The Armour Archive

Morgan

Is it this site?

http://www.crestsunlimited.com

Morgan

Where are all these armour store auctions? I normally only look at the militaria-ancient or pre-1700.

Morgan

Raz...I always thought Bell's ad said $10, not $60. Or maybe I was just riding motorcycles before you.

Morgan

Funny...there's an actual #5 Jr. whitney punch on ebay right now... it's up to like $50 used. They're only $60 NEW. Jeeze...I don't think I'd risk buying it used for only $10 less...who knows how much life is in the punches of if they're abused to close to dead.

Morgan

Have you tried staples?

Sorry...had to be done.

Morgan

I'd recommend a hat while welding if you have a HEAD. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I believe in putting the hat on backwards, then the welding mask, so the sparks it the brim rather than the back of your neck if they go back there. Years ago I was working with a wire welder and I was s...

Morgan

Frankly I think there'd be a terrific market for the general populace as well as the pros. I would buy a few kits to have around so that when a newbie started, we could get them up and running in good time. ------------------ "Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." -Johann Wolfgang von Go...

Morgan

Would this be good at all?

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1609789134

Morgan

I want to buy a punch. I keep hearing "Whitney Punch" and if that's the best, that's cool. So I'm looking around and I find Roper Whitney. That sounds like a different company. Is that the right punch? I don't want a Harbor Freight type knockoff. I want the real thing. If you have a link to a good s...

Morgan

Thanks for the vote of confidence. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Seriously, I was just being funny aside from the obvious fact that I've never had sex with Drew Barrymore...I don't think I would (if I were single) because I think she's just a flat out weirdo too. http://www.armourarchiv...

Morgan

No, he just posted those updates 3 days ago. He updates every week or so.

Morgan

SEARCH on the wireless 10x cam? Hell, every time I open a website, I get a pop-up window advertising wirelss 10x cams....

Morgan

Sam, I'll have Dunk read that and translate from Knightish to Squiregrunt for me. Maybe I'll understand it then. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Seriously, I'm a more visual learner. I read a lot but for some reason don't learn instructions from reading. It's hard to explain. I was going ...

Morgan

Yeah, Sam was asking that. The weight and the blance point really help with mine.

You fighting in King's Champion, JP?

Morgan

There he goes talking his squires up again....certainly not an unbiased opinion.

Morgan

I never claimed that I don't look "a little" like Tom Green. I just said it was a comment worthy of a whooping. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif See you at coronation, JP! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif JPs shield is a good one too, and he uses it well. JP, you should take some ...

Morgan

Did they let you kill any Saracens?

I probably spelled that wrong, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

Morgan

A) Shaped handle helps a bit. B) A straight up and down handle is easier to make turn....see the third picture...you may even want up to 10 degrees more angle. Harder to turn the shield when they're fighting against an angle. C) Move. If they've gone to the effort to push you on your right side of t...

Morgan

Dunk actually won the crown with a small strapped heater fighting a guy with a round, but he fights a lot of round. I currently have a reasonably large number of weaknesses...but flat snaps to the body aren't one of them. If my shield is anywhere in the neighborhood, flat snaps don't get to me. I do...

Morgan

A) My shield has a deffinate curve. I don't know how much, exactly. Maybe 2-3". I'd have to measure, frankly. It's fairly gentle. B) Yeah, the offset handle makes it much more comfortable to handle. C) I'm curious about your comment on the tabling of a shield. I could chalk it up to "your milage may...

Morgan

Nope, I don't have a boy named Foo.

Morgan

Well, I manage to block 12 times the number of shots I'd been able to block with a traditional heater, so I'd say "pretty good." That Tom Green comment will get you a world of hurt if we ever meet tho...

Morgan

Oh, and Brodir...you're isolated.

Morgan

This is me standing with the shield. It's 40" tall and 20" wide. I'm 6'4". This is the front of the shield, if you couldn't see it well enough above. Shield Back Detail of the handle Dunk's round shield back side Detail of the handle Questions, comments? When the URL opens in a new window, you may ...

Morgan

I'm going to open a new thread called "center boss shields"...I'll have some pictures of mine and also of the center boss round that my knight HRH Sir Duncan uses...some folks asked about that in the past.

Morgan

banzaimf: Drop me an email...I want to talk to you about something.

morganbuchanan@hotmail.com

Morgan

I don't know if Thaden does stainless...but ask him, he's a good guy. He's Armour Bob on here, by the way.

Morgan

Griffin: THANKS! Jeeze, I can't believe i did that and never caught it. Nobody else ever did either! You da man. I'll go fix that. I'm not Johann, by the way...I was thrown for a loop by that. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I'm Morgan. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the one who said, "Be ...

Morgan

Yeah, I gotta go with Krag and say "for what?"

Morgan

So Sarnac...tell us the story about how you slipped her the mickey to get her dazed enough to marry you! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Cool pic, dude, and congrats to her. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ------------------ Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. Joha...

Morgan

And so the war begins....

I'll stop bidding on the spaulders if you release the helm!

Morgan

I was horribly shield-challenged. I tried heaters and other stuff...didn't work for me at all. For me it wasn't a shield problem, but a STRAPPED shield problem. IE, What Samuel said. Now, I tried center held round, and that was OK. I tried center held kite and that was better. I went to center held ...

Morgan

have you considered or tried emailing him?

Morgan

Zackly...

Morgan

The alternative is to learn to block properly with that shield.

Every shield has weaknesses and strengths.

Advice from armourers on a punch please

Center Boss Shields.....