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Thomas H

Greg, it's A77. http://home.armourarchive.org/members/h ... eziana.jpg

The hinge is believed to be a later addition/alteration. Either way, it'll be solid on mine.

The jack could be a while, i'm sewing it by hand

Thomas H

try selling it over you side first as i've got a couple of other things i need to get aside first.

Thomas H

There are a lot of people who know about bows, just none have bought them from CZ

. Persoanlly, i think you'd be much better off looking locally and getting your hands on one. This is a much better indicator of the bows shape than a photo. IMHO.

Thomas H

Will this be for the SCA? if not, this is what i'm doing for my LH WoTR kit so gauge what you neeed from that: Raised 'archers' sallet, like one in the Wallace collection, with cheek plates, sort of, butmostly an open face. Black joined hose pointed to a pourpoint, made of two layers of linen over w...

Thomas H

find a really flat table, piece of metal, put the edge to be matched edge on, on the table. the gaps are visible where it doesn't touch the flat plate, adjust as neccesary.

Thomas H

How i'd do it, is to basically flatten out and blend in the more defined areas around the shoulder blade section to give it a generally flatter appearance, if you get what i mean. leave soemwhat of a blunt shallow groove down the centre to make it look shaped but maybe not as deifned as it is now. a...

Thomas H

the articulation is superb, well done, though, what makes it 16th century? i',m not qUite seeing it? Most mulriple lame legs i know of and have seen from the 16th century are attached to a breastplate of various kinds.

Thomas H

if you're asking me, i wouldn't want to even try to tackle something without the piece in front of me. i think many will say the same without pre determined patterns by yourself. it's require taking a masking tape pattern to get the shapes right.

Thomas H

I'll get a photo of mine tommmorrow, you'll wonder where you got such a good one

I'll let the proffesionals in though, this is only my humble opinion.

Thomas H

personally, i'd leave that well alone other than a hand sanding to clena up the face a little. it's a far sight better than mine and mine is perfetly useable

Thomas H

Kickplates are good for brass but beware of plated ones. Push plates (instead of handles) are generally thicker than kickplates, though this means they are smaller.

Thomas H

aww, me want, but unfortunately, my money is set aside for guns and armour

Thomas H

Honestly mate, there is a slight lack of info and politeness to your post. maybe rephrasing will help you?

Thomas H

Reject

Thomas H

i know next to nothing about Japanese armour but Effingham does, his site is www.sengokudaimyo.com it's unbeatable, basically

. Go there and it's highly likely your question is already answered

Thomas H

to avoid derailing the thread too much, all i'll say is WOW

Thomas H

Sounds like the perfect event! if only i lived about 1500 miles to the west

(Jeff plays the pipes???)

Thomas H

they are called hardfacing rods, i know this isn't a lot of help but a local masterwelder should be able to advise on the right rod for the job? or even do it?

Thomas H

Yep, kept all the nots in, lasted 2 years and blew up on me at about half draw

. we still have bits of it lying around the shed. anyway, went slightly OT there.

Thomas H

the Yew i have access to may not be the best but its definately not expensive at Ã‚Â£16 a log though i'd definately say it's fun to work with.

Thomas H

well, without going into book length as has been done by others. you want a piece of ash or yew, your choice which. cut it 6'6" long 1 1/4" square. mark the center point, measure two inches to one sdie and 3 to the other. mark the 3 inch side, TOP. choose the heartwood side for the belly and the oth...

Thomas H

morristh wrote:Gwen,

You know--you and Tasha and Kass and a few others here really scare the **&^ out of me. You can take a stick drawing and make the most beautiful stuff out of it.

It really IS scary isn't it

Thomas H

Ah, you're where i got my info from!!, i couldn't remember for the life of me

Thomas H

I used an angle grinder for coarse shaping, a file for refining the shape a bit, and then coarse sandpaper inside a dishing form to smooth off the file marks. I just kept moving the head in a stirring motion, somewhat using like a mortar and pestle. Finished up with finer grits of sandpaper, up to ...

Thomas H

OK, and express it you should, but it sounds like you're bitching about the price of things you aren't likely to buy?

Thomas H

He does the work (and magnificent it is too) and people are willing to pay for quality work, who are we to say what he should earn?

Thomas H

If i may, i think it's the wacky shape of the thing

. That's the technical way of putting it

Thomas H

oh, err, right????

Thomas H

A quick search on Google returned this little article on the statue and it's origins??

http://www.intimate.cz/umeni/en/cisla/XLVII_1999_5.html

Thomas H

Does this mean you've done it without something between you and the tape? ouch!

Thomas H

wow!!!

Thomas H

I took the lazy route and had a steel ball cut in half and welded to either end

I'd personally recomend starting with an angle grinder and knocking the edges off. After this, switch to a flap disc and blend the edges together whilst giving it a decent finish.

Thomas H

I've seen knotted ones round and about. I believe the Padded armour company use that method to do the quilting on their Jacks. Not sure how they do it but it produces a nice look

Thomas H

Nah, it wasn't one of the Jiris, it was Stanislav provek, his combs were roped and lower i believe.

Thomas H

Listen to Brent, he's always right, always i tells ya!