The Armour Archive

Krag

Well, looks like we're down to about 8-10 persons. In that case, I won't bother renting port-o-cans. Our two restrooms in the house can keep up with the flow! We're supposed to have intermittent thunderstorms. I have plenty of crash space indoors in case of bad weather. Tents can be set up under the...

Krag

So, someone I work with needs this weekend off, therefor My vacation has been cancelled. If we don't have to work overtime this weekend I will still be there. However Dell seems to take a keen interest in screwing me over, so I am guessing that I will have to work. I will know for sure Thurs. No pr...

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I can't see that costing $700 to make from 14 ga. It's only a single piece visor and an articulating tail. The crest would need to be shortened or widened, which would also drop the *difficulty* level of construction. I'd expect something like that to be in the 350+ range, depending who's doing it.

Krag · Hopefully on Dec 16, 2004 it will be "Dr." Krag .

Hopefully on Dec 16, 2004 it will be "Dr." Krag

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Krag

Feel free to bring some down and sell them at the armour-in!

Krag

Yes and no......We are out of city limits so I have no problem with loud bangs, however, there are lots of livestock and houses within range of any type projectile. As long as it's blanks or wax/paper wads, no problem, but no bullets, balls sabots or any other true projectiles. It'll depend on a cou...

Krag

18"...boy that is a loooooong neck.

Krag

I have several of those. They are pretty neat little books. I especially like the Anglo-saxon one.

Krag

Cooking on the forge.....eeewwww! I'm not sure what would be worse...ancient coal ash on my hot dogs, or hot dog grease in my knife steel! Kingsford is what I used to forge my first few items, though. Yes, beer is allowed.

Ronnin,
Come on down.......

Krag

At least with the rain lately we'll have grass and not just dust! There shouldn't be any sign of a burn ban either! We'll still do some forgework at night, I just didn't want to try and do a half dozen different projects. I moved all my forges/furnaces to the front of the shop Friday...but they stil...

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sale pending

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This one is almost done. It will be finished next weekend. Before i finish it out, I figure I'd offer it here and give the buyer a couple options. Below is how it is right now. I'll finish it out with a couple bars on the face (done un-obtrusively...ugly grillwork sucks!) and a moderate polish acros...

Krag

I made my first substantial *bloom* of iron last night. Weighed about 1/4 lb. I'll save it and mount it for posterity. Lit up some thermite as well

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There will be some definite fun at the armour-in!

Who want's crash space and who plans on camping?

Krag

I found 88 lbs of wrought iron out at the scrap yard a couple weeks back. They torch cut a bunch of old wagon wheels and such. Don't under estimate the power of scrounging!

Krag

Forging takes a significant amount of time and I'd like to keep this more oriented towards armouring as opposed to blademaking. I plan on firing up the forge(s) at night with the primary goal of hot-raising. This will be a coal/charcoal forge. I also have propane forges for bladework I will light up...

Krag

Hey Morgan, how about Timo, Duncan, Drake and any others from up that way?

P.S. Florida is nice right now! I'm currently in Bonita Springs just getting in from the beach!

Krag

I'll be in Florida tomorrow through the 9th...so if anyone emails me, it'll be a week or so before I can reply. Here's what I have as the list of who's coming: DEfinites: Verminaard and two others Halberds and three others Morgan Jean Paul Jean Richard Brother Fredrik ROC Ulsted Dan Davis Maelgwyn M...

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This one will be done mid June. I'm heading out for Florida for a week or so and will finish it when I get back. Someone else was interested in it and they get first chance...but I haven't heard back in several days. If they don't want it, It will be offered here for $375. 13 ga top, 16 ga cheeks, 1...

Krag

"But, if you use 300 series SS, the only advantage you are getting is the lack of mantinence. " Different 300 series can have very different properties. 316 stainless is quite a bit more *springy* than mild after being shaped. The work-hardening makes a significant difference. The as rolled sheet is...

Krag

Go to a scrap yard and get an old circular plow disc. Get someone to torch cut the center out and to knock a couple screw holes through it for you. These work well with about a 3" lip welded onto it around the edge to keep the coal from falling out. You don't want the center too deep...that just mak...

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The showers are almost done and the smelting area will be enclosed by this weekend. I won't have the clay furnace up, but I'll have a *make-shift aggie-built smelting device" up and running! I finally have the home computer back up and running properly so I'll update the page with some more pics and...

Krag

I second the plate option. Just get a piece of 1/8" plate and screw/rivet it down on the bottom side of the forge. Grind off any bolt leftovers sticking up and you're good to go. Forges don'thave to look pretty to work well. My coal forge STILL is a brake rotor some pipe and a hair dryer!

Krag

Mild rusts quicker than heat-treated!!?? Should be the opposite. The hardening put a lot more micro-stress risers in the steel which are all beginning points of rusting. They etch at drastically different rates as well. You should be able to get hardened steel to a better polish, though. The smoothe...

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Morgan, Yes...we have a lovely ravine with a small bridge. I might even be nice and clear out the poison ivy . I haven't fought since Gulf War year before last and a couple demos in the last two years. I'm really looking forward to having some other fighters around! I'm sure I've forgotten all the b...

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We're having an armour-in in central TX, come on down. There will be plenty to look at, handle and wear. Lots of guys otalk to personally who make armour. See the thread labeled "central TX armour-in".

Krag

I have an arc welder, not a mig. I USE 308L rod for welding mild to stainless. Welds are plenty strong for this type application. You need to sand off the zinc around where you weld or you'll get splattering and porous welds. A wire wheel on a bench grinder will do this. Set a box fan nearby to blow...

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Yes, June 25-27th. Here's the website (also posted earlier in this thread) m As for daggers...it depends. I have a few forges you can use. I'll be fairly busy doing other things, and I don't let persons who aren't fmiliar with them use my forges unsupervised. Your best bet would be to work on these ...

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Hal, From looking at pics of your work, I think you'd have quite a bit to offer. Fredrik, Leather would be a great idea. Simple leather enhancements are often overlooked by a lot of plate armourers! Freiman, No problem...equal opportunity armouring, anyone's welcome...ex-girlfriends and ex-roommate ...

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Gruber, My thoughts exactly. I've never asked for any money up front on armour or knives. I've even turned it down when it has been offered. The only exceptions being if someone wants precious metals on knives. I generally avoid any comission for something that is *stupid* looking that wouldn't sell...

Krag

Our home system got cooked with lightning so I haven't been able to update the page. Like wise, I can't check my "kragaxe.com" email either. Blocked by firewall at work, fireed by lightning at home! Hopefully it will be more dry in June. Our place was an island last week with the flooding. ~8' of wa...

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Listed them at ebay: m These were part of a set for TBob. Having seen a picture of TBob...I doubt they would fit after padding. TBob...yes I'm actually doing armour again (2 yrs now?). I'll have a set to you by Pennsic. Free of charge. Well...almost free...I'll get you to buy me a beer if I run into...

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Save original (I'll take care of color enhancements) as a 450 pixel wide jpeg image and a quality of 80%. This should be about 50-100 kB per file. Email in blocks of five pics. You can cut and paste pic directly in email body also with the same settings. Or save full size images to a disk and snail ...

Krag

Does it come with free spankings?

Krag

Anyone get some good pics? Anyone who has some pics can send them to krag@kragaxe.com AND dhalter@tamu.edu. I've been having problems with the compuserve account to send a duplicate to the tamu.edu one. I have a 1MB file limit on the tamu.edu address, though. Pics at about 50-60kB jpeg are best. I'd...

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