Stonekeep: New premium Articulation Available in Spring

Stonekeep · Post by **Stonekeep** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:33 pm

Stonekeep: New premium Articulation Available in Spring

Been working on this for some time, but I finally got a chance to look at some armor to figure out the secret, and I am very proud to offer this on our upper line of spring steel.

Unfortunately mild steel and stainless steel are just too soft for this articulation to hold up in SCA combat, but the heat treated and tempered spring was made for this.

Hope you like the pics. (fyi, the leg pics were taken before the product was finished, but the articulation was.)

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_24152907">

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_24001290">

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_23870501">

Can your legs do this?????

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_23734326">

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_21102139">

ARMOURER ERIC · Post by **ARMOURER ERIC** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:54 pm

As a matter of fact, yes, the legs I make can do that.

Eric

Stonekeep · Post by **Stonekeep** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:15 pm

Are you still working? My secretary's husband told me you ran into some trouble and went out of business and were working a "normal" job now instead of armoring. She said she didnt get a reply on a re-order of those large bascinets so she took them off the website in that size. I had otto start making those Normans and some lower end riveted bascinets to pick up the demand.
Id like to add a Klappvisor to the website. if you are still working let me know if you are interested.

ARMOURER ERIC · Post by **ARMOURER ERIC** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:28 pm

No, I never went out of business, in fact it was a record year in gross, but not so good in net revenue. It's kind of weird the rumors that go around the business, in fact almost all of the customers of my Halloween slam from the Goth/vampire crowd told me they could not reach you when they ordered (thanks, it was a pain, but I made good $). I did take a part time job back in late July, I work 8-11AM, 5 days a week, which still affords me plenty of time to armour, plus I am always off Saturday. I babysit a self serve carwash for a very respectable hourly rate, which takes a lot of stress off the system. Anyway, frankly, I really could not afford to continue making helms at the pay I was, especially after 3-30% increases in the cost of welding gas, plus, based on the quantities on your site, I sell more directly from my site at full price. But I greatly appreciated the learning experience.

Eric

Stonekeep · Post by **Stonekeep** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:41 pm

Well I should question his info from now on then, cause he told me, and a group of others at the shop, that you, west coast, and Waldryk all went out of business this year. With the economy the way it was, i didnt question it, plus I was way too busy with that move to be on here.
I basically had a part time job going myself there for a while (as a construction contractor during our move to Lufkin..LOL)

Stonekeep · Post by **Stonekeep** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:10 pm

For those of you that have been asking about creased legs, we are going to start offerring them up soon on the website.

Here is a few examples of what we will put up on the website soon in various price ranges:

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_19353504">

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_20819336">

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_24548875">

<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_2032_19050232">