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Oswyn_de_Wulferton

There was also a message of the One Piece Baldars being OK'ed on Siloflex shafts. Will try and find it if no one else posts it earlier.

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Anyone making barstock ones? Looking for something akin to the Polar Bear Forge, but with square barstock, and a dowel for the 1" vs. a straight line (less worry of "tilting").

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For which (SCA combat usefulness or Historical Accuracy)? IIRC, period bazubands didn't cover the elbow to the extent needed for SCA. I believe Cat made a pair that added decorative bits to the edges for the needed protection. That being said, all of the above are friggin sweet, and I am going to st...

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Not sure all the different houses that comprise VDK. 37 at last count! I have to give a nod to Dominus and his Romans (Atlantian Territories). I've never seen a bunch of guys pulse-charge/res/pulse-charge/etc for 40 min straight before. It was inspiring! I ran with those guys 2 Pennsics ago, and ha...

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Yes Strongbow that is what makes custom helm such a challenge. My next helm will be generic fit and off the shelf. I am going to attempt a McBible kettle with the grill front and back. Sort of like this dress helm I made a while back: m Don't say that... I have really wanted one like the dress helm...

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His instructions call for them, but I have built them without. I actually just found some at an antique store ($25 for the stand and about 5-6 different sizes). Going to try an attempt at doing those.

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Another great way to get an "eye" for what artwork is representing is David Nicolle's "Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era". It was his personal sketchbook, and there are footnotes describing what he thinks it represents.

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Let me preface this by stating that Armstreet has done nothing, IMO, to mis-represent their products in any way. I would look fairly carefully at exactly what they are offering, and the legality of it within your system. One of our guys fell in love with one of their helms, and was *convinced* it wo...

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Matuls.pl

Only one I know of making them for this period. And with the exchange rate, it will be fairly expensive. I know that Adam Berry's wife has a tutorial on his site about making these.

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LordIsard wrote: I'm no expert on rulesets for the period though, working on it.

cheers,
Jon

Not neccesarily for "the timeperiod" but I was more emphasizing the group one would be re-enacting with. I understand some LH groups have minimum steel thicknesses, and such like that.

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Make sure you try every possible combination of placing the piece, both to reduce waste, and to make sure there are no blemishes on the other side, right in the middle of your work.

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Thanks for the idea. The hammer was 2-3$ at an estate sale, and I figured it wouldn't walk away if I lent to out to stake tents, at worst.

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The links are considerably smaller. For price, depends on when he wants to move it. I would say at a low ballpark at least 600-700, and easily up to about 1250, depending on the market. Not sure of groups acting within that timeperiod, or of it's legality within any of those rulesets, which may be a...

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What kind of turnaround are you looking at? About to move, and swore I would work on some stuff for me, but if you are still interested about 6-8 weeks from now, I could re-evaluate then.

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Shh, as long as Matt doesn't know that "not perfectly symmetrical" is a good thing, he drops the price, and we get better pieces for less...

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So by the same question, anyone have an idea of what to use an 8-10lb. hammer for? One of those one-handed "Big Bertha" types, for pounding circus stakes. I am thinking of putting either a shallow dish into it, and using it for initial shaping, or just selling it to some Atlantian, who nee...

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After the dip, I put them in a very low heat oven, trying to be just warm enough to get the excess wax to run off or soak in. If you follow this method, be careful and don't get distracted, the leather doesn't like being left in the oven for very long and you can ruin the piece Any recommended time...

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I can tell I married the right girl.

Her comment to the first photo?

That looks sweet.

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Looks like a great start to a boffer helm. As long as it is "rigid", should be fine.

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Through stabbing blows, yes, but that's not how you hit the side of a person's head. Flanking was deadly because it exposed the sides of the body at all, and the sides of the head to stabbing rather than slashing, thus rendering them vulnerable to spears. Also because it increased the area shields ...

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I would doubt that anywhere was so lacking in trees of any kind to justify using any kind of leather for a disposable resource. Think of how many trees and forests are in most parts of Europe, vs the effort needed to get to rawhide. Any possible way to use a "disposable" resource vs someth...

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I will also chime in and wish Draven luck with her sales. I just hope not to see them at SCA events. The two are completely unrelated. RecklessAgony, not sure what was so amazing about my comment about going where people agree, and not going to something different and then whining they don't like yo...

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It falls under the "Attempt at pre 17th century garb" that is in the founding documents of the SCA. The part where we define that we aim to only re-create medieval things, and not fantasy. Just because people don't yell at you when you show up in mundane clothing, doesn't mean it is prefer...

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The Taiwanese imports make decent leather punches. Pretty much useless for anything above about 17ga.

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I would ask someone on Tavern Yard or South Downs to see if Ryddrich f(sp? Peryn's Husband) from South Downs could get in contact with you. He did a HUGE exhibit a few years ago on earlier fishing methods, and was laureled soon after for his documentation on everything he did.

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Just throwing out the other as a comparison point...

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Ok, I will try and take a look. If you haven't heard from me after 2 weeks, please send me a PM to remind me.

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Considering the price that Sir Vitus is charging for his uber-spiffy edgeless shields is $150 according to his website, the serious offers above may be a bit high.

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As with the other you are selling, I am fairly positive that this is House of the Wolf, or GAA (who I believe originally pioneered that Y shaped elbow, back before HotW).

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Torvaldr, what thickness of leather, and what dimensions do you need? I have quite a bit of scrap, but they aren't that big, and lighter saddle skirting. Are there minimum dimensions for your "clicker" machine? It may be a bit before I can get to it (about to move, and lots of stuff is pac...

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I have ordered boxes of these in the past, and have nothing but great things to say about them. Leather was in wonderful shape, and everything was big enough for a project or two. Definately not scraps with pieces cut out, but pieces that can be used for various projects.

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IIRC, Gulf Wars is averaging in the 6-8K range.

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Slipknot? There are certain rock-climbing knots that can behave like that as well. Another possibility is those plastic tighteners, that you have to depress to move along the cords.

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In all seriousness, why DON'T you guys fight with boffers? It'd be a lot safer. Less broken arms and concussions and what not. Because, for its size, the SCA has the closest approximation to full force, full speed combat. I personally don't know of almost any boffer groups which are not based more ...

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Since life is so unsafe maybe we should wrap all the righters in rubble wrap and switch to boffers and 6" thrusting tips......hmmm no then we would have to worry about overheating....... Maybe I missed the part where I advocated more armour, or anything about our current system being unsafe. J...