The Armour Archive

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As said get a punch.. If you are short on cash check Ebay or you can get a chinese knockoff at Harbor Freight ( I got mine there and it works fine ). For driliing stainless the recommend Titanium bits are nice, but what you really need are the Cobalt bits. Like the Ti bits they have a golden color. ...

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Iain,

Arret is the proper name for a Lance rest.

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wow.... great work Jiri !

Thank you for sharing.

That Armet was really gorgeous !!!!!

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Here is my horse from last years show season. From this picture, he has grown half a hand, and has increased his muscle mass considerable. This is our trainer riding him. Not as heavy built as many of the horses I see in the jousting circuit, but I bet he could do the job just fine. And on a real ba...

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Sorry to hear that Leo !

I hope you insured the package.

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Gwen, I'm pretty sure the OP's question was fully answered in the thread, and no one minds the talk about horses. I think a lot of us find this subject very entertaining :) Wow... Hawthorne is really short barreled. I'm not familiar with the term "Cobb" what is that? A draft breed? My horse experien...

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Ok, as long as you are not picky about when I collect. I come up to the Northeast about once a year to Windsor CT for my job, and I could come over to Boston afterwards on my dime.

I'll go $80.

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Wow.... Stefan never fails to amaze me with his skills.

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Can I have it? or is that rude of me to ask? :) Well.... If you want to swap me out for a new one at a very cheap cost ;) Seriously maybe someday if you want it back. Sorry to ruin your work :( That helm fit me better than any helm I've ever owned. And I bought it here from an auction from some guy...

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Yes, I understand. :) Not that I have anything against Friesans. If anything, I think they are great horses, and my wife who rides competitively (American Saddlebreds) really likes them. Much of the Saddlebred community dabbles in Friesans as a sideline. Lately I've really fallen in love with Lusita...

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Mac wrote: Although I realize that I am at risk of being seen as the sort of heartless bastard who rubs Kasonite into the wounds, there is something here that I think it is important to point out. No Mac. You are absolutely correct and I totally agree. My impatience caused me to make a really stupi...

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Where the two blacks Friesans? I was under the impression they didn't make good jousting horses.

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Ranik wrote: Thin steel container, bad move, stainless might have had a better chance, a ceramic box, (aka saggar) was the go. Lid gaps are sealed with refractory luting. I have fired organic material to your required temp without igniting the char. Ranik, I agree to some extent. I initially looked...

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Quick! Put it up on ebay as a "find"! That was my first thought, too. Strangely enough, even though I wanted too scream, that came to my mind immediately too. Hmmmm.... if I bury it in the backyard for a few months to get some "authentic" red rust on it. I could probably make enough on Ebay to buy ...

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Guys.... Cherry Red or equivalent, will not get the depth needed to significantly harden a 14 gauge helm for our purposes, or I would have used it. It would barely harden the first few thousandths of an inch. Trust me. I've talked to the professionals on this one. You have to go to an industrial sho...

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So at this point I'm feeling very disappointed and sorry for myself. I've ruined a very special and extremely difficult to replace helm. And it will be at least tomorrow before I can let the fire in the kiln itself burn out and then try to access the level of damage that was done to it. I figure tha...

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So now we get to the killer...... Here is what is left of my beautiful Bellows Visored Italian Sallet. The pictures suck because of the storm that was hitting as I was trying to contain the destruction, but if you notice the light shining through the holes, you get the idea. kiln_14.jpg kiln_15.jpg ...

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As I tried to pull the container out of the kiln, the bottom of the container failed as well (it was already mostly burned away), leaving a nice campfire in the bottom of the kiln, which is still burning now almost 7 hours later. kiln_12.jpg Here is what is left of the container after I dumped it in...

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Since this was the first time I have had this kiln to this temperature, I was keeping a close watch on the system, paying particular attention to how well the PID temperature controller was handling the changes to temperature at the desired set point. At around 4.5 hours, I noticed that some was won...

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kiln_8.jpg kiln_9.jpg Then you add the sealed container into the kiln, and heat to between 1800-1900 F for between 4 to 12 hours depending on a number of factors, but primarily the desired case hardened depth. For 14 gauge steel, at 12 hours, theoretically you should reach near or total penetration...

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And then I placed the helm in a steel container, surrounded by high quality charcoal with 1/10th by weight added, baking soda. The container is then sealed with modeling clay so that no oxygen can get into the container.

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The day started with such promise ..... And it may end with me hanging up my hammers forever :evil: Seriously. I've failed at a lot of things, but this one totally breaks my heart. As part of my "Pimp my Thadden" project, I had planned on case hardening my Patrick Thadden 14 gauge mild steel Bellows...

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Anyone Selling 410 Stainless Helm Tops or Halves? I know Cet had started too, but I think real life is taking up his time.

I'm in need of a set.

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Vitus,

I'll take a Viking in XL.

I use to have your paypal, but I can't find it. PM me the info and I"ll send payment.

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Tis but a scratch !!! *Monty Python Voice*

Nice bruise

When I came back to the SCA, I found that I had a taste for plate armor now since I heal much more slowly (44) heheheheheheheh

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Fencing? bahhhh.....

Teach your daughter the art of the knife in close.....

It will serve her well in her life.

No insult intended, but I always recommend a south american or a phillipino teacher for knife fighting in close. They are the masters of the art !

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One last bit of wisdom imparted to me in my first year in the SCA. Fall of 1986, by Mel of Tara of the House of the Drunken Badger (Who I'd love to see/talk too if anyone knows his whereabouts). One thing we learn very early as children is to not break our toys..... In the SCA our "toys" are our fri...

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Either way..... Nice light incredible looking and damn near indestructable legs !

Just way too small for my large corpulent frame.

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Armorbug,

If your doing a run of those, I would be interested in several for myself.

Send me a PM if you don't mind running a couple extra.

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Listen to Isabella ! Make your plans, then consult with Isabella again !!

Seriously.

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Why not just have Cafepress make one? I've ordered their vinyl stickers before.

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Careful on that Soapbox Mike, you might fall off and injure yourself ! :lol: If you want to play semantics, I will. Let me rephrase. the State of the Teutonic Order , (German: Deutschordensland ), also known as the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights or " Ordensstaat " (pronounced "Order-State"),...

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