The Armour Archive

Sasha

This seems to come up every month or so.

Does anyone have the last few times through the anime discussion saved on file?

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The larger the island of knowledge,
the longer the shoreline of monumental screw-ups.
- Ralph W. Sockman (1889-1970),

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yep. 'fraid so.

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And going back to ignoring the HF product. I got this e-mail this morning: Hello Allex: I just found 2 more used b2 Beverly Shears I would have to get 425.00 ea out of them. please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested in them As I have to get them on hold. _____________________ I th...

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Hi Steve,

What is the cost of this kit and can you supply them fairly promptly?

A friend who makes really fabulous maille but only works in butted to date may be getting a birthday present that sets him on a whole new course...!

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Can't find a pic that clearly shows it in my files (mostly views of the other side of the gaunt). I have e-mailed Mungo, who is a customer that bought a set of my gaunts strapped in this way. He has a digital camera and provided he can find a girl in a bikinni to model the gaunts (seems to be the on...

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I got mine for $415...but that was through the auctions and involved a little bidding war http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif We will get an idea of the price when he actually gets back to me for the first time with the non e-bay offer. And yes, Uryen, we will see how traumatic it is to impor...

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I just got off the phone to the very nice man who sold me a B2. He apparently comes across them fairly often in his line of work. He has just promised to send me an e-mail whenever he gets his hands on one. I plan to pass this info onto the Archive and, providing none of us screw him around enough t...

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He has prehensile toes and boots that he can put on while wearing both gauntlets!

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just being silly.

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For me this is one of those very best kind of armour moments. See I had a go at the same helm. Made one decent one and four SCA dumned down versions and even the good one wasn't anywhere near as good as the one you have made. These pics have managed to inprie me even before I have had my morining co...

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Okay...I've changed my mind. This could make the perfect forming tool for armoured codpieces (size; small). Possibly also good for the helmet on an armoured garden gnome. Actually, better yet, Make the armoured garden gnome and then wear it as a codpiece (size; medium)! http://www.armourarchive.org/...

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14ga cops (preferably deeply dished), with 16ga lames.
The best balance.

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Your morning star is based on a hammer handle...and mine is based on a cut-off tennis racket. Wonderful recyling we practice!

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Clank value is just the noise that plates make bashing against eachother when a lame maxes out its articulation. With the lining it is all silent and smooth.

And yes. the other word was bite.

It was 3am...okay?

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Loks like a mushroom stake to me. I would build it by not being too inclined to chop off the dome. Maybe just as far as the threads. I would SOLIDLY weld (that means consider a cross brace as well) a stake out of it. Then I would weld a steel plate across the bottom of the cavatiy, leaving one small...

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I gave four tourtured and punctured shield boss failures to a girl in my jewellery/sculpture class last year. She came up with a wall display that had coloured light globes mounted in the two outer bosses (glowing through the cracks) and had a small fountain pump have water coming out of the middle ...

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WAHOOOOOOOOOOO! I am pleased to announce it is MINE! To the folks that showed the amazing kindness to stop bidding when they saw my name pop up on the bidders list, thank you. I am humbled by your support (and not as devastatingly broke as I might otherwise have been). You folks are rather great, yo...

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ummmm....I'm sorry, but if all you want is mittens then take some scrap leather and JUST SEW THE BLOODY THINGS YOURSELF!!!!!!!!! You do not want a quilted padded palm on a foighting grip anyway. I line my gaunts with a layer of thin oil-tanned leather and sometimes a pad of sheepskin within that. I ...

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Well, you are living in one of the most armouring-active cities in Oz...that is a help. We really can't offer you specific advise until we know a litte bit about your skills and what sort of equipment you have access to. Welder? Grinders? jigsaw? Hammers and stumps or anvil? Any experience with maki...

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My little offset creasing chisel is made form a railway spike. Just bend the shaft an inch bellow the spike head so as to bring the most overhang (rail spikes are not symetrical. The mushroom head is bigger on one side then the other.) to the top of the tool. Then shape into a chisel and you have a ...

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It all depends on what you are chasing. I have taken on board some comments to the effect that I should read Brian's book properly before critiscizing it. I now have a copy that was kindly lent to me (I am still not going to spend $160Australian on one). I have now read it....and I still don't think...

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I'm on it!!!!!!!!

Sasha...the mildly desperate.

Hey Ivar. If I get this thing, can I get them to ship it to you for a TLC going over and reconditioning before you mail it on to me?

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Yep. This guys site was "found" about the time I joined the archive. He actually posted a brief hello to the archive based on the interest he had recieved. Seemed a nice enough fellow, but far too busy actually building stuff to spend any time typing about armour on the computer http://www.armourarc...

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Any armour is better then no armour. Wearing twelve woolen jumpers is pretty reasonable armour in a knife fight (of course you will die form heat buildup instead). Rivetted maille is more effective against stabbing then butted maille. A lot depends on what kind of weapon is used for the thrusting an...

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Just to answer that question. Nibblers were designed to perform the same function as shears on non-flat surfaces. Primarily corrugated iron. the idea is that you could modify and adjust stuff after shaping and installation. nibblers do NOT belong in an armouring workshop. Sasha ------------------ Th...

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It just needs some of Wombat's udder plates!

I think I have just been driven to drink. Thank you.

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The larger the island of knowledge,
the longer the shoreline of monumental screw-ups.
- Ralph W. Sockman (1889-1970),

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The hollow form is the most common, however if you lack the tools or skill to go witht hat option you can either take four or six wires and twist them into a rope together and set that into the cuff (the angle means you do not need a flat bottom). You can also take a piece of square stock and twist ...

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Regardless of what the welder is like, based on your post I would advise very strongly that you seek out a short adult ed course of welding in your local area. At the very least one of the weekend courses run ot of major hardware chains. The maoney you spend will be well worth it in both tips and kn...

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You have just been to Sutton Hoo the ride . More of a theme park then a museum. These are springing up all over the place as the world gets interested in history....without wanting to delve into all the boring specifics. Think of it is a local cultural centre gone mad. The local council hasn't made ...

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It is netirely a matter of preference. See if you can find both kinds and ask their owner to have a play with them. I personally hate enclosed thumbs with a passion and think them a no less then bloosy awful. Then again I put a lot of design and though into making thumbs that allow good protection w...

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Ahhhh...the standard post-armouring sort out. I have left about 6 raw-hide faced hammers unintentionaly strewn around the coutryside over the years. I got a call form one Barony two years after leaving behind the hammer saying "we were just polishing the rust off it and noticed it has your device en...

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Wonderfully stupid!

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That's PROTO-COUNTESS at this stage. I am still building the hat. I expect she will be countyated (countyafied? Countificated?) at Lochac Coronation by Jade and Megan. I am building so much stuff that isn't armour nowadays....and all of it seems to have rock solid deadlines. Remind me to build some ...

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What you are looking for is a half-circle cloak with inbuilt hood.

An eminently impractical way to shelter from rain and cold.

What device?

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ummm...If you want a dark ages cloak then it is kind ofg simple. It is a large rectangle. Make the rectangle as tall as yuo are and the full width of the widest fabric you can find (unless it is wider then you are tall). Take the fabric long-ways and throw it over your shoulders so that about 1/4 fo...

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Yet another one of Her Majesty's Armoured Pretty Boys, eh? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Honestly, there are times when I thought I was the only dedicatedly ugly guy standing behind her throne. ...well, and Baldwyn, of course. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif And if you happen...

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