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Jonathon Janusz

Mark Griffin wrote:I'll take them, happy to sort the postage to UK

Mark, I'll send you a PM now to see if we can figure this out.

Jonathon Janusz

Thanks for the reassurance on my price, guys. When I went looking back on the ad I bought them on, I really think I was just in the right place at the right time to pick them up for what I did. I don't know if the market right now is still more looking for sport combat gear or more living history st...

Jonathon Janusz

Cleaning out the house, I found a little treasure that I picked up a few years ago for a rainy day project that I can't see getting to anytime soon. So, in the interest of cleaning house, I thought I would release these back into the wild for someone who might want to be ready for a winter project. ...

Jonathon Janusz

I just logged on for the first time in, well, forever, and decided to click on this... Wow. I was there. Has time really gone by that fast?! (I think, buried in medieval hobby stuff I admittedly haven't dug out of moving boxes in literally years now, I still have the transparency handouts Mac gave o...

Jonathon Janusz

Wade, thanks for the clarification. Mac, that hand vice is so cute! I should put finding one on my list of things to do as I already thought of a few places it would come in handy. I'm probably weird in thinking that miniature tools are neat; last I remember was a couple of tiny (working) anvils tha...

Jonathon Janusz

I wish we could get our friends in India to make some denser mail in more similar sizes... Sorry for being dense, but Wade, could you clarify what you mean (or Tom, as it seems he's on the warpath to getting this request granted). Are you suggesting, say 6mm rings worked in both 4-1 and 6-1 weave? ...

Jonathon Janusz

I have moved over time to gravitate to the historical stuff mostly, but that is some truly impressive leather work. That is the kind of artist that should be doing 'hero' pieces for hollywood, truly! Continuing the theme of this thread, check out what showed up randomly on my Facebook feed a few day...

Jonathon Janusz

Thanks for the replies; after posting, I saw the other threads regarding this gauntlet type and read through them. Any other examples than the Philip II ones to look in to? Thinking practically, and considering that the most basic battlefield dexterity requirements haven't really changed much in a f...

Jonathon Janusz

I've never been a fan of the hourglass-turned-mitten gauntlets I've seen; just seems like an afterthought of a solution. Full disclosure being that I've never had an expertly fitted pair of gauntlets. Reading Mac's post, I could almost check off the boxes under each of the failings. Gruber's videos ...

Jonathon Janusz

Oh, and I know you mentioned both kinds available above, but the sale page does not note (unless I'm missing it) whether this first run is flat or round ring, or are you splitting things up based on customers' items ordered? Not trying to be a pest; just trying to help get the details sorted for tho...

Jonathon Janusz

Prices do look very reasonable.

Standard (black) finish like the larger diameter product line?

Also, pricing on bags of rings/rivets and tools (if applicable) would be helpful.

Also (also

), any photo samples, or does it match visually the mild steel versions?

Jonathon Janusz

Man, if I had ANY reason at all. . . Just for sake of inquiring minds, round or flat ring, and assuming pin rivets? Also, just curious, but is this an idea because the steel fighting rules aren't allowing welded mail and/or you're looking for something that moves better (or protects better) than the...

Jonathon Janusz

With a hand drill and a handful of hardware you can chop up a stack of scrubbies as mentioned earlier from the auto parts store and as long as you're careful to let the tool do the work, make a sanding/polishing brush to save some elbow grease and do it on the cheap. Not that it is impossible, but a...

Jonathon Janusz

Thanks for the clarification, Mac. I wasn't completely sure of the overall intentions of the project with your post reflecting your patron's concern about enduring lance blows. "Could" vs. "would" here will make your job a bit less. . . tedious. ;) Your final thought on the flute is where I was goin...

Jonathon Janusz

Mac, the archive ate a long post I tried to write regarding the decoration on the gorget and lance-proofing it. In short, if your patron is set on matching the decoration on the plackart (essentially putting a grid to catch on the edge of the gorget), a few things: A shield or granguard shaped and f...

Jonathon Janusz

Mac, ping Pat Thaden on the triangle hem thing. He did a demo at a workshop I was at years ago that made the whole process look easy - specifically regarding big triangle (and square) rolls. I'm not sure the same tricks will work has high and narrow as you're going, but a scrap piece test would be w...

Jonathon Janusz

Blaz, ping Lloyd or one of the other folks who are connected with the pro jouster social groups. I just took a look at some of this troupe's stuff (pics and videos), and it looks like they do a mix of the Lees-style acrobatic show work and straight up balsa or closet poles (didn't take a long enough...

Jonathon Janusz

Just wanted to post in to let folks know I haven't forgot about this thread. :) Interesting that minimalist/barefoot running has come up. I'm working on getting back to reconditioning myself for running, but when I was training last year while indoors on a treadmill, I did all of my running in just ...

