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woodwose

Just in the conservation of (manually manufactured) material, would make thinner glass more desirable to the craftsman, and I would guess it would result in a less exspensive product, making it more disireble to the customer. Jason Klien, "Arab Boy", told me he handled a collection of medieval glas...

woodwose

The face on this helm makes me smile whenever I click this thread; worthy of another little bump to the top

woodwose

Here is another that has not been posted yet... http://mailmaker.tripod.com/armor/freydal_116.jpg and here's my first try at making one a few years ago http://mailmaker.tripod.com/armor/pavise1.html I think I got way too into over-engineering with my whole wrapping it up tightly in hemp cord... my n...

woodwose

Here's a raising hammer made out of a bricklayers(?) hammer. I used a $20 4.5" angle grinder to shape the heads. I think I saw the same hammer for $20ish in a store, but I found this one laying in the road on my way home from work one morning last winter. http://mailmaker.tripod.com/shop/rockraising...

woodwose

bkillian wrote:In truth get a raising hammer and a raising stake.

Blunt and to the point, but more truth about this could not be said with less words.

And those tools can be made by modifying a hammer and a trailer/ball hitch.

woodwose

Egill's Woodstuffs here on the Armour Archive has been making some nice looking folding stools. Here's the thread for them: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=157113 Also, Known World Treasures has fancier "X" chairs (the also fold down) for a fancier price. My wife and I sat...

woodwose

Here are a couple pictures, one pic with it still in the back of the car which gives a good sense of scale. http://mailmaker.tripod.com/shop/anvila.jpg http://mailmaker.tripod.com/shop/anvilb.jpg It also came with that stake-like thing that he had stuffed in its pritchel hole, and with small book ab...

woodwose

thanks guys, I did end up buying the 350 lb fisher. It is in remarkably good condition. The guy who owned it said he did a little smithing when he was a lot younger, then it pretty much sat on his porch for 40 or so years. After we got it into the back of the car he told me he had something in his b...

woodwose

There are two lines I want to cut that about an 1/8 of an inch from the edge the length of the belt. I want them to be deep enough to fill with gold leafing. Use a compass. Set it that width and run the sharp point along the leather. If it need to be deeper, follow up with a box cutter knife. I've ...

woodwose

I found another anvil: 350 lb, fisher from 1909... top and horn look nice. $400 plus about $50a gas and a six hour drive. Worth it? Should i have bought it?

woodwose

Screw the 16ga polished carbon steel clamshell close helm constructed of 16 ga carbon steel that has been polished. I want THIS! Oh-mah-gawd! I'm very confused about everything but the good airflow... is it a clamshell monkey face salad, or a highly desired zinc plated chainmail sheet chain mail po...

woodwose

Oooooohhh, i was wondering where i could get a clamshell close helm.

woodwose

I'm really looking forward to when you finally get your room built and you can finally start hammering on metal again; though I bet you are looking forward to that more than anyone! I know how frustrating it can be to have a project started and not be able to work on it because of lack of the right ...

woodwose

Very nice indeed. This puts my recent attempt at a "grotesque"/anthropomorphic helm to shame, and really makes me want to start hammering on copper again.... mmm, the buttery softness of freshly annealed copper.

woodwose

thanks all, I emailed them about the anvil (about 8 hours after they posted it) before posting here, pretty much just saying that I was was interested in it and wanted to come take a look before buying. Haven't heard back from them and they removed the listing the day after posting it. I guess someo...

woodwose

as the title says, I'm looking for a cheap anvil to do some hot metal pounding on. I'm only working with stock up to an inch or so thick at the moment, and this is my first anvil so I'm not looking for anything too fancy - just something better than the random 20 pound chunks of soft mystery steel a...

woodwose

The Adventures of the Knight Theuerdank (hardcover). Complete facsimile of an early 16th century German book and accompanying illustrated guide with translations in a box. New condition. $45.00 (This thing is SERIOUSLY cool) http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Knight-Theuerdank-Midsize/dp/3822830461/r...

