The Armour Archive

Cedric

You can use a propane torch instead of a heat gun. Works on dulling the edges too...

Cedric

I rivitted leather strips to the inside of mine and hung a camail off of it. Totally killed about 90+% of the ringing (my helmet used to ring ALOT).

Cedric

Buy a jigsaw, costs about $30 new, a hand drill maybe the same. Barrels are free or cheap.. and plastic armor is incredibly easy to make. For what you would spend on DV you could make 5 suits of it yourself easy, and thats counting buying the tools to do it.

Cedric

Anything intentionally aimed at my groin. (legal with thrusting only in An Tir).

I dont care what kind of wierd shot you throw to hit me, please aim for something else. My wife gets kinda upset about people breaking her toys, and I really dont appreciate it much either.

Cedric

Need a kidney?

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Not true.

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What is MDF?

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That helmet rules. I think its my favorite one of all the HW helms I have seen.

Cedric

I get approximately two months out of mine.. Thats figuring in about 2 events a month and 1 practice a week. I also tend to use them past the point where most people would replace them. I usually make a new one right before a big event, that way its still all hard and hits crisp The one I have now I...

Cedric

The most important thing is to have fun. If you dont enjoy what you do, why do it?

Cedric

Yup, that sounds right. My DIY kit is pretty dark also. When I ordered my shirt he told me he was sending it to be polished once it came in, the finished pieces I got were nice and shiny

Cedric

In my Tae Kwon Do class we called this The Force. Maybe if you want to get better at it you should try a few practices with your helmet on backwards

Reach out with your mind, young Padawan...

Cedric

Yup, I have experienced this. I have also had my body go on total autopilot and react to stuff long before my concious mind had time to think about it. Way back when I was a total Tae Kwon Do fanatic I kicked a stick out of my friends hand as he swung it at my head - twice in a row. Both times I was...

Cedric

Forth's is blackened? Mine is just normal mild steel (when I asked him about blackening he told me he wouldnt want to be responsible for bbq'ing a customer's shirt).

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Ewan wrote:
Timo wrote:..and some might hate to hear this name but Avaloc from An tIr was just freaky good.

regards,
Timo

Yep. Never seen anyone better.

Yep again.

Cedric

I think you should weld down the bar that runs down the side of the face opening. If you match the bar up closer to the edge, and then run a weld down the inside only I think it looks a lot better. The gaps between the bars look a little large for SCA fighting also, if they are legal now they look l...

Cedric

To the best of my knowledge, SoFC's mail is made in India also. Im totally happy with the shirt and camail I bought from him.. Have a couple small pieces laying around from where I trimmed the sleeves down a bit. I would be willing to send you a small sample if you send me a SASE. (mine is the alter...

Cedric

Anybody got a good idea for something to treat mail with?

Is there a North American supplier for that Lanotek stuff??

Cedric

How about option three:

Take it or leave it.

Cedric

Yes, I've heard some very complex drumming over the years. Alas, the ones who can do it seldom seem to get together without a larger complement of the other sort...who drag things down to the lowest common denominator. Usually it's one skilled guy, three with mediocre skill, and five drunken banger...

Cedric

There is more to that "doumbek crap" then the one stupid rythm that everyone seems to hate (or love) so much... I have encountered a LOT of SCA drummers who only seem to know that one, but some of us actually do attempt to learn/play things other then Baladi. Just sayin' (Oh, and I agree, male belly...

Cedric

Sir Andreas Eisfalke wrote:Sure, we could do that too....

Well, might be a good business decision, seeing as how thats what everyone seems to want...

Cedric

Hahahaha.... someone is JEALOUS cause you're going to Turkey???

OMG, now I have heard it all...

If I never see that country again I will die a happy man.

Cedric

Damn double post

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Where would someone (outside of Australia) find this Lanotec stuff?

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http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=17895

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How many do you need to order to get a brass run? I might be interested in 100 or so..

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Beautiful.

Cedric

While the first helmet I described could accurately be described as hearsay I really dont think that the second one qualifies. I personally recommended Peter to my friend and so he brought the helmet to me to check out once he got it. Both myself and the senior marshall who runs our practice thought...

Cedric

Peter, I am glad that you found this thread, those were indeed the two helmets in question. I never saw the first helmet, so I cant comment on it (and from what I know of the buyer, I dont doubt your side of the story). The second helmet looked really good, other then the tightness of the opening. A...

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Ashcraft-Baker?

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My shield. Why? A couple of reasons... 1. For years I have used a small centergrip teardrop shield. I do fairly well with it, but I have been told numerous times that I would do better with a "real" shield. The one style that gives the biggest fits is people that fight with center-grip round shields...

Cedric

After rethinking what I said above, I decided that I need to add a little more: I have seen a couple examples of Peter's work, and it is generally well made, with very solid welds and good finish work for the price. If it would fit, I would have no problem trusting my head to one of his helmets - th...

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Decided to remove this comment.

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Gambeson and a mail shirt.