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It look similar to many Byzantine representations of armor. Perhaps, a crusader come back with a foreign panoply?

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Kelby wrote:
Destichado wrote:I take it the new knight is from Trimaris?

Sir Maddach is Meridian.

The trefoil pattern throws one for a loop in that regard.

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Sweet Jesus. When the picture loaded I honestly gasped involuntarily.

What IS it? Is it truly all brass? Or perhaps an aluminum shield with added repouse work, all made to look like brass?

Whatever it is, it's GORGEOUS.

I take it the new knight is from Trimaris?

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This isn't about getting angry and wanting to hurt the other guy. It isn't about proving who is right and who is wrong. It is about demonstrating integrity in standing behind your words. If you don't see it that way, then OF COURSE you would be against the idea and should not take the field, but do...

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question though, when I tempered the metal I started in my smoker and then threw it on the bbq when I realized It wasn't' hot enough. when it was all done the scale had turned an orange color much like copper.... this even happen to anyone else? Will Pickling remove it? (soak in vinegar) Wait, did ...

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Lovely!

What are you planning on doing for the ironwork?

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I've asked about torches before, but I have just one more quick one for those people with weed burners: Is you average weed burner that attaches to a BBQ gas cylinder enough to do rolls and a bit of raising, ie greaves and knees/elbows? Dave No. But it IS valuable for the blowtorch blacksmith, none...

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You need repeated wet-dry cycles in a corrosive. Any corrosive. Piss? Corrosive. Vinegar? Corrosive. Salt water? Corrosive. Ammonia? ...not corrosive to ferrous metals, but ZOMG corrosive to cupric compounds. Rain at Pensic? ...can't comment on corrosive, but it's sure a wet-dry cycle. When I aged a...

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losthelm wrote:makeing glass beads.
If it was a sharp bend tapping them strait would work well but its more of a gradual curve over the intire lenth of the rod.

That only means more, lighter taps. It'll work just fine.

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This might be a dumb question, but could these have been spun on a lathe, like spun domes are? Today, yes. Then, no. They did not possess sufficiently strong tooling to allow the possibility of such a process on ferrous metals. Copper? Sure. I may be way off base, but IIRC, spinning of nonferrous v...

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/3122767710_f823f82635.jpg Adapt to a single rondel. Also, this may or may not be helpful. http://th06.deviantart.net/fs43/150/f/2009/132/f/c/Rondel_Dagger_by_Destichado.jpg It's old work, but I'm still quite fond of the rondel.

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Hey now, there's nothing wrong with making fantasy armor. It's just as legitimate as art and as "guy toys" as any historical piece is.

But I really worry that we might have a case of, "I watched Conan, so I know how to make a sword now -can I borrow your forge?"

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Or a 5# sledge and sheer bloody-mindedness.

(hate, hate, hate!)

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Sweet Jesus. You say this is your first project involving plate... but have you done much (ANY) metalwork before? Like silversmithing, or autobody work? Or at least a good deal of experience in sculpting? Please say yes. If no, this absolutely positively isn't the project to start with. Unless you'r...

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swadges.

I hate trying to swadge in a ridge, I'd rather forge thick and grind thin.

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I got a wild hair the other day to make a late 15th century styled belt buckle that could be worn on a modern belt. Having nothing appropriate in the way of materials, I grabbed a piece of 3/8" bar stock and started smithing. Sometime around the two dozenth upsetting and drawing down, I seem to...

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Exactly. What you're experiencing is variation in TEMPERATURE. Steel's temperature oxides range from (abbreviating) yellow to brown to purple to blue. If you heat the steel to a surface temp of 450F, it will be yellow. If you go 530F, it will be purple. 575? Peacock blue. You can do all this without...

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And a third, if you need. Even if I'm early period. And Irish. Fourth, I don't really give a shit, i just like to fight. I'm not sure if Vitus will be responding to this thread any further; therefore allow me to ease speculation. The gentleman and I have come to an accord, and I believe we are sati...

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Brazing, like all soldering, uses capillary action. You get those two pieces of metal together, and heat to red the area you want brazed, touch the brass rod to the union of the two (on the outside -or in this case, since the brass seems to be a hoop, on the back side,) and your brazing will flow sm...

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My question is when is the correct time to use titles and names and when is the correct time to use just names? Where do YOU stand, relative to them? The relationship ties of blood, friendship, marriage and long association CAN, but do not always, trump relative Social relationships. But, that said...

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But don't pay for a tour. Just wander in looking around, and sort of attach yourself to a paid tour.

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I've seen both greek and etruscan scale. The harness worn looks a lot like a linthorax, and scales cover the middle section from chest to waist. By the number of representations, I gather that this was not an uncommon style of harness.

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http://www.propstore.com/product-Buliwy ... -Sword.htm

It looks like it was probably meant to be/inspired from a repro of the Sword of Buliwyf (Beowulf) from 13th Warrior.

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That's the one! Karen, you're awesome. A trick there, if you don't know it already, is to make your spit out of square stock. You make the "hooks" on the verticals that it sits in tight enough that the square stock won't rotate in it.. and then round the stock where it meets the other hoo...

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I hesitate to stick this on this board because, in all honestly, I'm not overtly trying to be Period here. On the other hand, I find that the ancients had the most practical solutions for things their everyday problems. And Lord knows there's a lot of practical experience on this board. I've not had...

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GOOD thinking. It also looks much less modern. If you decide to go with the viperfish style grill, I would suggest using 3/8" or 1/2" square, and then cutting/grinding/smithing the bar down to a long, tapered diamond shape. The point being, having a very substantial piece of metal for your...

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My brother restores woodworking tools like that. I'll ask and see if he has any advice. Strangest thing; he once completely restored a 60+ year old tablesaw into better-than-new condition. But he didn't want anyone using it because "it uses a non-standard blade size, and it's really doesn't hav...

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$150-200

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I'm in.

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A few washers and some new rivets and you should be good.

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Hi Destichado, I need to add argon gas to my little mig welder and was wondering if the regulator for that is the same as a reg for acetalene? I have one to use if they are the same. Nope. But the reg for your oxy tank is the same. The Acetylene regulator should a) be reverse threaded, b) have a ca...

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Heh, and I have a tank and regulator for a buzz box we don't have anymore. I'd let you have it, too, but being that you're in Akron and I'm in Cincy, the drive up and back would cost more than the tank! Good find. For the cost of free, I'd just take it up to a welder repair shop and have them give i...

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Elkskin gloves have been the finest I've ever owned.

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Point of order: it's not a linisher if it's slack-belt. If it has a flat platten behind it, it can be a linisher. If it's slack, it's just a belt sander/grinder. Now, what exactly did you want to know about belt grinders? Quite a few of us here could probably walk you through building one from scrat...

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Place the top piece on the bottom piece and outline the top on the bottom with a solder stop like brushable white out or better still a profesional solder stop. Then solder. The solder will not run out onto the surface with the solder stop because it is "dirty". I could kiss you. I KNEW t...

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