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LOL! C'mon Irish....I bet with a little brass trim that would go wonderfully with the helm I'm making you! You'd be a big hit down on Bourbon Street, New Orleans!

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I picked up some uranium bricks the other day. They had a really cool "bluing". Uranium oxidizes very, very fast. YTou get shades from gold, to purple, to eventually an irridescent black/blue. Hmmm...anyone for some depleted uranium armour!? I took some pics of it while I was holding it that I'll po...

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Some of the earlier originals weren't dished as much and didn't wrap around the sides as far, so the look kinda like half of a "soupcan". Looking at effigies, the later ones began to take on more of a "rounded" look, but still have the soupcan look. These, of course, are modified for SCA combat (poi...

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Make sure your gap is set correctly on the shear if ou're using a beverly. This type of shear should leave a pretty smooth edge. usually a few strokes of a file or deburring tool are all it takes to take the sharpness off. Same with jig-saws...a little rough, but nothing that needs an hour worth of ...

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I always do a demo at the Texas Ren Fest. Anything I bring has to be carried for about 300 yards. I use my son's red-rider wagon with a few bracers and a cloth around it to cover the res and rubber. I take a small dishing stump, a shotput welded to a railroad spike, a 4 lb dishing hammer, rivet set,...

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LOL! Yeah, not much of a weapon at 11 1/2"! Although, I'm sure it wouyld sytil hurt. It looks to be the wrong shape/angles to have used the chisel edge as a creasing tool. I would guess more of a general use carpenter's hammer. Maybe a hooper's hammer? ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Arm...

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Thanks for the info. I'd really be interested in your bookwhen you get it published. I used to be an early period junkie, but after cruising the later period manuscriprs, especially the copies of Froissart's, I've been converted! I really like the combination fabric/armour look. Maybe you can help o...

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It's coming out of the same mine as other bituminous coal. This reduces to a fine ash and actually seemed to burn a bit cleaner than my usual B-coal I buy. It burns faster as well. Anthracite is the cleaner burning stuff isn't it? This is a mine on site at a power plant here in central Texas and I g...

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Here's several pics to look at:

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/temp/plackart/Plackarts.html

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I have plans for the forge I use on my site. cost about $20...not including a hair dryer and is really easy to use. I get coal for free now. I never even knew Texas had coal mines...let alone one within 30 minutes of here! if you've worked at a mine, I have a question for you. Some of this stuff is ...

Krag

There's a couple in particular I'm interested in you can probably help with. I'll scan them in later tonight and post a link to them.

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Chef, By studded armour, I merely was referring to all the pics in illuminations where the only info available is the top of "studs" visible. There arte several different patterns to the rivets/studs. That's why I said it may be splints, it may be fabric over plate, or it may be artist creativity. F...

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I keep seeing the austrian anvils on ebay, but couldn't find anyone that actually owned one. The whole thing is supposed to be made from 1050? The pictures always looked like there was a 3/4" thick "layer" at the top like it was a tool steel face or something. What do you mean by grind and polish? D...

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220 A for welding 16-12 ga sheet!!?? I generally use 80A (on a 40-240A AC/DC stick welder) for armour, but I like having the extra capacity just for those "other things" that always seem to need to be welded (BBQ pits, car frames, forge boxes, etc...)! Those little crackerbox things aren't good for ...

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Not bad, other than symmetry and some basic shape problems. Looks like you did a good job on the joint areas...but all I looked at was the front view. (Didn't want to wait on the pics...and I'm on a T1 connection!) When you put these together, use duct tape and screws to hold everything together. Ge...

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Is it posted anywhere on-line in German?

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It's more of a taste issue than a health risk. Ever drink cola or fruit juice out of a brass or copper mug? Remember what the last few sips tasted like??!! Blahhhh! How about a hand-hammered wok from China? Haven't seen those infomercials yet this holiday season! Maybe we could mail the company and ...

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I don't know what the plackard looks like you're referring to, but I have many pics from illuminations of plackards worn with studded armour and coats of plates. I'm currently working on a suit of this for myself. I use splints on the inside of leather for this same look. The true period counterpart...

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Nice!!!
Now I know who to bug when I get back into making the B&W stuff I started way back!

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I don't know about soda bottles...but I know what happens when a jackrabbit takes a 240 gr 44mag slug up the bum from 50 feet while jumping over a rock http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . I don't think a vest would have helped him...with or without trauma plates http://www.armourarchive.org...

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Is this catalog the paper black and white one (~9" x 12") about 30 pages, or is it a new one? Just checked it out on-line...I already have it. I was hoping they had a more extensive one out! ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pics [This message has been edited by Krag (edit...

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If it's 440C, it's not a "real" katana blade. High carbon stainless makes for a brittle sword blade. Plus, the hamon lines are usually etched in, or sandblasted in and are not real hamon lines. For info on true Japanese blades, check out: http://japanesesword.homestead.com/files/nihonto.htm There's ...

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Well, you already noted what I was going to mention...the gaps between the band and the halves. Your helm halves don't have a uniform curvature. They look as though they were made to have a center-ridge instead of a smooth top. If you put a center crease down the band, it will match the halves bette...

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Steve, A lot of the 7.62 x 39 is steel cored instead of lead. The long range ballistics on them suck, but they will punch nice .30 cal holes in a lot of things. They weren't intended to be armour piercing...just that steel is cheaper than lead. One of my friends back in high school had some AP round...

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LOL! the image of a soup pot upside down with maille hanging and a handle sticking out the back just popped to mind! If you're going to do any type of grill work on something like this, you could leave the "cross", or whatever decoration you use as an overlay on the grill work and it looks better th...

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I've seen some done very cleanly, but they still kinda look dumb. It just seems to lose all semblence of a great helm. I did a sugarloaf for a knight down here that wanted a full face grill. We compromised on a 4" grilled area. It would have looked much better with just the slits. If you open the sl...

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Congrats!

Maybe I'll strike a deal with Santa and he'll drop one off for Christmas. I could use some reindeer antler

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Usually the foot pedal controls a slip clutch. You need a motor to drive the main shaft. Depending how hard you step on the pedal the strike force varies.

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I have pics of conical and bascinet halves after re-shaping, but before welding. I have a pic of Ulsted's spangen as well in various stages of completion. These are all out of Ron's tops. I can email the pics to you if you want, or post(links to them) them here. I highly recommend his stuff. -------...

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http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1031921384

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Your dimensions depend on your head size. The "rule of thumb" most use is for circumference, add 4" to your head measurement. For the side to side and front to back, add 2" to your head measurement. Now you have all the side lengths of your "triangles". For instance: your head measures 24" around; a...

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LOL! I showed the pic to a friend down here and the first comment was "That guy kinda looks like Marky Mark in the tank and baggies..." Now you've been branded for life! Of course, a young Grizzly Adams was also mentioned with regards to that pic http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . Come up ...

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Halberds, This will be an SCA legal helm. It will get a small nasal, and possibly/probably a ridge. I had thought about doing a full face, but decided not to. That means the inevitable barwork, but I'll work it into the pattern somehow so it doesn't just look like a facemask on a football helmet! Th...

Krag

Nice! I love the back of the hand and the knuckles.

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pretty cool suit on ebay...