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Frederich Von Teufel

McMaster Carr is very expensive on their sheet metal as a whole, and titanium particularly. Currently, if I can find titanium for $10.00 a pound, I feel it's an okay deal. $8.00 a pound is a very good deal. Cheaper than that is a steel, um, steal.

Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

While I will definitely agree that I find fighting fun, and word-fame is great, there are more important things that glory and winning. I don't step into the list field alone. The most important thing I am wearing when approaching an eric is the Favor that I have on my arm. While the sword, shield a...

Frederich Von Teufel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Stephen: Yes I mean Ugo from the witchblade and old capital one commercials. He used to be a armourer in Trimaris several years ago. I believe Tampa area? <HR></BLOCKQUO...

Frederich Von Teufel

I think it's safe to say that everyone here at the Archive wishes him well and hopes for a speedy recovery. Adam is highly respected here, both for the high quality of his work, as well as for being an all around nice guy. Please pass along our condolences, John.

Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

Came across it in my searching on EBay:

There is a copy of Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight on EBay, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2185193364&category=1552

NADA,

Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

Um. Yes. Don't use the pattern that they are using. A correctly made gauntlet should never need to be "hit" to get it articulate properly or to get it to unlock because it has articulated past the point is supposed to. It is possible to use their patterns as a basis for your own; altered to correct ...

Frederich Von Teufel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Templar Bob/De Tyre: My best friend and his family are moving to the Washington, DC area in a week or so. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> T Bob, I'm the Seneschal (and current Baronia...

Frederich Von Teufel

Does anyone know of a USA supplier for titanium sheet (.040 to .080 thickness) that sells for less than $10.00 (USD) a pound. Scrap sizes are fine, and the titanium alloy isn't important (it can be CP or an alloy.) If any of you lucky guys out in the west want to hit one of those aerospace scrap yar...

Frederich Von Teufel

Lucy was always pretty hot (and that photo definitely shows her to her best advantage), but Renee is where it's at. She was the one I always lusted after (of course, the various scenes of the two of them together...yum. ::sighs wistfully: http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

Light weights are quite possible, you merely have to avoid mild steel. The 10 oz 6061 aluminum are fantastically strong, and the 18 guage titanium I've been working with would make a gauntlet of about 15 oz weight (while being easily stronger than 16 guage mild steel, probably equivalent to 14 guage...

Frederich Von Teufel

I'm probably one of the people you hear frequently touting the benefits of metal dishes over wood. Here is a simple test to find out whether wood absorbs energy: dish 10 elbow cops into a wood form. At the end, is the wood the exact same shape/depth/diameter? No? How much energy do you think it took...

Frederich Von Teufel

To me, this question is much more straight forward. The second town is obligated to return the goods to the first town. As Grotius says, "The obligation, arising from things in existence, binds the person, who has our property in his power, to do all he can to put us again into possession of it...he...

Frederich Von Teufel

Nope. I've been despairing of finding a good illustration showing late period arming doublets at all. However, there are some good illustrations from the 16th century showing how civilian doublets were pointed to legs. One may make the assumption that the method for doing military clothes was simila...

Frederich Von Teufel

CC, stop procrastinating. My hair, when loose, comes to about mid-thigh. I wear a normal arming cap. I'm fairly anal about my hair and make sure to braid it before I fight, but other than tucking the braid down the inside of my gambeson, don't do anything special and have never had any problems (wit...

Frederich Von Teufel

I have both hammers and dishes of HDPE. I find that it's probably the best non-marring material that can be used for armouring. It's hugely impact-resistant, forms and cuts easily, doesn't compress/compact and is fairly cheap. HDPE is better than dishing in to wood, since it doesn't rob you of as mu...

Frederich Von Teufel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Patin Windward: Aluminum will not 'stretch' like steel some tecniques differ. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I just wanted to reassure the newbies that aluminum does stretch, just no...

Frederich Von Teufel

ONLY 5!?! Impossible. Couldn't do it. Johannes list is excellent, and I highly recommend all of them, but what about the collections at the Met, the Higgins, the Wallace collection, Philly, Chicago, Munich, Vienna, Cleveland? Nope, far too much stuff to possibly leave out. Personally, I have a 7 pag...

