The Armour Archive

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Yah. Beathan made my bazubands and I get compliments on them all the time. Real good job. I love them!

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Ratty got me a draw knife off the internet. I use a bowyers knife. The handles are in line with the blade. I use it to shape all my handles with. Either drawing towards you or going away from you, if you keep it nice and sharp it will go through rattan real nice. I use my draw knife on a lot of thin...

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Is that a 'Scooby' doo?

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Yah, the funny thing is you look around our camp and you see my old shit on at least a dozen people

The skull pauldrons that Kronos wears were mine. I teased him for years and said how I wanted to gbe buried in them. He said he'd dig my dead ass up and take them anyway

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So I got all inspired after I put Conor down for a nap and went and finished that gadling. It's the wrong size but it curved around right. Ratty is still insisting on buying the fingers like Tarkhans, fearing trips to the ER, but I'm gonna still mess with this. It's cool to learn. She said a wisdom ...

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I'm gonna try that.
What do you cut metal with? I'm using a zip saw and it cuts real well but I'm having trouble keeping the lines straight. I dunno if I wanna invest in a harbour freight shear or something like that.

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I recently picked up a trick for making thrusting tips last from a buddy of mine. I went to a fabric store and got a remnant of silk. I cut two strips of silk and X'ed them over the thrusting tip foam, then strapping taped it good and tight. I've yet to lose one since I started doing that.

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Well, I went back and tried a gadling. Mike, I took your advice and cut a small dish into the stump and dished the gadling into it. It's still a bit twisty, but I'm learning how the metal moves a little bit.
I'll figure this out eventually.

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Nah, I'm not giving up. Some things I learn way fast. Other things take me forever. I dunno what the ARS workshop is. Is it near MI?

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I am not giving up. I'm still gonna buy the fingers but I cant stand not being able to do something. The piece of metal was like 5 bucks so I guess it's not too bad if I f the entire thing up

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Heheh dont get me wrong. Ratty is nothing but supportive of me in anything I ever try and do. But she's also honest. Those of you that know her are undoubtedly imagining her smiling at me, patting me on my head and saying 'dont worry, we'll just get the fingers. You make the leather part real good.'...

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Well, Ratty saw the stuff I was making, ok. Trying to make. Then she looked at the stuff Tarkhan got from the guy that made his fingers. She compared the cost of said fingers to the potential co-pays for the emergency room and said "Honey, we'll get you fingers, dont worry about it." I just cant ma...

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Ok, I got a question. If I used a propane torch to heat the piece I was working on, would that make it easier? Or would I need a forge or something to get it hot enough?

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That is beautiful. I hope mine turn out a tenth that good!

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Ok, a number of years ago one of our guys stayed at my house on his way to ohio. I suggested he bring his stuff and we'd have a workout while he was here. This was a great thing because this man is one of the most talented martial artists I'd ever had the good fortune to learn from. Getting time in ...

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Yah, I think I saw that same tutorial. The only bad thing about that is I'm cutting this metal with a zip saw. I dunno if I could run that on something already shaped. I'll have to see when I get that far. I dunno if I'm gonna be able to do the pyramid shaped thingy. We'll see

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Funny thing is I have my ball pein clamped in my bench vise even as we speak. I decided to go ahead and try the fingertip thingy on the first piece after all since it was a throw away. I dont know if I'm gonna be able to fully enclose it or anything but I definitely made it more fingertip-ish. I've ...

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I made a finger plate! Its far from perfect, but I cut it out of 16ga steel and formed it in a channel I made in my dishing stump.I'm gonna try and make a gadling next. I'm saving the tip for last because that seems hardest. I saw the pics that Sasuke posted where he was whacking the metal into a ch...

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Actually I'm making the fingers out of metal and the reast out of leather. I'm gonna try and make the tips of the fingers touch the haft of the weapon and see where it goes from there. I've not done a lot witn metal so I might just be wasting my time. But I got it to waste, so why not

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Cool. I was figuring 16 but I'm far from knowledgeable on this so I figured I'd ask. Thanks!

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if I were to make fingers for gauntlets, what would be the thinnest mild steel you'd reccomend for the job?
Thanks!

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You betcha. In that fight he got my leg but I split his skull. Considering his vast skill I thought I got way lucky

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Water and heat harden leather real well. I'm sure polyurethane would seal it but I'd think that would make it brittle and might crack.
If you soak the leather, shape it, then bake it you'll find it gets quite hard.

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At that point I woulda fought in a tutu just to get to do it. I still love it all this time later. Hell, at one point I fought in a field battle with just armor, no clothes. I had a jock on, but that was it for clothes . My cheesy white boy ass all hanging out, there's a pic of that floating around ...

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[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/ratangei/me1984.jpg[/img] I'm the one on the right, circa 1984 or so. The greathelm that I couldnt see shit out of, the plastic body armor my buddy and I made from a trash bin we 'obtained' from a school nearby. The elbows and knees were this nifty new stuf...

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I think that's cool, but I also think it's cool that this person is actually listening to people. How many folks have come on this board asking questions and getting pissed when they get the answers?
Well done.

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I think that's a lot easier to look at than the first picture. I also think that'll give folks a clearer idea on what you're shooting for and that'll make it easier to help you. Good job. Hope it works.
Check your PMs. I just sent you a quick impression.

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If you really want constructive help I suggest that you take your time and redraw your pattern. Dimension it out and clean it up so it's camera ready. This would make it a lot easier to tell you anything about it. Insane Irish made some drawings for a helmet that Beathan made and the drawings were v...

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Nah. My helmet has padding of course, and my gauntlets have a little thin stuff in them to prevent rubs and the hidden knees I wear have padding, but that's it.

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If I remember correctly those were hockey sweaters and a particular group went in and had them made for their own group. I dont think it was a general consumption thing.

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It's my impression that Mongols wore them a lot later in their period. I could be wrong but I'm thinking they were Timurids by that time, rather than during the time of Ghengis Khan or even Kubilai Lhan. By rights I shouldnt have them with my kit but they're the perfect answer to me for the history ...

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I feel you should fight with a shield appropriate to your portrayal. Mine limits me a little because it's small and I have a big ass to hide behind it. But it's making me fight better, more actively.

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you guys ROCK! I've made like 5 leather bottles lately and they're all done except for the inside. i knew about the brewers pitch but didnt know where to get it. I hate ordering things online. So there's a Michaels a mile from me. I'm gonna go there this evening and get the epoxy! Thanks you guys! S...

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Many years ago I got the tip of a finger nipped off using hockey gloves. Last time I ever did.

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Ayup. Like Sam said, 'how can one man look at another man's hairy ass and find love??'

I'll be go to hell!

Metal ga. question