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Torvaldr

Hi Laz, Cunain already bid $175.

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I can easily make this a full red kit, or a full blue kit.

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4 Days left.

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Lots of talking in this thread but no pictures. How about some pics of his helms so the rest of us can see?

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Hi! Happy to hear that. How have you been? Drop me a line at torvaldr@skaldic.com and we'll chat.

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I understand but the auction is scheduled until next Monday. Gotta be fair.

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Thank you. The last contact I had was on March 23rd.

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Well it has been over a week now with no contact and no payment on this kit, so I am putting it back out for sale.

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Sometimes things just happen. Been there, done that. It is a solid helm, it just doesn't fit me.

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I think it may have more to do with the grill and back plate configuration. The crown part seems to work okay.

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None. I did just double check my measurements and the front back is actually 9.5 inches

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Hi, I got this recently from Jackie at Shamrock. It is very nice, but doesn't fit me. Just a bit too small. Front to back inside is 9.5 inches, side to side inside is 8 inches, top to bottom is about 10 inches. My head is about 22 to 22 1/2 inches around so this would fit someone with about a 20 to ...

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This is one of my hardened leather lamellar shirt kit. It is made up of 150 red, and 150 blue pre-drilled lames. The lames are made from 8 to 9 ounce vegetable tan leather stiffened in my wax mix of carnauba and bees wax so it will not soften in sun light. The kit includes; 300 pre-drilled lames (Co...

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It is one of the ones I am working on. All I have left to do is the colored tape layer tonight and will ship it tomorrow.

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That is a nice looking inexpensive great helm.

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Had these listed in the shop cleaning thread but figured they might sell better if listed separately. These were being done by someone would was planning to make a coat of plates and then he disappeared and I never heard from him again. I think waiting 4 years is long enough. They are made from 13 t...

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One ax still available.

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Hi, someone already offered me more than that, but if the sale falls through I will let you know.

Thanks!
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Well with two people interested I guess I could make one up and see what it will be like.

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I get them from my leather supplier.

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I have to make sure I have enough of these on hand at Pennsic this year. I forgot about the Saracen vs Crusader battle and sold the three I had in one afternoon with people asking for more last year.

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You mean something like this?

They are draft horse hames.

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Pm sent.

One down, two to go. Next?

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Well the body finally let me get some physical work done today. I worked on getting the rattan weapons done that are on order. And since my body was co-operating so nicely I just kept going. I have 3 rattan hand axes other than the ones on order going. So if you want to order one, a set, or all thre...

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It is now sold.

Yes it is a great bow. If it were a 30 pound draw I would not consider selling it. I will try to get a lighter poundage one this year at Pennsic.

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No problem at all. I would happily use the demi myself if I still needed a left hand demi. The knees are made by Sir Thomas Edmund of Reislip. A Master of the Laurel for armoring in the West Kingdom and a Professional welder. They are tig welded and the only issue with them is I mucked them up a bit...

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Excerpt from a new story being work on for this year. Who says berzerks are stupid? "We were just finishing up pillaging a village on our last Viking, and Sven and I were looking up at the church steeple wondering how we was gonna get the bell down. Hakkon wandered up, took one disgusted look a...

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Would you like a live performance of the Viking Home Companion for your household, local group, Principality, Kingdom? I offer live productions of this show. You get at least an hours worth of stories, songs, and the commentary between stories that you don't hear on the cds. The commentary goes over...

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Sale pending.

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This is a modern longbow, I do not know the manufacturer, it is not on the bow. I bought it at Pennsic last year from Greybear Archery. It has about a 40 pound pull at 27 inches. Too much for my arthritic fingers to handle. I also have a dozen arrows to go with it. I made them myself. 2 black fletch...

Shamrock Helm for auction ends today 5pm eastern time

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