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Well, I'm actually making progress on past due projects. I still plan on having all outstanding projects completed before we close on the new house on July 1st. Cleaning the shop up has uncovered some older unfinished projects. Scheduled to be worked on/finished this Summer...hopefully some before I...

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Addicted to seax... Sometimes I feel like I should smoke a cigarrette after finishing one http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ! This one goes out to Warren, he emailed me a couple hours before Ivar. But, the thing about seax is...once you've done it, you just gotta do it some more! I have sev...

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This is one I had been doing for myself a while back...buy we're getting ready to close on a house and I need tile and carpet more than I need another knife! http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/Stock.html I'll have more pics up sometime this weekend. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armou...

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Hugo, That one's pretty sweet. I love the besegews! I plan on doing some B&W some time in the not too distant future. I like one in the Graz. I don't remember which right off hand. http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/temp/Bandw.html Bexter12, In my opinion, it is a lot easier to do the raised bla...

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An hour burn time off a 30 lb tank!? How much gas pressure are you using? I'd estimate about 10 hours burn with two burners, .030 jets and averaging 4 psi gauge pressure off the tank. About 3-4 hrs burn if doing welding (12 psi pressure) and not turning down the pressure while hammering. Regardless,...

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Home Depot has 2" to 3/4" reducers as well as a few sizes inbetween. For gas jets, I use MIG welding tips. The .023 and .032 seem to work best for me. Play with your burner once built and see what works best.

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Alan,
Definitely shoot me an email when you're down in LA!

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Looks great!

It looks like the "white" sections are recessed compared to the blackened ones. Is this correct?

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I always thought this would make a nice shirt:

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/temp/cat1.html

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Alan, What type of sand/mold-stuff is that? I think I've been under-fluxing and over-heating! I have made some really nice colored brass/bronze, though. Kind of like everdure with a slightly warm brown tint. I accidentally melted a hole in one of my stainless crucibles and leaked bronze all over my ...

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I've found that jellied cow urine applied briskly with a magic cat's ass is the best lubricant for wet/dry silicon carbide paper.

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If your hammer bounces back with it's original kinetic energy minus the kinetic energy imparted to the anvil...this would be more of an elastic collision. On the other hand, if you're using a cheap Harbour Freight anvil where your hammer doesn't bounce, it deforms the surface, cracks it, heats it up...

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You could set up some spreadsheets to calculate the impact forces and force distributions for a given contact angle and mass/velocity of weapons. You could also do elastic vs inelastic collision calculations and estimate hwo it relates to each style of armour/weapon...etc. How involved do you need t...

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I noticed picture 041...the knight is wearing a white belt. I didn't think SCA was around back then http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif . Ha!...perhaps this photo could be used as a primary documentation source. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ------------------ Krag von Berghen K...

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You're supposed to flux it?

I think we found the problem

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Hey...videotape the casting! Better yet, just ship Alan down here to Texas for a week or so. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I can melt everything from stainless steel to brass, but I can't seem to get consistant decent castings on anything but pewter. The surface is always rough regardle...

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Well, I have emergency on-call duty May 12-18 and will be going to a week long haz-mat traing starting May 19...so I guess I will have to pass on this one. If all goes well with the house purchase, I'll have a spot for a Fall get-together, though! ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury ...

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I still have some britannia pewter available in small quantities (3 lb ingots). This is copper/tin/antimony...lead free! It flows nice. I've used sand, brass and steel for molds with good results. http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/supplies/Buttons.html ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe A...

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Arawn...those are the ones I updated the page with as well

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I also fixed the dates and added a another pic from Ted.

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I updated the site with the correct date (finally http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ) and some pics of the shop on the inside. Pretty neat stuff! Instead of making armour...why don't y'all just get together and make me an upright mill? Hand forged of course http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/...

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I'd go for the high carbon. However...my first axe was from mild steel. It was work hardened along the cutting edge form cold hammering. It won't hold a razor edge, but it's cut many trees as well as a refridgerator in half. It did pretty well with limes for margaritas once also http://www.armourarc...

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I'm fairly close to you JP. RJLeahy was cheapest for me. Online metals is waaaaay too expensive for bulk items. I only use them if I need something very specific. I've been using speedymetals for steel specialties. They have good prices as well, but I've never looked into brass/copper from them. The...

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Vermiculite, Herculite, XXXXite...they all have similar properties. We have a Producer's/Farmer's COOP that sells it by the 50lb bag. It's also used for shipping purposes when shipping hazardous liquids. You could check large shipping supply houses if you don't have a big feed store or COOP local. -...

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If this is a blade for fencing, check to make sure you can still use one after doing something like this. I would guess there is something in the rules about any modifications to blades. All that aside.... This is just one suggestion. Others will have other ideas... Ferric chloride (PC-board etchant...

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Ditto on the above. Make the "skeleton" frame first, bolt it together, then fit in the panels. Like Hal said...it's assymetrical, unless you have a perfectly round head. The panels will flatten out a bit along the seam edges, and curve around more in the front and back portions to facilitate fitting...

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The last time it was brought up, we were trying to decide on a date. We threw out three dates and asked who could make it and what was the best date. No one responded over several weeks of "bumping". I've got quite a bit going on between actually finishing my PhD and buying a house this Spring, so I...

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Take it down to at least an 800 grit finish. Etch with full strength ferric chloride by using a cloth to quickly rub it on. Make sure yoiu have enough to coat the whole blade in one pass otherwise you'll get lines. Keep rubbing it for a minute or so. Don't worry about the black it will come off with...

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Normalizing isn't annealing. On thin metal such as 20 and 22 ga, air cooling can actually quench it fast enough to harden it slightly. I've actually shattered 22ga 1095 using an oil quench. Now I preheat my oil a bit hotter and use an interupted quench process. For 1050, I just preheat the oil to 14...

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Good job "Lord" Edric http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Looks really nice. Let me know when you get the pics up. P.S. Are you interested in going over to a fighter practice in Rockdale next Monday evening? I need to get re-authorized before GW and am planning on going. ------------------ Kr...

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Mattmaus, Yes, the curvature is produced by the different cooling rates. When you use an insulator during a quench, you end up with different zones in the steel having different crystalline structures. This causes "shrinking" or "expanding" in the different areas. When you first dunk one, it bends s...

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I'd like to eventually finish it with some silver/copper mokume fittings, wrought iron tsuba and navy blue silk ito over bleached sharkskin (sharks start showing up in May with the schools of blacktips). I've learned that I suck at Japanese knots, though. It'll be in Shirasaya until late Summer prob...

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Like Matt said, technique plays a key role. I start on the stump and put the main flare/bend in. Then, I use the edge of my anvil to tighten up the crease. You have to have an even consistent edge and make sure you have the cop placed correctly before hitting with a hammer. It's like starting flutes...

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Here's an 18.5" bladed wakazashi I've been messing with. This is just rough sanded and etched to bring out the design. It should be pretty neat when polished up. This is W1 steel. ~.25" across the shinogi back at the machi ~1/2" of sori Japanese terminology is fun http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/sm...

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Here's the pics of your elbows. I still plan on finishing the knees this week. [img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/krag/tbob1t.jpg[/img] [img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/krag/tbob2t.jpg[/img] My goal is to have all outstanding orders done before I leave for Gulf War. ---------------...

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