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AAMK has a pic of charles the IV (i think thats the number) lentner, it was not specificly worn over armour. i can also post a pic of my 14th cent lentner, the style of mine does not have the large sleeves as seen on master cads page.

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not only do you have one of mine morgan i think you have my first if its the one im thinking of, ive come along way since then but i still fondly remember that helm

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i had no idea it went back that far, i thought its first appearance was more in the area of 1350

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being involved in the maille, and the maille plates was not going to something i had anything to do with, alsa shit happens, but omitting the plates was my descision, i dont/didnt feel that 12.5 ga aluminum butted maille would even begin to be strong enough a material for a maille and plates armour....

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very nice work Krag, as usual nice attention to detail.

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Damned Dane, ill be asking in the mid 5s or so, id like to get more when i think of the time involved but sca armour prices can be strange. Sword Dancer, each part of the helm is polished individually befor final assembly, the skull is 13 ga mild the rest of the helm is 14, the rivits are brass with...

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you can get/make diff shapes, the issue is trying to get a roller with a tall/deep enough throat to do it.
Even so the end result i cant imagine would be as nice

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we all make mistakes, i make alot of em, to bad they dont have any resale value, i could open my own wholesale mistake buisness

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lol, yeah it does move around alot, watch that nintendo add with all the large naked celts in bikinis, it give you an idea as to its motion.

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spot on gaston, frog mouths refer to stechhelms (spelling)

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Ive got to disagree htat late period armour was not worn with a belly, if you could afford to comission the armour in period it would be made to fit you skinney or tall chubby or whatever, henrys tourney suit is an example of this, although its later than your period. a good example of diff sizes ca...

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Matt, there are multiple examples of the more pointed hundskull varietys, 2 examples that come to mind are an onion top hundskull klapp from the met in NY circa 1370, and a lowpoint hundskull klapp from the tower of london circa 1380. Also i had stated that i had not seen the term hundsagugel in pri...

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nope, its butted, look at teh close up of the occular and youll be able to tell

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ive seen the term "Hundsgugel" but not in any of my armour books. either way i see the dog refrence appropriate to the pointed variety. I refer to the rounded form as globose since ive seen the term applied to chest defence and to bascinets that are not pointed, so it seems a logical term for visor

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Klappvisor does infact refer to the hinge location, and i have heard the term dog face interchanged with pig face, doesnt the term hundskul mean hounds skull? ie dog face.

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henry was smashed into a corset in order to fit into his tourney armour

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I sure do agree with you steve, your work is far superior, ive seen alot of the imported maille and i just dont care for it,i recently saw some imported aluminum maille and it was just nasty.
getting to wear your shirt at pennsic was one of the highlights of my trip,

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its in the mail, sorry for the delay
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Dimitry, the reason for the angle on the occular is to not only clear the nose (its a very form fitting helm)and also to make the maille hang a slight distance infront of the grill not lay up against it. Ive done spangs with out the angle and have found that it requires a particular location for the...

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i think extra attention/caution is required with any of the cast rubber heads, even a plain old rathbone can realy rattle someones brain

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Wombat, sometimes i do tap down the cone on the top, sometimes i dont, it depends on how high it is, this one is a little more raised than i like because of the center crease on the framework. it may get tapped down i may leave it, i still have a few more little tweeks to do to it befor im done. And...

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[This message has been edited by White Mountain Armoury (edited 04-09-2001).]

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plaster is an excellent choice for making the mold that you want to form the leather over, do not seal the plaster, the plaster is very absorbent and will hasten the process of drying the leather. Plaster is also very easy to carve and shape Exaggerate the muscle contours and shape so that they will...

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i can pass armour inspection with out my maille or lamellar, so ultimatly all that would be visable would be my helm and demi gaunts, im not sure how to address the demi gaunts, but you can portray u guy in just cloth, im working on my brittanic personna and when done all that will show is my helmet...

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Janos, i may post a pic when im done, ive still got alot more maille to weave, and thanks to my physical condition i cant make maille as fast as i used to and i dont like to post pics of uncompleted work, im glad you liked the detail shot Kris, im not sure the weight, its a about the same thickness ...

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[img]http://www.thegreenman.net/wma/occularium.jpg[/img] Here is my solution, what matt said was spot on, rings looped through a rigid portion of a helm will get smashed and bent becuase of the angle. A leather strap is a good solution. On mine i used artifical sinew, folded the strand twice to end ...

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i also had a fine experience with panther, i was so prepared to have the entire process be pain in the butt, but they were great, i bought a 12x16 marques and love it, and even though it has 2 center poles and a ridge pole i can still put this tent up by myself.

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One of my books (i dont remember which one)claims the earliest written mention of maille is roman claiming its oragin was celtic, another states that the word celtic is derived from the Greek Celtoi (or something similar) which was defined as anyone living outside of the roman empire. If you take th...

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i use both round and square stock, for the square stock i got an old reciever hitch from my old pickup truck and mounted it to my fabrication table, i use the same size square stock as the trailer ball was fitted to so my stakes drop neatly into a pocket and have adjustable height via the pin that p...

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nice work, a friend of mine bought your barbutta from e-bay, i thought it came out pretty cool, from examining the barbutta i would suggest a higher temp, or a slower wire feed when you did the welding, but i think its a cool helmet, and i know you made it a while ago. I agree with the others on the...

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Sasha, i did not discuss shipping with Glen, i gave him my addy and thought he would get back to me, ive have not heard from him after that.

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hey Reinhard, ive got a question about this statement ". In fact, the whole 'foreign mercenaries' argument is fairly well discredited now, the Romans used the Legions as a route to citizenship for outlanders over the centuries before general franchise was extended to all subject peoples" Im not an e...

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my wife has decided to make me one i will post the pics when its done and people can decide if they would like one

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im concerned that he is ok, i hate to see some one talented earn a poor reputation. Now i have something comming from glen, it was the axe i won for making a shield boss, now im certainly not going to bitch about something that was free, but if you see it laying around sasha id love it if youd mail ...

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