The Armour Archive

Cap'n Atli

I find this structure overly ambitious and ugly. It looks like a cross between a Church and a steamboat. In addition, it probably does poorly in the rain; the low trough between the "nave" and the "side isles" leaves no place for water to go. One of the ugliest things about it is the way it is divi...

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I second Master Thomas on the post vise. Mount it low and on an independent post with a good foundation. I use if for hardies, fullers and stakes all the time; as needed. It's also a great favorite with friends when something needs to be "unstuck."

Cap'n Atli

But "10,000" is a really big number and looks better in the headline!

Cap'n Atli

Cian of Storvik wrote:I appreciate this as a big tent. Germany 2011

-Cian

An eyeball calculation puts that tent at 8, - 10,000 square feet under cover. Very impressive. What was the event?

Cap'n Atli

Because he can; and it's cool?

Cap'n Atli

So, in the Cleveland Museum of Art example, above, is the coat overlapped with the straps up the front, or do they have it backwards with the helm turned around? If you have squires, or servants, or even friends, they can buckle it up the back for you; otherwise (unless overlapped) it sort of opens ...

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Sorry, I should have read the initial posting more closely.

I guess I was just bedazzled by the work.

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What type ivory? Walrus, elephant, mammoth, recycled antique piano key?

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Good help! (But that has always been a rare commodity.

)

Cap'n Atli

Nice work. (...as always!)

Undoubtedly protecting headbones all over Scadia while upping the status of the owners.

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I have socks, but no mittens. Maybe our women will correct this at Jule.

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Now is the time to hit the books! Study the subjects related to your endeavors and become knowledgeable in the history and background of the techniques. Then, when your situation chnages, you can smack your friends silly in relief!

Cap'n Atli

But does it cut the wheat?

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The production company got back to us; but they went lowball on us. No problem with the ship rental (~$1k for a commercial venture; we charge less if it's truly an educational enterprise) BUT they knocked down what the reenactors would get (~$200 + food + crash space) to (paraphrase) "Oh, we could u...

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Here we go: It's a Black and Decker 1/2" reversing drill, No. 7230; 550 rpm, 3.0 amps. http://documents.dewalt.com/documents/English/Instruction%20Manual/722736-00,7230.pdf The most important things being the side handle, for extra control, and the very low (by electric drill standards) 550 rpm. Thi...

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Travel trailers are made to travel. Tinyhouses (and the like) are made to be transported.

It's sort of the difference between a camp chair and a Barcalounger. Both are transportable, but one is designed for it.

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Ever since Paw Paw's skull-spalling accident ( http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor.php?lesson=safety/demo ) I clamp the piece in a vise and take my low speed, high torque 1/2" corded electic drill (with the extra handle screwed-in to one side; more detail tomorrow when I go over to the forge) and ...

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Or air dried, a lot of pallet wood is air dried in the USA. Trying to find *nice* pieces of the correct species is the trick. (The sign company that was across the alleyway from my smithy used to get metal and plastic in on 12' long pallets with 4"x4" oak main pieces---I framed the shed extension t...

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In the town of Avenue (actually Oakley) St. Mary's County, Maryland; on the waters of Canoe Neck Creek and St. Clements Bay and the lower Potomac. Still no word from the production company; I'll probably talk to our President on Monday since we're getting pretty near the first proposed date in Octob...

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And you can always fall back on your coal forge (if the weather is right and the neighbors aren't too fussy). I do a lot with a one-burner gas forge ("the Baby Balrog") but every once in a while the coal forge is the ultimate answer! Of course, I do cookpots compared to Eric's fine armor, but I can ...

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When I was a kid, and a great "Prince Violent" fan, I depicted mail by simple cross-hatching, no doubt depicting the rare "fireplace screen" mail pattern.

(Actually, we did once try to adapt fireplace screen for armor. Don't bother.

