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- Mon Jan 15, 2001 5:51 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Goodbye
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Garridan: [B]You know you'll be back, Black Prince... You can never truly leave the Borgive. Every night for the next ten years you will wake up, thinking, "Plastic SUCKS! That's why!", and you'll know, the only way to make it stop is to come back to the Borgive. Every ti...
- Sun Jan 14, 2001 8:35 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Shield wall advice?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 104
yeah, buddy, your gonna get creamed! and it's gonna be great! i envy you, your first large melee against people you have never fought against. what a rush! that has got to be one of the all time great feelings. as for advise, it's not going to be the guy in front of you, or the guy on either side of...
- Tue Jan 09, 2001 9:00 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Angle Grinders - opinions sought
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14
- Tue Jan 09, 2001 8:43 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: SCA Legal Finger Gaunts
- Replies: 39
- Views: 48
- Tue Jan 09, 2001 6:27 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Eagle's Talon Armoury -Info Needed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6
deal with brian with confidence, he's terrific to work with and his quality is unreal for the price. i figure he must be a "kept man", you know, rich older women keeps him around just for the weekends and armour is something so he can amuse himself monday through friday. *jk* I have a klappvisor bas...
- Sun Jan 07, 2001 9:26 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Shield snatch/trap tips?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 58
never had much succes with this stuff against righties, mostly because i try to stay out of range and mobile unless i'm actually throwing a blow. the easiest trick for me to use is the pretty basic shiels snatch, i.e., use the point of my shield to peel his out a bit as i throw a shot to the right (...
- Fri Jan 05, 2001 6:27 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Padded Jupon, et al
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10
hey, pietro, if youre at meeting on wed., Ill talk to you about what you need to look out for. I've made a couple of these coat armors and really, its pretty easy. Oh, about the batting, there is a cotton-wool blend quilt batting that is perfect for this purpose. great stuff, and it's damn near peri...
- Thu Jan 04, 2001 6:23 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Internal Chin Strap points
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27
what??!!?? no Barge Cement? how do you live?? it seems a stupid question, but have you tried ordering it over the net? I'ld be happy to mail you a can if you really cant get t at all, the stuff is indespensible! and by the way, what the marshal cant see, the marshal rarely asks about. the question o...
- Wed Jan 03, 2001 10:05 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Internal Chin Strap points
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27
i kind of hate to say it, just in case callum (local marshal who carries digital calipars in his box to fighter practices!) reads this, but i glue my strap points in. four point suspension, using a big, wide patch to glue. prep the inside of the helm with mek, let dry, and barge cement it in. had my...
- Wed Jan 03, 2001 6:43 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: besegews -5 for spelling
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10
besegews -5 for spelling
so, i was lloking through a few books for styles of besegews, and i had a hard time finding any, anyone got a good aidea when they were popular and on what types of armor?
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Johnathon
pax, pax, est non mi pax
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Johnathon
pax, pax, est non mi pax
- Wed Jan 03, 2001 6:35 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: cruciform hilt sca single handed swords
- Replies: 19
- Views: 89
- Tue Jan 02, 2001 9:18 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Combat archery
- Replies: 42
- Views: 192
while i will probably never give up my glaive for anything else, it sure is nice to be seal-clubbing the snot out of the bad guy's shield wall and yell over my shoulder "hey you, archer, make that duke with the spear get back behind the lines over there" Even if the archer doesnt get the kill, havin...
- Tue Jan 02, 2001 8:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: What do you think about scrap stainless?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7
- Tue Jan 02, 2001 7:52 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: cruciform hilt sca single handed swords
- Replies: 19
- Views: 89
- Tue Jan 02, 2001 4:57 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: cruciform hilt sca single handed swords
- Replies: 19
- Views: 89
cruciform hilt sca single handed swords
I purchased one of Anshem Arms single handed sword hilt and pommel sets last month. I finally put it all together and used it for the first time last night. Holy Lightening this has got to be the best broadsword i've used in the sca! talk about fast, I was spooking myself! It was great!! http://www....
- Sun Dec 31, 2000 4:25 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Aluminum shields
- Replies: 15
- Views: 114
i fight sca, and the part that lways gets crunched the worst on plywood shields is the leading edge/upper corner. this is probably due to the disproportionate number of really quick hard whacking lefties i fight around here. i dont think anything is worse for chewing up shields than a lefty swingin'...
- Sun Dec 31, 2000 4:17 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Great Helm Padding
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8
- Sun Dec 31, 2000 4:15 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Great Helm Padding
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8
hey ag, emailled you about the aventaille 5/8 may be allright by itself as long as it's good foam e.g. anything other than blue camper foam.although ive used blue foam as a first layer in helms that have empty spaces like great helms, it seemed a big waste of money to fill up air space in the helm w...
- Sun Dec 31, 2000 10:09 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Aluminum shields
- Replies: 15
- Views: 114
having crunched through about a shield a month, it got so bad i made two, count em, two shield presses so i wouldnt have to go begging for blanks from my buds. About a year or so ago, i traded the work in building four al. shields for the aluminium for my own. havent had to make i anew one yet, just...
