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Okay, I have a question for whenever Mr. Patrick comes back to this thread. When you're forming the piece and you wind up with excess, as one always would with something like a helmet -or those gauntlets- ...what do you use to trim it? The beverly handles curves on flat metal very well, but somthing...

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You'd be stunned at how CRUDE some of those helms actually were. We automatically think of the finely sculpted bronzes, but many of the actual antiques I've seen look far more pedestrian and provincial.

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The film skips. I slowed it down to look at exactly what happened, and the film skips an enitre cut.

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But it *would* look pretty cool.

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I'd line them up in a vice using a spacer under the heads to get them all even, then whack 'em all off with a sharp cold-chisel. Clean and easy, especially with nails so slender. I don't think there's a faster way.
Collect with a magnet.

But be sure to clean up your workbench first, eh?

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Been ages since I read anything about case hardening. You have to bake that stuff in carbon powder, right? An old Philipino machinist I know told me that for drillbits and other hard tools, their engineer-smiths would bring the piece to red, then quench it in graphite powder. When I brought it up ov...

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All right, I'll put them on my Archive website. That's what it's there for, right? Be forewarned, I'm not saving everything. Most of the hunting paraphanalia -trophies, statues etc- the endless baroque-period coffers, uninteresting books, paintings, and anything post-16th century that isn't a sword ...

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Did. Currently do not. Might start again in near/not distant future.
Any particular reason?

Anyway, this was to be integral in a pair of 15/16th century "armored boxers". I might wind up pointing them straight to my arming hosen, though.

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but those aren't armor.

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[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/Destichado/Codpiece.jpg[/img]

Ummm... yeah. I couldn't think of a more delicate name for a codpiece.

There's a few double entendres in those pictures if you know where to look. I swear they weren't intentional.

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WOW.

and by the way, do you have any idea how much time it takes, going through all these auctions???

Especially when you're saving and filing the pictures and descriptions fof posterity?

I've got 24 done, only 200 more to go!

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Bad! Bad!!! ...well... kinda. That method used to be posted here on the archive, believe it or not. It was taken down becase as our community learned more and more we learned that cold working a spring, especially taking the bend out like that, will lead to microfractures in the steel that very well...

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I've found that tall spanish collar-style gorgets are wonderfull for us.

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William Lee wrote:The one he has displayed is the singlemost hideous bastardization of a sallet attempt I've ever had the misfortune to see in my entire life.

That's only because you haven't seen mine.

Besides, a pattern's a pattern. Should work quite nicely if you take the time and effort to do it nicely.

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what for bonding the foam to the helmet, and what for bonding cloth to the foam?

I'm thinking liquid nails for the one, and a contact cement for the other?

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Woah, woah. Whoever said this wasn't approved? Without the thusting tips, there's nothing in the world against them. With them, there's still nothing against them. -especially in a kingdom that specificly allows butt spikes. There just isn't anyting in the rules *for* them. ...that is, unless you're...

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Well... maybe I was over-thinking this? Geeeez. If I wind up making matched pairs of BOTH of these things... You know how much rattan I'll be using??? Ack! Maybe I'll make some, finish them up nice and sell them for cheap. Let you guys worry about the rattan and the local marshals.

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This is a BIIIIIIG question and this is the wrong forum for it. The simple answer is, "with a forge or a grinder". The forums over at www.Swordforum.com may suit your purposes better, but I should warn you, a sword is not a project for a beginner. Start with a small knife -then, if you haven't given...

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VERY useful! Although I wish I knew which saint was supposed to be the most important on which day.

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Find somebody who had all of Le Jeu copied to disk and saved before it was taken down. "the great" Dr. Sydney Angelo, one of ARMA's pet authors, did one of the translations of Le Jeu. Subsequently, the manual was found by the WMA groups and put online. Angelo's translation was found and used. Angleo...

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I'll have to find a recent picture of my helmet. Oh, it's unique all right.

Most likely there'll never be another one like it -thank god!

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In one sense, I agree. It would be very rigid, yes. In fact, I drew this up when I first came up with the idea. <a href="http://home.armourarchive.org/members/dstchdo/Hilt%20Components.bmp" target=_new><img src="http://home.armourarchive.org/members/dstchdo/Hilt%20Components.bmp" width=389 height=32...

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I own the norse hawk, and it's a fantasticly good little axe. Well balanced, sticks good with two *very* handy points, it's pretty when you strip the paint off, and the ease of purchasing replacement handles is *very* attractive. In fact, when I made my last tomahawk, I made it to accept the Cold St...

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Mine's an inch thick, has a steel face and high pressure hose for edging. It is indestructable. I've even taken hits from This Thing and it didn't even phase it. 26" oblong = 16 lbs. No one in their right mind would EVER want that shield. But it's cool, 'cause I use it to build arm strength.

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Gee, thanks. I already thought of that, drew up the plans and rejected it because it would be unstable and hard use would lead to destruction of the rattan. The ideal is a) stability and rigidity b) ease of construction and c) balance -this -thus far- meets all three. Balance here is, of course, asy...

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That's outstanding!

Magnificent work.

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I was thinking the same thing, but I can't do that, and they'd still be "thrusting tips" -just constructed integraly. I was also wondering if it might not be possible to make a cross-hilt like the one I made out of PVC or Siloflex, weld the plastic and make something that's legal to do the mortschla...

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a) Yup there is, and b) There's no other way to hit people with them in this sport. http://home.armourarchive.org/members/dstchdo/smilies/nod.gif And why all of a sudden is evidence from judicial combat not sufficient provenence? http://home.armourarchive.org/members/dstchdo/smilies/tk2a-eyebrow.gif

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A little over two pounds. When finished I suspect it'll be a little under.

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I wasn't even considering the Mortschlag.

However, I've seen split-rattan greatswords with quillion spikes here in the Middle, Sooooooo...

I'd be happy to make two.

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Mechanics gloves are the best buy I ever made. Get the "Ironclad" brand. I like the comfort of the Craftsman gloves better, but the Ironclads hold up and hold together a hell of a lot longer and better. They are, incedentally, the only glove ever to have been named Tool of the Year by Handyman magaz...

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/Destichado/PA040124.jpg [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/Destichado/Rattan_Swordhilt_Design.jpg[/img] With the photos, I'm thinking this should be *fairly* self explanitory. Sorry about the pool cues, I didn't have rattan handy. The idea of course i...

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Oh, and Mike: D-2 is rediculously expensive in any signifigant size. This is something you find and hoard. You don't buy unless your last name is Wall, Jobs or Gates

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polarbearforge wrote:Actually, its more fun to tell a person that it's W-1 and actually slip them a piece of D-2.

Jamie

You're evil.

Under Armour?

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[SCA] greatsword hilt (pics)