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Krag

Someone almost bid against you http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ! I just didn't have any available cash at the time. Clay, I have a scanner, but some of the pattern pieces are too big. I might make smaller pattern pieces just for scanning...or shrink them on a copier with a 1" grid in the ...

Krag

TIG-tungsten inert gas-tungsten electrode, shield gas MIG-metal inert gas-your fill metal is the electrode, sheild gas SMAW- shielded metal arc welding- your metal is the electrode, flux coating on rod HeliArc-Helium arc welding...old name for TIG VFB-vacuum fusion bonding-"welds" dissimilar metals ...

Krag

Way to go Wade...now I have to go and spend some money! Not on that book...but four others I found on that site!

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The IG in MIG stands for Inert Gas, just like TIG is Tungsten Inert Gas welding.

All MIG's are wire feed...but not all wire feeds are MIG

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Krag

I made a pattern for one from posterboard. I never made the steel version, but the posterboard looked pretty nice. I still plan on making it eventually, and if you want an additional pattern to work with, I can mail you a copy.

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Krag

http://www.rjleahy.com
For all your riveting needs....
1/8" and 3/16" are the most popular. For a riveted helm for SCA combat, they need to be steel rivets for all structural rivets.

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Red Falcon used to carry them for $20 ($15 + $5 shipping), but quality/thickness varied from lot to lot and they haven't seemed to have updated their website in forever. Ron Simmons sells helm halves which are much smoother, better shaped and very good quality. They cost a bit more than spun tops, b...

Krag

K-Mart sells charcoal marketed by Martha Stewart (~$8 bag). We used it at the armour-In with good results. It burned pretty fast though. I use blacksmith's coal (bituminous coal- $10 per 50lb) which burns pretty dirty when you start it up. Makes a pretty pea-green smoke. When your metal is hot and y...

Krag

There are links in the pattern archive to some.

OK...there used to be. here you go:
http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/howto/Poleyon.html

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[This message has been edited by Krag (edited 12-23-2001).]

Krag

As long as you use the right rod, it shouldn't be a problem. You should be able to find a rod matched to almost every type of steel these days.

If you weld after you heat treat, you ruin the heat treating in the area welded.

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I found some really nice ones at work in our waste area. They are slightly larger than normal and have smooth bowls in the bottom with no lettering or anything. These are tagged for disposal. Of course they're full of radiactive fluid/gas right now, so I can't get them until they are cleared for rel...

Krag

I put some more pics up of the final shaped blade. It's been heat treated and etched here as well. The pattern is pretty remarkable and I was quite pleased with it. This is the same pattern I'll be using on some helm parts (brows, nasals, etc) coming up. I have a steel section ready to be forge weld...

Krag

I spent about $20-30 on mine. I have plans for it on my site. I can heat up to 2" round stock in it. It's made from junk pretty much, but it's what I've been using for all my pattern welding work. All a forge is, is a container with fuel and forced air. The rest is strictly details, details, details...

Krag

I'm going on 11 years in the SCA and I just now (Gulfwar) will have a period tent. Likewise, I own about three period garb pieces that are in good condition. My camp area tends to have strollers, other baby gear and various other non-period gear visible. Sometimes I make great effort to cover it...o...

Krag

No problem. The price certainly isn't objectionable...I was just hoping for less. Of course, I'm always hoping things will be free...but that never seems to happen http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif !? Hope for the best... Prepare for the worst... Expect something inbetween! http://www.armou...

Krag

I was thinking more for garb than for fighting, but if they're sturdy it would certainly go well with my planned fighting kit. I was hoping for a bit less than that, but that's comparable to what I've paid for other hand-made shoes. I'm extremely flat-footed so the hand-made shoes with the flat sole...

Krag

I would definitely be interested in #6, pending price.

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Helm accessories such as ridge pieces for early ridge helms. "Specialty" rivets for visor pivot points (rose headed or other decorated pieces). Brow pieces and nasals for the more ornate spangen helms, etc... Viking pommel and gaurd pieces. Even a cheap blade from Bud-K Knives/Swords can look accept...

