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Kaliban

Western here .. i call it my couch ...

Kaliban

about time you made something .. need stuff for the house as well hehehe Well I can back this man and his skills up . .. His brother was my mentor in makeing armor an well swords . .. but stuck with the armor .. He makes great looking blades an a few of them were used this past year at the MD Ren Fe...

Kaliban

Hmm its all interesting an I understand an agree with animal quite a bit .. I have seen some atlantian Knights who lets say do not look up to par as well as knights from other kingdoms .. So lets police our own an try an not make comments about others .. Can we just all get along .. Marklander Membe...

Kaliban

Ahh Kerrys stuff sucks hehe only kidding when i first saw his stuff when he got back from class i was bugging him about teaching me so i can add it to the armor I make .. but you never know .. but the pics do not do it the justice .. an Ugo's stuff rocks as well .. as with most of the armor I have s...

Kaliban

Hmmm do not know of any mercs who dress the way they do to say f U to all others most of them do it because well its fun .. its not being mean to anyone .or the royals .. or the sca .. I dress what makes me feel comfortable but i have been doing this for nearly 9 yrs .. takes awhile to find your pla...

Kaliban

ahhh .. I think i know who you speak of .. see them at The MD ren fair quite a bit .. i do have a kilt that i wear but its for other reasons not just to look cool .. Was just checking on what you ment so nothing got out of hand

Kaliban

Well no offence but people are tired of genericelts and poet shirts. Notice how they have become a shrinking minority?[/quote]

And what do you mean by genericelts?

Kaliban

WEll thats Cool considering most of us do not fight in atlantian tourneys .. we just wait for the melees .. then we have our fun ..

Kaliban

[quote="dukelogan"]im sad to hear that you think people should be perfect when they are new to the sca. ive never heard anyone suggest anything like that and i assure you that is not the case. take a look at the charter of the sca and the organizations expectations and you will certainly g...

Kaliban

The hockey jerseys rock .. if i had one i would wear it fighting just to say i did it :0 )

Kaliban

Well guess since the mercs have no clue or the Chux .. I guess maybe some of us mercs up here in md should stop playing with the normal atlantian army .. we get invited out to play an help but now I am not so sure I like this attitude towards people i consider my close friends .. I am sure this will...

Kaliban

Yea i would have to say majority of the Tichux armour is pretty freakin cool .. i have seen some SCA fighters with some nasty looking stuff (blue plastic barrles )

Hey Animal my thouhgts for the loss of one of your own ..

Kaliban
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Kaliban

I work for a heat treater so if you want email me an tell me what material you have an we can go from there ..

Kaliban

oops an a bit more updated pic

Kaliban

this is my current other people wear my new stuff .. this is my origianl kit from 8 yrs ago .. well i will put both on ..

Kaliban

I would have to say I pretty much only use brass rivetts an i know I have enver had any problems with them unless i did not peen them over correctly .. Most of the full contact jousters I know have brass rivets on thier armor as well .. I havent seen one of them ever sheer ..

Kaliban

all i can say is wow ...

Kaliban

H,mmm if i am on my horse (which I do own) lance follwed with a hammer I am a polearm an great weapon kinda guy which some of the generic mercs know But in another org i am in my peasents flail is my best friend for all you sheildmen but they are all good just depends on who is behind the form .

Kaliban

Ok I think I understand how jousters helmet works since i work on them quite a bit .. My SCA helm is 14st an i do not know anyone even in the sca who can hit it hard enough to crease it .. not saying it cant happen but if you are hitting that hard there really is no need .. Bill Gayes armor is of he...

Kaliban

OK just out of curiosty .. Why do some of you an I have noticed other armorers who use 13g an 12g stainless helmet tops an even mild ones in 12 an higher gauges .. I have never needed to go above 14g stainless an that is for jousting helms as well .. preference ? availabilility of material ? etc etc

Kaliban

I have quite of experience with stainless an its a hard material to begin with you will go through some blades .. even beverly shears get dull quick .. hell do not know how many drill bits an I have killd working with it .. but best of luck

Kaliban

OI have yet to see anything out of India that I would trust in combat of any kind ..

Kaliban

Hmm hard to say it was 8 yrs ago that I remember .. Should have taken more pics .. well should have taken pics when I started ..

Kaliban

Well Todd I know you an I know Animal so I think i could point either of you out hehe and whenever you get the time love to play .. an grab the rest of the boys

Kaliban

depending on the type of stainless you are useing you can actually get it to turn blue an not just the yellow color its what temp you heat it at ..

Kaliban

Hey there todd .. i will volunteer for u to try it out

give me a buzz sometime

Kaliban

Nice skutai .. an it is logan .. this thread could go on for awhile .. but i really think it needs to go away

Kaliban

It does take some skill to pull it off ..I know you may not agree with this but from my point of veiw as a great weapon fighter thrusting is one of my weapons agaist a fighter with a sheild or polr arm or whatever he might have .. As for the touch rule it was something i had to get use to because of...

Kaliban

I have been wearing a kevlar vest for the past 8 yrs since i have been fighting as my padding .. an i love it but its hot in the summer

but I still wear it an even bought a new one to replace my old one .. absorbs stick shots well

Kaliban

hey Julian

since it seems you are somewhat local to me drop me an email or pvt message and i will see what info i can get from work ..

Kaliban

Ok I come from an orgaization that has no rules on thrusting to the face is legal an well lets say if you take a persons head of its ok .. Now I have to agree that it takes skill to thrust at someone .. I am not a sword an sheild guy but i do use spear ,polearm,an great weapons an thrusting is a par...

Kaliban

Damn todd you tring to catch up to me in my wierd stuff hehe like it lets play

Kaliban

hello all , work as a full time heat treeater here an make armour on the side .. the only real drawback that i am aware of is that the heat treated stainless doesnt tear like normal stainless but will just eventually break due to the hardness .. but it will take some time and quite a bit of abuse .....

Kaliban

Its not to hard to have a better looking harness than a jouster when its not getting as beat up as thiuers .. but still looks nice

Kaliban

thats cool .. went to MTA for the first time this year an had a blast .. maybe i will see u at an event sometime ..

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