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by Guy Dawkins
Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:53 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Atzinger ShieldWorks (TM) 14c tourny shield
Replies: 12
Views: 747

I want, I need, I hav'ta have!
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What is this tool?
Replies: 35
Views: 667

What is the thing under the stump for?

http://www.karlofgermany.com/section1.htm
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:15 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What is this tool?
Replies: 35
Views: 667

Put me down for grinding wheel handle too!

But I would be wrong.

Link to the full picture.

http://www.karlofgermany.com/brueghel.htm

And the closeup.

http://www.karlofgermany.com/section6.htm
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:59 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Middle Kingdom Armor Standards
Replies: 120
Views: 2536

A private email caused me to go back and re-check my numbers. I may have quoted ultimate strength when I meant to be quoting yield strength. The difference between cold-rolled mild and 304 Stainless may not be as high as I originally anticipated. That's why I hate posting without having time to dou...
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:33 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Splinted legs - how do you attach the knees?
Replies: 22
Views: 569

DAMN GIRL!

That is some patterning!
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:00 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Middle Kingdom Armor Standards
Replies: 120
Views: 2536

So where is the definition of "Rigid material"?

There is one for Rapier ( which has 20 ga for HR and 22 for Stnls)but I see none for Armoured.
by Guy Dawkins
Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:52 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Middle Kingdom Armor Standards
Replies: 120
Views: 2536

You could post the question here:
http://www.legiodraconis.com/index.php
Under forums, Marshal's Corner.
Brannos is the moderator.
by Guy Dawkins
Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:54 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fabric used for surcoats in SCA combat
Replies: 36
Views: 963

I think a worsted wool in the 80's would hold up.
by Guy Dawkins
Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:31 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Buckle placement on a shoulder cop?
Replies: 23
Views: 421

Buckle?
by Guy Dawkins
Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:47 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fabric used for surcoats in SCA combat
Replies: 36
Views: 963

I hadn't thought of linen look fabrics. They are relativly inexpensive, launder well and come in a variety of colors. One of my wifes first dresses and still one of her favorites is of linen-look fabric.
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What to see in Vienna?
Replies: 21
Views: 252

the place where they make those little sausages!




OW OW OW...stop hitting me.
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:05 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Need help starting with armor
Replies: 8
Views: 217

A real cheap source for hammers are those antique/collctable/junks shops. Usually in the basement level of those shops you will find old tools. Don't worry about how old they look. The steel in these older hammers is often times of better quality than the cheap new stuff in stores. Make sure the han...
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:38 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finally Completed Sir Gaston Corrazina Kit!
Replies: 23
Views: 1023

It looks like it may be a polyester, micro fiber that is backed with fabric. has a nap finsih. I swear it looks and feels like suede. How practical it is will depend on how well it holds up!
by Guy Dawkins
Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:28 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finally Completed Sir Gaston Corrazina Kit!
Replies: 23
Views: 1023

ALL of the leather has been dyed. The light colored leather was dyed with Fiebing's Oil Dye, Saddle Tan. The dark is Fiebi Mediyum Brown's
by Guy Dawkins
Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:01 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finally Completed Sir Gaston Corrazina Kit!
Replies: 23
Views: 1023

That is a leather Demi greave. It is cut from the original cuisse. After I dyed the first pair of cuisses I found that I didn't like the color. Not wanting to waste any leather I used one to cut both scalloped demi greaves. Over time, and repeated applications of wax, I think the saddle tan leather ...
by Guy Dawkins
Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:38 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finally Completed Sir Gaston Corrazina Kit!
Replies: 23
Views: 1023

Can you bend over in that rigid skirt? Your such a sweet talker. I can...sorta...but there should have been more space 'tween the bottom of the chest and the top of the tasset-like plates. Gerhard, sorry you don't like the colors but thems are what I wanted. Since my wife said it would be OK I went...
by Guy Dawkins
Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:33 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finally Completed Sir Gaston Corrazina Kit!
Replies: 23
Views: 1023

Metal purchased.
Knees, elbows and spaulder from Stonekeep
Helm from Lewis Moore
Aventail fro Catherine's Quest (Cat)
Gauntlets from Zwiehamer (sic) DIY kit.
Leather DIY
by Guy Dawkins
Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:23 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finally Completed Sir Gaston Corrazina Kit!
Replies: 23
Views: 1023

Finally Completed Sir Gaston Corrazina Kit!

It has been almost a year. :shock:
Here is the completed kit.
by Guy Dawkins
Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:22 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Will one of the Mods kill this thread?
Replies: 3
Views: 339

Will one of the Mods kill this thread?