Krag

The seaxes will tend to run a hair cheaper since there isn't as much detail work put in the handles. However, I plan on etching/engraving a lot of the blades. Most of what I have planned for the ornate pieces will be in the 6-8" blade range. I'll be making a bunch of smaller ones over the break, but...

Krag

helm_133 and/or xiii-40 go to the "must make" list!

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$175 It's already sold, pending final design. I'll be doing about one every two months this Spring. Varying styles ranging from seaxes to stillettos. All will be engraved/etched and ornate within the context of the desired time period of reference. The sheep bone handle was stained to a mottled maho...

Krag

Got a small head? Need a small helm? Want it by Christmas? I have a deal for you!

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/Stock.html

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Pics will be here:
http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/as/knives/Rondeldagger.html

Pics of the basic blade pattern are already up. I'll progressively add to it.

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Any interest here in a high end damascus rondel dagger? I will be finishing it this weekend and haven't decided whether to post to ebay or not. The rondels are currently being etched. It's about a 9" single edged blade, etched and pierceworked steel rondels, and a stained and polished sheep bone han...

Krag

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by InsaneIrish: ...Ya know get together with the opponent and salute the crown "We who are about to die, salute you!" then battle on... Insane Irish<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>...

Krag

Yes, I noted the reserve price and such. I'm just saying it strikes me odd that someone who would have an original in such fine condition would go through ebay. I guess I don't know what listing fees/commissions and such for the major auction houses are, but armour seems to draw a pretty high price ...

Krag

If it can be bent over a knee and retain the bend...imagine what it would look like after coming to an abrupt stop across a helm!

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I find it hard to believe a reputable dealer would be auctioning off an authentic piece from the 1600's on e-bay with a starting bid of $150. It just doesn't seem right. No offer of authentication, no documents...just some ingraving. Plus, the whole 3-day garuntee thing. Like I said, it just doesn't...

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And the race is on......Muahahahaha! None shall pass! LOL! Just the brows and nasal will be PW on this one. Only having done less than 10 billets of PW steel, I don't feel confident enough to trust someone's brain to my PW steel. I haven't noticed any problems in quality in the testing I've done...b...

Krag

Thanks. The next hammer in will probably be at Olaf's in Johnson City, TX (Westlig Stjerne Armoury) this Spring. I don't currently have Atar's book, but it's on the Christmas list. It has a nice section on pattern manipulation for the different "standard" pattern welded patterns. They always seemed ...

Krag

Here's the brows for Insane Irish's helm. these are 3-steel twisted pattern welded. The first pic shows a close-up of the pattern and the second shows the overall billet. This is rough shaped only and still has part of the "handle" attached. They'll be textured and shaped yet to come. The nasal will...

Krag

I used to do a lot of tanning. I've spilled various solutions on steel. The end result was never anything I would want my armour to look like! Just about any acid in small concentrations will darken steel to varying degrees. As with the selenic solutions, it's just going to form a layer on the surfa...

Krag

Ditto on the above, plus....Tip for the day: Oxides formed at hight temps will create ceramics. Hence, scale is very hard on abrasive removal (sandpaper). It destroys grinder belts in a hurry! Eric thing described a bit on scale losses on his raised Norman helm. ------------------ Krag von Berghen K...

Krag

Where did you get that I gilded armour with uranium? Those are beam shaping blocks for a cobalt-60 teletherapy unit here at the vet school and are solid depleted Uranium (DU). As for depleted uranium...I could sleep with the blocks in my pic under my bed with no ill effects. Depleted uranium (primar...

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You wouldn't! I've been up to NMI, who makes tank penetrator rounds for the M1A tanks. They start with a billet about 3' long and about 1' square. It's loaded in a hydraulic chamber, heated to 1800 F (I think, it's been a while) and then extruded into rods using 35,000 ton ram. then they are turned ...

Small helm

Damascus rondel dagger

Insane helm in progress