The Armour Archive

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And I was gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and ask if it was just a real cold day!

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Occasionally I've had to ask if a particular practise was in fact ovulating, was that why they werent fighting AGAIN...
And "If you aint fighting get me a goddam beer. Do SOMETHING."

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How close to Ann Arbor is Kalamazoo? Shoot me a pm. I might be able to help you.

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If Adam is too busy or not making them I recommend Beathen at armor and castings .com. He made mine and I love them. Inexpensive, they fit perfectly and for the money they're well made.

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Since we moved to Michigan I actually have an entire room for a workshop.Two benches, a bench vise, room for my stakes and my dishing stump, shelves, and a door to close! And I have a weight room set up too! Yay! I did put the treadmill in the livingroom though, because treadmill without tv would su...

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I have a question, not a criticism Amos, if you dont mind. I dig your kit too, but I was curious historically, was there armor under the robe? Chain mail or something?

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I wrap mine in silk. Works like a charm.

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I like to throw a lead technique and step in, usually to the side of where I was.

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Tim does your punch have a guide that lest you poke the same hole every time? I know the whitney punch I used did. If so, set your guide to make the same hole every time and put your punch in a bench vise. Get a length of pipe that the handle of the punch fits into for leverage and go to town. It's ...

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Where does one get these little brass rivets? That is a beautiful helm!

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Define Goofy...

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Yah, I'd be interested in finding out about a pair of enclosed thumbs as well. And I *love* your work

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Thanks for the pictures. I'm very impressed and wanna congratulate you on the beautiful work. I also read in another thread that you've been injured. I hope you heal well and quickly.

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Wow Josh, you're making japanese stuff? How interesting! Got any pictures? I'd love to see.

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Actually the hardened leather should be fine there. I've been fighting in gauntlets made entirely from leather for a while now and no problems. So, I got the one formed and started on the other. I didnt even think it would be so hard to get them to match up. They're close but not perfect. That's gon...

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How cool would it be to be able to ransom a knight? I mean, killing them is fun and all, but wouldnt it be cool?

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So, Ratty pulled a fast one on me and got me the fingers for my finger gauntlets. So I got all athletic and cut out pieces for the back of the hand part. I still havent found where we packed the digital camera from the move but I included a sketch to show what I'm attempting to make. I'm doing the b...

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Yah. I'm not putting down EGG or Dalewyns stuff in the least. I'm just reccomending something I use and trust. I'm gonna be shifting to finger gauntlets that I'm in the process of making now but I'm still using the water hardened leather for most of them. And I'm loaning my HotW gauntlets to a dog b...

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Koredono wrote: I have to agree; and almost every time I've been "actively marshalled" dead in a kingdom where that's common practice, I had video evidence to prove that in fact I was not dead (either due to a block that the marshal missed, or obviously showing how completely glancey the shot in que...

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[quote="carlyle"] "With all due respect, your Excellency, this may be an accepted practice in your kingdom, but it is by no means embraced universally. In fact, the very sense of "active marshalling" is anathema to me; it denies us avenue to the most fundamental of pursuits in our Play, th...

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I'd personally rather trust my water hardened leather gauntlets I got from House of the Wolf. As hard as I've ever been hit I've never been injured while wearing them. I dont block with my hands on purpose but occasionally I get smacked and I cant help but think that a lot of the blows I took woulda...

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I've taken to using hobby shop laquer. I apply it with an airbrush and have been very happy with the results. It's good to make sure your surface is very clean before you apply coats but the extra effort seems to be worth it.

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In our group the hitting can get fierce. We take pride in a certain amount of that, we're warriors after all. But even so there is a point where it's just not safe and we all have to go to work on monday, ya know? So we're not adverse to saying something about it. Directly and with no BS. We dont ha...

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I'm a wannabe big dog

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What period and culture are you portraying? That makes a difference.
White Mountain indeed has a great rep.

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Mine makes a noise when you hit it. I kinda like it though. It leaves no doubt that I just blocked that shot, ya know?

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I use that shield with a center boss. I got mine from Jamie at By My Hand. I love the thing personally. It makes my holes real obvious and as a result I've had to be a quicker sharper fighter. But it's held up real well and it's light as a feather. If you dont mind working hard and it fits your port...

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Here's the tricky part. No matter your intention, you still have to feel what hits you. I've come across people that are way honorable, yet require a heavier shot because of their armor. I dont have a problem with that. Same with my steel bazubands. I took out all padding from them so I wouldnt be u...

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I dont know crap about this area or period but I'm very interested in seeing what you come up with.

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I swear, when I saw this thread on the list the very first thought I had was "Where the hell did this guy get 40 thousand figs? Who could eat that many figs???"

heheh

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I make my cross hilts out of foam and tape them down with the vinyl electrical tape. They're there for looks anyway, and this way when I punch someone in the chops I'm not running the risk of putting a piece of metal through their bargrill.

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I noticed when I went from leather bazubands to steel that I wasnt feeling arms. So I took the padding out and now it's mostly ok. If you care about your honor and calibration then you pay closer attention. If you dont care, you just let it go. It's up to the individual really.

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Mandrake sent me a pair of tips for me to check out and reccomend to Tuchux. I loved mine till it broke. A bunch of our guys use them now. They're great. Cant say enough good things about them. Seriously.

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