woodwose

heh, it was a log that took down they guy at 0:25-:28, but a lot of the other things coming down seem be boards cut from the sides of logs rather than full round logs... still pretty damned brutal. I don't understand the point of dumping water on them - if it is to simulate boiling oil or whatever t...

woodwose

From what I have seen there is about a hundred or more years between when the bascinet went out of use and when the waffenrock came into style. Even the later style of "owl face" sallet is hard to place with a waffenroch. If you want to wear a waffenrock and look historical you are going to be best ...

woodwose

Yeah it was. This is me! https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oNwKj-KNth4/UI3ifmwhP7I/AAAAAAAAb_g/IapyBTwkPo4/s1042/DSC_7628.jpg If I had known it was going to be frekin hot instead of cold like it shoudl be, in October, in MAINE, I woudl have worn a better soft kit. I guess it was a little warm, but...

woodwose

losthelm wrote: Wax can work to hold on your pattern if you use a very thin layer.

Neat idea - still need to lube the blade, or would the wax adhesive be enough?

woodwose

4' diameter oak... drooool. Too far for me though

woodwose

thank you, my quiete night at work just got a lot less boring

...and I still have 5.5 hours until I'm out.

woodwose

I don't have anything to read on the subject, but from what I've seen of others doing this there isn't much to it other than an eye for detail and precision (and practice of course); and a jeweler's saw for most of the cutting, bee's wax to lube the blade, a small drill bit for drilling holes to sta...

woodwose

Something I have long been wondering, is it possible to make a large 'stamp' say the size of the top of the box and use a press and press it into the leather? I have a friend who owned a screwpress originally used to emboss metal ceiling "tiles" about 100+ years ago---had about a 2' sq die on it......

woodwose

-The larger of the two horns is a drinking horn. It's a bout a beer and a half. It does the trick. The smaller is a blowing horn with a metal mouthpiece. Don't try them the other way around, it DOES NOT WORK. - BOTH HORNS SOLD a drinking horn does not work as a blowing horn, but I have funneled a b...

woodwose

me me me! wait, I live about a five minute drive from where the event is

woodwose

I used a lino/carpet knife for a while to cut thick sole leather, other knives too... decided I don't having to cut in so many passes. I eventually decided to spend $50 on a pair of leather shears that slice through thick leather like butter. Worth every penny in my opinion... though I still want to...

woodwose

This might be a bit too delicate for heavy list, it is what I currently use on my rapier helm... http://mailmaker.tripod.com/armor/facehelm630c.jpg Note that the hinge pin has a small tooth like a key on one end, and the other end is curled over to make a little nub so the pin (its made out of a nai...

woodwose

A couple I've made... http://mailmaker.tripod.com/helms/helmside.jpg I used this one for Rapier with my Landsknecht kit before upgrading into a rapier helm without perf plate. I usually wore a hat over it. http://mailmaker.tripod.com/helms/smallpike.jpg http://mailmaker.tripod.com/armor/flathelms.jp...

woodwose

I ate a lot of pop-tarts. I kinda wish this pick was from the other side so my nicce quiver was visible rather than the sloppy looking baldric for my horn. Guess its time to figure out a better way for the baldric to work..

woodwose

Anyone try a mix of hay and (screened/sifted) dirt for something like this? I'm thinking that the dirt might not pack down as hard because of the hay, and because of the dirt in the mix arrows would not get as burried into to the hay.

woodwose

They were, I remember seeing tons of them at pennsic 10 years ago. Now i have a friend who wants a cheap "get on the field" helm, thought I'd pick up a couple spun tops at pennsic this year and didn't see a single one.

woodwose

Here's a bit of soft kit that I don't have many pictures of since I don't tend to wear it for fencing or fighting (that's what the Landsknecht stuff is for)... so here's some 16th c. non-Landsknecht kit.

woodwose

Aussie Yeoman wrote: Getting to grips with creasing:

thanks for sharing, and that is a really cool looking vise.

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