The Armour Archive

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Torum, nice kit.

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You might search through posts by Otto, here. He recently (several months ago) quit his job and began making armour full time. He has been posting updates in a diary form from time to time cronicling his progress.

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knitebee wrote:still thinking about putting a moto or something around the band, not sure yet.

Ingressus bellus, egressus siccus?

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My post seriously wasn't intended asan "It's already been posted," post. Just linked to it because there were some amusing (to me) responses.

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Are the sides going to be matching fabric or something different? It's looking good, I really like the red at the top.

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Brandr,

Looks great and will really set you apart at events.

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I got one of his cards at Estrella and PMed you his email address.

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You should get one of his gorgets. It's the most comfortable (read least chokinest) one I have ever had on.

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Yes and no. A reserve is a way to start an auction off extremely low hoping to build excitement and spark a bidding frenzy driving the price higher while still maintaining a safety net for the seller. From my experience, it generally works better in a live auction than an ebay one although I'm sure ...

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Other than Maeryk getting pissy about people complaining about the crap factor, there are some funny comments about it here

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Check under miscellaneous.

http://icefalcon.safeshopper.com/7/141.htm?157

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gorget, elbows and knees? Cheap, good, fast as hell? You want Stonekeep. I believe he even carries some Otto helms in stock.

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So a brother and even a sister-in-law? Nice.

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http://icefalcon.safeshopper.com/7/104.htm?157

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I found it here. I found that from The Atlantia everything you ever wanted to know about anything pages.

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He kind of seems to me like he is more ignorant about it than dishonest. I shot him an email saying what it probably was. If he got taken at the estate sale he got it from, he might not believe me, if he's dishonest he might ignore me, he might also change the description/reserve. I guess we'll see.

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You might try asking here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_beekeeping/

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I hate reserves. Any chance you want to share what they are?

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I don't know danfrombham and am not attacking him personally, but he signed up on the 22nd of February, offers custom made gamesons on the 8th of March and has made one post not related to this thread. Hal needs to drop by and post just so we have his signature in this thread. Best of luck to all.

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Keep your head down and the sand out of your shorts. Make it back safely.

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Ya know, there's a whole off topic board. It's down at the bottom under "Off Topic Posts" ;)

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Happy Birthday and congratulations on the welder. I look forward to seeing the results.

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Good luck. Sounds like it will be great when it's done. Keep us posted and supplied with progress pics, please.

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I've seen them in person. They are nice.

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Did you make this?

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I was going to email you tonight to make sure it had been sent. I just checked the adress that I sent you and it was wrong. I guess it was too late at night for me to have tried emailing. I resent the email with the adress corrected. My appologies for the screwup. Freiman, if you read this, I sent y...

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I will be wearing a metal hat, true. It will be as well ventilated as possible. Part of that plan is the suspension liner because it seems to me that 120Â° air around my head would still be preferable to 120Â° air around the quilt on my head. I'm definitely staying away from foam.

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Are you a padded a cup, I mean did you measure with pads?

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I remember looking at that one or one a lot like it. It seems like that would be really hot in the summertime.

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Hal, I appreciate the picture, it's a lot like what I had in mind, which is more of a hardhat liner than a thick hot quilted liner or foam. I realize now that I was vague in my original question.

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Sha-ul thanks for the suggestion/bump.

Halberds, that is helpful although I wonder if it is enough padding for SCA combat.

Knitebee, I'm getting a helmet made, so I have some control right now to adjust as needed.

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I can. I don't know any of them, but anyone who is going to go to the effort to trademark their name has to have a leg up.

Count Padraig Gliadrach OÃ¢â‚¬â„¢Ceallaigh
fighting for
Countess Elsa Snakenborg

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Wow. I figured this would be an easy one. Bump?

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I'm getting a helmet. I want to use a suspension liner, How much gap around my head do I need?

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Sieghart wrote:And women say size don't matter.... let 'em deal with the 28' machete :lol: :twisted:

It's not the size of the machete, it's how hard you chop the bush.

Suspension liner gap