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Brian W. Rainey

Works the same way it does for auctions.

Buyer sends payment to the seller's e-mail addy through their paypal account.

No difference in function. Maybe there is a percentage taken difference, not sure.

Brian W. Rainey

Josh_Warren wrote:Faith, I think 16ga sounds *extremely* heavy for a brignadine...

Try 20ga for a brig. 16 is crazy-heavy. Are you talking brig or more of a Coat of Plates?

Brian W. Rainey

Russ, Talk to Rick Lenz at Centaur Forge (or better yet, come up to our meeting in January!). You can reach him at this number: 800-666-9175 ask for Rick. He can most certainly hook you up with a qualified blacksmith, being a member of UMBA. He may even do it himself... he likes odd projects. Tell h...

Brian W. Rainey

Nice pics.

I would convert them to something other than .BMP, though.

They are significant in size right now. Probably 10x what they should be as .jpgs.

Just a thought.

Brian

Brian W. Rainey

Massa G wrote:Matt... got one coming to you right now!

I haven't gotten an e-mail.... guess I am not special enough...

Brian W. Rainey

I would highly suggest using an air powered or power hammer.. rather than an English wheel.

Brian W. Rainey

Also, jackalopes do as well. The story has been distorted over time however. It stems from rabbits who are suffering from a wart-like skin condition which causes them to grow spiny protrusions from their bodies. They generally have other problems as well. One is a parasite that invades their intest...

Brian W. Rainey

Garth wrote:Gah. They're getting it 'close enough' so people will use it for documentation but not getting it right.

Using a movie for historical research documentation? Please say this was posted in jest!?

Brian W. Rainey

I have just confirmed that the esteemed Erik D. Schmid will be in attendance for this session.

There will be time set aside for a round-table discussion on mail. Bring your questions, thoughts, theories and suggestions!

Brian W. Rainey

DOH! Just got a pop-up blocker and it is suppressing my thingy! Ouch! Dont you hate it when your thingy gets suppressed? You people! SHEESH! It is a wonder I hang around with you guys.... a bunch of deviants you are. BTW, So far so good on the session planning!! I will probably present a paper at t...

Brian W. Rainey

Brother Logan wrote:Brian, check your PMs please

Leo

DOH! Just got a pop-up blocker and it is suppressing my thingy!

PM sent!

Brian W. Rainey

Nice kit! I LOVE Bari... I did some SCUBA diving off the coast near Bari and spent some time in the area about 10 years ago. Aboslutely loved it. Ended up driving around Southern Italy with no agenda in mind. If I had my choice of moving anywhere in the world permanently, it would be Souhern Italy. ...

Brian W. Rainey

Uilleag=House of the Wolf wrote:Massa G undertook me as his apprentice almost three years ago.

Has it been that long! Wow... time flies!

Brian W. Rainey

I propose early 14th century bascinets are not widely studied by most amature armour enthusiasts, because mid to late 14th century armours are the principle focus of the groups the enthusiasts principly belong to, for a number of reasons (focus of tournament societies, number of surviving artifacts...

Brian W. Rainey

Here are some shop pics from armour night! Wulfe (in the hooded sweatshirt) and Doug (in the grey t-shirt) strong are present... I am behind the camera. And Jay is in the red shirt. Forgot about you Jay! [img]http://www.armourguild.org/members/brian/armournight1.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.armourguild...

Brian W. Rainey

Well, I sent my money off. After two weeks I emailed Brian and asked if it was received. He emailed me back and said yes it would be shipping out that weekend. Two weeks later I email and ask for an update and still havent heard back from that. That was a week ago. All I can do is sit and wait I su...

Brian W. Rainey

Any additional reviews/suggestions are truly appreciated. We do plan of filming future sessions and the more advice the better! The previous session were taped more for archival pruposes and then we decided to make them available to the masses once we identified how usefull the material was! I truly...

Brian W. Rainey

Well, I sent my money off. After two weeks I emailed Brian and asked if it was received. He emailed me back and said yes it would be shipping out that weekend. Two weeks later I email and ask for an update and still havent heard back from that. That was a week ago. All I can do is sit and wait I su...

