The Armour Archive

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How hard would it be, given access to a blacksmith shop... How hard would it be to make a perfectly circular 5 foot diameter ring out of 1/4" barstock? Either round or square in cross section... And, how heavy do you figure it would be? EDIT: And I wonder how much bar stock you would need... length ...

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I have mouspads in my greaves, more to prevent a serious rubbing than anything.

I've been experimenting with "Yoga Mat" foam... for places like that, it's 1/2 the thickness of "Mouse Pad" foam... so it's not as obtrusive...

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Yet, that is exactly not what Drew is talking about.

He's referring to the type surcoat that Duke Logan and his house wear into battle.

Rev. Drew is offline for a while, but I'll call him and tell him you're interested in the project for him, if you are.

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Do you have to wear a full guantlent when you weild the Matrix from Transformers the Movie, in combat? Or can I use this leather half gaunt?

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Kirk in his prime during the series would kick Jean-Luke's ass...

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Dear DA,

Where do you get "10g Atlantium" Bascinets from? And do they make welded Atlantium ring aventails for them?

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If you order an aventail off his site, do you have to email him about it? Or does the order automatically get to him?

Anybody know?

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Used to just have padding in my helm and gaunts... but I got repremanded by tooooooo many people, and so I started wearing elbow and knee pads... even though, like you, my knees never touch the metal of my leg harness.

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As my endurance is getting better and better, I'm adding more and more steel to my harness again... The more I fight SCA type tourneys, the more I find out I didn't know, or was wrong about. One thing that is true to me today, will seem silly in three months... At one point, I would have thought it ...

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There should be a law against thread necromancy.

I was really happy to see Clay posting again, only to be dissappointed by the date.

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Doug,

I'm shocked you haven't responded to Cuan's offer yet.

We've talked on chat many times, and you kinda know me... Lemme give you a good reference. His Grace Cuan is a good man. You would do well to take him up on his offer of hospitality.

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I know this sounds weird, but I won't be able to mail a money order till friday... paypal would have been quicker for you. Don't need the visor, but I'd appreciate you filling in the rivit hole. Thanks. I'll send the money out Friday morning. I'll include my snail mail address in the envelope with t...

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I'll be back to defend myself later this evening.

Hopefully, nobody will post to this thread between now and then, so you will have nothing to defend against.

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I'll take this one: Bowl 1 was supposed to be a salet. Needs quite a bit of grind/sand/clean up on the outside, little shaping still etc. Good start. Still needs interior seams welded. measures 9-1/2" front to back, 7-1/4" side to side and about 26-1/2" around. 12 gauge HR mild. Asking $50.00 + $12....

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Doug, you should really consider just letting this drop, and getting a few more years experience with WMA and SCA sparring.

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Doug, you have the reading comprehension skills of an elementary school child.

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Pure curiosity was all. I don't attend Pennsic, so its a non-issue for me.

I was just wondering.

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- A t-tunic over 'football' pads.

What about a fancy surcoat over lacrosse pads?

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Look for upholstery tacks/trim. See what you can find. I know a lot of them are now made as one-piece.. tack and rosette

That was what it took... a quick search for "upholstery tacks" found all these:

http://www.vandykes.com/subcategory/106/

Exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks Maeryk!

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Thank you all for the replies so far... but these are kinda large... I'm thinking of just something that will spruce up a brass rivit head and help hold leather without popping though...

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Stealing your picture Edric...
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/agjwatson ... pg&.src=ph

Has anybody seen these, or washers like these, for sale anywhere?

Preferably online?

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LMS Store

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I have quite a few pieces from www.plasticlegs.com

Highly reccomend Sir Ivar and his plastic stuff.

Dale at www.alchemyarmory.com has some good stuff too.

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Where did you get the flower washers?

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Amtgard is basically SCA for the poor, the weak, the underage (fighters, since I hear often about underage girls at SCA events), or the D&D oriented.

Hey Doug... check the bottom of the asshole ball and see if my name is still scribbled on there with black magic marker...

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Groovy Hal... makes total sense.

A while back, I decide much the same thing... my department is wearing armour... I source out the actual construction...

I should have thought outside the box.

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Get your favorite welder to weld it up Hal, it just stuns me that you haven't taken the time to sit down and learn how to weld... I mean... sure, its hard and time consuming to become a proficient welder... but its hard and time consuming to become a proficient planisher... or metal former... Why? ...

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Based on the reviews here, and the pictures on his website... I suggested Stonekeep to a few of our Barony's newer fighters recently. They ordered some stuff, and one of the guys brought out his spaulders attached to his gear Sunday for practice. He said it was sent to him in a timely manner, and ju...

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B. The bump on a shield that may have a small spike.

"Ask Marilyn?" in the parade today had this as a question and answer... ie... What is an Umbo...

I just call it a shield boss... where does the term Umbo come from?

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Welcome back!

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I've got the typical 24x36 inch heater with 2 inches taken off the top (so its 24x34) cause I'm short. I like it... But, I'm in Atlantia, and 80% of the fighters here fight with one. You can see a trend towards smaller shield shapes... and I bought a new basket so I might try a smaller heater someti...

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Here's a quicky sidebar question... What if you have a new fighter or two, who come out to practice regularly, and spar with folks... yet, when you notice... say... they are thowing a rising flat snap a bit wrong, and it would be easily rectified through some drills... yet, they totally don't want a...

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IMO weapon on body is kinda grey - it looks like it's legal (how can we tell a shove with a weapon as opposed to just a really poor shot?) What if it is really obvious? Like, two men on a bridge, and one places his basket hilt (of a sword) on the other's chest, and then shoves him back over the hay...

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I have to wonder, from a philosophical point of view, does prescribing pennance for your percieved sins instill some kind of skewed logic in your subconcious that says its OK to be bad as long as you make up for it, making it more likely you will do bad things in the future? In my particular case, ...

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I swore to my Baron, that on a future date I would wear a Baldric bearing the Baronial Badge and 12 sleigh bells, for a full year (one month for each bell), every time I fought at tourney.

It is pennance for a slight to him, at Gulf Wars last year.

5 foot diameter ring

Where can I get decorative washers like these?

Armour Review: Stonekeep

Umbo?