The Armour Archive

JJ Shred

Since you've done it, I guess we'll see. I would suggest, and I use this for my horse tack, is Durenamel - an epoxy-based enamel painted on that must be cooked at approx. 150 degrees or so for 20 - 40 minutes. Rio Grande sells it. It doesn't crack like glass and adheres like appliance paint. Plus, y...

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Geforthan Strandi posted this picture of Regia's camp recently. I remember someone asking what getelds looked like, there are several here.

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JJ Shred

Muratic acid in the form of swimming pool cleaner should work. I'd test the strength of the solution before dumping in 17 guage though. I intend to use vinegar and repeat as needed, rather than risk eating through that thin of wire.

JJ Shred

Mineral spirits is what I use to remove the asphaltum. Acetone I use beforehand to remove fingerprints.

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Beautiful!

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Karen i went to an event this past weekend where it was windy and cold, The cloak kept me warm and comfy.

I never got cold!

JJ Shred

Our company currently orders belts and sheaves (pulleys) through Grainger Industrial Supply.

JJ Shred

I think you have to do it as wire, once it is woven, you won't get even distribution. Galvanization only wears off quickly in acid rain down-wind of a chemical plant. It oxidizes and turns grey, but you can toss it into (someone else's) dryer and it is spiff. I've got butted maille that is 10 years ...

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All in all, I am trying to really make my enemies angry. If they lose their composure, defeat is not far off. Ha, ha ha you DO have a sense of humor after all!!! One of my favorite lines from any movie was "My lord, your anger seems to have unbalanced you...

JJ Shred

I'd be interested if sleeves were sewn on and the whole thing was 100% cotton. I can't us polyester anything. I don't understand why you need sleeves that are detachable, either.

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JJ Shred

Including jumping out of trees?

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JJ Shred

I see the same thing in the Midrealm. We attend 2 events a year, and generally have on a new outfit, whether armour or garb, due to the fact we have researched in the interm and replaced or improved what we have. But we see the same SCAdians wearing the same polyester garb, the same duct-taped plast...

JJ Shred

Asphaltum works great with copper alloy/Radio Shack etchant.

JJ Shred

It's the same for coming off a horse at 25 mph. Bounce once, hop up and keep going. It doesn't even knock the wind out of you.

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"Virtue overcometh envy"

JJ Shred

Michael has the type I'm wanting to make.

JJ Shred

So, who's going to poke her with their silly stick?

JJ Shred

You just posted two pictures of the same helmet, plus to pictures of a "sugarloaf" helmet with brass trim. Of course, you're little drunken "bear" has been there everytime, even without the "properties" double - posting, which is the only way I can get your pictures to come up. [This message has bee...

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Microsoft Internet Express, or whatever @home.com uses. I just hit properties on the blanks, then pasted the URL, looked at the picture, and now the computer remembers it in its "temporary files". The second half meant I don't unerstand the purpose of putting a faceplate on a "Norman skull cap" with...

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I can't give you LARP, but I can give you a few pictures: Viking: [img]http://monsieurgeoffrey.faithweb.com/images/bjorn_seax.jpg[/img] Norman: http://monsieurgeoffrey.faithweb.com/images/norman_charge_1.jpg 14th C. Knight: http://monsieurgeoffrey.faithweb.com/images/fearthis1.jpg 15th C. Milanese: ...

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should swear fealty to the imaginary king of an imaginary kingdom. Guess I'll never be a knight. Mayhap you may find yourself one because of your actions, rather than some fantasy group's contrived award system. ------------------ Virtus vincit invidiam "...

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I can see the pictures, but not the purpose.

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I decided to bring out the watered steel in a scramsaex blade I had been working on. I knew steel neutralizes muratic acid pretty quick, so I tried my nitric for silver solution. Put on the full-face mask and laid that puppy in there. Ran for my life from the cloud that immediately formed. Grabbed t...

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Vitus has been hit in the head once too often. He'll be all right.

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Silver requires nitric acid, I believe.

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Not SCA, but funny none the less. One of the guys in the live steel group showed up and proudly showed off his new flail, a solid iron handle with a ring welded on the end connected to the chain, and a big iron ball welded to the chain on the other end. The problem was, the chain was about 2" shorte...

JJ Shred

What's the purpose of swearing a vow if you don't mean it?

JJ Shred

Nah, beeswax sucks. You can use epoxy. I tried the bolo things, too. They suck. I wound up buying about 3 doz. of the ones with brass tips from Black Swan. Occasionally they catch when you pull them out (wide first, then narrow), but never going in. The bolo things get caught in the wool, and there ...

JJ Shred

I believe Paul Binns is the swordsmith.

JJ Shred

I'm having trouble visualizing this: I have had pommels break, but I have never seen a sword break at the hilt. A trick I find useful is to leave the tang extra-wide and then hammer the end of the tang into a rude cylinder or rod. If you then thread the tang, I am convinced the pommel will not come ...

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IdÃ«val, What group do you fight with? How heavy are these swords? I'll buy the mild steel argument when you are talking about hitting with force, as the edge mushrooms and they don't shatter. KOT got into "Steel Wars", with spring steel, chrome and nickel content, and we had a lot of problems with ...

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When I was in The Knights of Trinity, a goofy Renn. Faire group, one of the "knights" took off his steel gauntlets because (in a whiny voice) "They're too heavy..." He put on hockey gloves and proceeded to fight another "knight" with 2-handed mass weapons, one was an axe, one was a mace. These were ...

JJ Shred

At the risk of sounding like Gundo, I'll withhold comment.

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Courtesy of Duke Henrik of Havn, Kingdom of the West, Principality of the Mists, Shire of Caldarium: "The javalins used at Hastings 2000 were not metal tipped, for safety reasons. In fact they were not really javalins, only props made from 48 inch long ,1/2 inch diameter dowels. The front end was co...

JJ Shred

...swell on the bottom part. How well does that fit under your arm? I've never had the pleasure of using a critter like that, but I've always wondered... in your experience, do the dimensions of the back piece depend on personal preference/dimensions, or is it a...

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Buran - I take it you've got one of these steel collars around your neck as well!

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