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- Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:10 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Which gauge wire for chain mail?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 341
Re: Which gauge wire for chain mail?
Most of the tie wire I’m familiar with is annealed, and might not hold its shape under field conditions.
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:07 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Sterling, VA armouring
- Replies: 9
- Views: 268
Re: Sterling, VA armouring
ToMAR: I have a copy you can thumb-through if you come for a visit or Camp Fenby.
Staffordshire Hoard: Several expeditions and being planned. I miss having my "inside librarian" at NGS.
Staffordshire Hoard: Several expeditions and being planned. I miss having my "inside librarian" at NGS.
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:06 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Why do helmet type names end in 'et'?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 655
Re: Why do helmet type names end in 'et'?
What is usually referred to in the Early Medieval period as a "helm" becomes a "helmet" when the "great helm" becomes common. So, in our Viking age reenactments, I'm wearing a helm, but in a later period, it becomes a "helmet" and then the term spreads to all ...
- Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:50 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Sterling, VA armouring
- Replies: 9
- Views: 268
Re: Sterling, VA armouring
I'm about two hours south of you, but you may want to contact the Blacksmiths' Guild of the Potomac: m . They are a LOT closer! It might be worth your time to come to our Camp Fenby event, which is an overnight get-together: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=140373 I ho...
- Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:53 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Which gauge wire for chain mail?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 341
Re: Which gauge wire for chain mail?
I used 14 guage and 3/8" i.d. for my byrnie, and 16 guage 1/4" i.d. for my coif, butted. So far they have only held together about 35+ years.
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:06 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Cat with a jetpack
- Replies: 32
- Views: 744
Re: Cat with a jetpack
chef de chambre wrote:Well, it wasn't a childs game. ...
Well; it sort of depends on the children now, doesn't it?
(...and we won't even discuss the things my elder brother's friends did. [shudder])
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:36 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Sound Dampening Magnet
- Replies: 11
- Views: 337
Re: Sound Dampening Magnet
We like pictures! (Well, I do anyway; I've haunted the Departmental library and NPS websites to look at plans and photos of old blacksmiths' shops.) 
- Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:53 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Sound Dampening Magnet
- Replies: 11
- Views: 337
Re: Sound Dampening Magnet
Another method of sound reduction that I've seen is to drape a heavy chain over the anvil or tool; or wrap it around the waist. It may not reduce all of the noise, but it really can kill the ring if done right. Some experimentation should produce results. Magnets, if heated, will lose their magnetis...
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:06 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Cat with a jetpack
- Replies: 32
- Views: 744
Re: Cat with a jetpack
Into the 19th century a pastime for sailors was to turn a pack of bilge rats loose within a coil of rope and see how many you could kill just using your head and upper body, no arms or hands. (I would have to be pretty bored to consider this a pastime. ) Rocket cats can catch rocket pigeons! Biringu...
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:18 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Hastings XXXXIII
- Replies: 4
- Views: 271
Hastings XXXXIII
Our 43rd reenactment of the Battle of Hastings (14 October, 1066 A.D.) Saturday and Sunday, October 22 & 23 (Park will be open Friday afternoon/evening) 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Public Admission is FREE! Kings Landing Park, Huntingtown Road, Calvert County, MD m Normans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings; Ca...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:48 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Cat with a jetpack
- Replies: 32
- Views: 744
Re: Cat with a jetpack
Do we have a date on that?
- Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:48 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Camp Fenby Autumn Session, 2011
- Replies: 1
- Views: 90
Camp Fenby Autumn Session, 2011
Barring extreme weather, our 2011 autumn session of Camp Fenby will take place on November 11 – 13, Friday (Veterans Day) through Sunday, in Oakley, Maryland. Camp Fenby is a very laid-back arts and crafts teaching and learning event with blacksmithing, metalworking, woodworking, fiber arts, soapsto...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:24 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: I'm Back! What have I missed
- Replies: 21
- Views: 666
Re: I'm Back! What have I missed
It might have been just before you wandered off, but the Longship Company got a new ship. (So far, we've only had a couple of AA folks out on her. Too many "dry land" Vikings around!)
Doesn't seem like you've been gone that long! Welcome back!
Doesn't seem like you've been gone that long! Welcome back!
- Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:08 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: What is your inspiration for your device?
- Replies: 142
- Views: 2266
Re: What is your inspiration for your device?
Sometimes I regret being pre-heraldic. 
(But, I get to go viking! Just grab a shield off the ship, the crew can keep track of me! )
(But, I get to go viking! Just grab a shield off the ship, the crew can keep track of me!
)- Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:02 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: "Unearthed" sugarloaf on eBay- forgery?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 1493
Re: "Unearthed" sugarloaf on eBay- forgery?
Hey, I've seen a freon tank helm in a Frederick, Maryland antique shop. (...and that was about 10 years ago!)
- Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:25 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Keeping brass shiny
- Replies: 24
- Views: 482
Re: Keeping brass shiny
Actually, my response was only partly facetious. Maintenance was/is one area where we expect minimum labor, and we receive maximum disappointment. Any exterior ironwork, and even interior, ironwork or brass needs constant inspection and attention. In the old days, we had other folks do it; these day...
- Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:57 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: $8,000,000 bible
- Replies: 11
- Views: 458
Re: $8,000,000 bible
No, the Anachronomicon!
- Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:54 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Keeping brass shiny
- Replies: 24
- Views: 482
Re: Keeping brass shiny
Squires, servants, thralls...
- Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:53 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Is This a Knight Shooting a Crossbow?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 798
Re: Is This a Knight Shooting a Crossbow?
James B. wrote:This is one of those questions/threads that reminds us that the SCA is a fantasy organization and the cultural ideals of the SCA are not often based in reality.
How dare you!?
- Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:17 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Input on new project-Updated
- Replies: 17
- Views: 326
Re: Input on new project
Next: Do it in iron!
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:38 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Shield types for the Warband
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Shield types for the Warband
Don't forget about the "ship shields" that would be available to the crew. The Gokstad ship had alternating yellow and black shields along the gun'ls, two per rowing position. If the warband was from the same ship, they might bear fairly uniform shields instead of individual shields. Stowa...
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:12 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Looking for starting blacksmith projects.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 451
Re: Looking for starting blacksmith projects.
You might want to check out my two tutorials on spearheads at the Anvilfire Armoury:
http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/armor/main.htm
Part II has some quick and simple methods that might be suitable for advanced beginners.
http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/armor/main.htm
Part II has some quick and simple methods that might be suitable for advanced beginners.
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:51 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: should I buy a beverly B2 or B3
- Replies: 24
- Views: 487
Re: should I buy a beverly B2 or B3
I've used the entire B series extensively. A B1 will cut the easily cut the circumference of a dime in 16g. A B-2 will cut the circumference of a quarter in 14g mild. A B-3 will cut the circumference of a half dollar in 12g. All circumferences are based on US coins. SNIP Three, sirrah?! One of each...
- Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:36 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: should I buy a beverly B2 or B3
- Replies: 24
- Views: 487
Re: should I buy a beverly B2 or B3
Floor space? Probably not much more than my B-3 (actually, less, it's mounted on a separate work table, and the handle swings out into the entryway). The real question is how much is a tool used, and how versatile is it? Can it do all the stuff you want it to do? I bet it does for Chris; but it's pr...
- Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:39 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Blankenshield Armor
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1242
Re: Blankenshield Armor
Okay- here's the thing with his sword making method- It's a really slow, tedious, inefficient and inelegant method of making a sword, whether you develop micro-cracks by beating it for a couple of days with a sledge hammer or not. Yes, it can work, and the product is not half bad (provided that you ...
- Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:18 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: should I buy a beverly B2 or B3
- Replies: 24
- Views: 487
Re: should I buy a beverly B2 or B3
I lucked into a B-3 many years ago, I think it was $350, and old Rusty* let me put it on lay-away. On the other claw, Eric Thing started with (I think) a B-1 and then went to a B-2 and has been happy ever since. (More on Eric at m ) But then, as an armorer, I'm a pretty good blacksmith, so maximum c...
- Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:27 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Tool/Jewelry Projects (now with Flickr link as well)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 259
Re: Tool/Jewelry Projects (now with Flickr link as well)
Talent is so irritating... in others.
- Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:34 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 9500
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
"We're not beating a dead horse; we're tenderizing the meat!"
- Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:15 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What was your favorite Pennsic moment?
- Replies: 92
- Views: 3008
Re: What was your favorite Pennsic moment?
My favorite moment? When all of my friends returned safe home.
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 9500
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
InsaneIrish wrote:Halvgrimr wrote:Worst moment?
I had such an amazing time this year that I can't recall one:)
LOL! That is saying A LOT. Halvgrimr NEVER goes to an event/war without complaining about SOMETHING!
Hey; this could be his turning point!
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:38 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 9500
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
Only two people know exactly what happened here. Actually, only two people think they know what happened. Sometimes those closest to the action are most ignorant of both what happened, and perhaps why it happened. I know that I have read events one way, and been contradicted by those who observed m...
- Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:06 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Medieval Fry Pan
- Replies: 19
- Views: 583
Re: Medieval Fry Pan
Thus the art of the matter: making a long, strong handle that has some balance with the rest of the pan. Note: I have seen this done badly- a beautiful, elaborate handle, but no balance. Note how thin and graceful the handles appear in the illustration. If it is too long for balance, then a prop of ...
- Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:31 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: 'New Vasa' shipwreck found on Baltic seabed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 330
Re: 'New Vasa' shipwreck found on Baltic seabed
Warships belong to their country, or the successor. Thus the CSS Alabama, off of Cherbourg, France, belongs to the US Navy.
- Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:35 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Corfe Castle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 102
Re: Corfe Castle
Part of the problem with Corfe is that it was so badly "slighted" by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Ruined ruins are not nearly as interesting (or romantic). You could try the library and order up whatever general and specific works on castles, English and Corfe in spec...
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:41 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: 'New Vasa' shipwreck found on Baltic seabed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 330
Re: 'New Vasa' shipwreck found on Baltic seabed
I was under the impression that the "Vasa" reference was in relation to her size, and state of preservation, rather than her state of technology. It will be intersting if they can raise and reconstruct the hull in some form; especially with the Vasa and Mary Rose as inspirations.