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Damon

Public Service.... you make me sound like a PSA.

Wait till I get the boots ALA His Awesomeness Flair then my kit should bring all the boys to the yard, boys to the yard.

I don't know what happened to me I used to be such a thug. I blame it all on His Awesomeness.

Damon

Sold pending payment

Damon

As you can see from the picture they already have the rivet in them to keep them in place. They are both in used condition asking $20 each plus shipping. PM me or answer here.

[img]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/conruse/IMG_1577.jpg[/img]

Damon

Shawn, Let me give you some feedback. To post for sale items here you should just do it in the classified sections. Please do not use all caps in your title and description. ALL CAPS are considered yelling in type and not very polite. You should goto some place like photobucket and upload a few pics...

Damon

All swords were the same length and balance. Each shot was the same from the shoulder one handed baseball type swing.

Damon

So I have thinking about how to generate more power. I mean lifting weights, hips, and all of that are good. So that being said I decided to start applying my college degree to the physics of a swing. So first I looked at the equation for energy which is simply E=MV^2 that is to say that Energy = Ma...

Damon

Just goto a bicycle store and buy tri flow and spray it on or goto any auto motive zone and buy a lubricant with silicon in it ans spray it on your helmet after each practice.

I use this to pad my helm with.

http://wholesalearmor.com/images/PADDING_KIT.jpg

Damon

Scary thing is you will see some guy wearing that at Pensic.

Damon

Yeah they do a lot of ebay stuff. I sent them in my info and I will keep you guys posted as I go through the process. They seem like really decent guys. I checked them out on Ebay they have 410 feedbacks and only one is negative. A few of them do say took a little longer than advertised as far as sh...

Damon

Also I have to say it would probably be tough to get period materials etc etc. He was confident they could make any style of boot but if you wanted something sewn with like waxed linen or something of that nature I doubt they could do it. I am hesitant to give out the site address simply because if ...

Damon

I have recently been poking around a bit wanting to finish my kit off with some nice looking Rus boots. I stumbled across a site that will custom make any boot. You send them the measurements and the pics of what you want they give you a boot 3 to 5 weeks later. The basic operation is two brothers. ...

Damon

The pattern you show is the same one that is on display at the Kremlin Museum and is the same base design I am using for my boots. I am talking to Armlann right now he did some shoes for my wife and they look stunning. I sent him over an email with pictures and stuff on Sunday. Just waiting for a re...

Damon

Cav = Officer = Ewwww foot grunt all the way. I am gonna go the Rus boot with the D Sebastion flare and baggy pants stuffed into them. Duke Andreas is whipping up the legs/knees now and I am talking to a boot maker about the boots.

Damon

Here are some of the things I base my armor off of. It is various examples of lamellar and chain mail. There is an osprey rendition in there just for kicks. The big thing for the boots are the ones that were found completely persevered under the Kremlin and are on display at the Kremlin museum. What...

Damon

My kit is inspired by this Osprey cover page. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/conruse/Osprey.jpg Here are some shots of it [img]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/conruse/IMG_1570.jpg[/img] [img]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/conruse/IMG_1571.jpg[/img] [img]http://i144.photobuc...

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10th century Russian give or take a few years. Mostly from the reliefs I have seen, paintings, and osprey stuff it shows guys on horses always wearing some type of greave and or knees and foot soldiers just wearing some sort of protection to their knees and then just boots with the pants stuffed int...

Damon

Do you know how much it weighs? I can't find any info on the page.

Damon

I should explain the hit a little better. The guy hit me and I said, "low" and he said, "are you sure?" I said, "yeah I am pretty sure the side of my knee is an illegal target area." He swore up and down he hit me on the inside of my thigh until I showed him the welt la...

Damon

I don't own one but, I can say that Icefalcon makes top end stuff and his customer service is bar none.

Damon

Well I am putting on legs but probably underneath my pants. At pensic I am going to get some Rus boots done that will look like this. So i will tuck my pants into my boots. This should easily define where my knees are. However I will be wearing Ice Falcon low profile AA legs under my pants. I realiz...

Damon

Right now I am kind of cheating the system my knees pass but just barely, I have some nice Ice Falcon legs on order. I find more than anything I either drive someoneâ€™s marginal shot into my knee or they just straight up hit my knee. I found that since I went back to hidden knees I get smashed in t...

Damon

This is why I am ditching hidden knees for some Duke Andreas AA stuff. Anyone else find they get hit in the knees more when wearing hidden knees? Fortunatly I discovered it is period for me to wear greaves and legs if I was a cavarly soldier.

Damon

The only thing I could see would be breath and sight on the first one and weight on the second one. The second one is 10ga so it could kind of on the heavy side.

They also may not fit you.

Other than that they seem like a good deal.

Damon

Yeah I tried some of the Tru Fit stuff I thought it was kind of thin. Of course I never thought to just sew on extra padding.

Magnus take a look at the baseball sliding pads. It is more like a sleeve so they stay in place better and they are low profile.

Damon

I hit dicks and sports authority today and tried some different types of padding. I like the sleeve idea to help keep things in place. I tried the UA volley ball, Mc David Sliding, Various Neoprene, and wrestling pads. The ones I liked best were these. The L/XL fit a little tight but nothing a sewin...

Damon

Those look pretty sweet. I could easily attach some 3 to 7 lame articualted knees to them. Paul what size is your leg?

Damon

I was told some people are using these now. I have never picked one up so I am not sure if it has enough padding. The idea being these give 360 degree protection and give the knees support. Since I use hidden knees and don't wear leg protection I was thinking about melting holes in these and attachi...

Damon

Actually I do but I was hoping you guys could toss me some links on what you use for kneepads. Sorry I was not sure where else to post this. Currently I am using these but was looking for something with a lower profile. Keep in mind I have a knee that is 19 inches in circumference and just two inche...

Damon

Sir check your PMs please.

I had a qeustion about your Apline Stars.

Damon

I have been looking for a cheap helm for a buddy of mine who just got back in but does not have gear. If this will fit a 23.5 inch head I will send the money over to you. Let me know pm me or post here.

Damon

They are aluminum.

I have really liked them over the years but they do not fit my persona so I am going to hidden knees.

Damon

I may be selling my greaves in the next week or so. They are made by boloklo(sp) and are adjustable. I don't have any pics right now but I can post some on Sunday. I am away from my gear and camera until then.

Damon

While my caregiver is away at work I have hijacked her computer to keep myself sane.

I guess the big question I would have about these knees is do they stay in place or do you have to attach them to something?

Damon

Hello,

I am hoping someone can direct me towareds some hidden knees. There is so much motocross stuff out there it is hard to tell what works and what doesnt. Anyone have any suggestions with links?

Thanks

Damon

Has anyone tried these? The only complaint I read about them is they move up and down allot. Of course that is riding a motorcycle. I am looking for some good hidden knees that won't slow me down.

2 used plastic basket hilts for sale

Application of math to a sword swing.

How much interest in custom boots with fast turn around?

I told him it was an illegal shot...

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