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Krag

I do, but I haven't had a chance to download and edit them all yet. We'll be getting the 35mm one back as well that will be scanned and uploaded. I have ravine battle and fort battle pics. I'll post here when I get them loaded.

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They can't spell. They don't know grammar. They don't know what it is they're selling. They probably found it at a garage sale and paid more than it's worth because they didn't know what it was then either! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armour...

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How big of image files can you recieve in email? PS Axes don't significantly change before 1500. What shapes are you particularly looking for? I've been saving images off auctions for a year now. I don't have any data on them as far as when they came from, bu there are a lot of archaeology books wit...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Of course, catching the boar unawares and "falling upon them" to make the kill at the site of the bait would be really cool, but short of putting th bait IN the canyon or whatnot, I don't think...

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Here they are:

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/artifacts/AXES.html

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I used some 99.9% fuming nitric acid mixed with 18M HCl at 3:1. It'll eat metal, stainless and just about any resist. Don't use this. Do auto shops still sell sulfuric acid? Where do you get small quantities of nitric acid retail? I do all my stuff like that back at my research lab area with fume ho...

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That looks painful! Cool http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ! We still have my wife's MRI photos of her ruptured disc. Those are pretty neat as well. My wife's threatening to send me to the doctor. I have a strange lump on the side of impact on my wrist that moves around when you touch it. T...

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Got back from Gulf War and had a box marked Deutsche Post sitting on the porch. The axe heads are kick ass...except for one some moron tried to clean up with a grinder!!!??? The large Danish Axe head make the whole lot worthwhile! You can see all the forge welds in them and the silica strands of the...

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Use spherical coordinates and integrate the line section representing the profile http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . It's only a slight cone. Cut your rectangle with about two inches extra height. Wrap it into the conic section with the degree of taper you want, tape it and trim the top to...

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Is that all!? Don't be such a sissy...let's see some full etched or black and white harness complete with roping on all edges http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif ! Like someone else said, it's not necessarily harder to do the more complex pieces, and it's not always easier to do the more ba...

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I used an auto darkening one for TIG &Mig and loved it. Make sure it's fail safe (goes dark when batteries fail, not light). Different wavelengths are absorbed in different areas of the eye. Mid-UV(180-315nm) and far-IR (1400nm-1mm) damages the cornea surface and Near UV (315-390) damages the lens, ...

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Get a general layout of where you want different activities to go. Where will you need to string power cords? Where will you need extra lighting? Will rain change anything? We didn't have a shop, so everything was out in the open. If you have a shop, a lot of this isn't as big a deal. Oh Yeah...almo...

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I'm on the gunner's list through yahoo groups. There are some guys that have some 2" and up cannons/bombards although most discussions are about handgonne style weapons. I'll look up the email for you if you want to join and forward it to you. I'm building some .5" - 1" bore period pieces. ---------...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Edric: Krag- Hey when can I come over to see the pics?? Raven's Fort is having a mini tourny again this Sunday, you up for it? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> We'll have a movi...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by edward atte flynt: A whole case of rapiers? How do ya hold them all? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tied together with spinach of course http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile...

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WE used to have a lot of hogs on my parent's property, but the drought has pushed them down a bit. They still show up sometimes to dig around the feeders. A lot of places here locally around College Station have large numbers of pigs. Unfortunately, Texas is almost all privately owned and is expensi...

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Stoffel, Were you with the Southern Army during the ravine battle and using a glaive? I was just to the left of y'all..legging the opposing army with a poleaxe http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ...wearing a plackart over a brown brig coat and a Vendel style helm. I was with the Coastal duri...

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I missed that one. Sounds like it was a great event! I would have liked to have met more of the archivers as well. I might have got y'all on video. I was the one with the video camera between the two fort battles. I had originally wanted to pad a camera and take it into the fort, but didn't get a ch...

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I was expecting to see you out there Morgan. It's been a while since I've been out and fighting and I had a blast. I got some good pics also that I'll be putting up on my site this week. I especially enjoyed the ravine battle...even though I was starting to feel like a pin cushion after taking so ma...

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I use a half-pipe and hammer into the inside using a rubber mallet. You don't have to hold them much at all this way.

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If you want to add a schedule of events or anything else to the website, let me know.

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What...no celtic gypsies!?

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It will be on the seax blades. Stars seem to be a common item damascened and imprinted in this style blade. I was thinking of Orion's belt when I did the first one. I thought it came out nice in that it added a touch of flair without being gaudy. It looked better than my usual stamp or a big "KRAG" ...

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Here's Jim's blade for Regia. The blade is based off one in my collection and is a rat-tail tang on a solid wood handle.

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

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Make the item, then harden, then temper it. Spring steel would be rather hard to form after being heat treated! If done right, you can bend 20 gauge over on itself and have it spring back with no crease or dent. The whole purpose of heat treating is to make dent resistant armour. That would make it ...

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English setting, is this a dog sport?....I always liked springer spaniels better than English setters.... On a half way serious note... Why Just Texas and not Ansteorra (assuming this is SCA related)? It's one thing to say we want to hold events only in Texas, but to tell someone they can't even dri...

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Go back to the index page for the Armour Archive and click on the pattern archive link. There is all sorts of patterns there.

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***GASP**** That's blasphemy Richard! Beans were never meant to be beans in chili..those Spaniards started that stuff, but the ice age took care of that! Edric, If the location is in England...do you really think many people here are going to go there for events? I mean, Gulf War is pretty far..I ca...

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As I scrolled down his pages, I was thinking I've seen a lot worse for a lot more...but the prices sure jumped up fast as you went down the page!

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Anything made by Robert McPhearson that someone else is willing to buy me http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Did I mention my birthday was this week http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif ? ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pics

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Oh, the puns just never stop! Anyways, I often see people looking for small tidbits of good steel for making punches, stamps and such. I've bought quite a bit of stuff from these people with no problems. Thgey often have a bunch of tool steel drops listed on ebay at great prices. Shipping adds up pr...

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From 10 feet, the sun behind it, you squinting a little and a beer or two...it would pass as a sallet

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I guess it'll depend on the condition. They were mailed out Monday from Bonn and should be here by the end of next week.

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I use a three speed hair dryer which works fine. In fact, anything other than the lowest setting is too much air. I've never hooked up my crank blower, but I seriously doubt yuo would notice having to crank harder to force air through a 1-1/4 vs. a 2" pipe. If you have enough volume flow that you no...

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Actually, there are plenty of anvils throughout history that did not have a horn!

I figured ASO would get more attention than "hunk of steel", though

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Jim's blade

A steal on steel....