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Is that the one that looks like an oversized roto-zip bit?
and you're right about the stink! that burnt smell can knock you over if you're not ready for it.

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Fascinating! I've been wanting to make a knife handle out of a deer femur, and I think this is just the way to do it!

Many thanks!

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Good God! I had no idea the Good Man quit! I've actualy been looking around for his posts!

Sir Vitus, we can't lose you too!

Oh dear...

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A straight pin, or do you rivit it?

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Sure! The SCA!

Seriously, no-one is, because no-one can. There are no known extant fightbooks that cover pre 14th century (heck, not even pre 15th century) sword and sheild combat.

I'm afraid that in this case, SCA methods of movement and sheild use are about as authenic as you're gonna get.

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The Medieval Soldier: 15th Century Campaign Life Recreated in Colour Photographs
by Gary Embleton Out of Print

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Raibeart:
You could always look up Bran Mac Morn -for the SCA, that ought to be pictish enough!

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by valen: Ideal weapons for hacking and stabbing from behind shields....crap for slashing. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ah, why do you say that? The concensus in the WMA commu...

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Uh... right.

You'd think the last two posts would have come in reverse order, wouldn't you?

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gee... Sasha, how would you reccomend starting out?

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Blade, cross, handle, pommel, pean over the tang. I got that one down pretty good. Blade, sandwitched between wood slats, riveted and epoxyed together. Yup. Like that one. Blade, wrap leather, shoestring, parachute cord around it until it's the right size. That one seems like a cop-out to me. So I'v...

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Here is roughly the extent of what I know: grooves are cut into a base metal, and a different, filler metal is pounded into the groove. It's better to do this with soft metals, considering the amount of labor involved. That's about it. I want to know everything! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smil...

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Oh, what a heartbreaker...

Beautiful work.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Aminata: ...do you think a person could use the sword pictured(in pieces) for light playing around ie- cutting air? Would you try it?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Good Heaven...

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I'm rather impressed. I've seen pictures of authentic swords with tangs not much larger than these. If the tang was just slightly wider at the hilt, I wouldn't call it a rat-tail at ALL! As is, it's something of a stretch.

Look Here to decide for yourself.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Aminata: I saw a site somewhere on the internet where they showed Narsil or one of the other swords in all of its component parts, <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> OOO! Where???

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Something to piddle around with while riding long distances?

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I'll second that! More seriously. No. It is not, nor are any of the others. By their own admission, they're built with rat-tail tangs, and the Martial Arts community views them as unsafe for practical use. Sting, I would say, is probably the safest to use as is, considering the short length of the b...

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Yes, but even if you look in Medieval soldier, you'll see a good deal of variation in the depth of the helmet.

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VERY enlightening, THANK you! You just answered more questions than I'd had the wit to think of thus far. A few that still remain: The Medieval saddle with it's added height and high horn and... er, backplate? Heel? seems especialy well-suited for mounted combat. For the common man who would never s...

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HEY! I liked Gimli's helmet. The rest I could do without, but I liked the helmet.

But. The helmet of the Roharim wins hands down.

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I've never used doubble reins, what's the purpose of them?

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by schreiber: Hey, now, you're ripping on Samus Aran too, and thats not cool... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Not necessarily! Those shoulders were metal muscles, they served a purpose...

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The above really came out a harsher than I intended it, especially when I consider my own lack of skill. I tried to critique like I hope I'm critiqued when I post my work, and I think I wound up picking way too many nits.

Sorry, please don't take it the wrong way.

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Overall, I'm impressed. Robert, A question on those antler handled knives: How do you keep the knife in the handle without a peaned tang or thru-pins? Epoxy??? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif (Doing it the olde-fashioned way (whatever that is) is a trick I haven't learned yet. EPOXY -cure...

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Ya know, things like this are why God made garages... Find someone with a garage. Alternately, I think pre-heating the MAILE would work better than letting it sit in the brew longer, as it were. I'm concerned that should you let it sit, the flux will boil off, and the tin (which I'm given to underst...

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I'm in awe...

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And on Arms & Armour, I've heard nothing but good reviews, and on top of that, they were endorsed but Eward Oakshotte himself.

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Something wrong with Netsword we should know about? [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/confused.gif[/img]

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That visor's a little long, don't you think?

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Uh, gee, that didn't come out right at all.

What I meant was, this solution removes the hair. use this, and you won't be able to keep it.

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Destichado's re-usable solution: -bucket of water big enough to cover all the hide -bucket of ash from burnt hardwood (I don't know that softwood wil work...) -eggs, or potatoes pour some ash into the water and stir. Let it sit for a bit (the time it takes to walk over to the table and get the egg i...

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Odd, they're listing the blade material as 420 J2 Stainless. I'd been under the impression that the blades were designed in high-carbon from the get-go...

Clarification?

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Well, you could cover the whole handle with mastic, or you could build a little "wall" of wax over and under the blade and all around the handle, if you follow me. Or you could just remove the hilt and put up with re-peaning http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif (assuming you haven't epoxied it ...

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Where do you put the blower on a gas forge?
I've only seen venturi models...

Attaching atypical handles onto atypical blades

Inlay Work -I need help!