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I would look to czech/bohemian/polish art for some sources BestArmour may draw from.

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I can see that the skirt would be necessary but the sleeves not necessarily. Nobody going into combat in the 14th century, would willingly wear less than a full haubergeon. It all is absolutely neccessary if you want to understand and feel how Medieval armour functions, or you want to learn to figh...

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My intention is to stand next to it and point out guys to get obliterated. "Smite me that fucker." I did this in the helms deep battle. I was standing around swatting the stray arrows out of the air as they went by watching the combat archers shoot at each other and looked down the hill a...

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Nicely done, alot of similar videos are full of broadcast no-no's like lots of "and" "uhm" etc.
Yours flowed nicely, great instruction as well

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I made a safe throw away destructable shield.
I thought about making some for this years 30 but didnt want to burden anyone with last moment details

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Mine are rope torsion.

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I can take some closeup pics of mine, you should be able to figgure it out from there. You got the skills

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Matt says the two piece rivets are quite strong if used correctly. Also there's 76 of them in the pair. Solid rivets would have added about 2 hours and $15 in materials. And with only a $500 price tag those hours and materials need to be saved. Also the hope with using these on leather on steel is ...

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Thomas Powers wrote: do a little light forging with a 500# powerhammer...

Thomas

You have a 500 lb power hammer, my 175 seemed crazy huge, 500, thats a bit large

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My unsharpened sharp falchion from armourclass was a realy sweet piece

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I understand you better Hrolf, yes the shoestring moustache method of holding a helm on is a little odd.

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I have a foam liner, I like it as I can take it out and toss it if it gets nasty and it only take 2 or 3 min to make a fresh one. Do not glue in a liner, you want to be able to remove it. A salty sweat soaked liner will contribute to the rusting of your helmet. Stick a little double sided tape on it...

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McMastercarr has them as well.
Didnt I give you rivits for your project? or do you just need more?

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I had one of Windrose's kits on my old helm and it was the only chinsrap setup I ever had that made the helm feel solid on my head. The original setup was tied, and it drove me crazy. Took too long to get it tight enough and I often had to have somebody help me with it. +1. tied chin straps are not...

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They look good, it does look like he used tube rivits, I could be wrong, but tube rivits kinda stink.

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Depends on the quality of your work, I have never sold any armour on E-Bay even though I listed some stuff, never even any bids, but have no issue selling from my site or from the classified here on the archive. I tend to see e-bay as an outlet for indian junk, most armourers producing quality have ...

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It sucks to be copied. I had a customer place an order with me for something that was unique to my buisness, 3 days later she cancelled her order, several weeks after that she got my design from another armourer. What can you do, just sally forth and keep making stuff. I will throw in the towel even...

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Mac Thamhais wrote:Okay, so maybe I misread or overlooked this, but is St Colin entirely fictional or was he ever a real person. If the latter, how much of the "mythos" surrounding him are based on actual events.

He is a real man, as to the validity of his miracles, well its a matter of faith.

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Do what it is that brings you joy and try not to let negative oppinions drag you down.

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I wore hourglas mittens for the first fight and switched to my fingers for the second. My mittens are not the perfect choice but the hourglass cuff goes along way to inproving the look. I had loaned my fingers to Thaddeus as he cant get his hands in my mittens. There were alot of central pivot visor...

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Mine is laminated, a seperat split piece is attatched to the main pole, bend over a "brace" of rattan.
I prefer the shape and it preserves the structural integrity of the pole by not having a split in it.

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Sure Max, I just think if someone stumbles accross it at an event and watches and is inspired then the event has surved more than one purpose.
I feel these things should be inclusive as it could be easy to come of as elitist or "above" the SCA norm.

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auction over, sold to Klaus, Klaus your hat arrived today but I was not here to recieve it so its in the post office till monday.
Ill get it taken care of monday/tues and pack the maile up with it.

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I will close this in around 4 hrs

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You can buy those at any decent hardware/tool store.
Lowes or home depot should have them.
I bought mine at an ace hardware.

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I am considering organizing a private event... I have had some people contact me about a private event. My issue is if its private who does it inspire. We can pat ourselves on the back all we want but what we realy need to do is share. My most authenticly minded household member and tenan of the co...

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Leo Medii wrote:I want to use these-

http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/alb ... ce-I33.htm

And I want to have my visor open..........

Pack up your family, your horses and gear and move to NH as I would play with you and those swords in a heartbeat.

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My mother in law has colored spun glass disks she hangs in her windows, they always remind me of glass cymbals, when I see her I will ask where she got them

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Valerious aka Old Bear here on the archive, and Brian Price I believe.

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I wish I had managed to get to you.
My men were hoping to clash with you and yours, but in fine tradition the opening clash and following chaos put an end to any real plan.

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More 14th cent smashy goodness
http://www.whitemountainarmoury.com/images/random/CotT/

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Sorry, no Ti pieces

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Sounds wonderful, I hope to attend.

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Yes, these are scraps of stainless flatwire from Knuut left over from cutting out face openings and shortening aventails etc

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I just found another rectangle and triangle of similar size to whats pictured that I have added to the pile.