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Templar Bob/De Tyre

This is my SCA registered badge (affectionately named "Heartburn Kitty") : http://home.armourarchive.org/members/de_tyre/Heraldry&Crests/HBKittyS.JPG Ignore the background color--the badge itself is registered as "Fieldless". I use this as personal heraldry, only on an Argent background. What say th...

Templar Bob/De Tyre

All: Now that Alastair's Footwear is for all intents and purposes out of business (due to his moving to Europe with his drop-dead gorgeous girlfriend), I'd like to know if there's anyone who'd be willing to train me in what I'd need to know in making shoes/boots similar to the ones he carried. While...

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Thanks for the link. The reason I asked is this--I have a pair of Alastair's laced ankle boots that are four years old, and the heel has worn down considerably. They're the most comfortable pair of "turnshoe shaped objects" I own. Short of getting them completely resoled, I wanted other options. Thi...

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Better you than me. I'm not respectable and apparently have the social skills of a mad cow. I'm not sure I'm a much better candidate. Recall my tournaments drew specific negative feedback from the EM. Asbjorn Asbjorn: As I understood things, the only thing the SEM took issue with was the tournament...

Templar Bob/De Tyre

Yep-that helps.

Templar Bob/De Tyre

On another discussion group, the subject of Sole Saver came up. Apparently, this product comes in a paint can, and is essentially ground rubber from old tires mixed in a solution of rubber cement. You use it to build up layers on Alaskan-style mukluks, applying it with a putty knife. I've done sever...

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Glen K: I imagine that it's possible to construct a scabbard for LH re-enactment use, except substituting 12-ounce or thicker sole-leather for a wood core. Built properly, it should look like a wooden cored scabbard for all but the closest scrutiny. This would save the actual wooden cored scabbard f...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bascot: "your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberies." I'd have thought you of all people would have caught that little joke...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE...

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Uilleag: For clarity's sake--do you want a scabbard for a steel replica sword (as I understood your meaning), or for rattan ? If you're wanting one for a steel replica sword, I recommend making one the way Bascot describes. I also suggest lining the scabbard in unwashed sheepskin. The ...

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Bascot: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bascot: Some available natural dye sources: walnut husks, carrot tops, yew wood sawdust, elderberry berrys, you hamster , juniper berries, pine cones, iris ro...

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Because I've had my front teeth chipped before by someone who was too enthusiastic with a basket hilt?

Templar Bob/De Tyre

Lou:

Just resent it.

Templar Bob/De Tyre

He said the word!

Run to the hills!

Templar Bob/De Tyre

Lou:

Did'ja get my e-mail?

Templar Bob/De Tyre

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gwyneth: T-Bob - Not only have I read it, but I have it bookmarked and intend to use the principles shown to come up with padding for my helm. Given Steve Sheldon's Living H...

Templar Bob/De Tyre

You know, I've linked people to Steve Sheldon of Forth Armoury's Padded Helm Liner Page no less than five times this week on the Archive. I'm beginning to wonder if anyone is actually reading it...

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I have to chime in for Panther, Tentsmiths and for Dragonwing. One of the De Tyre guys had a 24-foot marquee made by Dragonwing. It's the only one I've ever seen designed to be put up by one person . RainBringer is a Tentsmiths. I'm happy with it, though I kept putting strain on the cone of the tent...

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Perhaps later this week; I've been home with a strained back from shoveling snow--I'm on Flexeril and Ultracet which (I'm told) is gonna knock me on my ass shortly. It's to get the muscles to relax and kill the pain. We'll see. Perhaps tomorrow--anything to keep from watching Jerry Springer! [img]ht...

Templar Bob/De Tyre

That depends on where , dunnit? In the SCA, it's not allowed. I know of historical warriors who had their helms attached to the breastplate/coat of plates by a chain/toggle assembly. And there are stories in period of knights getting their helms knocked sideways, blinding them, or even being complet...

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This is cotton strap webbing. Scroll about halfway down the page.

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Mine have 1" cotton strap webbing for chinstraps, with a chin-cup stitched in. These are in turn threaded through a set of "D" rings. It makes for a tight, secure chinstap that can be quickly disengaged at need. These are installed in both my sugarloaf and pot helms. I currently have closed-cell foa...

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Is this on PBS, or the Hitler Channel?

Templar Bob/De Tyre

Templar...powers...weakening...!

...must...hold..on...'til..new..webpage!

...can't...hold out...much...longerrrr....*

Templar Bob/De Tyre

Guys...Gruber ain't no armour slut---he a armour pimp-daddy, an' armour is his BEEE-YATCH!

[img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]

Seriously, Gruber...very nice job. I particularly like greaves that actually look like the shape of the calves and shins!

Templar Bob/De Tyre

I'm unsure but I think this page is an adjunct to the people from Sword Forum International--the style of the pages look the same. If you've ever logged on the SFI, it's possible you've given your address information that way.

But I may be wrong

Templar Bob/De Tyre

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by sarnac: I think Tarquin needs to re-pad the helmet. When I saw him in it, it looks like it sits too high on his head. By re seating the helmet lower it will create less str...

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Krag:

The patterning in the seax is gorgeous. Does this inspire you to try a pattern-welded sword now? Do you have the tools to make something that long, without affecting the temper?

Templar Bob/De Tyre

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Sir Gaston: Here is a sample with a leather camaille. [img]http://globaleffects.com/Rental/Wardrobe/Headgear/HelmetsPeriod/Medieval/normitalianh.JPG[/img] Other than it bein...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Sir Gaston: Well Bob, I'm not sure what you tried, but this on has never been a problem. Leather never rips, marshals never complain, my helm works well. Although adding we...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tarquin Bjornsson: no no no i was just surveying my options. i am not unsatisfied witht he helm. it is more the weight. the repair work doesn't bother me too much. I think i...

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I hope to God this is just some prank gone horribly awry. If they're in the SCA, Christ pity them. I wouldn't want Darkmoon on my ass! [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/eek.gif[/img]

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Kenrickb:

The helm in question is actually based on one in a 12th century Italian illumination, "The Murder of Becket". The illumination clearly shows the wearer in a mailled coif under the helm.

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Actually, Wil, it is a heavy helm. The bowl is made of twelve-gauge stainless, and the flutes are reinforced with very strong TIG welded flow-welds. The faceplate is fourteen gauge stainless, covered with sixteen gauge brass. The chassis is a fourteen-gauge stainless framework, and the coif is twelv...

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Tarquin: The helm is based on a specific piece of iconography, the 12th century Italian illumination entitled "The Murder of Becket". The helm is designed to have a mailled coif on it, and will not work without one (I've tried). A leather hood will rip, and doesn't have the proper look or fit...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rick1233: i posted earleir about when is an axe to big. but my question now is there a way to carry an axe besides over my shoulder like a type of baldric or sling or anything ...

WANTED: Training on pseudo-period shoe/boot making

Thanks for the information

Asbjorn: Why is that?

Has anyone here heard of Sole Saver?