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by Krag
Thu May 02, 2002 10:32 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: ball stake auction here
Replies: 8
Views: 7

ball stake auction here

Bids can only be placed here. Auction closes next Tuesday at 4pm central daylight time, or 5 minutes after last posted bid. This is a 2" steel ballstake. The info and pics are here: http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/temp/Ebay1.html Buyer pays actual shipping from 77801. Weight is about 10 lbs...ma...
by Krag
Thu May 02, 2002 9:56 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Spring Armour-In in West Virginia
Replies: 152
Views: 14

Jgalak, If you can scrounge some pieces, you could put one togetehr in a few hours. Look for an old bedframe (the collapsible type made from angle iron), a brake drum or brake rotor off a pickup truck and spend about $10 on steel conduit at a local hardware store. I have an expanded view of what I m...
by Krag
Wed May 01, 2002 11:19 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: seax pics
Replies: 14
Views: 10

Hrolfr,
Your email listed in your profile bounces back undeliverable.

Nim,
Sex and Violence
Seax and Violence
Saxon Violence

All perfectly good themes for a movie Image.

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by Krag
Tue Apr 30, 2002 5:09 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: ebay
Replies: 5
Views: 5

It wouldn't bother me other than I get some message saying my bank won't allow my card for internet use!! Even though it's the same card I had listed before...go figure!?

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by Krag
Tue Apr 30, 2002 4:24 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: seax pics
Replies: 14
Views: 10

Shane,
Cool, thanks!
Hrolfr,
Sent you an email with more info.

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by Krag
Tue Apr 30, 2002 4:21 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: ebay
Replies: 5
Views: 5

ebay

I tried listing some stuff on ebay, but it seems I no longer have a seller account. Did something change there? Was anyone else required to create a new billpoint account in the recent past?

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by Krag
Mon Apr 29, 2002 3:07 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: seax pics
Replies: 14
Views: 10

Patrick, I start by drilling several holes, usually with a 1/8" bit(for a blade that's ~3/16" thick). You'll need extra long bits. Look for surplus aircraft bits on ebay. You can then go back and use a slightly larger bit where the spine of the blade will be. Now file the holes so that it makes a sm...
by Krag
Mon Apr 29, 2002 2:42 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Solid steel head
Replies: 10
Views: 9

Make a wooden head. Cutt it into 1/4ths (like panels on a spangenhelm). Add threaded rod so that you can adjust the width and length. Now you have an adjustable head.

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by Krag
Mon Apr 29, 2002 9:42 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: carboy
Replies: 10
Views: 9

Garden Ridge Pottery has 6 1/2 gallon ones for $13.

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by Krag
Mon Apr 29, 2002 9:39 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: B3 for sale!
Replies: 14
Views: 6

I couold certainly give it a good home...I just can't afford the adoption fee right now! I plan on getting one around June, though!

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by Krag
Mon Apr 29, 2002 8:39 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: seax pics
Replies: 14
Views: 10

I'll have some 10-15" bladed ones done in a month or so. What distinguishes a Norwiegian one? There are several features that can be modified such as blade width, amount of taper, fuller, straight edge vs rounded...etc. I couldn't tell you which belonged to what group, though other than the ones fou...
by Krag
Fri Apr 26, 2002 11:24 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: yard sale
Replies: 25
Views: 16

Still got the sassanid helm top?

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by Krag
Fri Apr 26, 2002 11:20 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Holy cow. These are very nice...and very pricey.
Replies: 6
Views: 6

Holy Cow! $299 for some embossed single piece cops! I'll cut you a deal....$295 Image

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by Krag
Thu Apr 25, 2002 9:26 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: ball stakes
Replies: 5
Views: 9

I haven't started anything yet. I got a surprise in the mail today. A refund check from Texas A&M. Seems they overcharged a bunch of people several hundred dollars back in Feb. Good timing! I'm still going to auction at least two of the stakes this weekend...Monday at the latest. ------------------ ...
by Krag
Thu Apr 25, 2002 9:22 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: seax pics
Replies: 14
Views: 10

seax pics

I updated my site with pics of some of the more recent creations...

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/as/saex/Saex.html



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by Krag
Thu Apr 25, 2002 4:05 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: ball stakes
Replies: 5
Views: 9

Two are probably closer to 15" and two are about 20". I'll measure them tonight and snap a few pics. I'm heading out to Las Vegas for a week in mid May and need a little extra cash. I had specific purposes for the different lengths, but was originally going to keep them for myself. Yours is a cast i...
by Krag
Thu Apr 25, 2002 3:59 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Spring Armour-In in West Virginia
Replies: 152
Views: 14

Make sure the directions are fixed like they're supposed to be now.

