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white mountain armoury

If passing them through the maille is a pain (sounds like it is) you could point them to your cop, i cant speak for its authenticity but it would be a solution

white mountain armoury

they appear to be a standard tube rivit. Tandy, us leathers etc all carry these types of rivits IF the back looks exactly like the front they are likely a double capped tube rivit, if the rivit has a hole in it on the back side they are a single cap. pretty much the same rivit only one is designed t...

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was that the one i put a uppland style nasal on?
ive been digging through my archives for a pic but cant find one.
Did i send you a pic of it befor i mailed it?
I can host an image for you if you want the pic posted here

white mountain armoury

Thanks Wade, that was well put. I enjoyed the book, that being said i enjoy osprey books, lakings books, stones book etc. I grab up what i can on the subject. Being self tought i cant fault any techniques in the book as im sure many professional armours would cringe at some of the things i do. There...

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I dont realy care for chew toys as ive yet to find one long enough to edge a shield in one piece.
I did buy one of those huge bones once, it was long enough to edge a small round.

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Id be all over it if i had the cash, i have a feeling ill be missing my t-bucket this spring/summer. Ive already started thinking about a replacement.

white mountain armoury

Were i to do it, which i wont, im still recovering the costs of my lamella die, i would make a small tombstone shape from a light stainless. With you owning the press you have the advantage of doing small runs of diff materials, so you could satisfy personal needs, stainless for alot of sca folk, mi...

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Sure ill make you one. I use 2 layers of birch, steel edging, and leather for trim, i dont have rawhide.
E-mail me if you realy want one.

AB/WMA

white mountain armoury

Ill post mine, it has a weld though

white mountain armoury

very cool, howbout a shot of the whole gaunt

white mountain armoury

I do see alot of nasty work, but i dont usually comment on it. I spend alot of time on my grills when a helm requires one. Alot of mine are fairly time consuming, but if i helmet has to have a grill i dont want to to interfear with the helms appearance. I like a squared look, but i wont buy square s...

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Looks realy nice to me !!

white mountain armoury

Good for you, very nice regardless of its length. I like it

white mountain armoury

They look great, i agree with halberds, on the grill welds, try more heat to get the wire to flow better, very nice work, nice and clean, nice attention to detail

white mountain armoury

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How big?

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16 should be fine, you could use 18 for the lames, but 16 would work there as well.
I would avoid the 12 ga for anything but a helm

white mountain armoury

If you were at the sca "Birka Market Day" event it was probably northern army kites you were seeing alot of.
I dont use one, i prefer a small round, but there are a few northern army folks who post here who may be able to help you.

white mountain armoury

You made your rivits !! fantastic, thanks for sharing the additional info

white mountain armoury

I fight in a full gamboised leg pointed to my coat, im fairly pleased with how it performs

white mountain armoury

The best sca gauntlets ive seen were close copies of a 15th century milanese gaunt.
I agree with flozy, many sca gaunts are nasty.
I think many sca fighters dont realy want to pay the money needed for an exacting replica that still works for heavy list fighting.

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I think its quite nice now that i can see it. One thing i wonder about it that you state that the seperate coif disappears around the middle of the 12th cent and disapears for several centuries, what about the seperate coifs from Wisby, there are quite a few, have you placed them in your timeline? A...

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When you get to a more stable internet connection shoot me an e-mail and well chat

AB/WMA

white mountain armoury

Ewan, the helmet was spoken for this morning by a gent named Robert, i recieved no sca name. I checked me e-mail befor i check the archive, Roberts was the first mail i recieved, followed shortly after by archiver silver dragon. Should a buyer back out i will make the helm available in order of cont...

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[img]http://www.thegreenman.net/wma/falc.jpg[/img] I cant say enough good things, delivery time was longer than quoted by a bit. The blade is straight and true, well shaped and ground, pommel and quillions are excellent, their weight makes this a very fast weapon. This is an "unsharpened sharp" Armo...

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I didagree with Flonzy that an sca armourer will not make them as well, being an sca armourer and an owner of armour from BestArmour, and having resized gauntlets and a breastplate from them. Their work is quite nice, their prices are very reasonable, welds are nice, shapes are nice as well. Items i...

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Not enough bandwidth, ill check back later

white mountain armoury

can you post a pic?

white mountain armoury

Excellent !! nice and clean !!

white mountain armoury

I have added these to my site, the round kettle is already spoken for, i think these will go fast.
http://www.thegreenman.net/wma/wmainstock.htm

Cheers

AB/WMA

white mountain armoury

i will post them to my site tomorrow at noon est. first come first serve http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif 1 conical kettle, 12/13 ga mild 1 round kettle, 13/14 ga mild 1 slatbacked spangen with nasal, 13/14 ga mild One centerpoint sugarloaf, 13/14 ga mild sca legal. I likely wont be taki...

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I use a 3/4 hp 1750 rpm motor for all of my surfacing, i have zero complaints.
I use an expanding wheel for surfacing and i have found that high rpm motors will waste my belts very fast.
I do prefer a slower motor, but you will find that diff armourers with diff setups often achieve the same results.

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Grendal, you can see pics of my lamellar in the "show us your kits" thread.
Zygmunt, i have a diff shape of plate available, but do not work in aluminum
http://www.thegreenman.net/wma/

white mountain armoury

I tend to avoid a jigsaw whenever possible, but on the occasion i need one its usually to cut complex shapes.
I use a thin piece of wood and clamp my steel to it, this solves the vibration issue.
I also use a variable speed saw.
The wood is consumed but its just usually scrap.

white mountain armoury

Thanks for the tip Dmitriy (insert deep breathing noise here) my 21 in round mostly gets funny looks here in the east.
I like the second pic, it looks like the person behind you is about to claim your head

A review of my new falchion

a few helms in stock