I has been almost a year. :shock:
Here is the completed kit.
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:56 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: My new book.
Replies: 28
Views: 1070

Oh Boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!
by Guy Dawkins
Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:47 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Stupidest experiment (SCA combat)
Replies: 53
Views: 1832

Did you know that if you fight blindfolded you can't tell your opponents helmet fell off? Did you know that if your fight in absolute darkness you can't see what you are swinging at? Did you know that if you fight completely blotto you can forget that the swords aren't real? Did you know that if yo...
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:28 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 5 foot diameter ring
Replies: 28
Views: 521

here is a pretty good site.
maybe my thoughts on PVC where incorrect.

http://home.adelphi.edu/~sbloch/sca/tents/taxonomy.html
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:23 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 5 foot diameter ring
Replies: 28
Views: 521

My old 3 bar roller has grooves to roll that sort of thing. you would do it cold too. Have you tried making it out of PVC pipe? Won't rust or wear as much against the tent... Thomas I'm trying to find my source for this. if heard that PVC will not hold a true shape. It will want to twist under the ...
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:20 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 5 foot diameter ring
Replies: 28
Views: 521

5 ft diameter would give you 17 ft of material. How wide id the bar?

A piece of HR steel 1/4 x 2 x 17 ft would wiegh in at 29 lbs.

1/4 x 3 x 17 = 43.35 lbs.
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:08 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Recommended Period Tent Source?
Replies: 11
Views: 324

Revival.us has this one.
http://www.revival.us/index.asp?PageAct ... tegory=223
Some archivers have it and I beleive the reports back were very good.
by Guy Dawkins
Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:09 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: IN THE BEGGINING: Sca Armour
Replies: 113
Views: 6574

Murdock wrote:"I'm not deaf sonny
there's just nothing coming from your generation I feel like listening to."

Can't really argue with that one.


Most of my generation are almost as worthelss as that buncah hippies that came before us.


:wink:


ALMOST...your generation exceeded us. :wink:
by Guy Dawkins
Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:28 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Full plate: possible for sca combat?
Replies: 48
Views: 692

Wear as much as your physical health will permit.
If you are and in very good shape and your endurance is good you can wear more.

If, like me , you are old and broken in places you may not be able to carry the extra weight.

I would love to carry a full harness.
by Guy Dawkins
Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:00 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Where can I get decorative washers like these?
Replies: 13
Views: 476

Sebastian Kempkens wrote:Talbot has them I think.


Yep! He has them in both brass and steel.

http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/Jewelry/buckles.html

Good 3/4 of the way down the page.

He is also carring buckles by Patrick Thaden !
by Guy Dawkins
Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:41 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA Fencing Midrealm
Replies: 1
Views: 68

With out seeing this helm or seeing how it fits I can't answer. Here are the pertanant Midrealm rapier rules as to head and neck. 2.1.3 HEAD AND NECK PROTECTION A. PROTECTING THE HEAD The front and top of the head must be covered by rigid material to below the jaw line and behind the ears. Standard ...
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:30 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Conversion of Import Burgonet to Rapier with Pics (large)
Replies: 10
Views: 478

So you know where I'm coming from: I have converted an Indian borgonet and have seen Kevin O'Shaughnessy's helm many times. I have seen many examples of converted Indian helms. Yours is the most expertly rendered piece I have ever seen!!! The way you have made everything fit together. Just... DAMN!
by Guy Dawkins
Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:52 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Klaus Coat!
Replies: 62
Views: 1175

Yeah! My wife likes the look. She says it's "hot". Right now I'm wearing a pair of black cotton leggings and my Revival "turn" shoes. And just that putting on the coat makes it all look right. I want to move over to wool hose. but that's going to have to wait. But the discription Jehan gives of stag...
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:40 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Klaus Coat!
Replies: 62
Views: 1175

Le document que vous avez demandé n'est pas accessible. :sad:

Fench for : Go away, come back later!
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:51 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Klaus Coat!
Replies: 62
Views: 1175

I did the same.
Mine is a cross between what you do and HE 15th c arming doublet. It laces from the waist down.
It only comes past the hip bone and the legs point to the bottom of the coat.
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:30 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Klaus Coat!
Replies: 62
Views: 1175

Ooohh!
Tricky question.
I believe there is documentation for lacing in the 15th century. I think the problem for the 14th century is lack of documentation for what an arming garment would have looked like.
by Guy Dawkins
Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:03 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: See i gotta crap load of stuff
Replies: 21
Views: 643

Murdock wrote:I figure someone needs to move up there to teach em how to make Tea
bar b q and chicken



:roll:


And we'll teach you how it all goes better with beer and brats!

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