- Sat Dec 30, 2000 6:09 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Archive work in progress
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7
the "how do i post a pic on the forum" fag should help. galon, thanks! i guess i'll just have to start a thread and con peeps into posting their own, huh? oh, yeah, i will send those patterns on to you as soon as I find the disc i dropped em on to. let's see, I had em here a minute ago....... ------...
- Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:06 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Archive work in progress
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7
how about a gallery for peoples current projects/new tricks? I know ild love to see everybodies stuff and get comments on my own stuff,too. I've seen the "gallery of kits ' page, iforget the url, it's up there in the scroll bar, i'm sure, but that's really not what i have in mind. Just a thought sin...
- Sat Dec 30, 2000 2:10 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Braveheart Brigandine (PICS)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18
- Fri Dec 29, 2000 6:33 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: maille aventail
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29
circumrence is about 30", hanging about 11-12", with a rise for the cheeks and covering the chin, (just like the black prince effigy) 14 gauge galv. 5/16" i.d. expanded/ing ring construction, no seams any other info you might need? thanks for the responce! i love you guys!! ------------------ Johnat...
- Fri Dec 29, 2000 6:08 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: maille aventail
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29
maille aventail
i'm looking for someone to knit me an aventail for my new Klappvisor i'm finishing up. I really really really really hate hate hate knitting maille and if I have to do it i will take shotguns into the mcdorks down the highway and have some real fun. so who wants to save innocent lives and get paid/ ...
- Fri Dec 29, 2000 5:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Shan wen kia scales - plasma cutter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9
looks to me like you need to go with high definition plasma. It looks like the voltage they were running was WAY too high for the gauge metal. without watching the rig in operation it's tough to say why the tracking is a bit funny. most likely the track the beam runs on has alot of crap or may need ...
- Thu Dec 28, 2000 7:31 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Okay folks need a little help here.
- Replies: 36
- Views: 147
this one made me laugh, specially the viking with a matchlock... we might as well go for 14th and 15th century cannon, too, iamagine an old, smelly gambeson wadded up and wrapped with starpping and duct tape shot across the field, bouncing into the enemy lines....... ------------------ Johnathon pax...
- Wed Dec 27, 2000 9:11 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Shan wen kia scales - plasma cutter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9
what type of plasma cutter did they use? oxygen, nitrogen, high-D, high or low voltage????? there are so many different plasma setups out there it isnt funny. I'm in the heavy steel fabrication biz and while our cnc plasma rigs are the gnats ass for our use (mainly heavy vehicle chassis/railroad)and...
- Mon Dec 25, 2000 8:10 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: How to make 'rout' a factor?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 157
matter o fact, i do have such a horse, loves to fight. it also helps that my gf is a prix de st george dressage rider and a cci** event rider. i myself ride 3rd level dressage and event at prelim. but you are correct, one does have to have a willing partner and not every horse is suitable for mounte...
- Sun Dec 24, 2000 10:00 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: How to make 'rout' a factor?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 157
ya'll want a rout? let me and a couple of our buds bring our Percherons to the fight. gaurenteed rout. every time. at least until the other guys get some heavy horse together. then it gets interesting. seriously, I like being a hero and by the way, this is JUST A GAME!! it is just supposed to be fun...
- Sat Dec 23, 2000 8:37 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: coat of plates tutorial
- Replies: 7
- Views: 30
- Sat Dec 23, 2000 7:26 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: coat of plates tutorial
- Replies: 7
- Views: 30
o-k, i ordered the leather 2 minutes ago. sorry, but it's going to be purple! not what i would choose, but then again I dont have to wear it now do I? She really wants to do the viking/celt thing, but what she's going to get is 1375 plate cause thats what i like to make!! and it's my bunch of toys! ...
- Sat Dec 23, 2000 6:25 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: coat of plates tutorial
- Replies: 7
- Views: 30
coat of plates tutorial
jeeze, i've just made my 10 or 11th coat of plates... took me about five hours. I'm getting way too quick at this stuff. Now all my buds are wearing coats of plates! I'll have nothing to do in the middle of the night anymore! seriously, I should have taken pictures when I did this one, I was thinkin...
- Wed Dec 20, 2000 6:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: heat+oil+stainless=?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8
heat+oil+stainless=?
anybody ever try heat and oil on stainless for themselves and come up with a nice finish??
- Mon Dec 18, 2000 6:43 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Throatless shears (again!)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23
- Sat Dec 16, 2000 6:54 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Sabatons by M. Yancy in Pattern Archive
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20
hey big pod... if your gonna wear steel galoshes, why the the steel toed s@#t kickers? wazup wid dat?? huh? all kidding aside, i did a mock up and the pattern as is seemed a little big for my size 8-1/2 toes. but of course I'm planning on wearing 14 cent. turn shoes under em ------------------ Johna...