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Ends in less than 24 hrs and still under $30. Still a pretty good deal if you need something like this.

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Krag von Berghen
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Gotta try before you buy, right!

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The plan is to make some authentic feastware sets instead of the more modern steaknives I usually make. This one is from the 15th, I did it in pattern welded steel because I felt like it, though...no documented counterpart to that aspect. I'll be finishing up an ivory handles set of late period stuf...

Krag

Cool, thanks for the tips.

Krag

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And on the tenth day...well ok, somewhere after the 7th day and slightly before canned SPAM, the Lord said unto the people of Isreal: Behold!...I bring unto you the ... Jelly Knife ! And there was much rejoicing! How was that for a grand intro http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ? -----------...

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Yep, that's the one. I cut 18 ga mild with it, but not very good. 18 ga stainless (316) tore the teeth off. I sent the first one back and got another at their expense, but it met with the same fate. I still have it. I'm thinking of some sort of modern art-deco sculpture....weld some of my scrap to i...

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No good piece of filthy, good for nothing, hunk of worthless, metal chewing shit of a boat anchor.

I think that about sums up my experience with one that would supposedly cut 14 ga stainless.

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Krag von Berghen
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I have a set of dies off a heavy duty one. I'm making the side plates and such. They're great for rolling skirting for a helm and similar parts. For the price of one that will easily do 16 and 14 ga, I'd rather buy a small plasma torch. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pi...

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Beat it into submission over a form made from an old concrete/jackhammer chisel or something. Maybe a plumb-bob or something? I'm making some stakes for various things like that from some 1.5-2" bearings. they're made from 52100 steel, so they can take a lot of abuse! Mild steel forms pretty easily ...

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I was going to make a small calendar book. Unfortunately, 100 degree heat and 90% humidity did not go well with the curing and such of the hide. I could still salvage it if I went ahead and tanned it, but I'd rather give it a shot without using acidic solutions. I think I'll wait until fall and get ...

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For spangen panels, I can do it in about 5-10 min/per panel. This is dishing, and planishing to a nice smooth finish. For a helm half, it takes me at least 30 minutes total per side to get them like I want them...smooth and symmeteric. I guess I just work slow http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile....

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If you had two identical weight/thickness plate armours, the hardened one will "soften" the blow less. The unhardened one will tend to give more (as Loren stated) and eventually dent. If the armour doesn't dent, that means it's expending the force of the blow some other way...transfering it to whate...

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How stiff/flexible and thick should this be? I'm making some out of the wild sheep I killed, but I've never actually handled the real stuff. I should have about 20 sqr feet of it when I'm done. I'm making a medieval calendar book from it and the sheets will only be illuminated on one side if this ma...

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The only shaping I do to my tracks is to sand/gring the surface to make it a little more smooth and to add an occasional rivet setting depression. You can't fit the track inside a helm without cutting the base a bit, but other than that..plain ol' track works just fine. ------------------ Krag von B...

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Here's a piece I'm putting together for myself. This is the shortsword forged from the rusted/pitted leafspring I posted a while back. It has deliberately been left slightly rough. I want it to have an "antiqued look". That, and the pitting was so deep in the leaf spring, I would have had to thin th...

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I screwed up the filename on the standard spangen panel, but the rest should load. I'll check again in a minute. The only how-tos that are started are the poleyons, spangen and greathelm...and several of the pics aren't done on those since moving my site last spring. Disney told everyone the web ser...

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Well, actually, the one on the how-to is one of only two that were welded along the lower band. I overlap everything now. That's part of why I'm redoing the sections. You kinda lost me on the question...so I'll answer what I think you're asking. When I do the frame, I make it so the criss-cross band...

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OK, I finally put the most commonly requested patterns of mine up on my site. http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/howto/Howto.html For those that i was mailing hard-copies to...I still am. I mailed some out a while back, but don't remember who to. If you were expecting some and didn't get them, shoo...

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I have all the parts for a propane forge (venturi style), I've just never put it together. I don't want to store it outdoors, so I can't keep it here at the apt. I can't have any flame sources out at the storage shed I use as a shop, so that kills that as well. I was thinking about putting it togeth...

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Thomas, Yeah, I fing myself checking out every anvil auction on ebay now. My wife says I get whiplash everytime we pass a country "junk yard". I just bought some surplus hunks of tool steel for making various anvil accesories! I could do wonders with a 100 lb little giant! Better yet...the 500 lb! y...

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LOL! I kinda like "Normans go home". The banding sounds cool. I had thought about doing the nasal and brows on a spangen with welded stuff. I just got in 10 feet of copper for some copper covered panels as well. I think they'd look cool together. They were replacing a bunch of track out here where a...

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Well, I've been messing with this now for a while and am starting to get the hang of it. I think it would be cool to make a set of 16th century elbows out of pattern welded steel. here's a gaurd for a shortsword. I used Thomas Powers advice on getting some strapping. I found some 18 ga strapping and...

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I made a couple sword/large dagger wall plaques in my uncle-inlaw's cabinet shop a while back. One is oak, one is maple. I'll put some pics up tonight or tomorrow.

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I have a how-to guide and patten section for these on my site.

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A framing jig is what is used to hold the sides of a picture frame together at 90 degrees while gluing them. It looks like a pair of vices/clamps which form two sides of a right triangle. There's quite a few pages which are still a mess since moving my site...one of these days I'll get around to fix...

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Yes, steel has a grain structure. When a blade is properly heat treated, the grain boundries are re-done, so it makes little difference how the blade was made. Any sword/knife is only as good as it's heat treatment! The problem points on large blades are usually sharp corners left around the tang/bl...

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The shape of your helm depends on the shape of your head. I usually use a somewhat flattened oval. Sometimes I use an elliptical shape if the head in question needs it. If you make one using an oval, you can tweak it to an ellipse after it's riveted...to a degree. I'm talking up to 1/2" differences ...

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I have pics of quite a few kettle helms. Any particular style or region, or any in the late 1300's? Well, scratch that, all the kettle helm pics are of 1400's stuff as well. Sure I can't interest you in a pic of a nice great helm? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ------------------ Krag vo...

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I'm not sure which ones you're referring to, but I took some pics at the Musee del'armee last year. I have a couple of them on my website: http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/armee/Helmets.html These look like crap on-line, but I can re-scan them at a higher resolution and email them to you if it's ...

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Anyone have the book on the armour from Rhodes printed by the museum at Leeds? If so, can you give a better description than what's on their site? Clay, Armour of Imperial Austria is pretty cool as well if you like black and white armour. (isbn#1-875460-11-X) Stephen Bull's an historical guide to ar...

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I'll probably get a little of everything and just see what looks like what. brass and copper scrap are really cheap at the scrap yard and they have them as filings and other small pieces as well...easy to melt. Does borax work well as a flux for casting? ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe A...

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While we're on the bronze subject....which has the dark golden color? I've seen a lot that are almost the same color as copper, just harder, and some with more of a brown tone. I was wanting something with a rich golden brown, before oxidation. Would adding a touch of brass to the copper colored one...

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I have a site bookmarked that has the constituents of it, and several other alloys, if that helps. I'll look for it and email you. Better yet...I'll post it here: http://www.contenti.com/products/flatstock/166-663.html http://www.contenti.com/ I've been looking into casting stuff, so I have several ...

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Jim's making one, maybe he'll cough it up when he's done. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I'll be sure and post a lengthy review of his work http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif . ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pics

On the 10th day....

Stainless Steel Tassets

vellum/parchment

saracen shortsword

Pattens up on my site

pattern welding

wall mounts/sword hangers