The Armour Archive

mrks

nah...not anymore of a beating than we usually seem to get from each other

mrks

actually he kicked me in the upper chest.

290 pound dood kicks 157lb dood in the chest equals one heck of a knockback.

literally drove me to the ground.

mrks

I will most likely be there with my squire avery.

mrks

hi there

my squire avery was interested in this and wrote you but I am not sure you retrieved the email.

I will have him contact you again

thanks

mrks

BUMP 2 more pairs available for sale. can be plain curved early period or scalped later period look. your choice at this point. cost is $210 each pair with shipping included in the price. your choice of attachment method as they don't have grommets or point holes yet. I can put point holes in them a...

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One of the reasons I called for this poll is to see if there was some possible idea about how realistic people think that threat is. The likelihood of an inspected fiberglass shaft striking something and breaking and then hitting someone is probably incalculably small but if a lot of people believe...

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CA is broken. 1: a handful of guys kill a majority and deprive the others of their "fun" on the war field. whether they clear the field or not... their high kill ratio deprives others of their ability to achieve glorious battle on the war field. in a res battle they limit the number of tim...

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in some kingdoms the archers make you run them down. they weave through combat, dodge, trip over arrow carts running backwards, knock people over while running around with a bare stomach and when confronted with a yield, run away ignoring the spear you have 2 feet away from their stomach. said perso...

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while I am here in the cool northwest the summers can get pretty hot. I wear full plate and have my gambeson full of button holes that let the breeze flow through it. I also recommend staying from anything tight fitting. my plate actually moves back and forth while I move. this acts as a bellows and...

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just tested the theory. raw blank: metallic tink when hit with raw rattan. primered shield left by a client needing a basket and handle. not quite like the raw blank but similar. contact cement ans spraypaint: not quite a dull thump but its no where as high as a single piece of primered. was surpris...

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no at that point I was spending so much time pounding armour that it was hurting my arm and my fighting. he said I couldn't fight twice a week and keep armouring at my current level. he was right as usual... so I found another way and did my best to prove him wrong. I started buying machines to do t...

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whoa no painting between coats. paint job is the final step. spray paint is best. you do not want layers of paint build up. 4 to six coats of the original dap. gel is too thick. remember you dont want it too thick if you want a flat surface. works so well that I do not know why its not an sca standa...

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making armour slows the path it does not stop it.

my knight told me I could either make armour or be a knight.

looks like he was wrong

mrks

hi there five layers of contact cement with each layer drying between coats and then spray painted is a extremely durable undercoat on alum and titanium. my shields have been used for years and will get the occasional scratch from time to time but worked much better than alum primer. tjhe contact ce...

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well if you want a problem see me on the field and we can fight ten no whining I love those kinds if problems. but what I was pointing out is most of Antir doesn't realize what our CA does to the west and has won the war the last few years. they probably don't care much.. I didn't up until that poin...

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seanjohnson1 your shoulders are done. as to the attachment method? I can put point holes in them and grommet the holes. have 2 sizes: big: total width aprox 3/4 with a 3/8ths inch wide hole. best if you want to use a leather lace. small: 1/2 total width. hole is 1/4 inch wide. small leather lace or ...

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As I recall, they had less than 10 archers with them, and Westie attendance was quite low in general. It was also a rather hot year, 32C. I know many people quit due to the heat. Poorly laid out warfield as well. Thankfully we're not using that site anymore. W I hope you understand that whole units...

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Last weekend's An Tir/West war featured combat archery in a good many scenarios. I'm a pikeman, with the additional "concentric circle painted on my chest" of having a white belt. Guess what? I love the archery scenarios! so okay with that!. well thats because you were on our side. and we...

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richard is very correct in spears are very killable. I was an elite spearman a while back and now as a "good" swordsman I get spear kills. funny when you are inside their range and their eyes get big. fun to sit inside their range in a smaller battle and have them know you can gack them at...

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hi rey my shop is still divided with my pullmax machine still an hour and a half away from my new shop. makes it tough to work often. yesterday I dished out ten pairs of titanium articulating shoulders for the shoulder production run and the pair I promised seanjohnson1. (should be finished later th...

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Show me the last time a shieldman leapt across the spear-duel no-man's-land in order to gack a spear, and I'll show you a dead shieldman who's going to get a well-deserved arse-chewing for deserting his post. The opposing spearman is hiding behind his own shieldwall. The only thing the targeted shi...

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hi there

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mrks

its not necessary until the guy in the line pokes you in the eye with his xbow because he is too busy trying to snipe someone with a big name. guys think about it. as Ca in line fighting is more and more common someone is going to get their eye put out. bat wings are not that common but Ca is. for t...

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hi folks sadly I agree with duke avery. I put down my spear due to CA and have fought sword and shield ever since getting tired of being a pincushion. shoot the shiny guy with a spear. over and over and over once again gets tiring. so tiring that I stopped fighting spear. hide behind so me irritatin...

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I will be there with avery.

mrks

great shots.

looks very old school

mrks

CA to potent? what do you call it when CA clears more than half the bridge and people are walking away shaking their heads? how about when whole units are sitting down due to being tired of CA? or maybe being killed 15 times in a res battle and only two of them due to a spear or a sword? "naw t...

mrks

you can use a dressing stone to true it.
might take a while if it turns very slow. so you might need to turn it at a higher speed? watch out about overdrirving it as mentioned above.
I have to true up my 14 inch grinder every so often grinding Titanium.

mrks

NO thin shaft arrows. face shot only or 3 hits. I know 3 hit sounds ridiculous but having fought 3 hit heavy before its not that hard to get used to. archers stand off 50 feet behind the line of combat to approximate volley firing. the assassin archers in amongst the lines are very irritating these ...

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I dealt with it by never ever taking any sort of deposit.

mrks

answered all PMs.

MXBNW's Ti shoulders are in the mail.

shipping cost to bellingham was only 4.50 which I covered because I couldnt get a hold of duke davin in time to send them to T A war.

see you at coronation Brogan

mrks

If there is some sort of queue for the Ti guantlets, I want in please! sorry I dont have a queue at this point. I can make them but they take too much time for mass production at this point. if I cant cut back the time from five days+ or so I will probably put up them for auction instead of using a...

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wow towels? I would recommend long trace pads(choose BLACK): m a deal $15 bucks a piece. [img]http://www.softballjunk.com/images/Tracekneeguards/47000(large).jpg[/img] towels are going to get wet and muddy and as they pick up water from your sweat the padding effect will lesson. what you need is a b...

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hi there sean I actually made two pairs for someone and gave him the choice between the two. one with smooth curves and one with a later period look. he chose the later period set so the one I put up is the extra set. I wrote the guy and asked him if you could have them and I would make him a new pa...

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ok guys I will do a production run of them. how many of you out there are looking for sport shoulders? can make 2 to 10 plus pairs at 200 plus shipping. lol would be funny to morph a new kind of armourer kind of a Ti bokolo who I have greatly respect... naw just foolin all I did in the past was cust...