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white mountain armoury

Otto, i might have a pic of one of mine with its visor of. Im also building a stainless one that i can maybe snap a pic of if its any help

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Arrggghhhh, i want this book but lack the funds, i just had to put furnace in my shop so im now broke.
Such is life, i want armour of imperial rome as well (sigh)

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I love it, great work

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Im more interested in the folded sword with the tea cozy pommel. I think The gauntlet being original is likely. Although some of the rust is bright orange and rather fresh looking, some of it is very deep and has started to cause the metal to flake. Its easy to cover something with amonium chloride/...

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i think it looks great, im looking forward to when the pieces are ready for sale

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excellent idea

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I fight a weapon style appropriate to the harness i am wearing as well as using the correct shield shape In an effort to get closer ive been practicing with a germanic style pommel set on my stick which is a rattan/siloflex stick appropriate in length, ive not got it to its correct weight or balance...

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Check the notes on his page and it will point you to examples. Im not very familliar with the armour examples he has used, but i have a copy of the Madonna Del Grazi in the other room, i could check, i have seen this direction of shoulder articulation, Actually i think there is an upper body defence...

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One thing that is attractive about 14th cent armour, especially the early armours is that you can use many diff materials to make an accurate appearance, coats of plates, gamboised defences, leather, maille etc, they are all items that are easier to make than their steel counterparts, this can make ...

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i prefer this one

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1687014405

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Nice work !!

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http://www.thegreenman.net/wma/wmainstock.htm
Cheers

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i decent mig will do you well, avoid the guy at lowes, open the yellow pages and find a welding supply and establish a relationship there. They will likely be very helpful I own a miller 185, its more than you need for armouring, but ive found it usefull when making tools and i need decent heat and ...

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Ska rocks, so dont the bosstones, i think in a market saturated with crap like drowning pool and korn a little ska is refreshing

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very nice. your doing good work

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Nice suit, what would be nIce is some shots of the inside legs, stuff like that, the stuff we dont often get to see.
Will you be planning on wearing accurate cote/hosen etc.
Very nice

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please do, i get enough mail that sometimes i do forget to return mail sometimes

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Ive use the shrinker and the stretcher when i worked in a street rod shop, great for exactly what they recomend, not good for armouring, also they do mar the surface, quite a bit infact

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One of my helms with my head in it was smashed with a club on comedy centrals "Daily Show" I also studied video production in college, it was my major actualy, with a minor in theater, i made lots of amusing short films Cohen the Boybarian was my favorite, my brother played Cohen, the worlds skinnie...

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i dont think they said that because not all of the specific style featured a bird like the one from ciumesti maramures
If you are interested in having one built drop me a note

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Ron does not press his tops, they are made with a power hammer, im not sure if its a pullmax or what, but they are not pressed.
A small press would be nice for bending the rim on a boss or something similar, i think less than ideal for making armour

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Spaudlers, elbows and knees made by the armour store, breast by illusion i believe, splint work by who knows, helm by the same
Im sure someone will put it to good use though

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i hate that i dont fight enough, despite being told of my untapped potential. Ive been told im fast, and hit very hard, i have not even swung a stick since pennsic. I hate that i can pound the snot out of someone at a practice but put me opposite them in the list and im all thumbs. I also hate that ...

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yes, aint it great http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Seriously though, my gripe is people think that i think im something special because of my armour, im not trying to impress anyone, they flatter them selves, i could give a shit what people think, but im true to myself and my vision of wh...

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Interesting thread, bar grills are always the short comming of an otherwise cool helm. some are easier than others. I wrapped the bars on this helm with some black eletrical tape and it made a huge diff, www.thegreenman.net/wma/ms5.jpg I think you will find that verticle bars will drive you nuts. A ...

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Ill put some thoughts together and send you some mail

AB/WMA

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im still undecided, id like alot of lamella, at least 5000, but id rather have a shape other than the birka, im convincing myself i should just swallow the cost a new die and have them made locally. Im after a long term solution i guess to always having them around

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Ok im going to change this a bit, it seems many of you have many pics, maybe more than i need, can you ever have enough though? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif So what i think would be a decent alternative is for people to show me their favorites, my reasoning is thus, i want to offer a f...

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It would be better to not even buy the mandrel stakes, they realy are not worth the price to ship them, i have 2, they came with a large purchase, they have not moved from the place i first set them down. I think the asking price is fair, the shipping makes them very costly. I paid 800.00 for my big...

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great, ill just need to figgure out what 5000 weigh so i can calculate shipping and then ill commit

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well done !

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gotta love them cedar fence posts,mmm mmm good.
It kinda sucks when you run outta bark and have to resort to scraping the posts

AB

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Its pretty likely its real, im not sure about the date but ive seen a few around very similar i believe the ones ive seen were 17th/18th cent and i believe were from areas like vietnam, and were i believe made for their protective qualities not to be decorations. One popped up on the archive back wh...

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id like to see his pics Egfroth, i think we all would.
Ill get a note of to you

AB/WMA

just a couple of hats in stock