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So I'm about to make this funny-looking axe-like-thing as a surprise for a lovable egghead friend. (for those who care, a it's a swordmace from Ragnaroc Online) He's not really a physical person, I can't imagine him using it on anything more than the scrub trees and weeds in his back yard. I've alre...

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Nice job! What guage?

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a) by padding, I meant like a leather wrap around the handle, so you don't destroy your hands with nasty vibrations kind of padding. b) If you just happen to have 3/4 ing round stock lying around, by all means, use that! You're not threading it on or anything. *I* don't have that kind of stock, so I...

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Shoulder shots are kills, too, if I'm not mistaken.

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Oh My.

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Assuming you were hit hard enought to kill the atriculation, isn't an safe but immoble arm better than a damaged and immoble arm?

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That's fantastic! All of you look terrific! Chef, that's a fascinating bec-de-corbin. I've never seen a pole-axe with a leaf-shaped spear blade before. The head seems a little smallish -how does it work? Have you tried it? And those wouldn't be the english gauntlets I was enquireing about earlier, w...

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Well, since you can weld...! First, you ARE aware that pipe is measured in inner diameter -making your handle awfully big if you want to add any padding. But I'll assume you are. So in your postion, I'd buy a 3/4 inch bolt. Sand, brush or file the crome coating off, and saw off the head. Grind one e...

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why not braze? If your brazing on the flanges you must know how. It ought to be pretty sturdy. IF your doing it with an acetylene torch, why not take a coathanger and weld. I like my welds and brazes to be lapped for more strength if I'm not careful, but done properly a butt-joint should be just as ...

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Can't see a thing. Page won't show up.

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A drill I picked up during my inrtoduction to the Marine Tan Belt program was the "Constant Aggresstion" drill. The objective of constant agression is to throw and land as many blows as is humanly possible in a specified amount of time. Devide the group pairs. For starters, make SURE the pairs are m...

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I noticed Jurgen's pattern -thank you very much, by the way.

Are there any more out there?

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I noticed the cold shut. If that's not what it is, it's an awfully strange way for the steel to oxidise. I'm having forge problems over here, so I'm thinking of cutting the profile out of 1/4 inch plate and welding her up. (I'm good at that) Question is, should I go mild or hc? The Website said it w...

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why not get the Archaeology of Weapons -Oakeshott

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Cad, any ideas, thoughts/tips on a metal version?

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Only solution is to start hunting and thin the herd. Time to smith out a gunbarrel, anyone?

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Handels 16g just fine. 14g is a stretch! Put a cheater bar over the handle, and as long as the bolts are tight, it ought to be okay. You might chip blades, though...

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And others were an integral piece in those "maille boxer breifs" we see on and off throughout the period. That would work, I think.

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Deepka is cheep, and is an up-and coming in the Roman world. Some of it really looks good. BUT DON'T TOUCH ANYTING ELSE OF THEIRS WITH A TEN FOOT SPEAR! Kris Cutlery is also tried and true for performance quality -but not as "pretty" or authentic as the new Deepka stuff. from there on out it just ge...

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Nice. Not my cup of tea -I think it would look better "cleaned up", but I understand there is an art in getting a piece to attain that certain look. It attained it. If it is indeed as solid as they say -it looks like it is- I've nothing but admiration for both the smith that made it and the brave so...

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You're welcome. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif By the way, in case anyone's metric conversion is rusty, it's 29" long http://home.armourarchive.org/members/dstchdo/Cudgel2.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/dstchdo/Cudgel1.jpg [edited because I had posted pics, but figured it would...

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Good God! I WANT IT!!!
I just might make it...

Now how would you make it SCA legal??? Barge cememt rubber strips all the way down the rattan?

Best guess anyone: how thick would you say those fins are, and would you guess the thing is made from mild or HC?

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Damn, one I can really answer, and somebody's already covered everything pretty good! I'll add. If you pin your handle -you're a blade smith, I don't have to explain- I personaly think steel or stainless steel pins show up MUCH better on antler than does brass. No one around here seems to agree with...

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

but better than my first attempt!

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THAT is just COOL.

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God I love smart engineers.
Sure as hell don't want to be one, but you've got to admire their grasp of the physical world.

Bravo Sir. You've just given the willing among us the ammunition to dispell a generation's worth of mythology in the SCA.

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I'd like to say greatsword, but honestly, it HAS to be glave/poleaxe.

Symon, do pass on my regards to the good Sir Rhys. I miss talking about the hunt.

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If I were you, I'd find a piece of clear plastic sheet to cover it and take all the hits!

Good job! did you airbrush or paintbrush? I can't quite tell from that picture

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Well, the top isn't the hardest I've ever seen, but for a begninner, I think it's MORE than sufficent. It's a good price, they're cast steel, they come in a variety of weights, their quality is almost universaly acnowlaged as a starting point to measure the quality of other anvils... You ought to be...

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If you write one, please address how it changes one's riding from the western or english saddle. Being higher above the horse's back, you find that the saddle slipps more than other saddles on a big-barreled horse?

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Yes, but we're bending in two demensions here, and that adds even more difficulty in wood than it does in metal.
The hot water is the key here. (or steam, or ammonia) If you can get the wood flixible, you'll be able to put your dish in it.

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Hell, Ahnold might think about going back to the gym before putting on that helmet and smearing on blackout paint.

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I won't dispute most of what you say, but a Jack was NOT an Arming Doublet. It was armour in its own right, and not insignifigant at that. It seems to have been considered adequate protection against the sword and dagger. I seem to recall a picture of a soldier wearing a placart with an obviously cl...

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Since we're on the subject of X + Placart, what about Jacks? Worn with a placart or no?

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Chef, what did the helmet *look* like? At that time IIRC, sallets were only beginning to emerge as distinct from chapels de fer , and there was a great deal of variation in shape and form. Any examples you can point us towards for the general "feel" of the helmet? (since, after all, it's pretty damn...

Weaponsmaking: a question of "ethics"

Kettlehat paterns?