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by Magmaforge
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:19 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Recently finished gauntlets.........
Replies: 25
Views: 851

Mr. Russ, thank you for sharing those. They are unbelievably beautiful.

I LOVE THIS BOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:10 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Articulated Leather Legs (pics)
Replies: 8
Views: 416

Uilleag, you freaking rock!!! effing-gorgeous!!
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:11 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Kid's Halloween costume for this year
Replies: 11
Views: 560

link coming up dead :sad:
by Magmaforge
Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:40 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: #14 from Churburg?
Replies: 14
Views: 407

Mike F wrote:Karl, I owe you a beer. I've been trying to figure out how to make that stopping rib, and there it is, right in front of me! Some heat and a steel bar and I'm set. It's just folded, rolled and generally worked.


wow! The stop rib is curled around the rivets at either end. Neat!
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:50 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Monday Morning Train-In
Replies: 17
Views: 292

Left my back alone so it could recover from an injury I got a few weeks ago. Did some very slow guardia transition, playing with guardia variations in weight-distribution and blade placement. Slept a lot so I could get over being sick. That slows down my training too :oops:
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: upcoming tanto
Replies: 1
Views: 107

a very, very pretty piece Krag. Nice work!
by Magmaforge
Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:54 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking for a good ash staff to make into a spear
Replies: 4
Views: 138

http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/index.htm
click on "staffs" in the column on the left. The octagonal ones look nice. The sizing is very nice too, IMHO.
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:17 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Wallace Collection looking for a new Curator
Replies: 15
Views: 524

The applicant must have
A demonstrable interest in arms and armour as works of art


art students..... :roll:
by Magmaforge
Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:32 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Preserved Roman armor found - arm harness!
Replies: 8
Views: 446

please let it be the real thing.... please let them document it meticulously...please get SOME FREAKING PICS TO US!!!!!!!

breathe. okay. breathe....
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:00 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Black Belt magazine's review of WMA
Replies: 4
Views: 625

nope, but I sure am interested.... nothing on the internet that I can find on it...
by Magmaforge
Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:09 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Madus from Hell!!!!!
Replies: 19
Views: 435

my pet theory is that the hewing and judicial shields in period may have been made from cuir boili...I don't think anyone would have been able make a wooden equivalent light enough to be wieldable and strong enough to last out a single fight. I would argue that they don't need to last more than a s...
by Magmaforge
Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:57 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Talhoffers Sword and Buckler
Replies: 5
Views: 181

Stated in another way, everything you do in single sword can be done in sword and buckler. The opposite is not, necessarily, true. Single sword can be viewed as a subset of the total body of sword and buckler combat. an excellent job! I think the majority of people out there that have looked at Tal...
by Magmaforge
Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:54 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: watered steel???
Replies: 21
Views: 406

some images of damascus steel, showing the "watered" appearance;
http://www.atar.com/index.php?module=pa ... sition=4:4
Also check the gallery
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:42 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Talhoffers Sword and Buckler
Replies: 5
Views: 181

very nice work, Jester. The parry with sword & buckler together in image 2 has often reminded me of True Guardant... one imagines that it could be replaced with the turned-around sword shown by Talhoffer elsewhere...
so, what was the question put to you?

-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:26 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I.33 Online Video
Replies: 6
Views: 215

Jester, thank you for spending some much time focussed on this project. It is a great service to all of us. It's not flashy at all -in fact, it puts me very much in mind of Aikido. This here is a style for wise gray foxes, not young firebrands. Anyone else thinking the same thing? I think it all dep...
by Magmaforge
Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:52 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Learn Old English Online
Replies: 3
Views: 108

rock! Thanks!
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:41 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Now for something shiney. (Moore Mandy!! warning)
Replies: 94
Views: 7426

ABHAMMER wrote:I wont show the whole photo of this one online :twisted: But you can see my left arm holding on to her left arm.