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Cap'n Atli

Also, bear in mind that as moderns we tend to use the term "free" as a binary -- you're free or you're not. The medieval world didn't attach it to a binary, and a person who was "partially unfree" might actually have significantly greater status than somebody who was "wholly free." Better an honest...

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HC Project Update Please Note: Our President submitted a proposal to the producers last week. We are still awaiting a response. We will let you know as soon as they get back to us. We feel that if the LSCo and our crew and friends are going to jump through the usual hoops of a television production,...

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The Swedish Kohlswa anvils always did have a reputation for being extremely hard; this time it may have paid-off.

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Marshal wrote:Psshhh. That's clearly a chamfron.

"You callin' mah wife a nag; sirrah?"

(I know, I know; "If the chamfron fits..." )

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My friend, Jim Comer, probably has a good handle on this (or at least a better handle than I do). I have sent his e-mail address to you be PM. Tell him Cap'n Atli sent you.

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Just don't go swimming in salt water!

Then again, maybe the galvanic current could power your cell 'phone!

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Very well done; and a clean and neat shop, too. (...and it reminds me of Eric Thing's shop, not just for the burner, but for the open and bright layout.)

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>>>SNIP<<< The Scandinavian Heritage Museum in Ballard Wa, has a recreated Viking ship, but she's much the worse for wear and isn't seaworthy. I don't know if there are any other ships around here. Ah the Nordic Spirit ! So that's where the fabled "Volvo Viking ship" ended up. We would always hear ...

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That's why I prefer an axe.

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So, you sold your soul to the Devil, and now you're trying to redeem it by going on Crusade? Don't you think becoming a Norman would be more of a hindrance than a help?

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>>>SNIP<<< I know how to set fire to a boat. Is that viking? :P :D :D :D oh wait...maybe that is Irish. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: It's only Irish if you set fire to your own boat. :twisted: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It was just pointed out to me that the 1,000th anniversary of C...

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Hey; if Thomas Powers can beat the drum for real wrought iron, I can beat it for a modicum of nautical knowledge.

Even if they never board a boat, they need to at least know something about them.

I hope you father is doing better.

Cap'n Atli

Well, if you have any interest in vessels of the Viking Age, you could spend a few minutes profitably rummaging around our pages at http://longshipco.org/pages.html . Besides the bibliography, it has some good information on operations and capabilities in the Manual and some of the other pages like ...

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Building Your Own Dragon Harald Fairhair How big, how quickly, how authentic? The numbers are out there once you decide. The museum in Roskilde offered to build an absolutely authentic replica for us in the 32' - 40' for the low six figures. Twenty foot faering boats go for $4,000 to $8,000 or more....

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Re: Battle of Hastings burial site

Re: Looking for info on big tents 1400 - 1550

Re: 2 New helmets (work in progress)

Re: Leather straps on mail armor?

Re: carved ivory buckle

Re: carved ivory buckle

Re: What can you just not buy?

Re: Knotwolf Website update

Re: Nalbound mittens

Re: No SCA...alternatives?

Re: Scythe!

Re: Longship Company Reenactor Reserve; Upcoming Gig

Re: Tips on using a wire wheel in a hand drill to clean/poli

Re: Tinyhouse for camping events?

Re: Tips on using a wire wheel in a hand drill to clean/poli

Re: Woods for pole weapons? (Not SCA)

Re: Longship Company Reenactor Reserve; Upcoming Gig

Re: utility of Eric Thing's forge

Re: How plausible is banded mail?

Re: Norse Slave Trade

Re: Longship Company Reenactor Reserve; Upcoming Gig

Re: Anvil crime/Anvil rescue

Re: C15 Bras from Lengburg castle

Re: Norse Slave Trade

Re: Decorative copper plates on SCA helm, possible issues?

Re: little video about my shop

Re: Books on the Viking Age?

Re: Effectiveness of a rapier

Re: Norman Names (persona change)

Re: Books on the Viking Age?

Re: Books on the Viking Age?

Re: Books on the Viking Age?

Re: Dragon Harald Fairhair undergoing sea trials starting 6/