Jonathon Janusz

Thanks for the help so far, and to clarify: I would rather stay away from the ren-fest button moccasins; aiming here for more historical styles. I would rather not do the off the rack turnshoes plus insoles. I've done that before, and the result is that instead of walking directly on the uppers in t...

Jonathon Janusz

This might seem an odd question, but I've been thinking lately about soft kit, and to that end probably the hardest part of the whole venture - shoes. My problem, which I hope I'm not alone in, is that I am fairly flat footed. Without exception, the off the peg shoes I have tried or purchased for re...

Jonathon Janusz

. . . I've been looking at this one for a while and thinking of some use I could possibly make an excuse for having it, but if I'm not going to pull the trigger, someone else may as well. Funny, too, that this will be the second of this person's swords I've tried to sell to someone else. ;) http://w...

Jonathon Janusz

Among those who were going to avoid posting in this thread (and probably wouldn't have seen it save for a friend telling me about it), I did have a dog in this fight (long since left for dead). That aside, two things Erik wrote I had an opinion I thought worth commenting on. If you are spending 10-1...

Jonathon Janusz

Mac, I was asked to check in the archive as I haven't been around in a while, and came across your thread. I read your earlier discussion regarding files to be used in doing the decorative work. Assuming you have files of appropriate size, and sharing in your sentiment to not want to "waste" two goo...

Jonathon Janusz

Lloyd asked that I post a few comments. On the covered ones - nice! Much closer to the "typical" aesthetic; the etching on the polished ones was nicely executed but (please forgive and correct me if I'm wrong) the gauntlets predate that decoration technique by a few hundred years, and the pattern se...

Jonathon Janusz

Yep, get far enough into this hobby and you can at least hang at the top of, if not win, Halloween costume contests with some consistency just by being talked into going to a party at the eleventh hour and digging around in your closet for something to wear. Makes owning some of the stuff more justi...

Jonathon Janusz

A turned pole adds a lot of class. http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4485/11649/ and an ass-ton of weight. Plus, they pretty much have to be sectional. I can run any length of wood through my table saw to turn it octagonal, or drag it through a doweling jig to make it round. Lathes that can do over 4...

Jonathon Janusz

Pal, 42" chest, 34" waist, 8" at the cuffs.

To you and Michel, I've got you down in the order of interest.

Right now, all pieces are spoken for pending payment. I will go down the list in order should things fall through, and I will mark things sold as payments clear.

Thanks again, all!

Jonathon Janusz

Godfrey, I've got you in line to PM pending the rest of the guys above. (Still waiting for Murdock). Meinhard, just shy of 25" from the very top of the shoulder cap to the wrist, measured straight down the outside of the sleeve. Again, if you're familiar with HE clothes, very close to the "medium" s...

Jonathon Janusz

Okay, guys. I just sent a PM to Murdock as he asked about a price on the whole lot of stuff. Swansman, I've got you down next in line for the wool tunic if Murdock passes, and MJB I've got you next in line for the gold cote. I'll send out PMs once I hear back from Murdock.

Thanks!

Jonathon Janusz

[EDIT: All items paid for and shipped. Thanks everyone!] Getting back in touch with folks around the hobby recently got me taking inventory of the clothes closet. Unfortunately, my diet and training has put me in the (enviable?) position that all of my period style clothes no longer fit! So, I've go...

Jonathon Janusz

From folks who have visited/work there, for someone who has never made a trip to see the museum and interested in doing so before it closes, if I were to plan a trip out, how many days do you think it would take to comfortably take in the museum as currently displayed? Without a specific focus of de...

Jonathon Janusz

Out of curiosity, which of the base material and plating choices would make for the best starting point to have the nails gilded in the end? Yes, I'm (kinda) serious.

Cheers!

Jonathon Janusz

Working with laser-based print devices is my day job. Maybe I can help: (very) generally speaking, older machines fused normal paper somewhere around 190-195 deg. C, with heavy paper settings being 200-210. The toner particles were generally bigger/more dense and needed to get hotter to melt for fus...

Jonathon Janusz

Mac, I am continuously amazed by your drawings - if I could only freehand diagram things even half as well. . . gave it an honest effort many years ago and just couldn't get the knack for it no matter how hard I tried. Question/thought on diagram 2C (Wade's originals) vs. 2B - is the little angled c...

Jonathon Janusz

Wade, the kit you linked to looks VERY nice! I saw/thought the same thing about the shape of the stock in some welded mail when looking at some close up pictures of the stuff recently posted here on the archive. Your observation regarding perception of compromises made is also well taken - maybe the...

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