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Baron Conal

CT03 wrote:
Estaban wrote:
CT03 wrote:I hope you had good springs on your truck... that looks like you got one hell of a deal.

Truck? I put all that into the back of my 1987 BMW 325... bottomed out a couple times and had to take the long way to my shop to avoid the railroad tracks.... poor car...

ROTFLMAO

+1 ( Tasha )

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that's just wrong......

I'm jealous

very jealous

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Albrechtthesilent wrote:Dibs unles already sold...

Sale pending payment

THANKS!!

Baron Conal

which is why I look at all SCA combat as different aspects/types of a tourney.

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Living in South Florida, it never dawned on me that I would need a cloak for an event. But, as yesterday's 31 degree weather can attest (with rain), I in fact, *may* need a cloak for some upcoming events. Can someone show me some patterns and offer me tips for a cloak? My persona is early norman. M...

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I've got an oak pole mounted washstand that I made for a barter/trade that didn't end up happening. http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF2121.jpg it mounts on the pole like this one... and will fit a pole up to 4" wide if you change out the bolts for longer ones... http://i14...

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would it be so horrible to up the face protection to allow for something like those? dunno, but i can already hear folks SCREAMING about having to modify their helms. they do look sweet, but right now I'd be sitting on the sidelines if we changed the req's for face protection..... Damn lousy econom...

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Cyrano wrote:If they hit with such might and potency then an adjustment to how hard the blow is thrown balances things out. That has worked for us in using a variety of materials to hit with.

that might work in a perfect world.....

we do not live in a perfect world.

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Sir Patrick O'Malley wrote: See http://www.ltspecpro.com/bokkens.html

Johann Lederer wrote:Are the ones that Revival.us has, the same?
http://revival.us/polylongsword.aspx

What is the difference in the rod and these swords?

( in other words ... if the material is the same is it just that these
swords have too narrow a striking edge and that is why we are not
looking at them...? )

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D. Sebastian wrote: the soul crushing nylon rod

you left off the "of doom" suffix

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Baron Eirik wrote:
That stuff hit like tactical nuke!

It seems to harvest energy from the ether and add it
to the blow.... Duke Comar hit me with one.... it really
hurt.

and he wasn't putting any real effort behind the blow.

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Someone here in the Mid did a cart for pennsic and did a web page up for it.... try searching for

cart for pennsic

on google.... might be that simple....

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oh, it's for combat archery.....

in that case good sir you are the spawn of Satan
and should be ashamed of yourself....

( that's the correct responce, right?

)

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required?

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Chicago screws can come unscrewed

rivits don't

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Gorm wrote:*clear* strapping tape?

I have a warped idea, but it would be completely useless if such a thing does not exist...

there is clear tape packing tape....

Strapping tape has the fiberglass strings through it....
( IIRC )

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Cool! Have fun !

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could be just me, but i do not see knots in a cord I see stems and leaves

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I do not think its part of a Pater Nostra. I think it's just there as an artistic element. It's kinda hidden and not hidden at the same time. Hidden in plain site and meant to be seen but not meant to be obvious at first glance. I'm not a art history exopert but I think there are lots of examples of...

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I just realized you have the bottem board attached to the cut out form. If you make these seperate pieces, it is easier to adjust the leather, and the top can be pressed down after you have the leather pressed in, if you need it at all. OK, I'll try that once this one breaks or next time i make a f...

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Jeff J wrote:Can't recall the source, but I recollect that these work better if you add a strip of leather between all of the seams when you put it together.

guesses as to why?

every seam?

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Baron Conal wrote:Anyone have any specific questions they would like to have asked
while I am at it?

anyone?

I'll make sure I post my question list before I send it....

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http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/1729_lg.gif These things'll solve that problem. You'll burn through a tank in two weeks or so, but it is SO totally worth it. need more orders before I have the cash to spend on that..... Got new job, but need to rebuild some kind of a safety net be...

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this is actually the second form.... http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF2397.jpg http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF2399.jpg http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF2400.jpg the first one had the 'center' attached to the bottom and a ring to ...

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Jeff, just so you know I'm not arguing with you directly I'm probably coming on stronger than I mean to be because I've heard WAY to many times 'First you cut down a tree.....' and another reason for my guesses at the use of scrap. No matter how much easier splitting and planing is than sawing once ...

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A wood worker, unlike me? Patten finds are generally of a wood type that's not much in demand for furniture or many other objects. Alder being one such wood, common in pattens, basswood/linden being another. What about the possibility that since so little furniture of the medieval period survives m...

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radially split wood is very stable. MUCH more so than any sawn wood. I'm just looking at it from the point of view of a woodworker and I'm betting that while some small items were crafted from the start ( ie a tree) most were probably made from a stash of leftovers from other projects. I'm not sayin...

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I think he is doing this as a hand tool only project...... Admirable, and I fully understand the motive. But the oak he has was likely cut and dried to it's current state using modern machinery. To go full-period to get the full asethetic and appreciation for craft feel, he probably should/would ha...

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I think he is doing this as a hand tool only project......

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James, do you have any other photos of it? Might be fun to do an exact size reproduction I posted my best photos from my site; the others are not as close or blurry. Ok thanks anyway! Maybe I'll get ambitions and email the museum. Anyone have any specifc questions they would like to have asked whil...

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now I'm gonna have to make a tiny one too.... I'm finding
that I keep going back and looking at it thinking about how
cool it is......

Gotta check the MoL book to see if it has details on it.....
James, do you have any other photos of it?

Might be fun to do an exact size reproduction

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it depends on who you ask

took me over a year start to finish but it has been a while

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Cloth will leave an imprint in wet leather. What about something like an upholstery leather with a smooth grain, finished with that plasticky finish to smooth out it's surface even more, then stitched up into a bean bag? Well, I wouldn't fill it with beans - too lumpy - , but maybe sand? That may w...

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( just for general purposes just 'Conal' is fine...
the Baron is only necessary if you are insulting me

)

What about a piece of cloth on top of the wax?

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Awesome. I'm trying to figure out a way to set it up so I can repeatedly screw it down, and let the excess leather at the bottom have a place to go. That shade larger than the plug....I assume the approximate thickness of your leather? I'm afraid if I don't go at least that thick, I'll get a weird ...

Re: How to make a cloak? aka Holy crap it's cold

$60.00 Pole mounted OAK washstand and matching chandelier

Re: Is there such a thing as....