Brian W. Rainey

There will be lots of research material available tonight... or any time you want to stop by my house. I will see what I can dig up today for a head start. I have yet to pick up Chris's article. I have other sources, though. I always say: "Women should look as sexy IN armour as they do out of it!" G...

Brian W. Rainey

I would change "Commitment of Excellence" to "Commitment to Excellence", as you are commiting yourself to the excellence of your work. Other than that, and the spelling errors, looks good! Oh, and ditch the picture of the ugly, hairy, scary guy on the main page... you wouldn't want to run off potent...

Brian W. Rainey

Pics are gone:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... ht=leather

However, you can purchase the book from here:

http://www.masterarmourer.com/publications.htm

It will probably run over $50.00 including shipping.

Brian W. Rainey

It was probably posted by Joe Skeesick and made by Chris Dobson as a representaiton of decroative leather armour from the early medieval timeframe, if I am correct.

Does that help?

Brian W. Rainey

Chuck Davis wrote:Dang it! That is my birthday and the same day as an event here in Minneapolis! I will have to wait for the fall event.
-Cad

We will be thinking of you, honest!

Brian W. Rainey

Talbot wrote:I can hardly wait. Anyone want me to present on anything? I'd love suggestions.

Maybe a paper on the evaporation rate of cask strength scotch and it's effect on armouring efficiency?

I'll assist with any hands on research!

Brian W. Rainey

Gruber wrote:a gentleman blacksmith who lives just a few blocks down from my shop, will be there.

Really, a gentleman blacksmith.... cool, I have never met one of those before?!

Brian W. Rainey

Apart from his obvious vast knowledge, he is actually having an English armour of this period made at this very moment by Robert MacPherson,lucky man so he has done quite a lot of research on this very topic. Russ I might be wrong here... but I think Toby's kit, as it is being done by Mac is quite ...

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chef de chambre wrote:Pish-posh. It's some godawful rickle of auld stones in Glasgow, the armpit of an otherwise lovely country.

Tell that to Toby!

Brian W. Rainey

The thing I don't think is a good interpretation is the visor, in that the visors seen in contemporary sources from England are side-pivot mounted, not klapvisors. I would refer you to the Ralph Percy monument (I believe), which has a number of figures round the side of the monument that are partic...

Brian W. Rainey

Talk to Toby, as he is the fellow who has seen more than either of us. I would not be so quickly convinced that such was not possible, and I think you are putting too much emphasis on the difference between faceting and fluting. Equally, they could represent a raised line rather than a depression -...

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Do you think I can find a copy of Dr. Capwell's thesis? Do you know if he published anything? Mike F - I do not believe that Churburg 13 would have been in play at the beginning of the 15th century England. For the same reasons that Chef has stated. On toby's thesis... ask him.... however, I do not...

Brian W. Rainey

And in that.. I could go on a huge dissertation of the differences between modern wrought iron and iron used in extant examples of medieval armour.. How about a short, Reader's Digest Condensed Version dissertation, using short, easy words that would not fry Those of Little Brain, like me? Please? ...

Brian W. Rainey

While the information is fascinating, it is difficult to apply it to modern armour reconstruction as the materials and methods used are not available to us. OOPS! Thanks for pointing that out! I meant "readily" available to us. It is uncharacterstic of me to make such a sweeping statement... my apo...

Brian W. Rainey

Thomas Powers wrote:Brian about 20-25 years ago I watched Sir Polidor raising a wrought iron helm at a Middle Kingdom Armourer's guild meeting.. I believe that though it's not economically feasable for the general armourer both the materials and processes *are* available.

Thomas

Um... never said they weren't.

Brian W. Rainey

Mike F wrote:An hour fifteen minutes south of me . . . I'll make it if I can.

I look forward to meeting all of you who show up if I do. I'm quite interested in how those lance rests were made.

Don't really know how they WERE made... but I know how I am gonna make mine!

Brian W. Rainey

http://www.mallet-argent.com/authentic.html Master Cad has a painting on his website of a 14th century bascinet, with what many have interpreted as a raised bargrill. It's my opinion that it is some sort of crest, a stylized feather or something, but there you have it. ~Wil I would surmise that it ...

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