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Here's some hunks of air hardening steel that would make nice flat anvils. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1708149834 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1708198818 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1708198819 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/...

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We just got a $3200 tax refund...hmmmm....
I'm willing to bet my wife would kill me if she even heard me joke about that!

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Clay,
Just get a flock of African swallows together and have them fly it on down to you.

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There's a lot of guys up in the D/FW area. Sir Timo makes some really nice stuff, Sir Duncan and Morgan own an entire armoury's worth of stuff that would be worth looking at. I go up to Dallas sometimes to burn some coal and beat some metal with my laurel as well. ------------------ Krag von Berghen...

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We will be doing a thyroid scan(I-131 radionuclide) on a 500lb lion Monday. One of our problems is taking survey measurements on the animal post procedural. I was thinking I could bring my armour and shield to work tues-wed and armour up for the measurements http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gi...

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Plott hounds, curs and walker hounds are the typical tracking dogs down here. They generally don't use the bull dogs or pit bulls if it's a trophy hunt since they actually go in and take the boar down. The others keep them at bay until the hunter shows up...give or take a nip here and there. The boa...

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It was a perfect night for forging. A cool front came through and cleared all the clouds out. A nice 65 F and a slight breeze. I fire up the forge, spend 15 minutes getting that perfect little fire, pull out the new hammer and get all the other hotworking tools handy. And what do I do.....? I spend ...

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These were out of plowed fields in northern Germany. No other artifactrs of any importance were found with them. I'm looking up shapes and such trying to come up with a best guess. Due to the preservation quality, I would say no earlier than 14th when compared to some of my knife blades from the sam...

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How dissappointing. I thought this was going to be some wild kinky thread.

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I really can't see the purpose in buying a Sweedish welder. I mean really, how would I tell him what to weld if I don't speak sweedish!? Not to mention the size of some of those guys! I couldn't afford to feed them, not to mention where would they sleep?! I think i'll stick to doing my own welds. --...

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Do you have access to a forge? It makes a big difference on the socket construction. Leaf springs are good for these. You heat up the base, flatten and expand it out, then fold it around into a cone shape. I have pics of originals done like this as well. Also, you can upset the end (thicken it) and ...

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Why yes I am http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . I should have several ready for sale in the next couple weeks. Kind of depends on the weather and a couple other projects I have to finish first. I keep an email list of people who have expressed interest. I'll add you to it if you want. ----...

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Ahh...I didn't see it the first time.

Cool looking blade.

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Yep, that's the stuff. The uppermost plate could be shaped to whatever you needed. The articulation allows for nice bending movement. If you attached it to leathers, as opposed to hard riviting on the edges, it should do the "pillbug" thing for side motion and twisting as well as bending. ----------...

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The MRL falcata?

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That's a pretty....ummm..."perky for it's size" breastplate! A reserve of $400!!?? Hmmmm...maybe I could do one like this, but make spangenhelm tops as the cups! Maybe even do them in a ridgehelm style with wolfheads on the head of the ridge. I digress....what was the question? If you look at the ho...

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We had some bar stock we tried to machine and it ate up a few millbits! It was about as hard as regular type 316 stainless on the wire though. I never tried to heat treat it. I figured it was resistant to heat treating due to its applications. Drake, Inconel, monel, zircalloy, "xxxx"-alloy are all a...

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Even 440 stainless will rust under the right conditions. A lot of people confuse rust resistant with rust proof. I had some inconel TIG welding rods I used to make some maille way back. It was surprisingly soft, but to this day (8 yrs) has not corroded. Probably not enough iron in it to form rust! A...

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Thanks, these are still what I'd call utility blades at ~5" and ~7.5" blades. I have some medium sized blades in the works right now that I will be working on Saturday night and Sunday night. These will be ~15" blades and capable of hack limbs off, not just throat/belly cutting http://www.armourarch...

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This is new? The nuclear/weapons industry has been studying stainless steel corrosion for a few decades. Especially neutron embrittlement and lattice distortion effects. Especially pitting in type 304. there's some neat electron microscope images of the beginnings of corrosion. It's always been know...

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More two bar composite forge welded blades. Up next will be some pattern welded ones.

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I need another bow like I need another hole in my head...but how about a little more info and some pics anyways?

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Funny y'all bring up the carrot thing. They just had a spot on our local news the other night about carrots. They stated that the orange carrots were developed over the 1400's and that the originals were more of a purpleish color. A professor out here at A&M developed the marroon carrot which is a g...

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Cool, I have all those chemicals at hand plus the lab space. Here's the pics: [img]http://abacus.sj.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_6a0abc7ebecc20ef32c4b45d5/i-1.JPG[/img] [img]http://abacus.sj.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_39f252f6ebecc99e2f6692643e/i-1.JPG[/img] They look to be in good shape...for a hun...

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I have several books with pics. What style do you want? (with/without langets, butt cap, etc...?) I can scan some pics for you.

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Is that pre-Marlyn Manson?

Sorry...couldn't resist

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Now I know who I can rope into transplanting my roses from the condo!

I'll be working on stuff Saturday and Sunday.

Ever done the electrochemical stuff in your lab classes?

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A little spare time at work, a little extra cash in the bank..and a series of axes in "as dug" condition up for auction at very low prices...a dangerous condition. I ended up with 5 axeheads. I would have had another three, but I screwed up typing my bids and the page didn't reload fast enough! As w...

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Would this guy be in northern New mexico by any chance? I have cousins, Frank and Jesse James (my uncle though it was real funny)up there...or they were 15 years ago or so. One of them was big into motorcycles after his divorce. Would be kinda funny if it was the same person. ------------------ Krag...

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Unfortunately, it looks like I'll be visiting the in-laws that weekend. Oh boy. We at least get to borrow the new dodge 4x4 and go out to their property in Arizona. Hopefully I can find some elk and deer antler/bone. I'd much rather be armouring! Thomas, Are you forge welding the bands to the helm p...

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If you only found half, and it was in an intersection...it's probably not worth the effort. I use leaf springs sometimes and have never run into catastrophic failures. BUT, it sounds like this one already had one! Plain carbon steel and even 5160 alloy is very inexpensive and comes fully annealed (n...

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See it here: http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/events/WVArmourin.html A list of who's attending will probably be added as the date approaches. This way you know if you're expected and such. Any new info will be posted here as well. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pics

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Excellent job on the flare! that seems to be the trouble spot for most people. looks like you nailed it well! If you look at original ones. The early period ones looked like a can of soup. They weren't near as dished as these, nor did they wrap as far around the sides of the knee. they were pretty m...

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I.I., So I take it you like it so far? I'll try and get the brass and rear supports finished this weekend. I'll put one of the knotwork supports on and snag another pick of the rear tonight so you can see what those look like. Destichado, Thomas is the one making the full helms of it! I'll just be m...

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I'll be getting some box elder burl if that's the same thing. Yellowish brown with dark brown/red burl figuring.

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[This message has been edited by Krag (edited 02-05-2002).]

ASO's...but good ones!

chance of a lifetime:)

Leaf Springs 101....failed

Hey baby...how about a little seax....

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