ rumpled feathers, but I dont know how it would work, as I have never done it.

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Rev. George

To wit, a woman generally has a shorter torso than a man of the same height. This necessitates making rigid and semi-rigid body armour shorter in the waist both to maintain flexibility and to avoid those annoying armpit bruises when a too-long breastplate gets shoved upward. Question: Is thi...

Rev. George

As an aside, it looks like he is selling Ashcraft baker stuff. I dunno the quality to expect, and Cant comment on it, as I have handled neither. Anyone have experience with either of these gents?

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Rev. George

Well Massa G offers a COp kit, but to be honest, I dont think anyone offers a corizina Kit. Here's the principle example:

[img]http://www.hammeredsteel.com/gaa/armour/periodpics/corazzina/corazzina.JPG[/img]

Ideally, I'd like to see it in stainless, BUT, a plastic version would be cool too...

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SCA Viking helm on e-bay