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Duuuude!

I WANT #5. I do think I shall have to make that.

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It's a place to start. Going to SCA figher practice and learning the basics there, is likewise a place to start. I got Clement's book before checking out the SCA. I was imprressed. As I gained more perspective, I became proportionaly less impressed. I don't know where you are in your knowledge of sw...

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Doesn't Mandrake make one similar? Don't know his address to find out...

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[edit]Geee... what I orrigionaly wrote was really rude. Didn't mean to sound like that at all. But as I'm sure you've noticed, coming right off a bad day at work greatly influences the way you sound -even on line. [/edit] Gee, I take time off the archive, and look what happens. Someone makes an EASY...

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I'm pretty certain that the ancients would have given the weight of a horse in gold if they could have had one of our thuroughbreds. The Run for the Roses would have blown them away. Even so, horses are so... "individual" that I doubt anyone would be able to say "this breed makes the finest warhorse...

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If, as you say, she hasn't been ridden in 4 months, it's not that she's too big, she's just out of shape! Horses left in their stall or out in the pasture get fat and lazy just like we do. Work her some! (that means have much fun!) Make her run some, you could try taking up jumping (although I'd ser...

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uh... No. They drive on the right side for a very simple reason - The ROMANS marched on the left side of the road. Every where the Romans conquered, they marched on the left side -and conciquently forced local trafic to conform. This endured through the ages, until Napolion, who decided he was great...

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Besides that, a Heavy Hunter just FEELS right. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I climb up on a horse that's taller than me at the shoulder! I feel more helpless than anything else. (by which I mean, I don't feel like I could FIGHT very well at all.) My legs aren't be long enough ...

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My appologies! Didn't mean to malign the hero, but again, The only thing I found on him -in english- was someone drawing parralels b/wn Robin Hood and the Cid, and saying it reminded him of Il'ya Murometz. I figured, "hmm... common thread? Okay, they're popular outlaws." Happy to be mistaken. Very i...

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Has anyone heard of this fellow? From what I can infer from maybe two lines of text, the fellow was either a famous bandit or outlawed warrior, seemingly falling somewhere between Robin Hood and El Cid. Since most Americans don't care much about Russia or Russians -other than the fact they they're n...

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On the second: Much! You'll either spend: a)little, and have a large, heavy S.word L.ike O.bject, or b) more than you want to. Search e-bay or altavista if you want something to whack grass with; go to swordforum.com, hang about, and contact the people the forumites tend to defer to if you want the ...

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I have a few big really old tanks -one probably 120, and 2 maybe 300-400 lb. tanks. They've been out in the weather, and I don't know their condition, but I'd like to use the 120. Is there somewhere I can get ti tested? using an acetylene regulaor to go off my fuel tank -whatever size. ::sigh:: I so...

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From the time you started, aproxinately how long did it take you in working hours to build your forge?

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And advice! And Persuasion! 'Cause I'm SCARED! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/frown.gif I've been a purist. I started with coal, and I meant to end with coal. I think I'm the only guy in the wold who actualy asked for one english standard ton of coal for christmas. Didn't get it. I'm tired of wait...

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Santa brought me a good old model 1894 slab-side lever action in .44 Remington Magnum. I will take on all comers in groups of ten. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif Better armour up, I hear simunition really smarts! That and Embleton's Medieval Soldier. Still haven't figured out ho...

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For Heaven's sake! 10 years ago, was anyone? Maybe 3 people? 5 tops?

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A good rule of thumb, no mater what game you're playing, is to find a REAL weapon that you would be using in your persona, and go from there. That said, figure between 3-5 pounds, 5 being way on the upper end. 4 or just a hair over would work great. Ahm, how would you be attaching these two addition...

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A body has to get up pretty early in the morning to get in a "gotcha!" on these fellows! Magnificent work. Mr. Hedgecock, while we have you here, how closely should the side-facing profile of the cuirass follow the profile of the human body? My brother has comented, seeing pictures of 15th century c...

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Tolkein FOUGHT for his spelling! He sent his first book to the publisher, and they sent it back with every "elven" crossed out in red ink with the word "elfin" written above it. For his time, Tolkein came so far our of left feild that he had to educate/indoctrinate the entire world about *his* world...

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...shear strength. That would make sense. My brother and I wanted a swinging target for the pellet gun, so we used a circle of orange lexan that was srap from somebody elsed project. Smacked it on the anvil with a 3# hammer... No effect. Set it up, shot it with an air-rifle... KER-SHATTER! Something...

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Very Nice!

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Didn't we have a discussion a while back about "buskins" being something like gaiters or half-chapes? I remember the authorities said there was some sort of distinction but I can't remember what it was... I think it ought to do the trick for you... Perhaps someone remembers? Personaly, I owuld go wi...

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Like I said, I've never worked with Lexan. Can you use PVC Cement, is there a special cement, or what does one use?

Can you bend it? I was thinking of making two halves of a shell to cut down the profile and save materiel, but I suppose I could just make a smaller scabbard out of the scrap...

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and why did the ancients feel comfortable making sword hilds from it?

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Title says it all. I read an intervie with the swordsmith from LoTR (Peter Lyon?), in which he mentioned that the Scabbards were made of Kevlar, covered with leather and period fittings to make thin, nearly indestructible sheaths for the swords. I inquired about anyone making something similar on an...

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oooo boy. First off, before anyone else jumps on you, the "bloodlines" in weapons of this period are refered to as "fullers," and contrary to popular belief, the purpose had nothing to do with blood (as far as any evedence we have indicates) and the purpose, on earlier period swords (think ye olde v...

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Oh... Dear... God...

That's ammazing.

Good to have you back Wombat!

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I'm in the area just across the river, although no longer active SCA. The group is pretty darn BIG, and both fighter practice and court are held in the ciry itself. We get LOTS of people from other barronies coming to practice -mostly beacuse a few of the kingdom's better known heavy-hitters, Duke F...

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And what tools do you have to make it? Metal is hard stuff; it's not like we could tell you to "soak it in brine for three days or until soft, remove, and use a wooden scraper to shape and remove materiel." Although sometimes I wish I could... Also, the THICKNESS of the speing is important. How thic...

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What's this?

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Gee, the AD&D toys I saw on the net weren't all that far off, then...

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EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!!

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Oh yes, I've done that! [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif[/img] Isn't it annoying, having to cut off the last three inches of that piece you wanted to use??? I read that when the metal burns, it is unsuitable for use, and should be removed. Does this apply to the entire piece, or ju...

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What does this thing look like?
And where can one find info about it?

Quick web-search yealded nothing but Dungeons and Dragons items...

For our Eastern European Specialists: Il'ya Murometz

Switching from Coal to Propane -Need moral support!

What is "latten"

Lexan -OOP construction of period-esque scabbard