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by Krag
Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:22 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: ball stakes
Replies: 5
Views: 9

ball stakes

I have several (4) 2" ball stakes that will be heat treated this weekend. These are 2" chrome-moly steel balls MIG welded to 1" square bar with ~12" bar length.They'll be finished in half-hard temper. This should be more than hard enough for armouring purposes. I'll get some pics this weekend. If th...
by Krag
Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:15 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Oxy tank bottoms/dishing form
Replies: 32
Views: 12

>> A BLEVE (Boiling Liquid / Expanding Vapor Explosion) is when you have a FLAMMABLE liquid like propane coming out of a ruptured container make a big vapor cloud mixed with air and then the cloud finds an ignition source. BOOM!! >> Been quite a few years since I had any of this, but they always use...
by Krag
Wed Apr 24, 2002 1:41 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Oxy tank bottoms/dishing form
Replies: 32
Views: 12

They have a separate bin with small tanks in it at our scrap yard. They also have several large ones out in the general area. Our local welding shop said they could let me go through the trashed ones. They burn a 1" hole in them before trashing them. Since when does boiling water give off hydrogen!?...
by Krag
Tue Apr 23, 2002 10:56 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: @$#% Tear @#%
Replies: 13
Views: 11

Looking at the tear, I also would've asked if you normalized/annealed the steel first. The other thing that stands out are some of the tooling marks. I see a lot of small crescent moon divits in the steel. You can't do this with hardenable steel. You'll get localized stress risers prone to cracking ...
by Krag
Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:37 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: carbon steel sources
Replies: 3
Views: 6

carbon steel sources

I tried using the search function, but found precious little. I know this was brought up before. I'm looking for sources of high carbon sheet: 4130 or 1050/1045. More specifically, I'm looking for sources in NM or AZ. I thought someone was getting from somewhere in AZ. I'm driving out to Las Vegas i...
by Krag
Mon Apr 15, 2002 11:36 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Newb Question - What the heck is a Rattan?
Replies: 12
Views: 12

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Konstantin the Red: <B>Rattan looks like solid bamboo with its jointy skin and yellowish color, but it's actually a large, tropical vine </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Interestin...
by Krag
Thu Apr 11, 2002 11:23 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Noncombatants - Cameramen
Replies: 25
Views: 7

WE just got a new camera. I'm taking the old one and fixing it up so it can be taken out on a battlefield. I'm hoping to have it at Steppes Warlord for the melees and such after the single elim competitions. It's a small 8mm camera. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pics
by Krag
Mon Apr 08, 2002 8:53 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: I...am.... BATMAN!!
Replies: 7
Views: 11

I could never get the bars over my nose to even get it on! I can't believe anyone making a helm would think it was "normal" to place the bars an inch behind the nasal. You don't need an anatomy class to figure that one out! On the plus side...it's not just made from ordinary 14 ga...but hand forged ...
by Krag
Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:54 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: 14th century axes
Replies: 12
Views: 7

They're on their way now. Let me know you got them. They might come as a zipped file, though. I don't know if my system automatically zips them or not.

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by Krag
Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:43 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: So called experts,or blowing hot air
Replies: 49
Views: 55

Sorry Matt, I'm going to have to disagree with you. I was 98.623% full of shit about 78.5% of the time at the armour-in.

Now Olaf on the other hand..... Image....

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by Krag
Wed Apr 03, 2002 12:08 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: This maille bikini pattern works well
Replies: 9
Views: 20

The first image that popped into my mind has scarred me for life......

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by Krag
Wed Apr 03, 2002 12:03 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Hose under Leg Harness
Replies: 10
Views: 13

Real men don't have to pad their "hose" Image.

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by Krag
Thu Mar 28, 2002 2:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Live Steel Swords
Replies: 23
Views: 22

Go to http://www.swordforum.com sometime and search through the posts. There's everything from a ton of reviews and opinions there about Angus Trim, Paul Chen, all the swordmakers listed above to wise cracks about Anglesword. PS Atar is more commonly referred to as Jim Hirsoulas, PhD; mastersmith. H...
by Krag
Thu Mar 28, 2002 2:28 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: 14th century axes
Replies: 12
Views: 7

Oh yeah... Depending on how much you want to upset the head....If you wedge the spike in a block of wood, place the head/wood in a vise so that the wood sits on the shelf above the threads and clamp the heck out of the head, you can usea torch and flat faced hammer to "peen" the face down similar to...
by Krag
Thu Mar 28, 2002 2:23 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: 14th century axes
Replies: 12
Views: 7

I pulled all the pics out, I just haven't had a chance to sit down and scan them for you. There's one that looks pretty close to the spike you have.

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by Krag
Thu Mar 28, 2002 12:47 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Avoiding a growing/inevitable trend
Replies: 24
Views: 23

Taking breaks to relax the muscle groups often helps me. If it hurts, don't do it. If your hands are too tired to hold something without shaking, don't. If your elbow/forearm start to ache, stop. Little things like that I used to ignore, I listen too now! Also, using padded/insulated welder's gloves...
by Krag
Tue Mar 26, 2002 9:11 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: 14th century axes
Replies: 12
Views: 7

I don't have many pics of hammers. I pulled some from some books of mine for someone a while back, but never actually posted them and now have forgot who wanted them http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ! Before you do the spike, heat up about 1" to yellow/orange and upset the hammer end. This...
by Krag
Tue Mar 26, 2002 1:03 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: 14th century axes
Replies: 12
Views: 7

I sent some over but haven't heard back from you. Did they make it? If so, I'll send the other 40 or so in groups of about 10. I have another 50-60 of axes on another computer. One of these days I'll download all my pics onto a cd. I have knives, swords, axes, spurs and keys I've been collecting pic...

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