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Go to harbour Freight and get one of the 6-ft pry bars when they are on sale for $10. 1 1/4" medium carbon steel hex.

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Kinda funny coincidence, but we'll be driving pretty close to you the following weekend. I have relatives in North Canton, Ohio and just across into PA. I inherited a 300+ lb old anvil that I'll be picking up in OH, then off to PA to just hang out with old people http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smi...

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I have 2500 yrs of euro. helmets and am looking at the one in there. This lacks the smoothness, overall fitting of panels, has different riveting and the shape looks slightly off. This doesn't really mean anything, though. I'd definitely want to see the lineage of ownership before bidding on somethi...

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Hmmm....I was wondering what could spark so much interest in a discussion on Burr-King grinders... Having started a How-To video project several different times with no finished product yet...I admire anyone who can decide what to include in a book, write a book and publish a book! I read Brian's bo...

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Nickel damascus rivets!!?? I envy your patience, or insanity...depends on how you view it http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ! I spent last night relining the base of my forge. I had some really nice black borosilicate glass going on! Unfortunately, it doesn't reflect heat very well! I have s...

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Here's the page from last year's event with directions and such. Let me know what the dates are (and any other important info) and I'll update it for this year's event.

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/events/WVArmourin.html

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Ted, My forge usually comes up to temperature in about 5-10 minutes. Once at temp, I usually run it at about 2-3 psi. The line splits at the forge and goes to two 3/4" burners. I can run it down at 1psi and less, but have found that 2-3 psi is the optimum setting. This is a forge interior of 5" x 15...

Krag

There was an add in the latest Tournament's Illuminated for plastic lamellar scales.

Of course...steel would look soooo much nicer!

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Could you just carve it out of urethane foam? The stuff hollyood uses for rocks and what we use for spray in insulation. Get the low expanding denser stuff. You could use wall spackling to smooth the surface after shaping, a few coats of polyurethane for durability, then gold/brass leaf it. --------...

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Could you just carve it out of urethane foam? The stuff hollyood uses for rocks and what we use for spray in insulation. Get the low expanding denser stuff. You could use wall spackling to smooth the surface after shaping, a few coats of polyurethane for durability, then gold/brass leaf it. --------...

Krag

When I was building and tuning my burners, I also had the ignition jumpinbg back to the jets and "huffing". I tried all sorts of different things such as changing jet hole diameter, gas pressure, etc. After stepping back and looking at the whole picture, the problem became obvious. These are suppose...

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I'm saving copies of everything posted here. if for whatever reason someone here doesn't want their stuff added to the pic pages, let me know...otherwise, I'll assume if it's posted here, you don't mind. The next rainy/cold weekend when I'm in on the computer (or boring day at work!), I'll add stuff...

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The link to the kit pages is in my sig line. I have another 8 or so that I wa sgoing to load up, but we lost our hard drive just before Christmas. I periodically seach and save pics posted here, but I'm pretty slow to load them up and create pages. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury...

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Looks like it might be interesting. Anyonr know more about it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "janice k tucker" <> To: <EKMetalsmiths@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 8:20 AM Subject: [EKMetalsmiths] Metal Symposium Oct 24-26 2003 > I have received Barony and Kingdom leve...

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http://www.ypn.co.uk/ViewArticleMore.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=231654&Page=&ReturnUrl=

Can't wait for the pics!

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cross posted on authenticity boards:

http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001925.html

Still looking for the pics...

The top of one of the pages says:
Schwedische Festlandsfunde

Another says:
Kontinentale Saxe

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bump!

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Some recent aquisitions of our university's library. I'll be sure to take a look through several of these! Chroniques de sire Jean Froissart : qui traitent des merveilleuses emprises, nobles aventures et faits d'armes a [ 23 ] Oversize D113 .F75 1523a First volum of Sir Johan Froyssart of The chrony...