Frederich Von Teufel

Jean Paul, my apologies! Don't ask me how 1.5 pounds turned out to be 18 oz, my math skills were obviously not awake yet when I wrote that. Somehow, one pound plus 8 oz, turned into 18 oz (the conversion to grams was pretty much right though)...it should have been 24 oz (700 grams). Sorry. In any ca...

Frederich Von Teufel

Otto, I think you've hit the basis on the argument on the head. The question is, was this an act of war, or an act of tourney. If it was an act of war, than the Rules of War would apply, and the first knight does have a justifiable claim to his horse. If it was an act of tourney, then the Law of Arm...

Frederich Von Teufel

A pair of my 16 guage gauntlets usually weighs approximately 18 oz each (approx 500 grams, I believe.) I've made gauntlets that weigh less (10 oz is about the minimum I've made) and felt those that weigh more (heaviest I've personally felt was around 2.5 pounds each (1.2 kilos, approx.) As for histo...

Frederich Von Teufel

And I'll give the obligatory mention of Ebay. Quite a few sellers regularly sell the Roper Whitney equipment there and their prices range from 'steal' to 'overpriced but cheaper than other online places'. Recommended search terms: "Roper Whitney" that should bring up between 6 and 18 Jr's. Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

Would it be possible to give a synopsis of what your drawing is based on?

Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

Dmitriy, an excellent analysis. I'll point out that Charney specifically asks how this should be determined not by the Laws of War, but "by the Law of Arms". The Laws of War might give the first knight just claim as his horse might be considered to be the recovery of his rightful possessions from an...

Frederich Von Teufel

The process that Cet describes works quite well, and I'll reiterate the caution against overheating; aluminum rapidly goes from solidus to liquidus with little warning. It's possible to tell a glow when you are in a low-light area, but under normal conditions, your work suddenly just slags down. I'l...

Frederich Von Teufel

This is something I have been asked about recently as well, and I have come up rather short also. I'd love to see just a good painting/drawing of what one should look like, everything I've come up with so far is just glimpses and peices. Anyone have info that would help Destichado and I out? Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

The length of the sword really changes exactly what techniques you use, and how they are applied. Personally I find that the break point is at about 5'; under that and you are using bastard sword techniques (fast, choppy movements that are more reminicient of japanese sword techniques), while over t...

Frederich Von Teufel

::smiles:: Not that I could give you, sorry. However, the leg armour patterns here in the Archive are a good point to start from. Find a photo of the style of legs you like, then alter the pattern to match that style. With some trial and error, you'll come up with a finished pattern that matches wha...

Frederich Von Teufel

Not a bad effort. Now that you've made one and have seen the kind of articulation you are getting with that pattern, go back and look at as many photos of sabatons as you can find. Notice that the edges of the lames are usually straight up and down for the lames torwards the ankle and quite curved o...

Frederich Von Teufel

My impressions are that you have both technique and tool issues. Being able to see a photo of your tools in addition to the photos of the armour would clear up a number of questions. Dishing a breastplate requires a hammer with a broad shallow face (I use one with a 3" wide face curved about 2" deep...

Frederich Von Teufel

Tybolt, Sinric's cup hilt pattern in the Archive is similar, and might be close enough for your uses. I created a pattern that is quite close to his and have turned it into a rivited pattern for a few people who don't weld. Take Sinric's pattern and, where it says weld, punch holes every 2 inches al...

Frederich Von Teufel

k1e1, check out the current thread "looking for a cuirass pattern" and follow the directions to make your own. It'll still be wrong at first, but not so wrong as trying to alter someone elses pattern to fit you.

Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

TP, a cuirass isn't like an off the rack coat; it fits closer and has less movement, and therefore needs to be fitted specifically for you. Body armour is one of the things that truely needs to be patterned directly from you. Not to fear however, all you need are a few simple supplies and a good fri...

Frederich Von Teufel

Julian, talk to Max, he has the book.

Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

This weekend has Nottinghill Coill's Baronial Birthday (Simpsonville, SC), and Stierbach Baronial Birthday (Triangle, VA).

Let me know if you need further info.

Frederich

Frederich Von Teufel

If I may offer some advice as a multi-time Codpeice Champion (and I may)... First, stay away from the "Cod" peice. This was old 500 years ago, and isn't getting any fresher. The only ones it'll impress are those who are newbies to the codpeice scene, which won't be the ones judging you. What does wi...

A&AotMK on EBay

Looking for Titanium Sheet