AB Hammer


:shock:
by Magmaforge
Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:14 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: pics of gorget
Replies: 5
Views: 305

very, very nice work. Keep at it! :D
by Magmaforge
Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:21 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Military technology?
Replies: 9
Views: 308

I would recommend looking into "Reconstuctive Archaeology" for professors focusing on your area/time of interest =)
by Magmaforge
Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:30 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I.33
Replies: 2
Views: 183

I would also like to say thank you to you Jester for continuing your work on this project. Would that I could find time to do so serious investigation of this I.33 stuff....
by Magmaforge
Sun Oct 03, 2004 7:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Dealing with students who seem insecure
Replies: 20
Views: 396

one (1) "interesting" fighter + one (1) SCA duke for 10 rounds. Repeat as neccesary until humilty or death results. I have an acquaintence like this. He knows enough to hurt other people, but not enough to realize that he hasn't already heard anything that can be given to him as advice on martial ar...
by Magmaforge
Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:58 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: (WMA) greatsword or hand and 1/2?
Replies: 11
Views: 279

As Angus pointed out, Fiore uses his "Spadone" in one hand for the one hand sword section, and in two hands in the more commonly known longsword section. If you are over 6 ft and your partner is too, using the longer aluminum for both of these sections shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise, I'd recommen...
by Magmaforge
Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:44 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Super dense maille.
Replies: 8
Views: 354

I'd say it is a bit too dense at that guage, and at that gauge it will be pretty heavy. 5 to 8 mm ID with 18-19 ga rings would be much lighter, and flow like water. It's still damn impossible to force that weave apart. Wear it under your jacket for a harder hike during the day.
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:19 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Latest Project (Pics)
Replies: 13
Views: 558

Uilleag, nice work! I would like to see the breast and back meet over the shoulders, but that's me. :D
by Magmaforge
Sun Sep 26, 2004 10:47 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: New Rondel Dagger
Replies: 11
Views: 274

In the realm of false edges on roundel daggers, I offer this; it is based on a fresco which I am sure you can look up. Alternatively, you could email the folks at Arms & Armour and ask them if they know of any pictoral evidence/images of originals with that element available online.
-Mag =)
by Magmaforge
Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:44 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: My kit
Replies: 25
Views: 487

Spy vs. Spy, anyone? Someone needs to make a diametrically opposed surcoat now, to represent your twin...
by Magmaforge
Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:33 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: New Rondel Dagger
Replies: 11
Views: 274

interesting characteristics indeed, Destichado!
When I said triangular cross-section, I meant more along the lines of an equilateral triangle. You dagger clearly has a thick spine, lending it an acute triangular cross-section :D
by Magmaforge
Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:09 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: New Rondel Dagger
Replies: 11
Views: 274

very nice! Does it have a sharp edge? I like flattened diamond or triangular cross-section roundel blades more, but this is very nice.
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:56 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: 1390's Kit... advice wanted
Replies: 13
Views: 318

you know, Fiore finished his book in 1409... check out the armoured section. http://www.varmouries.com/wildrose/fiore/fiore.html
also, http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/at47.htm
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:44 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finished Monty Python type helm.
Replies: 28
Views: 691

Halberds wrote:Besides... I still have the Barbuta of Damocles hanging over my head


Hal, I daresay that is the funniest thing I have heard in a month.
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:04 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What is China doing with all the steel, anyways?
Replies: 28
Views: 585

you know.... they're probably stockpiling ammo too...
Nothing to see here....move along... :?
by Magmaforge
Tue Sep 21, 2004 10:13 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Gambeson buttons
Replies: 23
Views: 431

try here (last post) and here and this might be exactly what you are looking for :D
by Magmaforge
Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:33 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Gambeson buttons
Replies: 23
Views: 431

try using the search function above the text window here to look for "cloth buttons" or "gambeson" or somesuch. I expect that the seamstresses and seamsters will pounce on this topic soon...
Oh.... and welcome to the Archive!!
-Mag :D
by Magmaforge
Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:16 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Painting or Powder coating Spring Steel?
Replies: 18
Views: 246

BdeB wrote:Duke Logan took his new leg armour from Mrks off and put it on me and then hit me with tonage in the leg. It was amazing. Despite the weight, the combo of the metal and whatever foam Mrks uses totally dampened the shot.


MRKS rocks!!! :D
by Magmaforge
Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:55 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Fantasy armor, still working... pics
Replies: 6
Views: 456

cool. Do y'know anyone that can fit a square backplate like that? :?

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