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Way back, someone posted a bunch of scans from some German or Danish texts of a bunch of seax/langseax blades and scabbards and such. We had to reformat our computer (not by choice!) and lost most everything. I can't remember who it was (Helmut, Bjorn, Giles?), but I would be most appreciative if yo...

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Some details you might want to add... If you have one end sealed with 2" of plaster, how do you lower in a bag of wet cement? Is your first firing with the door open and one end still sealed with plaster, hence... when the form burns out, does the center section of plaster fall out of the rear of th...

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Matt, I bet that's cold enough to freeze a dog to a fire hydrant! You could spit on the steel and stick it to a shop monkey for laughs on those really boring days! Hal, How do you infer heat from a lamp? Just look at it, think about it, and imagine warmth really hard? http://www.armourarchive.org/ub...

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Those are the T-rex series burners...top of the line. he machines his parts to be true venturi shapes. This reduces drag and increases performance so you burn propane more efficiently. Ideal forge shape/size depends on what you want to do with it. For knives, I love my tube forge. I have two 3/4" bu...

Krag

One place they say titanium steel, another it's titanium. Big difference! Some exotic steels have small amounts of Al and/or Ti added. I have no idea what it does for the steel, probably machinability so these can be milled out faster without heat buildup. I can't see it doing something for a sword,...

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I use the walmart ones and like them. The decibel rating is how much it reduces the noise you hear. If you're subjected to 100 db sound and are wearing 20 db muffs, you hear 80 db. Shooter's muffs are really good for hammering. Some muffs work better at different frequencies and such and more expens...

Krag

I don't have actual plans, but I have a parts list and lots of pics. I have a schematic of the coal forge on my site...somewhere...as well. There's really not much to a propane forge. A shell, insulation and some burners. Ron Reil has all you need for burner information, the shell and insulation sho...

Krag

Any of the last three weekends in April would be best for me.

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I've bought quite a bit off ABEbooks. It's kind of funny to see the wide range in prices for the same book form different dealers. ~$40 for AAMK!? This comes up at Half-price books pretty often for $10-15. It's on ebay regularly as well for $15-25. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury...

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Someone was wanting some horns (for mongol thumb rings) I had a while back(right after Thanksgiving). We ended up having to reformat our computer so I lost all my saved messages. If you still need the horns, email me.

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We actually had good luck with postal services this season. We had large items delivered 3-4 days from TX to CA.

There should still be a global priority option from USPS, unless they've renamed it.

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JP, Mild is generally 1018 or 1022. Some special mild decarb steels are 1008. Mild just means low carbon. You need about 1040 before it becomes appreciably responsive to heat treating(hardening) without other alloying elements. As for hot vs cold rolled in mild steel... I use whatever I can get chea...

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I've been without a home computer for a few weeks now, so I haven't kept up with things. Olaf offered to host it out at his place. Last we brought it up, we had asked for suggestions for when to have it. Before Gulf Wars is rainy, after is hot...so I don't know that it makes much difference! I can p...

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I need to update this one and add the last sections...but it's a good start.

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/howto/helm.html

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I have four 48" electric tube furnaces in the backyard all wrapped up. No control units, just the tube furnace. Unfortunately, if I hooked them up, I'd need a new power line dropped to the house and a permit as an industrial user!! One of these days I'll check them out and put them up on auction. I ...

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Iridium is used in the manufacture of special coatings in semiconductor/electronics or optics...I don't remember which. It's also used in a neutron-activated radioactive form for treating tumors with iridium seeds and ribbons. I have no clue what it does in an alloy mix. A lot of steel from Thailand...

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If you move the blade in and out, you can get by with a much shorter forge for heat treating. I've done ~34" using 15" of heated forge length. 30 min sounds pretty long for welding temp. I have two 3/4" burners using 0.028" jets at 8-10 psi. I can bring 1" sqr billets up to welding temp in 10-15 min...

SCA metal symposium in New York

swords &spearheads found in York

looking for pics...

new aquisitions

pics from way back

cattle horns