The Armour Archive

mrks

hi there post a picture of the grill. does it need to be an exact replica. I dont get why they have problems with stainless. the stuff is pretty soft in my opinion. paint sure wont stick to stainless thats for sure. I use shoe dye on the inside of my personal bar grill. no disrespect to windrose of ...

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hey gypsy I am working on a surprise

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very nice lines and finish.

way to go.

I like the lower bar work for sca purposes.

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gypsy has a pair if you want pictures. I replaced the thumb plate with an articulating thumb. at some point I might be making titanium gauntlets but I still have not finalized the design. I have the ability and technology but I do not have the processes down to do it simply and easily. making armour...

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Can you describe how it's done? Sounds like it wouldn't be very rigid. put on a couple of sweatshirts of a gambeson(for shrinkage) tape the heck out of it. cut off. fill with expanding foam from home depot. alternate method. tape 1/4" polyethelene foam to a tshirt and cut it off. I have used both m...

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hi

I have people who want highly customized orders... send me duct taped body castings.

works great.

best of luck

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hey man

congrats from me and luther.

wow.

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hi there

here a couple of pictures:

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Absolutely. That is what An Tir Squire tournaments are all about..... Hmmm. That sounds like a great tournament format. Kinda like the William Marshal tournies they sometimes do in Meridies, but simplified. Might have to try that. Gaston your grace.. the squires tourneys are a blast. its hard core ...

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a 16 ga helm wouldnt last here in antir. the nonflush brasswork would get torn off when the skull dents in. I was laughing when my squire brother's brand new 12 ga stainless helm had the face plate dented (and one of the thicker than a pencil )stainless bars bent like coat hanger wire. ooks pretty t...

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hi there its better to weld in a vented box. something that looks like: [img]http://tiarmour.com/grinder%20box2.jpg[/img] you stick your arms through the hole and leather flaps and a big fan draws off the bad fumes and dust. works great for grinders too. lets you work in a clean environment and its ...

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hi

you cant sell much in washington without a business liscense.

not very expensive but you will have to pay about 8.9 percent of the value of retain items sold here.

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I just went to a close fitting close helm but reccomend a two point attatchment system for chinstraps.

being attatched at two points eliminates the rocking that a single strap allows.

essay on it here: http://tiarmour.com/Index%20help.htm

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hi there

everyone has a different opinion.

for someone who is sensitive to geting hit, has had concussion troubles or lives in a hard hitting kingdom I recomend: http://tiarmour.com/Index%20help.htm

look under the helmet padding topic.

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hey livia

I have a heater shield cut for you.

my internet acess is restricted right now so I am on and off every few days.

need to roll it gently and reinforce the edges.

I am making a run of eight. six are for ladies who fight

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wow impossible without pictures and even then it might not be possible to identify them. a baseline value probably could be given by someone on this board with pictures. the tools value is what you think it is worth. some of my most simplest tools are precious and I would pay more for that they are ...

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hanging is critical to proper feel. a low weight is negated by a improperly hung shield. the balance point of the shield should feel even when hung properly. it will move easily tip out and back again. some people hang it "too high" and it seems much heavier because the tail(bottom) of the shield ha...

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hi try .080 7075aluminum in a curved heater. I just made eight .071 shields(the edge needs reinforcing but its the gauge I could get at boeing for cheap)of these for various light weight fighters( including five ladies) around here. its very durable and weighs in around 4 1/2 -5 lbs for a 22" by 32-...

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hi there well those legs saw the hammering machine I use to planish then set at "pretty hard" I am sure its not set so high anymore. I used it to deeply planish my helmet and forgot to reduce the tension. its possible to make stuff without planishing but I dont prefer to do so. planishing Ti makes s...

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smmothly? it depends onthe process... here are a bunch of legs? m are they smooth? its best to planish the Ti as it helps get rid of twisting and memory. the cuises have about 2-4000 machine strikes apiece to roll them. they are not butt smooth because the strikes work harden the Ti and help keep it...

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ding ding ding we have a winner the helm on the right is mild and many think its stainless because its always polished. my new one is stainless and I can finally just throw it in the bad until its needed again. anyway the point is mild steel at a high polish is not "that bad" but articulations and c...

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hi 16 ga is going to crumple like tinfoil in sca combat unless its made of overlapping plates or is high carbon or spring. aythan if you look closely at the close helm posted you can see that the sides of the face plate do not hug the helm and "stick out". I would not get that helm. I say try windro...

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I keep my mild steel helm polished to a high mirror. not much trouble with rust unless I throw in in a wet armour bad. I use wax and white polish every three weeks of fighting. which one is stainless and which one is mild? [img]http://tiarmour.com/mills%20helm%20and%20mine%203.jpg[/img] mrks

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hi there the baldar hilts are awesome for most people but they are heavier than needed for a smaller fighter. believe it or not a light weight blade heavy sword still hits plenty good. the big guys who have a 3lb sword use it like a wand. its so light compared to their strength they can use like sup...

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ok you need a training aide. get someone to stand behind you with a boffer sword and when you stop moving while fighting someone have them hit you in the back screaming 'move maggot' lol no seriously you have some bad juju to get over. at 5'3 everyone is larger than you. so you are at a serious disa...

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I still haven't figured how to block the shots that come straight down on my head, holy smokes dont stand there and let them bonk you on the head like that. you should be moving away throwing at the tagets that open up when your opponent chases you. one of my favorite styles is stand deliver but I ...

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Hey Sir Mrks, Nice to hear from you. I've got a huge oval Roman style shield. Sir Caius Livius Germaniucs' old shield. I have a picture of it in my webshots album - it's in one of the posts above. It's 38" long and 25" wide and about 11 lbs. The comments I get are that I stay out of my range and in...

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Just took a closer look at my helm. I do have a pretty good dent on the top. Then again, that's where I usually get hit because I have some sort of mental block with blocking those shots. When I get hit, 98% of the time it's directly on the top of my head. I haven't grasped ducking behind my shield...

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I reccomend:

Ice falcon for right away...

windrose armoury

and white mountain armoury.

those are my preferred helm armourers.

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gypsy

I wont be making new thumbs for this pair

so how are the Ti thumbs working out?

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Really, so he has made such drastic changes to the fighting rules? I only know of two (360 degree rules and siloflex) he made that was of major changes. Both he explained well on why he made them and when so many disagreed with the 360 he resended it. APD's spear sliders counterweights on spears bu...

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what dimitry said about the secretive thing. and anyone is better than our current SEM. the way he went about things wasnt very conducive to the feeling we as fighters were in good hands. Duke Hrothgar seems to be much more reasonable from what I have heard. those additions are as clear as mud... le...

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oops sorry I dont think I answered you. I often get requests like this. they all run together after a while. I havent been on the lists lately. been working for pennsic. just got done with my squire and now its my lady's turn. please go here and read the working titanium section. it is quite detaile...

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I am actually making a harness for my lady to wear to pennsic. we argue all the time about the breast design. I say show them off she wants them modest to none. the back is done and the front will be so in a few days? no idea how it will turn out. ps I used alum for ease of working and quickness com...

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wow thanks
sounds very cool

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