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CLANG

My fluting tool is of the same general design as Halberds', and I think it's great. I have several sets of "punches and dies" for it that I've accumulated as new needs have arisen. The design is sort of "self'feeding". I don't have any real problem with the work bouncing around, ...

CLANG

There are several items to touch on here-number one is that $10/square foot is more than you should pay for STAINLESS, never mind mild. I would guess that you didn't get quoted for a "drop", but for a purpose-cut piece, which is always way more expensive, expeshally for smaller pieces. If ...

CLANG

I dunno what's your budget or interest, but I have a stainless greathelm sitting here that would like an owner, and would conveniently fit your time period. It's my standard type as seen in the first listing on this page: m Click on thumb for more pics/info. Price is $265 + s/h, but I could probably...

CLANG

Cool-count me in. The onliest things at this time that might foreseeably stop me would be a major snow storm, or a kidney stone. My sister and her fambly live in Kernersville, so Primus and I could crash there. You wouldn't need to worry about us using up any space. I think personally, at this time,...

CLANG

I was gonna post "now those are the kind of vices I was talking about!" earlier (pre-edit), but I couldn't log in. The leg at the base needs a mounting plate with a suitable hole in it for the peg on the end of the vise leg. The plate is bolted to something solid (the floor or your bench l...

CLANG

Hey, Pitbull, thanks for the pics. I'd actually hoped that it was one of the low-slung heavy ones. They're meant for serious forging. If I wasn't so blond, I would have noticed from your initial post that it wasn't one of the short ones. However, it is a damn nice looking vise. If you'd be willing t...

CLANG

I'd be willing to fix it for you at no charge, but you'd have to pay s/h both ways. From west coast to WV, that might set you back $15 or $20. Shoot me an email if you get desperate enough to foot the postage.

CLANG

Pic would be great-can you please open the jaw a bit, so I can see the "working threads", not just those at the handle end? Could you also take a side pic, so I can see the "beefy-ness" of the body? What is the actual measurement of the width of the jaws? Sorry to be particular, ...

CLANG

Never mind the pic problem-it loaded for me this time. ..?..

Thread question still stands, though.

CLANG

I can't see your pic?

How are the threads? Rounded or nice and square?

CLANG

A friend of mine was delving into making riveted maille for a while, and we tried various tool modifications for punching/setting rivets and rivet holes. What we eventually found worked best to punch the holes was an arbor press modified to do the job. See the "Leather Bench Punch" here: m...

CLANG

That is one of the Great Armor Books. I don't want to rain on your parade, but I'd be a little surprised if it sold at that price, what with the economy and all... It is a fantastic book, though.

CLANG

I've also got several in stock, despite how out-of-date my site is...

CLANG

Hey, cool. I think the helmet may need a little "finish work" too, but the BP looks good. Got any less-obstructed pics? You holding a Mispronounski bible hacking-up-stick? Little early for the BP... I sometimes have projects that sit around for a long time before I finally manage to finish...

CLANG

Hey-great pics-thanks for making them available.

At the risk of sounding greedy, is there a way to download them as a packet, instead of individually?

CLANG

Sorry-I did the awful and ASSUMED that you were talking copper roofing nails. However, most of what I said still applies. When it comes to washers, there are LOTS of different sorts out there-you can probably find one that fits the nail shank well. The larger head size is also important-keeps the ri...

CLANG

If starting from the ground up for people comfort an infloor heating system works really well even for moderate values of air exchange. For high values of air exchange IR works well. Swamp-coolers seem to drop off in efficiency when the humidity goes over 30% which luckily is not that often here in...

CLANG

One other thing-have you tried smaller copper washers-#8 or #10?

Like your quote, BTW.

CLANG

For fastening soft materials like leather, the diameter of the washer should be, ideally, about the same as the head of the rivet. That way, you have equal strength whichever way the joint gets pulled. That said, I certainly prefer that the washer be a light force-fit on copper rivets. This allows y...

CLANG

Story of my life.

CLANG

A plaque belt is something I've wanted to do for a while. My thought was to press the plates from sheet metal, similar to the way I do my Roman belt plates, which can be seen below. The process would keep the cost reasonable. Unfortunately, I always seem to have too many other irons in the fire, so ...

CLANG

I have a handful of plain Roman-style rivet bosses for sale-there is nothing wrong with them but I've decided to discontinue the plain style due to lack of demand. This plain style was found on the Imperial Gallic D. Here's the lot: For 3/16" rivets: Brass X 14 Bronze (RLB) X 11 Nickel-silver X...

CLANG

Heh-I agree about hands and minds being the best tools, but I respectfully disagree about the grommets. I've never had a use for a grommet yet. Eyelets, yes, but not grommets. However, most regular grommet setters could be used with the punch. I work with a lot of heavy leather and punching multiple...

CLANG

I should have these as a regular stock item from now on, since I've gone to the trouble to build the necessary jigs and so forth. I currently have enough on hand to do the 5 or 6 bascinets I'll be building, plus some extra, but I can make however many you might need.

CLANG

Heh-that's funny. My brother had a bottle-capper, and I asked him if I could have it for this purpose several years ago before I found inexpensive arbor presses. You know what they say, great minds run the same gutter channels and all...

CLANG

Don't worry Mattmaus-most of us are in that boat.

I can make them with other shank sizes-I was actually thinking that if I reduced them to 1/8", it would make setting them easier, with less chance of deforming the head part.

And, yep, they're a direct leading-up to your klapvissier.

CLANG

I finally got the web page up for it:

http://clang.adkinssoftware.com/tool%20 ... %2001.html

Arbor press modified for leather-work. It's really a great tool-quietly punches holes with very little effort, even in very heavy leather, sets eyelets and snaps, etc. As always, comments/suggestions are welcome.

CLANG

I'm gonna be building several bascinets soon, and decided that I wanted to make my own vervelles this time 'round. In the past I have used brass chippendale posts from Horton Brasses, but there were a couple of aspects about them that I didn't like. The distance between the cord hole and the neck is...

CLANG

Rats-I wish I had known this was going on again, but I haven't looked on the forum for a while. Wade's collection is very impressive-but not as impressive as his willingness to share it with folks. I've seen it twice now, but would have opted to add a 3rd time to the list.

CLANG

Payment received from both parties-thank you.

Just to reiterate, if anyone else is in need of these, check out your local HFT store (they're popping up all over the place these days) to see if they have them on clearance.

CLANG

All right. You guys shoot me email ( clangarmory@gmail.com ), and we'll do the swap.

CLANG

If you need a set, I picked some up cheap, and will pass them on at price; see here:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=105403

(This might belong in the want-ads only, but since it specifically applies to building armor, and I'm not planning any profit from it, I thought I'd post it here. Feel free to delete if you disagree.)

CLANG

I visited a Harbor Freight near Louisville a few days ago, and they had 2 sets of blades for their Beverly B-1 knock-off on the clearance shelf. I went ahead and picked them up for any archivers who might need them. Those of you who have stores nearby might want to check them out if you need blades,...

CLANG

Yeah-if you line up a few pics of original period stuff, and put those pics beside them, you'll notice several fairly glaring inconsistencies. However, they are pretty neat armor in their own rite, even if the gothic guy can't bend his elbows all the way...

CLANG

Well, we can't all be as perfect as me and my 22.5" skull. Guess we'll have to keep looking.

Some Roman hardware "2nd's" for sale

Remember that "Heavy Duty Leather Bench Punch"?

Now offering vervelles

HFT "Beverly" shear replacement blades

HFT "Beverly" shear replacement blades