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Gregoire de Lyon

Some of the guys in my barony are looking at using these. Not too sure what the back looks like...

Flat pewter buttons

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Charles Alexander wrote:I can dig up a elbow cop and take a picture if anyone's interested.

That might help, yes.

Thanks!

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Are these meant to be worn like bazubands? I am interested, but a 13" outside length makes these REALLY long on me. Where exactly are you measuring to get 13" from elbow to wrist?

Gregoire de Lyon

I received my breastplate over the weekend.

Gregoire de Lyon

Has anyone from this list:

McTavish

Greg

Angusm

TVtree

John Parr

all of you PM me the address you want your stuff mailed to

received anything yet?

Gregoire de Lyon

I've always been fond of this interpretation at De Liebaart

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Angusm0628 wrote:He shipped out to Benning last Wednesday I believe.

Yes, thus my concern...

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My gracious thanks to the 12 worthies of coat armour who presented themselves to Her Majesty this past Saturday.

Gregoire de Lyon

Hi Your Excellency- I enquired about this via PM; Westland indicated that mix and match of styles was okay for bulk orders. I, of course, am going to double check this on our current order before sending it in. I will let you know if the proces are different than what was posted on Legio. Cheers!

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Your Grace-

I look forward to crossing weapons with you tomorrow. May your journey be swift and safe.

-Gregoire.

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Bump to the top.

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Thanks to everyone for the assistance!

Gregoire de Lyon

I count four alive and two on the ground. This is like Where's Waldo? Quite so! I missed the guy on the extreme right, with the (axe? hammer?) and the other deader under the horse on the right. I have not yet found Waldo. Have You? Mac Man, you guys just love to crush hyperbole, don't you? All the ...

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Interesting that no one is wearing gauntlets...

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The flashing distress light is a nice touch!

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Anybody know if this stuff actually shipped before Murdock did?

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Vitus von Atzinger wrote:...event up in Michigan and when I walked in I saw that the fighting floor was polished concrete...

Let me guess, Val Day?

Just this past February I was skating around that floor on my metal knees while Sir Ix whooped on me.

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I spoke with Sir Straum about this last night. Depending on the weekend, we might make a household day of it. September would definitely be better for all of us.

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Let me check when I get home. I may have them floating around.

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Well, it's such a common thing (like shoes or noses or hair) that I really haven't done a webpage about it. Hi Karen- Thanks for the help with Mandragore - I didn't know that you could use Google that way... I agree that crowns are ubiquitous in illumination. Part of what I was looking for was some...

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Hi All- I've recently found need to design a coronet. I'm looking for images/artifacts from the late 14th/early 15th century, preferably France, that I can use as inspiration. Google gave me nothing and I didn't see a category on Karen's site for such things. Short of scanning thousands of images fo...

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Have fun drilling out all those damn nails he used...

My recommendation, when you rebuild, is that you articulate to leathers and sew the leathers to the glove so that future maintenance is a slightly lesser PITA.

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Who's 13 and 14 are the ones with problems?

We can't let you know our preference until we know if we are the ones being asked...

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As the proud recipient of the above mentioned gift, I can agree that the Paternoster Ladies' products are AMAZING. Not only was I seeking people out to show them my awesome new accessory, people were stopping me in the hallways of the event to comment on it. It works too - throughout the rather long...

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[quote="Derian le Breton"]Engraving steel can be done with a hand engraving tool. It's slow, and takes quite a bit of time to get down. Punching a design is another possibility. Much easier than engraving, and very appropriate. [quote] Derian - do you have recommendations for the engraving...

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We "stole" a trailer at Pennsic once. My friend had gone home sick with a horrific infection and left us his trailer for use in bringing the communal stuff home since we had used it to get everything there in the first place. We sent a guy with a hitch up to the parking lot with a descript...

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Unto all good gentles of cote armour, do I Baron Gregoire de Lyon tenan of the Couter of Chivalry and Champion of Her Most Radiant Majesty Anne Marie, issue greetings and a challenge. For the honor of Her Majesty AnneMarie, I shall stand the field at the Tournament of the Unicorn in the Midrealm (Ap...

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I went through a wooden shield a month. I stopped using wooden shields.

My aluminum shields lasted me less than a year.

My knight suggested that I change my blocking technique. My current wooden shield is still going strong...

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grown up voice At official SCA practices, including the one held in Cynnabar, official SCA rules must be followed. As such, grappling, punching and other so-called "Tuchux rules" are not permitted. /grown up voice That being said, the other part of the field we practice in really isn't ou...

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That looks like the boar spear kit from By My Hand. If it isn't, you could certainly do something like that out of the minicell foam.

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No, I am not doing this myself, I am sending it out to get blackened. Where I send it and what process is used will depend on the answers I get in this thread.

My question is getting at what you are asking - how is Windrose applying their black oxide finish so that it is so shiney?

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Okay - so if I get the MS base to a mirror polish prior to taking it to the coating company, there is nothing more that I need to tell them when I get there? The piece will come out a nice shiney black like Windrose helms do?

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Matthew Fedele wrote:You need a good finish to begin with actually because you can't gild a turd.

Sure. That doesn't really explain the shiney oxide finish though.

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Hi All- I've got a project I am working on that I would like to have done with a black oxide finish. I'm wondering how exactly the Windrose guys get it so shiney on their helms. Is it simply a matter of getting the oxide layer put on and then polishing it? I would be afraid that I would buff the oxi...

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http://www.mcmaster.com/#grade-1095-ste ... ts/=65t99j

They have a variety of sizes and I believe will ship worldwide.

Re: What I did and why.

Re: Looking for Images/Artifacts - Crowns/Coronets

Looking for Images/Artifacts - Crowns/Coronets

A Challenge in Honor of Her Majesty Anne Marie

Black Oxide Finish