The Armour Archive

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Ewen, Being yer neighbor of sorts (one shire over).. Here's how I acquire my sign stock.. Borough maintenance shed. When they replace signs in town they just heap the old ones. If I can beat the recycling guys, I have all I want.. Second method.. Harvesting road kills. after a snow storm they are li...

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Well I pointed this out to one guy but as far as I know nothing has come of it. I'll be seeing a new guy on Sunday at workshop. I will point him this way if the helm's still around..

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I don't wear rerebraces so my spaulders are strapped to buckle right over my arm. I drill holes in the lowest lame and use a thin strap.

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Ingredients for pell 18" length of 1/2" rebar Small tire 80 lb bag of sacrete concrete mix 4x4 timber Carpet and 6 12penny nails Fill tire with concrete insert rebar into center Drill out base of 4x4 12 inches deep with 1/2 bit Insert 4x4 over rebar wrap carpet around pell and nail in plac...

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I may have someone that wants this.. I'll give him a call and see what he says..

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To be sca legal the cuff would have to enclose the wrist. Either cover the gap with a plate or heavy leather .

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Mordreth,
Bokalo had made some youth helms from aluminium that looked pretty sharp. They were running around $100 last Pennsic at his stand.

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Check out Knotwolf not sure what Jackie over at Shamrock has to offer in that regard but both of them would get nods from me.

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Nope.. I wouldn't mind at all. Your OCD now will spare MY OCD later I think an edge on piece of rod would work really well. How wide is the eyeslot now? 7/8"? Pretty hard to tell from a photo, but given the measurements, that's what it looks like to me. I wouldn't bother cleaning it up too muc...

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Graedwyn fights with a short spear alot.. So far I haven't seen it become a major hindrance to him..

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15 years for a new hat... Well I hope if you paid 200 for it 15 years ago, that he gave you one worth 700 (about the difference in a 'bundle package' from early 90s to now. Thank you economics class) But geeze, 15 years! It was a baaaaddddd time for grettir when this was commissioned. I only know s...

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Where in the East Kingdom are ya?? This is an odd question I know but I got friends with shops that would work on makin stuff for ya in trade.

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lemme check with ye old keeper of the checkbook. i dig your work and would love to snatch this up. Thorvald, it's worth Digging into.. I got one Vitus did a while ago and not only does it look slick as hell, I've recieved a few compliments while wearing it this past Pennsic... And Yes Vitus I most ...

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useless without pics

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Hang a leather Drape or an aventail off the helm that goes to your shoulders. With your gorget and this set up you'll be golden.

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The arrows, I worked on locally and have had passed were created from 1.25" white UMHW rod cut into approximately 2.5" lengths. 1" went over the 1/4 fiberglass rod we used for shafts and the rear has Valsgarde APD's . the UMHW was faced with 2 layers of camping foam. The foam was pret...

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Well gotta work all day so if 6ish is good fer you..good fer me.

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Tuesday is fine.... As for the price... Nothing...it's extra stuff laying round taking space and not doing anything. Would rather see it being used than collecting rust and dust.

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check with torvaldr, Draven (midrealm leather) I know they are doing full leather gauntlets. So is Black tower..

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[quote="Oswyn_de_Wulferton Personally, I am for upping bow poundages, as the crossbow vs. bow weights are ridiculously out of sync. Most x-bows come in with some zip and pep on them and let me know I got hit. Remedying that for the normal bows may help a lot of people get over their dislike.[/q...

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I'm still pretty new to this but I think the guys who don't like archers must all be spear fighters. They are used to being the long range mega-dudes who can kill someone without being touched and don't like it when someone else has a longer range then they have. Joshua You have obviously never wal...

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I have a love hate relationship with combat archers.. Love them when they are on our side shooting those directed to shoot and generally creating havoc and mayhem on the opponent..
I hate them when I'm having a good day playing spear and become the target du jour for the enemy's arrows.

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Dude went thru my "stock" this weekend.. I got a heater you can have. mebbe an extra basket hilt as well.

You know how to find me..Sunday is a workshop again..Lemme know

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I know of no related deaths other than heart attacks. Injuries however.. Torn ACL during a fight practice (the guy I was fighting at the time) I've had to have the ligament on my right thumb pinned into place (gauntlets allowed thumb to move too far backwards. Dr's refer to this as skiers thumb) Ohh...

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I have a bardiche and a voulge that are "By my hand" heads...I really like em. I only wish I could mount them on 7.5 foot polearms here in my kingdom.. Purely for the aesthetics of it.

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Crown tourney should only be entered into if you truly intend to serve the kingdom by ruling it for whatever period of time. If you are entering crown just to get your name out, with no intention of winning there are many other tournaments year round in which to compete and get yourself in the spotl...

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Well as one of the short guys out there, I never go head on with a taller guy. my approach will be at an angle to him. Throw some shots to keep his mind elsewhere, like on my weapon, and step in on an oblique to him. One of two things are going to happen either I can get inside his range from the si...

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You might want to post this in the "I wanna be" forum.. Matter of fact I would recommend searching the vast number of topics there to get your answers. Simply find a date closely approximating your desire and go from there.

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[quote="Jon Barber Ice doesn't size them AFAIK and it's not marked. I'm 6', 200 lbs, shoulders wider than hips - not too far off from Murdock IIRC. The straps weren't cut so they can be sized to you. It's pretty adjustable. [/quote] Checked with she who controls the checkbook... Not allowed jus...

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Okay, what size are you?? might be interested but I find most guys are bigger than Murdock and I..

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Go to Jackie at Shamrock armoury.. He could do both for a reasonable price.

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Nugg,
I have three of them knocking around here that I need to unload. two of them will go for $50 and the third for $150...

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While I haven't purchased one myself, I did pimp Ice's stuff to my best friend who did purchase an aventail from him.. What can I say... It came in the mail post haste was complete, well built and no problems. I can also say that Ice stands behind his stuff. IF you have a problem it's solved, end of...

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Murdock that visored 16 ga helm.. What's the dimensions on that... If it's small enough I know a youth fighter that would love it.