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have issues separating fantasy from reality, or their lives are so dull and humdrum that they feel subconsciously compelled to believe in such "magic". The world evidently feels less boring if you cleave to a belief that fairies hide under every bush, conspiracies to conceal secret knowledge from t...

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Thursday I got to hear my good friend and house-brother tell me all about japanese sword. How a real japanese sword would cut through armout like butter, etc. Now I'm an engineer (GA EIT ) so I know a little about physics and strengths of materials. I tried to point out that steel is steel, etc. I a...

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I'm currently trying a shoe stretcher... I'll let you know how it works, but if you want to try yourself, they are like 7 bux at target.

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Logan, If i had the money, it would be mine... but alas...

Someone needs to buy this, as it looks pimptastic.

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that's cool. I just wanted to make sure i dint accidentally miss the post.

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hey ned... this is off topic, but did you ever get those pix taken?

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well camels are ruminates, so thier forestomach would have a moist bolus (that becomes the cud). I guess you coudl wring out the rumen and drink something... but i doubt it would taste good. Correction. This site: m Says the following: However, it is true that bactrian camels can go several days wit...

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Sorry if I seemed Snippy... I've been in a weird mood of late.

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Please don't lecture me about Latigo, or the definition of Oxblood. I know a lot about both. As for the belt, it IS burgundy. I changed the picture file to black and white to lower the file size.

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re: the photo of the belt -

You'll have to ask Alfred of Carlyle, as it is a pic He posted a long time ago. My guess is that it is that oxblood latigo everyone is so fond of.

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I could do this for you, if you so desire. Contact me on the specifics of material, pricing, and style.

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If you put the C belt at the point where your ribs end, it won't slip down.

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sleeves down to the wrist that drape almost to the ground? Or are we talking about shorter sleeves?

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I'm familiar with the sleeves on womens garb but wouldnt that get in the way?

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Define what you mean by "angel wings"

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how sad.

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they should work fine as rivets.

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now my question is this: Should shield size be correlated to one's body? IE is it more accurate for a 6'5" fellow with a 48" waist to have an X by X shield, just like the 5'8" guy from back the day with a 36" waist? Or to have a shield that is of the same shape, but fit for his body? I'v alwasy wond...

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This is how things like APD's get added to the rules. It is sad, but I can see it coming. As an aside, we (meridies) do tend to have more than our share of marshalls who enforce the rules as they understand them (which is to say, not very well) I've seen hex head cap screws casue a shield to bounce,...

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3) Direct succession: King's choice of next King. Doesnt he in effect have this option already? I mean a king can set the rules for his tournament, and is the final authority on who is acceptable to the crown. Could a king not, If he so desired, only let one person take the field? or just his buddi...

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IF it could be done, it would most likely be made of resin impregnated leather. That, I believe, would give the proper rigidity, and perhaps the neccesarry weight. BUT, no one would pass it, regardless of whether it was identical in properties to a steel helmet. Too much against the Orthodoxy.

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It is just the idea that a group of guys could continue to either put people on the throne, or keep someone off it, and the corruption that goes along with all that, that makes it a bad idea in my book. Is this not possible already? I mean if I had a Great household, of questionable ethics, we coud...

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Kinda... but more flexible. There are no measurments on the picture, they have to be filled in, but if your legs are not really shaped "right", the tapers drawn won't work.

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do you have a serger? draw the pattern out, and trace the edge with just the overcasting.

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I would reccomend electrolytic rust removal, followed by a 3m green scrubby to remove the black stuff that forms. If you want to re-pad and strap, there are a crap ton of ideas on that. My suggestion would be to rivet leather on the gaunt, then sew that leather to the glove or what have you. couple ...

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here's a pattern I drafted for a fellow a couple years back. It shoudl work for almost anyone, but the bodybullders or oompa loompas.

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to get it started...

three dollars

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My suggestion would be to line the lower 2 lames with leather, and then do your afforementioned pinning and whatnot.

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I dont know what would eb fair, but let me know if you are going to get rid of it, especially if you want some garb or whatnot in trade

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All I could offer to trade would be some fabric. So if you are in the market for some wool (royal blue, black or yellow) let me know.

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the routing, I believe, is to hollow out the sound chamber

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the Romans had a paenula, a hooded thick cloak. If other cultures after that had them, I dont know, but they are definately not solely a later invention.

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well... it worked last night...

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