The Armour Archive

Rev. George

Ok...time to laugh: Pam. As in the non stick cooking spray. I used pam on a green scrubbie to remove some rust from my pauldrons. after scrubbing, i wiped it off. Weeks later i took them to a local event, showed them off, etc. they got left on a table overnight. It rained harsh that night. the next ...

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I could do something like that... wouldnt be much different from the surcote....

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Rev. George

My guess would be:

a fresh ham... as in a never been frozen uncooked leg of pig.

hang from a tree, and suspend a small weight from it (say 50 lbs)

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Rev. George

Well... mainly it was all the talk about doing it... that and some experimenting.,..

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Rev. George

buy some dye... paint it on with a spongie brush. Let dry...

LOL

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Rev. George

Just a thought:

Notice how each of the races got rings, except the hobbits? (well and the orcs)

maybe hobbits and orcs are the fertile, true breeding off spring of the dwarves and elves/ humans.

(hobbits being elf-dwarf, orcs human-dwarf)

i know talk about a far out idea...

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Rev. George

I added mulberry scent to my wax...

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Rev. George

I'd like to try vitus... find a helm, and a sword...and i'll lend my bulk to the greater good of science...

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Rev. George

that's probly because a toga is not the sole garment one wears... (what is worn at "toga" parties is more of a greek himation)

The toga is a cloak like garment worn over a tunica...

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Rev. George

Steve: you're pretty much right... On occasion, I've explained how leather hardens.. 2 real ways: Saturation by a liquified solid: this includes wax, fibreglass resin, glue etc. Pretty much you are using the open matrix of the leathers structure to make a composite material with your resin/wax. (ima...

Rev. George

I'd probably go with painting the critter down with plumbers paste flux, then heating the backside with a torch while appling solder on the otherside.

Prettymuch following the directions for "sweating" pipe joints...

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Rev. George

Three words:

Battle of Visby

Excavated from a mass grave of half rotting corpses (well they were half rotting when they went in)

There's also the battle of townton...i think there was a pretty good helmet that was severly pokerd by a bec de corbin...

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Rev. George

I dont think beeswax is harder than parafin...Just as an aside...

As to which wax is best.... I've never used anything except parafin...

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Rev. George

Only advise i can offer from my non-existant spear experience is:

"the pointy end goes in the other man'

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Sorry it had to be said....

Rev. George

Got your mail... Still havent gotten to the post office to weigh them...

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Rev. George

Parlan: I always considered there to be 3 orders of knight hood; the Order of the laurel, the order of the pelican, and the order of Chivalry (though, for sake of compatability, the order of the White Belt sounds better)

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Rev. George

HELD

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Rev. George

Spider silk is some serious cool stuff. its formed of molecules arranged thus /\/\/\/\/\/ (actually the angles are right angles. The stuff is stronger than steel. We have goats now that have been modified to produce the silkproteins in thier milk... still kinda pricey, but one day, we'll have the so...

Rev. George

Ummmm i dont have (and have never had) 10.5" plates.

I DO have 10 of the 11.5" plates.

I DO NOT have 10 of the 10" plates.

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Rev. George

More thought:

http://www.baronage.co.uk/chivalry/chival01.html

Rev. George

Yes. one must log onto chat.

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Rev. George

My suggestion: Civalry and the modern woman: How do our modern views, morals and society affect our interpretation of the code of chivalry. Points to be covered: on the feild, when facing a woman off the feild when facing a woman who is decidedly un-lady like. Off the feild when encountering a woman...

Rev. George

Atlanta cutlery has knife, sword and katana blanks...

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Rev. George

Ok...people will tell you you cannot gas weld stainless. ask them how it was welded before the advent of electrical arc welding. Truth is, frokm what I understand, if you use the right flux, the stainless gaswelds look sweet, nice and even. of course, like all things, if you dont have practice, its ...

Rev. George

Did not the Spanish Conquistadores find that brine-soaked, glue hardened aketons were more effective in stopping the indig obsidian arrowheads? From what i read, the metal armour they had worked well, but posed heat problems, so they used a native solution: cloth seeped in brine (my source dint lis...

Rev. George

I got some more stainless feast plates, etc. they are tossed up on my website, in the "instock" section...

the adress is in the sig line...

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Rev. George

As horrible as it sounds, You might be able to get a good buy at a pawn shop. Many craftspeople will pawn thier equipment during the holidays to pay for christmas, knowing that even if they lapse the pawn, its unlikely anyone will buy it. I personally wouldnt go to a pawn shop and buy whatever, but ...

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Rev, I really like that look. I may try and do something like that, but with a solid bevor attached to the sides of the sallet. I dont know if a solid bevour would work well.(mainly that you couldnt put it on) What i tried to draw was a falling bevour, pivoting at the sides, so that you can actuall...

Rev. George

Ok...devils advocate here... So an ultuna helm could be legal, as is s slot back helm, and a bargrill. BUT if you cover any of that stuff with another material it becomes illeagle?? That doesnt sound right. Making a "bargrill" to go under the helm, should be no less legal than putting a mempo over y...

Rev. George

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this was my idea...i really do want to see this helm made, but not neccesarily for me...

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Rev. George

How about some hemp??

http://www.hemptraders.com/closeout.shtml

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Guess i should be careful, what with the ultrasecret carnivore surveilience equipment the goverment secretly has, but allows everyone to find out about it from h4x0rz websites....

Rev. George

Just like being saved by the badge on your chest or the zippo in your chest pocket. sorry to be really off topic...anyone remember the simpsons episode where the mob called a hit on homer, but the sniper kept missing him and hitting ned... first shot, knocks him down, "oh no ned!" "It's ok homer, l...

Rev. George

Preface: I have neverordered from any of these vendors: www.caning.com/rattan.html Caning . com calims that if you dont like it send it back www.hhperkins.com/whoweare/swords.shtml hh perkins seems to be prefferred by a lot of people, and by all reports, are easy to deal with and give you the good s...

Rev. George

I'm not sure about copper and cooking... i know that a good bit of acidic foods will react badly with the copper,and produce tarnish (cup(rous/pric) oxide) which may not be real good for you. Now lehmans offers flat and curved bottom copper kettles, and instruct you to remove the laquer, and washing...

Rev. George

You MIGHT be able to get decent results from lammelar of some kind. It was created to deal with focoused force missiles (arrows from composite bows). You'd probly have to use a wicked thick lammella... maybe some testing is in order...

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Oooo feast gear