The Armour Archive

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Thomas Powers wrote:If you were local I'd trade welding up a couple of ball stakes for mowing my yard!

Thomas

??? mow what? I didn't see any grass

but that was one big bug on the wall

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Angusm0628 wrote:Well I'm home for a day or so...Despite my strict orders NO LABOR while I'm at Pennsic.. It appears my granddaughter has decided not to listen and put Mom in labor last night....

Hopefully this goes well and I can make it back for the bridge battle..

I hope all goes well on the home front.

sha-ul

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Another option you have is to normalize the piece, take a torch, heat the piece up to at least a dull red, or you can take it to the point where it is nonmagnetic, then either let the piece cool on a fire brick in still air, or for a longer cool down put it in the middle of a box or bucket filled wi...

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if something is case hardened the hardened layer is only a few thousandths thick, once you wear through that, it might be a much softer steel. which wouldn't do as well

sha-ul

Mr Powers was mentioning the other day that many cheaper files are case hardened, that could be the case with the one you have.

edit to add, lots of flowering sparks should be a good thing

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Halberds is a master at making Sabatons

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NeeSayer wrote:
Baron Alcyoneus wrote:

That's an awesome picture, and quite the pretty lady

Yes she is

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You can always give up on the whole 15th century thing and go late 16th, just so you can carry a pocket watch. You can buy a pretty good replica here: [url] m[url] Honestly, if you are already tethered to a watch, the key is to make it unobtrusive. On the wrist is right out. You could look for a vi...

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DA, Let me see if I can get them posted. My pictures are way too big for the AA limits. Another comes up in 1359 in the Register of Prince Edward. It list 2 helms, only one specifically mentioned for 'the joust'. None are listed to have smaller helmets used with them but he does give palets (skull ...

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you might try selling them here

http://www.libertywatchradio.com/swap_shop

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Isabella E wrote:
Leo Medii wrote:I would so go to a lightsaber event.....

No...really, I would so go to a lightsaber event.

Come to Atenveldt. We're lousy with em.

but do they actually glow?

sha-ul

if it was homemade, they did a decent job. I don't think I got hurt too badly for $15.00

I really would like to see it in a museum as it is in good shape.

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Balthazar von Knopf wrote:Ive also done this style out of spring steel...

for 425.00

Balthazar

those are nice looking gauntlets.
What material& thickness are they?

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I found this thing at an auction Yesterday, the price was right, so I didn't get hurt, but I think it belongs in a museum. http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/100_3737.jpg http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/100_3736...

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My Mrs has been talking about giving heavy a go, I wonder if it would fit her

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Italo Norman wrote:no reply??

evidently not

sha-ul

how big was the hammer you were using for the rivets?
it looks like you were using quick rivets, I generally used the setting punch for these. that might also help with minimizing accidental impacts.

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Sha-ul, thank you for the link to the previous thread. Was the armor made for daily wear or strictly for "roughhousing" time? In gratitude, - Greylond Mostly for rough housing, as that was when we felt the greatest danger for a whack to the port. When he had his hickman, the nurses made u...

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Fwiw, Johannes@ windrose had some nifty armour stands at Lilies for sale,& I imagine he will have them at Pennsic for a reasonable price. I didn't see them until he was packing his truck, I really should have gone back with my coin& grabbed one. then again maybe I could catch up to him again...

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could you drip some glue onto the spot to keep it from fraying& running?

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if you were going the wax route, would it hurt to use a heat gun to warm the steel& open up the pores of the metal to soak up the wax?

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Not everyone runs great sales during the year, so their might not be much difference between what you can get online and what you can get at war. The larger merchants with the huge stocks will give their best deals during the slow season on line. Getting your hands on the armor and trying it on for...

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Chris, what are you planning on doing for the roof?

also will you be anchoring this to the ground for wind?

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Is the recurve available, or has dibs been called?

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A between-washings trick I learned here on the Archive is to smoke the gamby over a stick or two of incense, tenting it over the sticks. (As I said then, if you use frankincense-scented sticks, your odor is one of sanctity. If you use patchouli, your odor is one of hippies.) this made me laugh for ...

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Ironbadger wrote:I have no use for the lint, but I am highly amused by the story.....

-Badger-

heh heh heh

sha-ul

from the photos it could almost pass as a set of coveralls

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I encountered a similar situation a while back

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... 308#838308

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I have a question along similar lines, I have a pair of Ice Falcon's sleeves that I need to attach to a gambison, any ideas?

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wcallen wrote:I don't have online shots of the first arms we did, but these were the second pair:

http://www.allenantiques.com/R-xx.html

Not perfect, but they turned out ok.

Wade

heh, I think I have the elbows from that set, or a related harness

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Cisco wrote:Ok, come on guys...be nice.

He has something that most of us aren't interested in, we gave an opinion, no need to mock him.

I'm certainly not mocking him, I think these could be readily re-purposed into cookware

sha-ul

What hit the ground behind you when you were hit?

anybody seen a forge blower like this?