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Oswyn_de_Wulferton

Camail or aventail. AFAIK, there is no special name for it in leather vs. maille.

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I never said "Dont play SCA Heavy". I simply said people in that situation need to consider where they are fighting, and keep a more open situational awareness in certain areas. In a field battle, most people don't fall down. Too much empty room. Maybe their knees would be better served th...

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The ones I am making are going to end up being about 6 lames, starting right below the knuckles (yes on the back of the hand). The base of the thumb seems to be pretty well protected, simply by overprotecting any way that it could possibly move. It leads to a bit of extra material at the bottom insi...

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I am assuming mild, but mild/stainless? Either way, I may know a guy who is interested.

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Sorry if I came across as callous. I too know several guys that have bad knees. But maybe, just maybe, you should expect rough terrain in a press. Walking into a breach battle/town battle etc. and expecting there to be no dead, is a rather stupid assumption, from my point of view. If you really feel...

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Not to steal Ragnar's thunder, but I got a mini-sheepskin from IKEA. The small ones are $20 and the larger are $35

Edited to add pricing after Ragnar gave OK.

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I seem to remember you mentioning earlier what you carried, but forgot it. What do you carry with regards to weight, size, type of leather, etc.?

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Spikey bolts ain't allowed.

Seriously that looks really nice. Can't wait to see it when it is done.

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Yet in popular culture, the valknot may or may not be associated with Nazi Germany. So it would be the same as you choosing to burn the Malaysian flag or not. Do most people know what it looks like? No, hence the ambivalence of most of the people on this board.

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Think you ended up on the wrong topic.

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Ok, I am not a TKE. My best friend is, along with my freshman roommate.

Tri-Delt ain't a fraternity. If InsaneIrish was Tri-Delt, something might be fishy...

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Yeah, there was an OLD thread about curving rattan. Someone had made it bend back on itself for some kind of fan shaped thingy (Asian IIRC).

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Instead of that pattern, I would look at Master Cad's Wisby pattern. If you were able to get small enough rivets, the look could be pulled off. You might need to make a special pyramid shaping tool, along with leaving some scrap leather on the side to hang onto, and then cutting it off after shaping...

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Everything looks like it is coming along nicely. What weight and type of leather did you use for the upper leg? Something about it seems to say "lightweight upholstery leather". You might want to consider bringing the attachment point more to the outside of your leg, and allowing some back...

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Try again. Tau Kappa Epsilon uses it.

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Domnall wrote: It translates into: for a 1 1/2" exterior diameter and at least an 1/8" wall thickness. So any good quality pressure rated plastic pipe at least 1 1/2" big, with at least 1/8" or greater wall thickness will work.

I believe you meant that it has to be 1.25" OD.

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Dimensions and depth of bowl on the buckler?

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Ok, forgive my ignorance. What about that is special vs. other finger gauntlets out there? It looks like someone took some SCA finger gauntlets and paired them with a gothic cuff. Is it because no-one has done that before? Or is it just that Chef is going into such details for his gauntlets that ama...

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But you cannot convince me that you are out of harms way. There are things on top of you to be driven into you (like shield baskets, for instance), and things underneath you to be driven into you (armor, rocks, weapons). And of course, your body becomes unsafe footing for guys who often have questi...

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Yeah, that was the scenario that I described earlier.

Only in the SCA will you hear:

"Attack! Get close enough to the siege engines so they cant shoot us!"

(This was on the side furthest from the merchant area.)

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Knowing you and your luck, I wouldn't be suprised to hear there was an ER visit.

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1/4" is approx. 16 oz. (1/64" being 1oz.). So let me check if I got all of the points. Really thick stuff needs to be: Base of thumb/webbing between thumb and forefinger Fingertip lame Make sure the gauntlets extend a bit past the tips of my fingers Make sure thumb joint is secure. Guys, I...

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I am not worried about the base of the thumb much. I assume all of you are talking mostly about the webby part between the thumb and forefinger. This is well covered in the gauntlet design I am using.

Still undecided about the end of the thumb and what I want to do with it.

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Ahh, I fight in belegarth, and we do something fairly similar to ditching; we just don't really have a name for it. It seems like there's a lot of misconceptions of the boffer sports. I am yet to see any head-blocking dingus that didn't learn their lesson in a practice or two. In my particular spor...

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Maybe the problems you are experiencing is due to conventional german, instead of High German (kind of like learning British English, and then going to Brooklyn).

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Yeah, but I was thinking with great weapons, the other hand's knuckles stick out farther than the fingers. Either way, I will probably end up using the knuckles and the tips as the thickest stuff, and try and find the next thickest for everything else.

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So what I am hearing is that the shot that slides is a big issue (was already planning on curving the top edge to help take care of that), and the knuckles. Planning on doing the thumb with one bend in it, so that it has some gap room over the joint, while still covering. So the areas covering the k...

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High Middle Ages. Anything from around Hastings to Third Crusade.

12th century don't get no love.

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Hey All, About to build my first pair of leather SCA clamshell gauntlets. All of it is going to be at least 15-16oz. leather, using Duke Gavin's method for glue hardening. I have a smaller section of the hide which is closer to 18oz. Where do you find yourself getting hit the most in the gauntlets? ...

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Lots and lots of felt. That is what we did, before attempting shoes. You can waste 10-15 pieces of craft felt from Wally world, and it still only costs you a couple of dollars. Functions enough like leather to get the pattern almost there.

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Hey this thread is kind of like tennis!

Back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth....ad nauseum

(I personally don't have a dog in this fight either way, just think it is fun to watch)

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MyArmoury pretty much debunked it, citing most leading archeologists.

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=12527

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You might think that but if we get someone like that then they can expect to be hit in the head. It's not a legal shot and doesnt count, but it will happen to dickheads. It stops very quickly. Not being a dickhead. It was more of a reflex thing. Get into the fight, there is the head....BLAM!.....oh...

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Not picking on Irish here (who has the worst bad luck regarding stupid interpretations of rules that I heard of), but is it that hard to keep track of the end of your spear? Seriously, they are like 3" in diameter, is it that hard to move your spear 6"? Maybe it is just me, but I personall...

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If you are willing to drop the money, Matuls.pl makes amazing ones. But they are a bit expensive.

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